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Gilbert Perreault

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: November 13, 1950 in Victoriaville, Quebec

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 1990

Drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 9:31AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #25. Jaromir Jagr… #26. Brett Hull… #27. GILBERT PERREAULT… #28. Bobby Clarke… #29. Alex Ovechkin… 

NHL Standard

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1970-71 20 BUF NHL 78 38 34 72 30 -39 19 24 14 0 5 210 18.1
1971-72 21 BUF NHL 76 26 48 74 28 -40 24 15 11 0 1 218 11.9
1972-73 22 BUF NHL 78 28 60 88 33 11 10 20 8 0 7 234 12.0
1973-74 23 BUF NHL 55 18 33 51 19 -8 10 12 6 0 7 163 11.0
1974-75 24 BUF NHL 68 39 57 96 37 1 36 27 12 0 8 245 15.9
1975-76 25 BUF NHL 80 44 69 113 44 17 36 30 14 0 4 237 18.6
1976-77 26 BUF NHL 80 39 56 95 37 10 30 30 7 2 9 195 20.0
1977-78 27 BUF NHL 79 41 48 89 36 18 20 34 7 0 7 192 21.4
1978-79 28 BUF NHL 79 27 58 85 31 12 20 21 6 0 4 172 15.7
1979-80 29 BUF NHL 80 40 66 106 40 32 57 30 10 0 5 180 22.2
1980-81 30 BUF NHL 56 20 39 59 22 3 56 15 5 0 3 150 13.3
1981-82 31 BUF NHL 62 31 42 73 28 19 40 29 2 0 4 155 20.0
1982-83 32 BUF NHL 77 30 46 76 29 -10 34 20 8 2 5 192 15.6
1983-84 33 BUF NHL 73 31 59 90 34 19 32 21 8 2 7 165 18.8
1984-85 34 BUF NHL 78 30 53 83 31 9 42 19 10 1 1 172 17.4
1985-86 35 BUF NHL 72 21 39 60 23 -10 28 15 5 1 3 164 12.8
1986-87 36 BUF NHL 20 9 7 16 7 -2 6 8 1 0 1 35 25.7
Career NHL 1191 512 814 1326 509 42 500 370 134 8 81 3079 16.6

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
1970-71 20 BUF NHL 78 0.49 0.44 0.92 0.39 0.24 2.69 35 31 66 28 105 48 97 1 -39 6.4 0.1 6.4
1971-72 21 BUF NHL 76 0.34 0.63 0.97 0.37 0.32 2.87 25 49 74 27 105 50 100 5 -40 6.0 0.2 6.1
1972-73 22 BUF NHL 78 0.36 0.77 1.13 0.42 0.13 3.00 26 56 82 29 126 43 74 2 11 6.5 1.5 8.0
1973-74 23 BUF NHL 55 0.33 0.60 0.93 0.35 0.18 2.96 17 32 49 18 84 29 66 3 -8 3.7 0.7 4.4
1974-75 24 BUF NHL 68 0.57 0.84 1.41 0.55 0.53 3.60 33 50 83 32 139 60 78 0 1 8.0 0.6 8.6
1975-76 25 BUF NHL 80 0.55 0.86 1.41 0.55 0.45 2.96 38 60 98 37 142 57 68 0 17 9.4 1.3 10.7
1976-77 26 BUF NHL 80 0.49 0.70 1.19 0.47 0.38 2.44 34 50 84 32 120 42 75 7 10 7.9 1.3 9.2
1977-78 27 BUF NHL 79 0.52 0.61 1.13 0.45 0.25 2.43 36 43 79 31 122 36 68 0 18 7.6 1.6 9.2
1978-79 28 BUF NHL 79 0.34 0.73 1.08 0.39 0.25 2.18 23 49 72 26 116 39 65 0 12 5.6 1.4 7.0
1979-80 29 BUF NHL 80 0.50 0.83 1.33 0.51 0.71 2.25 33 56 89 33 153 57 65 1 32 8.2 1.7 9.9
1980-81 30 BUF NHL 56 0.36 0.70 1.05 0.39 1.00 2.68 15 30 45 16 92 34 59 4 3 3.3 0.9 4.2
1981-82 31 BUF NHL 62 0.50 0.68 1.18 0.46 0.65 2.50 23 31 54 21 103 22 71 9 19 4.5 1.3 5.8
1982-83 32 BUF NHL 77 0.39 0.60 0.99 0.38 0.44 2.49 24 37 61 23 112 34 95 7 -10 4.6 0.8 5.3
1983-84 33 BUF NHL 73 0.42 0.81 1.23 0.46 0.44 2.26 24 47 71 26 115 37 80 21 19 5.7 1.5 7.2
1984-85 34 BUF NHL 78 0.38 0.68 1.06 0.39 0.54 2.21 24 42 66 25 117 44 82 18 9 4.9 1.5 6.4
1985-86 35 BUF NHL 72 0.29 0.54 0.83 0.31 0.39 2.28 16 31 47 17 83 23 80 10 -10 2.9 0.8 3.7
1986-87 36 BUF NHL 20 0.45 0.35 0.80 0.34 0.30 1.75 8 6 14 6 23 6 26 7 -2 1.1 0.2 1.3
Career NHL 1191 0.43 0.68 1.11 0.43 0.42 2.59 434 700 1134 428 1857 661 1249 95 42 96.0 17.3 113.3

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1972-73 22 BUF NHL 6 3 7 10 2 2 1 0 1
1974-75 24 BUF NHL 17 6 9 15 10 2 4 0 1
1975-76 25 BUF NHL 9 4 4 8 4 4 0 0 0
1976-77 26 BUF NHL 6 1 8 9 4 1 0 0 0
1977-78 27 BUF NHL 8 3 2 5 0 3 0 0 1
1978-79 28 BUF NHL 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0
1979-80 29 BUF NHL 14 10 11 21 8 7 3 0 2
1980-81 30 BUF NHL 8 2 10 12 2 2 0 0 0
1981-82 31 BUF NHL 4 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0
1982-83 32 BUF NHL 10 0 7 7 8 0 0 0 0
1984-85 34 BUF NHL 5 3 5 8 2 4 2 1 0 0 10 30.0
Career NHL 90 33 70 103 2 44 23 10 0 5 10 30.0

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1966-67 16 Thetford Mines Canadiens QJHL 45 25 40 65 8
1967-68 17 Montreal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 47 15 34 49 10
1968-69 18 Montreal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 54 37 60 97 29
1969-70 19 Montreal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 54 51 70 121 26
1972-73 22 Canada Summit-72 2 1 1 2 0
1976-77 26 Canada Can-Cup 7 4 4 8 2
1978-79 28 NHL All-Stars Ch-Cup 3 1 1 2 2
1981-82 31 Canada Can-Cup 4 3 6 9 2
Career 2 Seasons Can-Cup 11 7 10 17 4
Career 1 Season Ch-Cup 3 1 1 2 2
Career 3 Seasons OHA-Jr. 155 103 164 267 65
Career 1 Season QJHL 45 25 40 65 8
Career 1 Season Summit-72 2 1 1 2 0

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1966-67 16 Thetford Mines Canadiens QJHL 11 7 15 22 0
1966-67 16 Thetford Mines Canadiens M-Cup 19 15 11 26 2
1967-68 17 Montreal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 11 8 9 17 5
1968-69 18 Montreal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 14 5 10 15 10
1968-69 18 Montreal Jr. Canadiens M-Cup 8 3 12 15 4
1969-70 19 Montreal Jr. Canadiens OHA-Jr. 16 17 21 38 4
1969-70 19 Montreal Jr. Canadiens M-Cup 12 17 19 36 16
Career 3 Seasons M-Cup 39 35 42 77 22
Career 3 Seasons OHA-Jr. 41 30 40 70 19
Career 1 Season QJHL 11 7 15 22 0

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 17 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Gilbert Perreault 10.7 9.9 9.2 9.2 8.6 8.0 7.2 7.0 6.4 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.3 4.4 4.2 3.7 1.3
Ron Francis 95.1 10.5 9.8 8.6 8.2 7.7 7.5 7.0 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.0 4.6 3.5
Joe Nieuwendyk 94.8 10.0 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.5 6.8 6.7 6.5 5.5 5.5 5.0 4.1 3.9 2.2 0.6
Denis Savard 94.3 11.0 9.6 9.2 8.2 7.9 7.9 6.9 6.5 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.2 3.9 3.9 3.2 2.2 1.3
Doug Gilmour 93.4 11.0 10.4 9.0 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.4 5.7 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.3 2.8
Dave Andreychuk 92.4 11.4 9.5 8.2 7.5 7.4 6.9 6.8 6.7 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.2 3.1 2.7
Dino Ciccarelli 92.3 9.8 9.2 8.2 7.4 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.4 5.4 5.4 4.5 4.3 3.0 2.7 1.8
Dale Hawerchuk 92.1 11.1 10.0 9.1 8.9 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.2 7.1 7.0 7.0 5.8 5.5 5.4 3.2 1.4
Adam Oates 91.9 12.2 10.5 9.6 8.9 7.9 7.6 7.6 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.3 5.2 5.0 4.5 3.8 2.9 0.5
Frank Mahovlich 91.9 11.8 10.7 10.4 9.7 8.5 8.4 7.8 7.4 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.4 4.9 3.9 3.4 3.3 0.1
Norm Ullman 91.4 10.2 9.1 8.6 8.0 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.0 1.2
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 18 19 20 21 22 23
Gilbert Perreault 10.7 9.9 9.2 9.2 8.6 8.0 7.2 7.0 6.4 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.3 4.4 4.2 3.7 1.3
Denis Savard 94.3 11.0 9.6 9.2 8.2 7.9 7.9 6.9 6.5 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.2 3.9 3.9 3.2 2.2 1.3
Joe Nieuwendyk 93.1 10.0 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.5 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.4 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.0 4.1 3.9 2.2 0.8 0.6
Doug Gilmour 92.3 11.0 10.4 9.0 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.4 5.7 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.4
Dale Hawerchuk 92.1 11.1 10.0 9.1 8.9 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.2 7.1 7.0 7.0 5.8 5.5 5.4 3.2 1.4
Dino Ciccarelli 91.8 9.8 9.2 8.2 7.4 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.4 5.4 5.4 4.5 4.3 3.1 3.0 2.7 1.8 1.0
Adam Oates 91.8 12.2 10.5 9.6 8.9 7.9 7.6 7.6 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.3 5.2 5.0 4.5 3.9 3.8 2.9 0.6 0.5
Jean Ratelle 91.5 13.6 9.6 9.2 9.1 8.6 8.4 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.3 6.2 6.1 5.7 3.8 2.7 2.6 1.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.1
Dave Andreychuk 90.8 11.4 9.5 8.2 7.5 7.4 6.9 6.8 6.7 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.7 0.9
Vincent Damphousse 90.4 9.6 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.2 6.8 6.3 5.8 5.8 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.6 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.5
Frank Mahovlich 90.4 11.8 10.7 10.4 9.7 8.5 8.4 7.9 7.8 7.4 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.4 4.9 3.9 3.4 3.3 0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

All-Star Games

1971 NHL
1972 NHL
1977 NHL
1978 NHL
1980 NHL
1984 NHL

Awards

1970-71 NHL Calder Memorial Trophy
1972-73 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Honors

1975-76 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1976-77 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Games Played

1970-71 NHL 78 (3)
1972-73 NHL 78 (3)
1975-76 NHL 80 (1)
 1976-77 NHL 80 (1)
 1979-80 NHL 80 (3)
Career NHL 1191 (96)

Goals

1970-71 NHL 38 (6)
1975-76 NHL 44 (9)
1976-77 NHL 39 (7)
1977-78 NHL 41 (7)
Career NHL 512 (37)

Assists

1972-73 NHL 60 (5)
1975-76 NHL 69 (3)
1976-77 NHL 56 (9)
1978-79 NHL 58 (8)
1979-80 NHL 66 (4)
Career NHL 814 (26)

Points

1974-75 NHL 96 (9)
1975-76 NHL 113 (3)
1976-77 NHL 95 (5)
1977-78 NHL 89 (8)
1979-80 NHL 106 (4)
Career NHL 1326 (32)

Goals Created

1970-71 NHL 30.1 (9)
1974-75 NHL 37.4 (10)
1975-76 NHL 43.7 (4)
1976-77 NHL 37.2 (6)
1977-78 NHL 35.8 (8)
1979-80 NHL 40.5 (7)
Career NHL 508.6 (28)

Even Strength Goals

1976-77 NHL 30 (6)
1977-78 NHL 34 (4)
Career NHL 370 (20)

Power Play Goals

1970-71 NHL 14 (4)
1971-72 NHL 11 (9)
1975-76 NHL 14 (10)
Career NHL 134 (62)

Game-Winning Goals

1970-71 NHL 5 (10)
1972-73 NHL 7 (3)
1973-74 NHL 7 (8)
1974-75 NHL 8 (5)
1976-77 NHL 9 (1)
 1977-78 NHL 7 (5)
1983-84 NHL 7 (5)
Career NHL 81 (22)

Shots

Career NHL 3079 (74)

Shooting Percentage

1976-77 NHL 20.0 (8)
1977-78 NHL 21.4 (6)
1979-80 NHL 22.2 (9)
Career NHL 16.6 (68)

Goals Per Game

1970-71 NHL 0.49 (8)
1974-75 NHL 0.57 (7)
1977-78 NHL 0.52 (9)
Career NHL 0.43 (72)

Assists Per Game

1972-73 NHL 0.77 (8)
1974-75 NHL 0.84 (6)
1975-76 NHL 0.86 (3)
1978-79 NHL 0.73 (10)
1979-80 NHL 0.82 (9)
Career NHL 0.68 (26)

Points Per Game

1974-75 NHL 1.41 (7)
1975-76 NHL 1.41 (4)
1976-77 NHL 1.19 (7)
1979-80 NHL 1.32 (10)
Career NHL 1.11 (23)

Goals Created Per Game

1974-75 NHL 0.55 (6)
1975-76 NHL 0.55 (4)
1976-77 NHL 0.47 (7)
1977-78 NHL 0.45 (10)
Career NHL 0.43 (30)

Adjusted Goals

1970-71 NHL 35 (6)
1975-76 NHL 38 (9)
1976-77 NHL 34 (7)
1977-78 NHL 36 (7)
Career NHL 434 (62)

Adjusted Assists

1972-73 NHL 56 (5)
1975-76 NHL 60 (4)
1976-77 NHL 50 (9)
1978-79 NHL 49 (8)
1979-80 NHL 56 (4)
Career NHL 700 (50)

Adjusted Points

1974-75 NHL 83 (9)
1975-76 NHL 98 (3)
1976-77 NHL 84 (6)
1977-78 NHL 79 (9)
1979-80 NHL 89 (4)
Career NHL 1134 (53)

Adjusted Goals Created

1970-71 NHL 27.6 (8)
1974-75 NHL 31.6 (10)
1975-76 NHL 37.1 (4)
1976-77 NHL 32.2 (6)
1977-78 NHL 31.4 (8)
1979-80 NHL 33.3 (8)
Career NHL 427.6 (52)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1979-80 NHL 153 (7)
Career NHL 1857 (38)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1970-71 NHL 48 (8)
1971-72 NHL 50 (8)
1975-76 NHL 57 (10)
1979-80 NHL 57 (5)
Career NHL 661 (44)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

Career NHL 1249 (78)

Offensive Point Shares

1970-71 NHL 6.4 (10)
1974-75 NHL 8.0 (9)
1975-76 NHL 9.4 (4)
1976-77 NHL 7.9 (6)
1977-78 NHL 7.6 (9)
1979-80 NHL 8.2 (8)
Career NHL 96.0 (41)

Point Shares

Career NHL 113.3 (92)
    

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

November 24, 1986: Officially announced retirement, November 24, 1986.

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