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Brad Richards

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: May 2, 1980 in Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island

Drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 3rd round (64th overall) of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 9:43AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #212. Bill Quackenbush… #213. Jason Spezza… #213. BRAD RICHARDS… #213. Dennis Maruk… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2000-01 20 TBL NHL 82 21 41 62 23 -10 14 14 7 0 3 179 11.7 1386 16:54
2001-02 21 TBL NHL 82 20 42 62 22 -18 13 15 5 0 0 251 8.0 1624 19:48
2002-03 22 TBL NHL 80 17 57 74 24 3 24 13 4 0 2 277 6.1 1595 19:56
2003-04 23 TBL NHL 82 26 53 79 28 13 12 20 5 1 6 244 10.7 1675 20:26
2005-06 25 TBL NHL 82 23 68 91 30 0 32 12 7 4 0 282 8.2 1866 22:45
2006-07 26 TBL NHL 82 25 45 70 25 -19 23 12 12 1 3 272 9.2 1977 24:07
2007-08 27 TOT NHL 74 20 42 62 22 -27 15 9 9 2 4 249 8.0 1736 23:28
2007-08 27 TBL NHL 62 18 33 51 19 -25 15 8 9 1 4 228 7.9 1505 24:17
2007-08 27 DAL NHL 12 2 9 11 3 -2 0 1 0 1 0 21 9.5 231 19:15
2008-09 28 DAL NHL 56 16 32 48 17 -4 6 11 5 0 2 180 8.9 1147 20:29
2009-10 29 DAL NHL 80 24 67 91 31 -12 14 11 13 0 2 284 8.5 1669 20:52
2010-11 30 DAL NHL 72 28 49 77 28 1 24 21 7 0 3 272 10.3 1564 21:43
2011-12 31 NYR NHL 53 17 21 38 15 -2 12 14 3 0 7 141 12.1 1065 20:06
Career NHL 825 237 517 754 266 -75 189 152 77 8 32 2631 9.0 17305 20:59

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
2000-01 20 TBL NHL 82 0.26 0.50 0.76 0.28 0.17 2.18 23 44 67 25 91 35 66 0 -10 4.8 1.2 5.9
2001-02 21 TBL NHL 82 0.24 0.51 0.76 0.27 0.16 3.06 23 48 71 26 83 29 73 1 -18 4.4 1.5 5.9
2002-03 22 TBL NHL 80 0.21 0.71 0.93 0.30 0.30 3.46 19 63 82 28 106 56 50 3 3 5.2 2.0 7.2
2003-04 23 TBL NHL 82 0.32 0.65 0.96 0.35 0.15 2.98 30 61 91 33 105 37 64 9 13 7.1 2.2 9.3
2005-06 25 TBL NHL 82 0.28 0.83 1.11 0.37 0.39 3.44 23 65 88 30 119 60 82 23 0 5.6 2.4 8.0
2006-07 26 TBL NHL 82 0.30 0.55 0.85 0.31 0.28 3.32 26 45 71 26 106 54 99 28 -19 4.1 1.6 5.6
2007-08 27 TOT NHL 74 0.27 0.57 0.84 0.30 0.20 3.36 22 45 67 24 94 43 104 26 -27 4.0 1.0 5.0
2007-08 27 TBL NHL 62 0.29 0.53 0.82 0.30 0.24 3.68 20 35 55 20 80 38 93 26 -25 3.2 0.8 4.0
2007-08 27 DAL NHL 12 0.17 0.75 0.92 0.29 0.00 1.75 2 10 12 4 14 5 11 0 -2 0.8 0.2 0.9
2008-09 28 DAL NHL 56 0.29 0.57 0.86 0.30 0.11 3.21 17 33 50 18 70 28 60 14 -4 3.3 1.1 4.4
2009-10 29 DAL NHL 80 0.30 0.84 1.14 0.39 0.18 3.55 26 70 96 33 122 56 87 9 -12 7.7 1.2 8.9
2010-11 30 DAL NHL 72 0.39 0.68 1.07 0.40 0.33 3.78 31 52 83 31 99 41 62 5 1 7.2 1.9 9.1
2011-12 31 NYR NHL 53 0.32 0.40 0.72 0.28 0.23 2.66 30 35 65 26 -2 3.2 1.1 4.3
Career NHL 825 0.29 0.63 0.91 0.32 0.23 3.19 270 561 831 300 995 439 747 118 -75 56.5 17.1 73.5

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2002-03 22 TBL NHL 11 0 5 5 -3 12 0 0 0 0 32 0.0 246 22:21
2003-04 23 TBL NHL SC 23 12 14 26 5 4 5 7 0 7 88 13.6 540 23:28
2005-06 25 TBL NHL 5 3 5 8 -5 6 3 0 0 0 24 12.5 121 24:11
2006-07 26 TBL NHL 6 3 5 8 -4 6 1 2 0 0 26 11.5 154 25:39
2007-08 27 DAL NHL 18 3 12 15 1 8 3 0 0 0 54 5.6 380 21:06
Career NHL 1 63 21 41 62 -6 36 12 9 0 7 224 9.4 1440 22:52

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1996-97 16 Notre Dame Hounds SJHL 63 39 48 87 73
1996-97 16 Canada U-18 3 0 0 0 0
1997-98 17 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL 68 33 82 115 12 44 20 13 0 3
1998-99 18 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL 59 39 92 131 18 55 21 10 8 6
1999-00 19 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL 63 71 115 186 80 69 47 18 6 11
1999-00 19 Canada WJC-A 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
2000-01 20 Canada WC-A 7 3 3 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 15 20.0
2004-05 24 Canada W-Cup 6 1 3 4 2 0
2004-05 24 Ak Bars Kazan Russia 6 2 5 7 16
2005-06 25 Canada Olympics 6 2 2 4 3 6 2 0 0 0
Career 1 Season Olympics 6 2 2 4 3 6 2 0 0 0
Career 3 Seasons QMJHL 190 143 289 432 110 168 88 41 14 20
Career 1 Season Russia 6 2 5 7 16
Career 1 Season SJHL 63 39 48 87 73
Career 1 Season U-18 3 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season W-Cup 6 1 3 4 2 0
Career 1 Season WC-A 7 3 3 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 15 20.0
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1997-98 17 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL 19 8 24 32 -1 2 4 4 0 1
1998-99 18 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL 11 9 12 21 13 6 6 3 0 2
1999-00 19 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL 12 13 24 37 6 16 5 8 0 3
1999-00 19 Rimouski Oceanic M-Cup 4 4 6 10 2 3 1 0 0
Career 1 Season M-Cup 4 4 6 10 2 3 1 0 0
Career 3 Seasons QMJHL 42 30 60 90 18 24 15 15 0 6

Similarity Scores

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Thru 10 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Brad Richards 9.3 9.1 8.9 8.0 7.2 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.0 4.4
Glenn Anderson 94.1 9.5 8.9 8.8 8.0 6.9 6.6 6.2 5.9 4.3 3.2
Syl Apps 93.0 6.6 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.5 4.8 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.0
Dave Taylor 92.6 10.4 9.3 9.2 7.5 7.5 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.1
Jacques Lemaire 92.5 10.9 9.1 8.4 8.2 7.4 6.9 6.4 5.2 4.5 4.5
Miroslav Satan 92.1 10.0 9.1 8.3 8.3 7.1 6.8 6.3 5.0 3.9 3.1
Bun Cook 92.0 6.8 6.6 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.7 4.9 4.8 3.9 0.9
Mike Gartner 92.0 9.1 8.3 7.9 7.4 6.6 6.6 6.2 6.0 5.6 5.4
Rod Brind'Amour 92.0 9.0 8.2 8.2 7.3 6.8 6.5 5.8 5.2 3.3 3.1
Rick Martin 91.8 9.7 9.4 9.1 7.9 7.8 7.3 6.8 6.3 4.4 1.7
Alex Tanguay 91.7 10.5 9.3 8.4 8.3 8.2 6.1 5.3 5.2 5.0 2.8
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Brad Richards 9.3 9.1 8.9 8.0 7.2 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.0 4.4
Syl Apps 92.7 6.6 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.5 4.8 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.0
Rick Martin 91.8 9.7 9.4 9.1 7.9 7.8 7.3 6.8 6.3 4.4 1.7 0.3
Bun Cook 91.8 6.8 6.6 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.7 4.9 4.8 3.9 0.9 0.5
Marc Savard 89.6 9.8 9.3 8.7 7.6 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.6 3.7 3.6 2.8 0.2 -0.1
Alex Tanguay 89.5 10.5 9.3 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.1 6.1 5.3 5.2 5.0 2.8
Simon Gagne 89.1 10.8 9.6 9.5 8.6 7.7 5.9 5.8 4.4 3.9 3.5 1.6
Roy Conacher 88.4 7.4 6.4 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.4 0.3 0.2
Scott Gomez 88.4 9.2 8.1 7.3 6.8 6.0 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.1 1.9
Danny Briere 88.1 10.0 9.3 8.0 7.9 7.7 6.7 6.5 5.5 3.0 2.0 1.8 0.1 0.1
Lanny McDonald 87.7 10.0 9.8 9.2 8.6 8.4 6.8 6.6 5.9 4.8 4.4 3.1 2.5 1.7 1.3 0.7 0.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

2011 NHL

Awards

2003-04 NHL Conn Smythe Trophy
2003-04 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Honors

2000-01 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

2004 Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL)

Games Played

2000-01 NHL 82 (3)
2001-02 NHL 82 (2)
2003-04 NHL 82 (3)
2005-06 NHL 82 (3)
2006-07 NHL 82 (2)

Assists

2002-03 NHL 57 (4)
2003-04 NHL 53 (6)
2005-06 NHL 68 (5)
2009-10 NHL 67 (4)
2010-11 NHL 49 (10)

Points

2003-04 NHL 79 (9)
2009-10 NHL 91 (7)
2010-11 NHL 77 (10)

Power Play Goals

2009-10 NHL 13 (6)

Short-Handed Goals

2005-06 NHL 4 (8)

Game-Winning Goals

2011-12 NHL 7 (4)

Shots

2009-10 NHL 284 (10)

Assists Per Game

2002-03 NHL 0.71 (7)
2005-06 NHL 0.83 (6)
2009-10 NHL 0.84 (4)
2010-11 NHL 0.68 (8)
Active 0.63 (9)
Career NHL 0.63 (50)

Points Per Game

2009-10 NHL 1.14 (10)
2010-11 NHL 1.07 (10)
Career NHL 0.91 (98)

Goals Created Per Game

2010-11 NHL 0.40 (9)

Adjusted Assists

2002-03 NHL 63 (4)
2003-04 NHL 61 (6)
2005-06 NHL 65 (5)
2009-10 NHL 70 (4)
2010-11 NHL 52 (10)
Career NHL 561 (95)

Adjusted Points

2003-04 NHL 91 (10)
2009-10 NHL 96 (7)
2010-11 NHL 83 (10)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

2002-03 NHL 56 (9)
2009-10 NHL 56 (4)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

2007-08 NHL 104 (8)
    

Transactions

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November 8, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Kazan (Russia), November 8, 2004.

February 26, 2008: Traded to Dallas by Tampa Bay with Johan Holmqvist for Jussi Jokinen, Jeff Halpern, Mike Smith and Dallas' 4th round choice (later traded to Minnesota, later traded to Edmonton - Edmonton selected Kyle Bigos) in 2009 Entry Draft, February 26, 2008.

July 2, 2011: Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, July 2, 2011.

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