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Luke Richardson

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-3    Weight: 208 lbs.
Born: March 26, 1969 in Ottawa, Ontario

Drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1987-88 18 TOR NHL 78 4 6 10 4 -25 90 4 0 0 0 49 8.2
1988-89 19 TOR NHL 55 2 7 9 3 -15 106 2 0 0 0 59 3.4
1989-90 20 TOR NHL 67 4 14 18 6 -1 122 4 0 0 0 80 5.0
1990-91 21 TOR NHL 78 1 9 10 3 -28 238 1 0 0 0 68 1.5
1991-92 22 EDM NHL 75 2 19 21 6 -9 118 2 0 0 0 85 2.4
1992-93 23 EDM NHL 82 3 10 13 4 -18 142 1 0 2 0 78 3.8
1993-94 24 EDM NHL 69 2 6 8 3 -13 131 2 0 0 0 92 2.2
1994-95 25 EDM NHL 46 3 10 13 4 -6 40 1 1 1 1 51 5.9
1995-96 26 EDM NHL 82 2 9 11 4 -27 108 2 0 0 0 61 3.3
1996-97 27 EDM NHL 82 1 11 12 4 9 91 1 0 0 0 67 1.5
1997-98 28 PHI NHL 81 2 3 5 2 7 139 0 2 0 0 57 3.5
1998-99 29 PHI NHL 78 0 6 6 2 -3 106 0 0 0 0 49 0.0 1291 16:33
1999-00 30 PHI NHL 74 2 5 7 2 14 140 2 0 0 1 50 4.0 1197 16:11
2000-01 31 PHI NHL 82 2 6 8 3 23 131 1 0 1 0 75 2.7 1698 20:42
2001-02 32 PHI NHL 72 1 8 9 3 18 102 1 0 0 0 65 1.5 1316 18:17
2002-03 33 CBJ NHL 82 0 13 13 4 -16 73 0 0 0 0 56 0.0 1929 23:32
2003-04 34 CBJ NHL 64 1 5 6 2 -11 48 1 0 0 1 34 2.9 1288 20:07
2005-06 36 TOT NHL 65 1 9 10 3 -19 71 1 0 0 0 40 2.5 1066 16:24
2005-06 36 CBJ NHL 44 1 6 7 2 -18 30 1 0 0 0 24 4.2 671 15:15
2005-06 36 TOR NHL 21 0 3 3 1 -1 41 0 0 0 0 16 0.0 395 18:48
2006-07 37 TBL NHL 27 0 3 3 1 3 16 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 192 7:07
2007-08 38 OTT NHL 76 2 7 9 3 1 41 2 0 0 0 41 4.9 936 12:19
2008-09 39 OTT NHL 2 0 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 12:45
Career NHL 1417 35 166 201 64 -119 2055 28 3 4 3 1160 3.0 10939 17:35

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
1987-88 18 TOR NHL 78 0.05 0.08 0.13 0.05 1.15 0.63 3 5 8 3 48 1 93 21 -25 -0.6 1.9 1.3
1988-89 19 TOR NHL 55 0.04 0.13 0.16 0.05 1.93 1.07 2 6 8 3 42 1 76 20 -15 -0.3 1.5 1.2
1989-90 20 TOR NHL 67 0.06 0.21 0.27 0.09 1.82 1.19 3 12 15 5 76 6 83 12 -1 0.3 2.0 2.3
1990-91 21 TOR NHL 78 0.01 0.12 0.13 0.04 3.05 0.87 1 8 9 3 46 1 102 29 -28 -0.8 2.2 1.4
1991-92 22 EDM NHL 75 0.03 0.25 0.28 0.08 1.57 1.13 2 17 19 6 64 7 101 35 -9 0.2 2.3 2.6
1992-93 23 EDM NHL 82 0.04 0.12 0.16 0.05 1.73 0.95 2 8 10 3 55 2 107 36 -18 -0.5 3.1 2.6
1993-94 24 EDM NHL 69 0.03 0.09 0.12 0.04 1.90 1.33 2 5 7 2 47 0 83 23 -13 -0.6 2.5 1.8
1994-95 25 EDM NHL 46 0.07 0.22 0.28 0.09 0.87 1.11 5 17 22 7 40 4 72 30 -6 0.5 1.5 2.0
1995-96 26 EDM NHL 82 0.02 0.11 0.13 0.04 1.32 0.74 2 9 11 4 55 4 113 35 -27 -0.5 2.2 1.8
1996-97 27 EDM NHL 82 0.01 0.13 0.15 0.04 1.11 0.82 1 11 12 4 68 3 80 24 9 -0.4 4.4 4.0
1997-98 28 PHI NHL 81 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.02 1.72 0.70 2 3 5 2 51 4 62 22 7 -1.0 4.7 3.7
1998-99 29 PHI NHL 78 0.00 0.08 0.08 0.02 1.36 0.63 0 7 7 2 37 0 65 25 -3 -0.7 2.5 1.8
1999-00 30 PHI NHL 74 0.03 0.07 0.09 0.03 1.89 0.68 2 5 7 2 41 0 37 10 14 -0.3 4.1 3.8
2000-01 31 PHI NHL 82 0.02 0.07 0.10 0.03 1.60 0.91 2 6 8 3 72 1 71 23 23 -0.8 5.1 4.3
2001-02 32 PHI NHL 72 0.01 0.11 0.13 0.04 1.42 0.90 1 9 10 3 58 1 51 12 18 -0.3 3.9 3.6
2002-03 33 CBJ NHL 82 0.00 0.16 0.16 0.04 0.89 0.68 0 14 14 4 65 0 122 41 -16 -0.6 3.2 2.6
2003-04 34 CBJ NHL 64 0.02 0.08 0.09 0.03 0.75 0.53 1 6 7 2 36 0 72 25 -11 -0.7 2.5 1.9
2005-06 36 TOT NHL 65 0.02 0.14 0.15 0.05 1.09 0.62 1 9 10 3 30 4 69 24 -19 -0.2 0.9 0.8
2005-06 36 CBJ NHL 44 0.02 0.14 0.16 0.05 0.68 0.55 1 6 7 2 15 0 49 16 -18 0.0 0.1 0.1
2005-06 36 TOR NHL 21 0.00 0.14 0.14 0.04 1.95 0.76 0 3 3 1 15 4 20 8 -1 -0.2 0.8 0.6
2006-07 37 TBL NHL 27 0.00 0.11 0.11 0.03 0.59 0.11 0 3 3 1 10 0 13 6 3 0.1 0.6 0.7
2007-08 38 OTT NHL 76 0.03 0.09 0.12 0.04 0.54 0.54 2 7 9 3 37 0 37 1 1 0.1 1.3 1.5
2008-09 39 OTT NHL 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 -3 0.0 -0.2 -0.2
Career NHL 1417 0.02 0.12 0.14 0.05 1.45 0.82 34 167 201 64 978 39 1513 455 -119 -6.9 52.5 45.5

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1987-88 18 TOR NHL 2 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
1989-90 20 TOR NHL 5 0 0 0 -1 22 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
1991-92 22 EDM NHL 16 0 5 5 -2 45 0 0 0 0 11 0.0
1996-97 27 EDM NHL 12 0 2 2 -4 14 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
1997-98 28 PHI NHL 5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1999-00 30 PHI NHL 18 0 1 1 -5 41 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 396 21:58
2000-01 31 PHI NHL 6 0 0 0 -3 4 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 148 24:39
2001-02 32 PHI NHL 5 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0 11 0.0 97 19:18
Career NHL 69 0 8 8 -23 130 0 0 0 0 52 0.0 640 22:04

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1984-85 15 Ottawa Golden Knights Minor-ON 35 5 26 31 72
1985-86 16 Peterborough Petes OHL 63 6 18 24 57
1986-87 17 Peterborough Petes OHL 59 13 32 45 70
1986-87 17 Canada WJC-A 6 0 0 0 0
1993-94 24 Canada WC-A 8 0 1 1 6
1995-96 26 Canada WC-A 8 0 0 0 12
Career 1 Season Minor-ON 35 5 26 31 72
Career 2 Seasons OHL 122 19 50 69 127
Career 2 Seasons WC-A 16 0 1 1 18
Career 1 Season WJC-A 6 0 0 0 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
1985-86 16 Peterborough Petes OHL 16 2 1 3 50
1986-87 17 Peterborough Petes OHL 12 0 5 5 24
Career 2 Seasons OHL 28 2 6 8 74

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 21 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 18 19 20 21
Luke Richardson 4.3 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.8 0.7 -0.2
Ed Westfall 86.2 5.8 4.6 4.6 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.3 2.7 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.7 0.2 -0.2
Marc Bergevin 86.0 5.3 4.6 4.2 4.1 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.0
Gary Doak 86.0 4.9 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.2
Randy Ladouceur 84.6 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.5 1.9 1.8 1.0 0.9 0.6
Mattias Norstrom 84.6 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.2 1.7 1.2 0.7 0.5
Igor Ulanov 83.2 5.1 4.6 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.0
Bryan Watson 83.1 5.2 4.9 4.2 3.7 3.6 3.2 3.0 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.1
Darius Kasparaitis 82.9 4.9 4.7 4.5 3.7 3.6 3.1 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.0 1.9 1.3 1.0 -0.3
Aaron Ward 82.9 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.5 3.2 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.5 0.6 0.4 0.2
Jay McKee 82.8 5.2 4.4 4.2 3.6 3.6 3.4 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.0 0.9 0.2 -0.3
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
Luke Richardson 4.3 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.8 0.7 -0.2
Ed Westfall 86.2 5.8 4.6 4.6 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.3 2.7 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.7 0.2 -0.2
Marc Bergevin 86.0 5.3 4.6 4.2 4.1 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.0
Gary Doak 86.0 4.9 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.2
Randy Ladouceur 84.6 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.5 1.9 1.8 1.0 0.9 0.6
Mattias Norstrom 84.6 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.2 1.7 1.2 0.7 0.5
Igor Ulanov 83.2 5.1 4.6 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.0
Bryan Watson 83.1 5.2 4.9 4.2 3.7 3.6 3.2 3.0 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.1
Darius Kasparaitis 82.9 4.9 4.7 4.5 3.7 3.6 3.1 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.0 1.9 1.3 1.0 -0.3
Aaron Ward 82.9 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.5 3.2 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.5 0.6 0.4 0.2
Jay McKee 82.8 5.2 4.4 4.2 3.6 3.6 3.4 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.0 0.9 0.2 -0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Games Played

1995-96 NHL 82 (3)
1996-97 NHL 82 (1)
2000-01 NHL 82 (3)
2002-03 NHL 82 (4)
Career NHL 1417 (26)

Penalties in Minutes

Career NHL 2055 (49)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1994-95 NHL 72 (3)
2002-03 NHL 122 (1)
Career NHL 1513 (31)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1994-95 NHL 30 (2)
2002-03 NHL 41 (3)
Career NHL 455 (19)

Defensive Point Shares

2000-01 NHL 5.1 (10)
Career NHL 52.5 (95)
     

Transactions

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September 19, 1991: Traded to Edmonton by Toronto with Vincent Damphousse, Peter Ing and Scott Thornton for Grant Fuhr, Glenn Anderson and Craig Berube, September 19, 1991.

July 23, 1997: Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia, July 23, 1997.

July 4, 2002: Signed as a free agent by Columbus, July 4, 2002.

March 8, 2006: Traded to Toronto by Columbus for Toronto's 5th round choice (Nick Sucharski) in 2006 Entry Draft, March 8, 2006.

July 11, 2006: Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay, July 11, 2006.

August 8, 2007: Signed as a free agent by Ottawa, August 8, 2007.

November 29, 2008: Officially announced his retirement, November 29, 2008.

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