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Craig Rivet

Position: D
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-2    Weight: 207 lbs.
Born: September 13, 1974 in North Bay, Ontario

Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 3rd round (68th overall) of the 1992 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
1994-95 20 MTL NHL 5 0 1 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1995-96 21 MTL NHL 19 1 4 5 2 4 54 1 0 0 0 9 11.1
1996-97 22 MTL NHL 35 0 4 4 1 7 54 0 0 0 0 24 0.0
1997-98 23 MTL NHL 61 0 2 2 1 -3 93 0 0 0 0 26 0.0
1998-99 24 MTL NHL 66 2 8 10 3 -3 66 2 0 0 0 39 5.1 946 14:20
1999-00 25 MTL NHL 61 3 14 17 5 11 76 3 0 0 1 71 4.2 1162 19:03
2000-01 26 MTL NHL 26 1 2 3 1 -8 36 1 0 0 0 22 4.5 496 19:04
2001-02 27 MTL NHL 82 8 17 25 9 1 76 8 0 0 0 90 8.9 1558 19:00
2002-03 28 MTL NHL 82 7 15 22 8 1 71 4 3 0 2 118 5.9 1803 21:60
2003-04 29 MTL NHL 80 4 8 12 4 -1 98 2 2 0 1 96 4.2 1557 19:28
2005-06 31 MTL NHL 82 7 27 34 11 -5 109 2 5 0 1 122 5.7 1840 22:27
2006-07 32 TOT NHL 71 7 17 24 8 1 69 5 2 0 0 89 7.9 1537 21:39
2006-07 32 MTL NHL 54 6 10 16 6 -7 57 4 2 0 0 58 10.3 1137 21:04
2006-07 32 SJS NHL 17 1 7 8 2 8 12 1 0 0 0 31 3.2 400 23:31
2007-08 33 SJS NHL 74 5 30 35 11 3 104 3 2 0 0 105 4.8 1569 21:12
2008-09 34 BUF NHL 64 2 22 24 7 4 125 1 1 0 0 80 2.5 1295 20:14
2009-10 35 BUF NHL 78 1 14 15 4 -6 100 1 0 0 0 63 1.6 1421 18:13
2010-11 36 TOT NHL 37 2 2 4 2 -12 35 2 0 0 0 33 6.1 543 14:41
2010-11 36 BUF NHL 23 1 2 3 1 -5 12 1 0 0 0 20 5.0 300 13:02
2010-11 36 CBJ NHL 14 1 0 1 1 -7 23 1 0 0 0 13 7.7 243 17:22
Career NHL 923 50 187 237 77 -4 1171 35 15 0 5 989 5.1 15728 19:35

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
1994-95 20 MTL NHL 5 0.00 0.20 0.20 0.05 1.00 0.40 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0.0 0.4 0.4
1995-96 21 MTL NHL 19 0.05 0.21 0.26 0.09 2.84 0.47 1 4 5 2 11 0 7 0 4 0.2 1.2 1.3
1996-97 22 MTL NHL 35 0.00 0.11 0.11 0.03 1.54 0.69 0 4 4 1 27 0 23 3 7 -0.3 1.8 1.4
1997-98 23 MTL NHL 61 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.01 1.52 0.43 0 2 2 1 21 0 32 8 -3 -1.1 2.5 1.4
1998-99 24 MTL NHL 66 0.03 0.12 0.15 0.05 1.00 0.59 2 9 11 4 29 0 39 7 -3 0.3 2.3 2.6
1999-00 25 MTL NHL 61 0.05 0.23 0.28 0.09 1.25 1.16 3 15 18 6 46 2 43 10 11 0.8 4.1 4.9
2000-01 26 MTL NHL 26 0.04 0.08 0.12 0.04 1.38 0.85 1 2 3 1 12 3 22 5 -8 -0.1 0.7 0.5
2001-02 27 MTL NHL 82 0.10 0.21 0.30 0.11 0.93 1.10 9 19 28 10 69 11 70 13 1 1.9 3.6 5.5
2002-03 28 MTL NHL 82 0.09 0.18 0.27 0.10 0.87 1.44 8 17 25 9 68 9 83 25 1 1.3 3.6 4.9
2003-04 29 MTL NHL 80 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.05 1.23 1.20 5 9 14 5 55 9 68 21 -1 0.0 3.3 3.3
2005-06 31 MTL NHL 82 0.09 0.33 0.41 0.13 1.33 1.49 7 26 33 11 101 34 109 37 -5 1.9 3.9 5.8
2006-07 32 TOT NHL 71 0.10 0.24 0.34 0.12 0.97 1.25 7 17 24 8 72 22 67 18 1 1.4 3.8 5.2
2006-07 32 MTL NHL 54 0.11 0.19 0.30 0.11 1.06 1.07 6 10 16 6 46 10 58 15 -7 1.0 2.1 3.1
2006-07 32 SJS NHL 17 0.06 0.41 0.47 0.14 0.71 1.82 1 7 8 2 26 12 9 3 8 0.5 1.7 2.1
2007-08 33 SJS NHL 74 0.07 0.41 0.47 0.14 1.41 1.42 6 32 38 12 78 35 53 13 3 2.6 4.8 7.4
2008-09 34 BUF NHL 64 0.03 0.34 0.38 0.11 1.95 1.25 2 22 24 7 63 18 56 15 4 1.2 3.1 4.3
2009-10 35 BUF NHL 78 0.01 0.18 0.19 0.05 1.28 0.81 1 15 16 5 49 11 56 12 -6 0.0 2.9 3.0
2010-11 36 TOT NHL 37 0.05 0.05 0.11 0.04 0.95 0.89 2 2 4 2 18 1 36 7 -12 0.0 0.0 0.1
2010-11 36 BUF NHL 23 0.04 0.09 0.13 0.05 0.52 0.87 1 2 3 1 10 1 17 3 -5 0.1 0.1 0.2
2010-11 36 CBJ NHL 14 0.07 0.00 0.07 0.04 1.64 0.93 1 0 1 1 8 0 19 4 -7 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2
Career NHL 923 0.05 0.20 0.26 0.08 1.27 1.07 54 197 251 83 721 155 764 194 -4 10.1 42.0 52.1

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1996-97 22 MTL NHL 5 0 1 1 -2 14 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
1997-98 23 MTL NHL 5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
2001-02 27 MTL NHL 12 0 3 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 19 0.0 257 21:26
2003-04 29 MTL NHL 11 1 4 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 16 6.3 265 24:07
2005-06 31 MTL NHL 6 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 145 24:09
2006-07 32 SJS NHL 11 2 3 5 -5 18 1 1 0 0 21 9.5 278 25:18
2007-08 33 SJS NHL 13 0 6 6 2 16 0 0 0 0 17 0.0 299 23:01
2009-10 35 BUF NHL 6 1 0 1 2 11 1 0 0 1 3 33.3 87 14:35
Career NHL 69 4 19 23 -1 69 2 2 0 1 96 4.2 1332 22:35

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 16 Barrie Colts ON-Jr.B 42 9 17 26 55
1991-92 17 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 66 5 21 26 97
1992-93 18 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 64 19 55 74 117
1993-94 19 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 61 12 52 64 100
1993-94 19 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 4 0 2 2 2
1994-95 20 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 78 5 27 32 126
1995-96 21 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 49 5 18 23 189
1996-97 22 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 23 3 12 15 99
2002-03 28 Canada WC-A 9 0 1 1 3 6 0 0 0 0
2004-05 30 TPS Turku Finland 18 3 1 4 28
Career 4 Seasons AHL 154 13 59 72 416
Career 1 Season Finland 18 3 1 4 28
Career 3 Seasons OHL 191 36 128 164 314
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.B 42 9 17 26 55
Career 1 Season WC-A 9 0 1 1 3 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
1992-93 18 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 16 5 7 12 39
1993-94 19 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 6 0 3 3 6
1994-95 20 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 12 0 4 4 17
1995-96 21 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 6 0 0 0 12
2004-05 30 TPS Turku Finland 6 0 0 0 39
Career 2 Seasons AHL 18 0 4 4 29
Career 1 Season Finland 6 0 0 0 39
Career 2 Seasons OHL 22 5 10 15 45

Similarity Scores

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Thru 16 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Craig Rivet 7.4 5.8 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.3 3.3 3.0 2.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 0.5 0.4 0.1
Jason York 90.1 7.3 6.0 5.8 5.4 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.2 3.0 2.0 0.6 0.4 0.1
Jimmy Roberts 90.0 8.7 7.3 5.9 5.2 5.1 4.6 4.4 3.6 3.3 2.7 2.6 2.2 1.0 0.9 0.4
Mark Tinordi 89.9 6.8 6.1 5.3 4.9 4.5 3.9 3.4 3.2 2.8 1.8 1.4 0.8
Richard Matvichuk 89.7 6.4 6.3 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.0 3.4 3.0 2.2 2.1 1.0 0.2 -0.1
Dave Lewis 89.4 6.9 6.4 6.3 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.3 4.2 3.6 2.6 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.7 0.0
Kyle McLaren 88.8 6.5 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.5 3.8 3.4 2.5 1.1 0.9
Reg Hamilton 88.7 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.5 2.7 2.6 1.9 1.6 0.4 0.3
Jiri Slegr 88.4 7.0 5.7 5.4 5.3 4.4 4.0 3.9 3.4 2.4 1.7 0.6
Toni Lydman 88.3 7.4 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.5 4.3 4.3 3.5 2.8
Pat Price 88.3 6.1 5.9 5.1 5.1 4.9 4.8 3.8 3.5 3.2 2.0 1.4 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 15 16
Craig Rivet 7.4 5.8 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.3 3.3 3.0 2.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 0.5 0.4 0.1
Jason York 90.1 7.3 6.0 5.8 5.4 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.2 3.0 2.0 0.6 0.4 0.1
Jimmy Roberts 90.0 8.7 7.3 5.9 5.2 5.1 4.6 4.4 3.6 3.3 2.7 2.6 2.2 1.0 0.9 0.4
Mark Tinordi 89.9 6.8 6.1 5.3 4.9 4.5 3.9 3.4 3.2 2.8 1.8 1.4 0.8
Richard Matvichuk 89.7 6.4 6.3 5.6 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.0 3.4 3.0 2.2 2.1 1.0 0.2 -0.1
Dave Lewis 89.4 6.9 6.4 6.3 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.3 4.2 3.6 2.6 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.7 0.0
Kyle McLaren 88.8 6.5 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.5 3.8 3.4 2.5 1.1 0.9
Reg Hamilton 88.7 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.5 2.7 2.6 1.9 1.6 0.4 0.3
Jiri Slegr 88.4 7.0 5.7 5.4 5.3 4.4 4.0 3.9 3.4 2.4 1.7 0.6
Toni Lydman 88.3 7.4 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.5 4.3 4.3 3.5 2.8
Pat Price 88.3 6.1 5.9 5.1 5.1 4.9 4.8 3.8 3.5 3.2 2.0 1.4 0.6 0.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

2001-02 NHL 82 (2)
2002-03 NHL 82 (4)
2005-06 NHL 82 (3)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

2005-06 NHL 109 (10)

Transactions

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October 30, 2000: Missed majority of 2000-01 due to shoulder injury vs. Vancouver, October 30, 2000.

January 11, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Turku (Finland), January 11, 2005.

February 25, 2007: Traded to San Jose by Montreal with Montreal's 5th round choice (Julien Demers) in 2008 Entry Draft for Josh Gorges and San Jose's 1st round choice (Max Pacioretty) in 2007 Entry Draft, February 25, 2007.

July 4, 2008: Traded to Buffalo by San Jose with San Jose's 7th round choice (Riley Boychuk) in 2010 Entry Draft for Buffalo's 2nd round choices in 2009 (William Wrenn) and 2010 (later traded to Carolina - Carolina selected Mark Alt) Entry Drafts, July 4, 2008.

February 26, 2011: Claimed on waivers by Columbus from Buffalo, February 26, 2011.

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