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Sandis Ozolinsh

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-3    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: August 3, 1972 in Riga, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the 2nd round (30th overall) of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 4, 2012, 8:23AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #200. Ebbie Goodfellow… #200. Guy Carbonneau… #202. SANDIS OZOLINSH… #203. Brad Richards… #204. Harry Howell… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1992-93 20 SJS NHL 37 7 16 23 8 -9 40 5 2 0 0 83 8.4
1993-94 21 SJS NHL 81 26 38 64 24 16 24 22 4 0 3 157 16.6
1994-95 22 SJS NHL 48 9 16 25 9 -6 30 5 3 1 2 83 10.8
1995-96 23 TOT NHL 73 14 40 54 19 2 54 5 8 1 1 166 8.4
1995-96 23 SJS NHL 7 1 3 4 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 21 4.8
1995-96 23 COL NHL 66 13 37 50 17 0 50 5 7 1 1 145 9.0
1996-97 24 COL NHL 80 23 45 68 25 4 88 10 13 0 4 232 9.9
1997-98 25 COL NHL 66 13 38 51 17 -12 65 4 9 0 2 135 9.6
1998-99 26 COL NHL 39 7 25 32 10 10 22 3 4 0 3 81 8.6 862 22:06
1999-00 27 COL NHL 82 16 36 52 18 17 46 10 6 0 1 210 7.6 1861 22:41
2000-01 28 CAR NHL 72 12 32 44 15 -25 71 6 4 2 2 145 8.3 1598 22:12
2001-02 29 TOT NHL 83 14 38 52 18 -7 58 11 3 0 1 172 8.1 2025 24:24
2001-02 29 CAR NHL 46 4 19 23 7 -4 34 3 1 0 0 71 5.6 897 19:30
2001-02 29 FLA NHL 37 10 19 29 11 -3 24 8 2 0 1 101 9.9 1128 30:30
2002-03 30 TOT NHL 82 12 32 44 15 -6 56 6 6 0 3 137 8.8 2133 26:01
2002-03 30 FLA NHL 51 7 19 26 9 -16 40 2 5 0 2 83 8.4 1447 28:23
2002-03 30 MDA NHL 31 5 13 18 6 10 16 4 1 0 1 54 9.3 686 22:08
2003-04 31 MDA NHL 36 5 11 16 6 -7 24 4 1 0 2 58 8.6 718 19:57
2005-06 33 TOT NHL 36 6 14 20 7 -2 28 4 2 0 2 58 10.3 754 20:56
2005-06 33 MDA NHL 17 3 3 6 2 -4 8 3 0 0 2 17 17.6 302 17:45
2005-06 33 NYR NHL 19 3 11 14 5 2 20 1 2 0 0 41 7.3 452 23:48
2006-07 34 NYR NHL 21 0 3 3 1 -8 8 0 0 0 0 15 0.0 396 18:51
2007-08 35 SJS NHL 39 3 13 16 5 -11 24 1 2 0 0 39 7.7 662 16:59
Career NHL 875 167 397 564 198 -44 638 96 67 4 26 1771 9.4 11010 22:28

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1992-93 20 SJS NHL 37 0.19 0.43 0.62 0.22 1.08 2.24 6 13 19 7 52 17 67 23 -9 1.5 1.4 2.9
1993-94 21 SJS NHL 81 0.32 0.47 0.79 0.30 0.30 1.94 24 34 58 22 118 36 87 21 16 5.8 5.3 11.2
1994-95 22 SJS NHL 48 0.19 0.33 0.52 0.19 0.63 1.73 15 28 43 16 58 10 62 8 -6 2.1 1.7 3.8
1995-96 23 TOT NHL 73 0.19 0.55 0.74 0.25 0.74 2.27 13 38 51 17 136 60 82 8 2 4.5 2.8 7.3
1995-96 23 SJS NHL 7 0.14 0.43 0.57 0.20 0.57 3.00 1 3 4 1 12 3 15 8 2 0.3 0.4 0.7
1995-96 23 COL NHL 66 0.20 0.56 0.76 0.26 0.76 2.20 12 35 47 16 124 57 67 0 0 4.2 2.4 6.6
1996-97 24 COL NHL 80 0.29 0.56 0.85 0.31 1.10 2.90 24 47 71 26 132 69 60 1 4 6.9 4.2 11.1
1997-98 25 COL NHL 66 0.20 0.58 0.77 0.26 0.98 2.05 15 44 59 20 92 54 51 1 -12 5.1 2.3 7.3
1998-99 26 COL NHL 39 0.18 0.64 0.82 0.27 0.56 2.08 8 28 36 12 68 32 26 0 10 3.1 2.2 5.3
1999-00 27 COL NHL 82 0.20 0.44 0.63 0.22 0.56 2.56 18 39 57 20 128 49 63 1 17 5.0 5.3 10.4
2000-01 28 CAR NHL 72 0.17 0.44 0.61 0.21 0.99 2.01 13 34 47 16 86 39 82 10 -25 4.0 2.5 6.5
2001-02 29 TOT NHL 83 0.17 0.46 0.63 0.22 0.70 2.07 16 44 60 21 105 31 108 27 -7 5.1 3.8 8.9
2001-02 29 CAR NHL 46 0.09 0.41 0.50 0.16 0.74 1.54 5 22 27 9 46 9 41 0 -4 2.0 1.7 3.6
2001-02 29 FLA NHL 37 0.27 0.51 0.78 0.29 0.65 2.73 11 22 33 12 59 22 67 27 -3 3.1 2.1 5.2
2002-03 30 TOT NHL 82 0.15 0.39 0.54 0.19 0.68 1.67 14 35 49 17 101 36 106 35 -6 3.9 4.8 8.6
2002-03 30 FLA NHL 51 0.14 0.37 0.51 0.18 0.78 1.63 8 21 29 10 66 29 88 35 -16 2.1 2.2 4.3
2002-03 30 MDA NHL 31 0.16 0.42 0.58 0.20 0.52 1.74 6 14 20 7 35 7 18 0 10 1.7 2.6 4.3
2003-04 31 MDA NHL 36 0.14 0.31 0.44 0.16 0.67 1.61 6 13 19 7 38 14 33 2 -7 1.5 1.2 2.7
2005-06 33 TOT NHL 36 0.17 0.39 0.56 0.19 0.78 1.61 6 14 20 7 47 24 30 5 -2 1.7 1.5 3.2
2005-06 33 MDA NHL 17 0.18 0.18 0.35 0.14 0.47 1.00 3 3 6 2 12 5 11 0 -4 0.5 0.3 0.9
2005-06 33 NYR NHL 19 0.16 0.58 0.74 0.24 1.05 2.16 3 11 14 5 35 19 19 5 2 1.1 1.2 2.3
2006-07 34 NYR NHL 21 0.00 0.14 0.14 0.04 0.38 0.71 0 3 3 1 16 4 25 5 -8 -0.2 0.3 0.2
2007-08 35 SJS NHL 39 0.08 0.33 0.41 0.13 0.62 1.00 3 14 17 5 38 21 28 0 -11 1.3 1.0 2.3
Career NHL 875 0.19 0.45 0.64 0.23 0.73 2.02 181 428 609 215 1215 496 910 147 -44 51.3 40.5 91.8

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1993-94 21 SJS NHL 14 0 10 10 3 8 0 0 0 0 23 0.0
1994-95 22 SJS NHL 11 3 2 5 -13 6 2 1 0 0 15 20.0
1995-96 23 COL NHL SC 22 5 14 19 5 16 3 2 0 1 52 9.6
1996-97 24 COL NHL 17 4 13 17 -1 24 2 2 0 1 39 10.3
1997-98 25 COL NHL 7 0 7 7 -3 14 0 0 0 0 19 0.0
1998-99 26 COL NHL 19 4 8 12 -5 22 1 3 0 1 56 7.1 426 22:24
1999-00 27 COL NHL 17 5 5 10 1 20 2 3 0 1 42 11.9 316 18:35
2000-01 28 CAR NHL 6 0 2 2 -2 5 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 114 19:04
2002-03 30 MDA NHL 21 2 6 8 8 10 2 0 0 1 39 5.1 496 23:37
2005-06 33 NYR NHL 3 0 0 0 -3 6 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 64 21:27
Career NHL 1 137 23 67 90 -10 131 12 11 0 5 298 7.7 1416 21:28

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1990-91 18 Dynamo Riga USSR 44 0 3 3 51
1990-91 18 RShVSM-Energo Riga USSR-3 11 3
1990-91 18 Soviet Union WJC-A 7 1 2 3 6
1990-91 18 Dynamo Riga Fr-Tour 1 0 0 0 0
1991-92 19 Rigas Stars CIS 30 6 0 6 42
1991-92 19 Russia WJC-A 7 1 5 6 4
1991-92 19 Kansas City Blades IHL 34 6 9 15 20
1995-96 23 San Francisco Spiders IHL 2 1 0 1 0
2000-01 28 Latvia WC-A 6 0 5 5 7 2 0 0 0 0
2001-02 29 Latvia Olympics 1 0 4 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0
2001-02 29 Latvia WC-A 6 2 1 3 12
2004-05 32 Latvia Oly-Q 3 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0
2005-06 33 Latvia Olympics 5 1 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 0
2007-08 35 Worcester Sharks AHL 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009-10 37 Dynamo Riga Rus-KHL 43 6 18 24 109
2010-11 38 Dynamo Riga Rus-KHL 41 5 26 31 62
Career 1 Season AHL 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season CIS 30 6 0 6 42
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 1 0 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons IHL 36 7 9 16 20
Career 1 Season Oly-Q 3 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons Olympics 6 1 7 8 -1 0 1 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons Rus-KHL 84 11 44 55 171
Career 1 Season USSR 44 0 3 3 51
Career 1 Season USSR-3 11 3
Career 2 Seasons WC-A 12 2 6 8 7 14 0 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 14 2 7 9 10

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1991-92 19 Kansas City Blades IHL 15 2 5 7 22
2009-10 37 Dynamo Riga Rus-KHL 6 0 3 3 24
2010-11 38 Dynamo Riga Rus-KHL 11 0 7 7 12
Career 1 Season IHL 15 2 5 7 22
Career 2 Seasons Rus-KHL 17 0 10 10 36

Similarity Scores

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Thru 15 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Sandis Ozolinsh 11.2 11.1 10.4 8.9 8.6 7.3 7.3 6.5 5.3 3.8 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.3 0.2
Serge Savard 91.2 12.2 10.0 9.8 9.7 9.5 8.3 7.9 6.6 5.2 4.8 4.5 3.5 2.9 2.7 0.1
Pierre Pilote 91.1 10.6 9.6 9.1 8.3 7.5 7.4 6.7 6.1 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.0 3.4 1.5
Borje Salming 90.7 12.0 11.8 11.8 9.7 9.0 8.3 6.8 6.7 5.8 5.7 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.1 2.6
Rob Blake 89.0 12.2 9.8 9.5 9.5 8.8 8.5 8.4 7.6 6.4 6.1 3.7 3.2 0.8 0.5 0.1
Bryan McCabe 88.7 10.9 10.5 9.1 8.6 7.1 7.0 6.7 6.5 5.7 5.6 5.4 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.3
Darryl Sydor 88.1 10.3 10.3 8.6 8.5 7.7 7.6 6.1 5.0 4.5 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.1 0.8
Sylvio Mantha 88.0 10.3 9.0 8.4 7.4 5.3 4.7 4.6 4.0 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.2 1.1 0.2
James Patrick 87.8 10.6 9.0 8.5 7.4 7.4 7.2 6.3 6.1 5.5 4.4 3.9 3.2 1.7 1.5 1.3
Wade Redden 87.8 9.7 9.7 9.4 8.9 8.2 7.5 6.8 6.7 6.1 6.1 5.6 4.8 4.0
Flash Hollett 87.8 8.4 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.2 7.2 6.3 6.0 5.5 4.6 3.6 3.2 2.5
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Sandis Ozolinsh 11.2 11.1 10.4 8.9 8.6 7.3 7.3 6.5 5.3 3.8 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.3 0.2
Pierre Pilote 91.1 10.6 9.6 9.1 8.3 7.5 7.4 6.7 6.1 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.0 3.4 1.5
Serge Savard 89.6 12.2 10.0 9.8 9.7 9.5 8.3 7.9 6.6 5.2 4.8 4.5 3.5 2.9 2.8 2.7 1.9 0.1
Bryan McCabe 88.7 10.9 10.5 9.1 8.6 7.1 7.0 6.7 6.5 5.7 5.6 5.4 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.3
Borje Salming 88.4 12.0 11.8 11.8 9.7 9.0 8.3 6.8 6.7 5.8 5.7 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.1 2.6
Sylvio Mantha 88.0 10.3 9.0 8.4 7.4 5.3 4.7 4.6 4.0 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.2 1.1 0.2
Flash Hollett 87.8 8.4 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.2 7.2 6.3 6.0 5.5 4.6 3.6 3.2 2.5
Babe Pratt 87.8 8.6 7.9 6.5 6.4 6.2 5.6 5.4 5.2 4.6 4.2 2.7 1.3
Wade Redden 87.8 9.7 9.7 9.4 8.9 8.2 7.5 6.8 6.7 6.1 6.1 5.6 4.8 4.0
Lionel Conacher 87.0 8.1 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.3 5.4 5.0 4.3 4.0 3.4 2.5
Tomas Kaberle 85.8 9.7 9.7 8.2 7.9 7.5 7.3 6.8 6.4 6.3 6.2 3.6 2.9

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1994 NHL
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2000 NHL
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2002 NHL
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Honors

1996-97 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1996 Colorado Avalanche (NHL)

Games Played

1994-95 NHL 48 (5)
1999-00 NHL 82 (2)
2001-02 NHL 83 (1)
 2002-03 NHL 82 (4)

Power Play Goals

1996-97 NHL 13 (7)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1996-97 NHL 132 (8)
1999-00 NHL 128 (4)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1996-97 NHL 69 (1)
 1997-98 NHL 54 (3)
1999-00 NHL 49 (7)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

2001-02 NHL 108 (3)
2002-03 NHL 106 (5)

Defensive Point Shares

1999-00 NHL 5.3 (10)
      

Transactions

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December 30, 1992: Missed majority of 1992-93 due to knee injury vs. Philadelphia, December 30, 1992.

October 26, 1995: Traded to Colorado by San Jose for Owen Nolan, October 26, 1995.

June 24, 2000: Traded to Carolina by Colorado with Columbus' 2nd round choice (previously acquired, Carolina selected Tomas Kurka) in 2000 Entry Draft for Nolan Pratt, Carolina's 1st (Vaclav Nedorost) and 2nd (Jared Aulin) round choices in 2000 Entry Draft and Philadelphia's 2nd round choice (previously acquired, Colorado selected Agris Saviels) in 2000 Entry Draft, June 24, 2000.

January 16, 2002: Traded to Florida by Carolina with Byron Ritchie for Bret Hedican, Kevyn Adams and Tomas Malec, January 16, 2002.

January 30, 2003: Traded to Anaheim by Florida with Lance Ward for Pavel Trnka, Matt Cullen and Anaheim's 4th round choice (James Pemberton) in 2003 Entry Draft, January 30, 2003.

December 19, 2003: Missed majority of 2003-04 due to shoulder injury vs. Colorado, December 19, 2003.

March 9, 2006: Traded to NY Rangers by Anaheim for San Jose's 3rd round choice (previously acquired, Anaheim selected John DeGray) in 2006 Entry Draft, March 9, 2006.

October 3, 2006: Missed majority of 2006-07 due to knee surgery (October 3, 2006) and a recurring knee injury.

October 19, 2007: Signed as a free agent by Worcester (AHL), October 19, 2007.

November 2, 2007: Signed as a free agent by San Jose, November 2, 2007.

July 13, 2009: Signed as a free agent by Dynamo Riga (Russia-KHL), July 13, 2009.

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