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Larry Playfair

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-4    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: June 23, 1958 in Fort St. James, British Columbia

Drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1st round (13th overall) of the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.

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NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 20 BUF NHL 26 0 3 3 1 1 60 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
1979-80 21 BUF NHL 79 2 10 12 4 13 145 2 0 0 0 32 6.3
1980-81 22 BUF NHL 75 3 9 12 4 4 169 3 0 0 1 54 5.6
1981-82 23 BUF NHL 77 6 10 16 6 -5 258 6 0 0 0 68 8.8
1982-83 24 BUF NHL 79 4 13 17 6 5 180 4 0 0 0 75 5.3
1983-84 25 BUF NHL 76 5 11 16 6 4 211 5 0 0 0 67 7.5
1984-85 26 BUF NHL 72 3 14 17 5 -3 157 3 0 0 1 64 4.7
1985-86 27 TOT NHL 61 1 3 4 1 -22 126 1 0 0 0 41 2.4
1985-86 27 BUF NHL 47 1 2 3 1 -8 100 1 0 0 0 35 2.9
1985-86 27 LAK NHL 14 0 1 1 0 -14 26 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
1986-87 28 LAK NHL 37 2 7 9 3 -1 181 2 0 0 0 20 10.0
1987-88 29 LAK NHL 54 0 7 7 2 -13 197 0 0 0 0 20 0.0
1988-89 30 TOT NHL 48 0 6 6 2 -7 126 0 0 0 0 10 0.0
1988-89 30 LAK NHL 6 0 3 3 1 3 16 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
1988-89 30 BUF NHL 42 0 3 3 1 -10 110 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
1989-90 31 BUF NHL 4 0 1 1 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Career NHL 688 26 94 120 40 -26 1812 26 0 0 2 463 5.6

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
1978-79 20 BUF NHL 26 0.00 0.12 0.12 0.03 2.31 0.46 0 3 3 1 18 1 17 1 1 -0.3 1.5 1.1
1979-80 21 BUF NHL 79 0.03 0.13 0.15 0.05 1.84 0.41 2 8 10 3 50 0 38 1 13 -0.6 5.1 4.6
1980-81 22 BUF NHL 75 0.04 0.12 0.16 0.05 2.25 0.72 2 7 9 3 59 0 56 1 4 -0.5 4.5 4.0
1981-82 23 BUF NHL 77 0.08 0.13 0.21 0.08 3.35 0.88 4 7 11 4 62 0 79 12 -5 -0.1 4.3 4.2
1982-83 24 BUF NHL 79 0.05 0.16 0.22 0.07 2.28 0.95 3 10 13 4 79 2 91 19 5 -0.1 4.5 4.4
1983-84 25 BUF NHL 76 0.07 0.14 0.21 0.08 2.78 0.88 4 9 13 5 67 5 72 14 4 -0.1 4.7 4.6
1984-85 26 BUF NHL 72 0.04 0.19 0.24 0.08 2.18 0.89 2 11 13 4 48 0 59 8 -3 -0.1 4.7 4.6
1985-86 27 TOT NHL 61 0.02 0.05 0.07 0.02 2.07 0.67 1 3 4 1 39 1 79 19 -22 -0.9 2.1 1.2
1985-86 27 BUF NHL 47 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.02 2.13 0.74 1 2 3 1 29 0 49 12 -8 -0.7 2.2 1.6
1985-86 27 LAK NHL 14 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.02 1.86 0.43 0 1 1 0 10 1 30 7 -14 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3
1986-87 28 LAK NHL 37 0.05 0.19 0.24 0.08 4.89 0.54 2 6 8 3 33 0 39 5 -1 0.0 1.4 1.5
1987-88 29 LAK NHL 54 0.00 0.13 0.13 0.04 3.65 0.37 0 6 6 2 34 0 52 5 -13 -0.6 1.4 0.8
1988-89 30 TOT NHL 48 0.00 0.13 0.13 0.03 2.63 0.21 0 4 4 1 22 0 34 5 -7 -0.5 1.9 1.4
1988-89 30 LAK NHL 6 0.00 0.50 0.50 0.14 2.67 0.67 0 2 2 1 5 0 2 0 3 0.1 0.3 0.4
1988-89 30 BUF NHL 42 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.02 2.62 0.14 0 2 2 1 17 0 32 5 -10 -0.6 1.6 0.9
1989-90 31 BUF NHL 4 0.00 0.25 0.25 0.07 0.50 0.00 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 -2 0.0 0.1 0.1
Career NHL 688 0.04 0.14 0.17 0.06 2.63 0.67 20 75 95 31 512 9 619 90 -26 -3.7 36.2 32.5

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 21 BUF NHL 14 0 2 2 29 0 0 0 0
1980-81 22 BUF NHL 8 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0
1981-82 23 BUF NHL 4 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0
1982-83 24 BUF NHL 5 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 0
1983-84 25 BUF NHL 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984-85 26 BUF NHL 5 0 3 3 2 9 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1987-88 29 LAK NHL 3 0 0 0 -1 14 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
1988-89 30 BUF NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career NHL 43 0 6 6 0 111 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 16 Kamloops Chiefs WCJHL 1 0 0 0 0
1975-76 17 Langley Lords BCJHL 72 10 20 30 162
1975-76 17 Kamloops Chiefs WCJHL 3 0 0 0 0
1976-77 18 Portland Winter Hawks WCJHL 65 2 17 19 199
1977-78 19 Portland Winter Hawks WCJHL 71 13 19 32 402
1978-79 20 Hershey Bears AHL 45 0 12 12 148
Career 1 Season AHL 45 0 12 12 148
Career 1 Season BCJHL 72 10 20 30 162
Career 4 Seasons WCJHL 140 15 36 51 601

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1976-77 18 Portland Winter Hawks WCJHL 8 0 0 0 4
1977-78 19 Portland Winter Hawks WCJHL 8 0 2 2 58
Career 2 Seasons WCJHL 16 0 2 2 62

Similarity Scores

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Thru 12 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Larry Playfair 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.0 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.1
Lou Fontinato 87.3 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.1 3.9 3.2 2.7 1.7 1.1
Don Awrey 87.1 5.2 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.7 2.6 1.7 1.4 0.6 0.3
Ken Morrow 86.3 5.9 5.5 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.7 1.8 1.2 1.1 1.1
Alexei Gusarov 85.6 5.7 5.2 4.5 4.3 3.5 3.4 3.3 1.6 1.4 0.7 0.5
Karl Dykhuis 84.9 5.9 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.2 3.7 2.4 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.6 0.0
Mattias Norstrom 84.2 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 2.9 2.8 2.2 1.2 0.7 0.5
Rick Zombo 84.2 4.6 4.5 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.5 2.8 2.2 1.8 1.2 0.0 -0.1
Randy Ladouceur 83.9 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.3 3.2 2.5 1.9 1.0 0.9 0.6
Darius Kasparaitis 83.8 4.9 4.7 4.5 3.7 3.6 3.1 2.6 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.3 -0.3
Garth Butcher 83.4 5.2 4.6 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.5 2.7 2.6 1.1 0.6 0.4
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Larry Playfair 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.0 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.1
Lou Fontinato 87.3 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.1 3.9 3.2 2.7 1.7 1.1
Ken Morrow 86.3 5.9 5.5 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.7 1.8 1.2 1.1 1.1
Alexei Gusarov 85.6 5.7 5.2 4.5 4.3 3.5 3.4 3.3 1.6 1.4 0.7 0.5
Karl Dykhuis 84.9 5.9 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.2 3.7 2.4 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.6 0.0
Rick Zombo 84.2 4.6 4.5 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.5 2.8 2.2 1.8 1.2 0.0 -0.1
Ken Klee 83.4 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.6 3.9 3.2 3.0 1.9 1.8 1.5 0.4 0.0 -0.3 -0.6
Eric Brewer 83.0 5.7 5.2 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.1 3.2 2.6 1.8 1.4 0.6 -0.2
Hal Laycoe 82.8 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.9 2.3 2.1 1.0 0.7
Randy Gregg 82.3 5.9 4.9 4.6 3.9 3.8 3.6 2.4 1.0 0.7
Normand Rochefort 81.7 5.7 4.6 4.6 4.2 3.5 2.8 2.6 2.3 1.9 1.9 0.8 0.2 0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Career NHL 1812 (67)

Transactions

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January 30, 1986: Traded to Los Angeles by Buffalo with Sean McKenna and Ken Baumgartner for Brian Engblom and Doug Smith, January 30, 1986.

October 21, 1988: Traded to Buffalo by Los Angeles for Bob Logan and Buffalo's 9th round choice (Jim Giacin) in 1989 Entry Draft, October 21, 1988.

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