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Luc Robitaille

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: February 17, 1966 in Montreal, Quebec

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 2009

Drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 9th round (171st overall) of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 4, 2012, 8:32AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #44. Mark Howe… #45. Cam Neely… #46. LUC ROBITAILLE… #47. Henri Richard… #48. Bernie Geoffrion… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1986-87 20 LAK NHL 79 45 39 84 35 -18 28 27 18 0 3 199 22.6
1987-88 21 LAK NHL 80 53 58 111 45 -9 82 36 17 0 6 220 24.1
1988-89 22 LAK NHL 78 46 52 98 39 5 65 36 10 0 4 237 19.4
1989-90 23 LAK NHL 80 52 49 101 41 8 38 32 20 0 7 210 24.8
1990-91 24 LAK NHL 76 45 46 91 37 28 68 34 11 0 5 229 19.7
1991-92 25 LAK NHL 80 44 63 107 40 -4 95 18 26 0 6 240 18.3
1992-93 26 LAK NHL 84 63 62 125 50 18 100 37 24 2 8 265 23.8
1993-94 27 LAK NHL 83 44 42 86 35 -20 86 20 24 0 3 267 16.5
1994-95 28 PIT NHL 46 23 19 42 17 10 37 18 5 0 3 109 21.1
1995-96 29 NYR NHL 77 23 46 69 25 13 80 12 11 0 4 223 10.3
1996-97 30 NYR NHL 69 24 24 48 20 16 48 19 5 0 4 200 12.0
1997-98 31 LAK NHL 57 16 24 40 15 5 66 11 5 0 7 130 12.3
1998-99 32 LAK NHL 82 39 35 74 31 -1 54 28 11 0 7 292 13.4 1573 19:11
1999-00 33 LAK NHL 71 36 38 74 29 11 68 23 13 0 7 221 16.3 1318 18:34
2000-01 34 LAK NHL 82 37 51 88 34 10 66 20 16 1 4 235 15.7 1534 18:42
2001-02 35 DET NHL 81 30 20 50 21 -2 38 17 13 0 5 190 15.8 1203 14:51
2002-03 36 DET NHL 81 11 20 31 11 4 50 8 3 0 0 148 7.4 1038 12:49
2003-04 37 LAK NHL 80 22 29 51 19 4 56 10 12 0 4 221 10.0 1334 16:41
2005-06 39 LAK NHL 65 15 9 24 10 -6 52 12 3 0 2 125 12.0 914 14:03
Career NHL 1431 668 726 1394 557 72 1177 418 247 3 89 3961 16.9 8913 16:27

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
1986-87 20 LAK NHL 79 0.57 0.49 1.06 0.44 0.35 2.52 38 33 71 30 125 53 91 1 -18 6.4 0.4 6.8
1987-88 21 LAK NHL 80 0.66 0.73 1.39 0.56 1.03 2.75 44 48 92 37 156 72 94 1 -9 9.0 0.8 9.8
1988-89 22 LAK NHL 78 0.59 0.67 1.26 0.51 0.83 3.04 38 43 81 32 143 38 111 11 5 7.5 0.7 8.2
1989-90 23 LAK NHL 80 0.65 0.61 1.26 0.52 0.48 2.63 44 41 85 35 141 46 88 1 8 8.1 0.9 9.0
1990-91 24 LAK NHL 76 0.59 0.61 1.20 0.48 0.89 3.01 40 41 81 33 136 41 68 1 28 7.8 1.4 9.2
1991-92 25 LAK NHL 80 0.55 0.79 1.34 0.50 1.19 3.00 39 56 95 37 137 67 81 7 -4 8.5 0.8 9.4
1992-93 26 LAK NHL 84 0.75 0.74 1.49 0.60 1.19 3.15 51 50 101 41 167 59 110 20 18 10.6 1.2 11.8
1993-94 27 LAK NHL 83 0.53 0.51 1.04 0.43 1.04 3.22 40 38 78 32 134 73 84 3 -20 7.7 0.3 8.1
1994-95 28 PIT NHL 46 0.50 0.41 0.91 0.38 0.80 2.37 40 33 73 31 70 20 45 5 10 4.0 0.6 4.6
1995-96 29 NYR NHL 77 0.30 0.60 0.90 0.32 1.04 2.90 22 44 66 24 103 42 48 0 13 4.8 1.3 6.1
1996-97 30 NYR NHL 69 0.35 0.35 0.70 0.28 0.70 2.90 25 25 50 20 81 24 41 0 16 4.0 1.3 5.3
1997-98 31 LAK NHL 57 0.28 0.42 0.70 0.27 1.16 2.28 18 27 45 17 60 24 31 0 5 3.6 0.8 4.4
1998-99 32 LAK NHL 82 0.48 0.43 0.90 0.38 0.66 3.56 45 40 85 35 93 28 68 2 -1 7.8 1.9 9.7
1999-00 33 LAK NHL 71 0.51 0.54 1.04 0.41 0.96 3.11 40 41 81 33 99 38 50 0 11 7.6 1.6 9.2
2000-01 34 LAK NHL 82 0.45 0.62 1.07 0.41 0.80 2.87 40 55 95 37 120 61 51 2 10 8.5 1.8 10.3
2001-02 35 DET NHL 81 0.37 0.25 0.62 0.27 0.47 2.35 35 23 58 25 78 34 47 1 -2 5.3 1.1 6.4
2002-03 36 DET NHL 81 0.14 0.25 0.38 0.14 0.62 1.83 12 22 34 13 52 21 27 0 4 1.6 1.0 2.7
2003-04 37 LAK NHL 80 0.28 0.36 0.64 0.24 0.70 2.76 26 33 59 23 71 29 39 1 4 4.4 1.5 5.9
2005-06 39 LAK NHL 65 0.23 0.14 0.37 0.16 0.80 1.92 15 9 24 11 47 23 31 1 -6 1.1 0.7 1.8
Career NHL 1431 0.47 0.51 0.97 0.39 0.82 2.77 652 702 1354 547 2013 793 1205 57 72 118.5 20.2 138.7

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1986-87 20 LAK NHL 5 1 4 5 -7 2 1 0 0 0 5 20.0
1987-88 21 LAK NHL 5 2 5 7 -8 18 0 2 0 1 6 33.3
1988-89 22 LAK NHL 11 2 6 8 0 10 2 0 0 1 24 8.3
1989-90 23 LAK NHL 10 5 5 10 -5 12 4 1 0 1 28 17.9
1990-91 24 LAK NHL 12 12 4 16 -2 22 7 5 0 2 44 27.3
1991-92 25 LAK NHL 6 3 4 7 -1 12 2 1 0 1 28 10.7
1992-93 26 LAK NHL 24 9 13 22 -13 28 5 4 0 2 71 12.7
1994-95 28 PIT NHL 12 7 4 11 5 26 7 0 0 2 33 21.2
1995-96 29 NYR NHL 11 1 5 6 1 8 1 0 0 0 36 2.8
1996-97 30 NYR NHL 15 4 7 11 7 4 4 0 0 0 43 9.3
1997-98 31 LAK NHL 4 1 2 3 1 6 1 0 0 0 13 7.7
1999-00 33 LAK NHL 4 2 2 4 -1 6 2 0 0 0 8 25.0 82 20:25
2000-01 34 LAK NHL 13 4 3 7 1 10 3 1 0 1 24 16.7 238 18:19
2001-02 35 DET NHL SC 23 4 5 9 4 10 3 1 0 1 43 9.3 305 13:16
2002-03 36 DET NHL 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 8.3 46 11:30
Career NHL 1 159 58 69 127 -17 174 43 15 0 12 418 13.9 671 15:15

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1982-83 16 Montreal-Bourassa QAAA 48 36 57 93 28
1983-84 17 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 70 32 53 85 50 18 13 1 1
1984-85 18 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 64 55 93 148 115 31 23 1 9
1985-86 19 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 63 68 123 191 93 42 23 3 8
1985-86 19 Canada WJC-A 7 3 5 8 2
1991-92 25 Canada Can-Cup 8 1 2 3 10
1993-94 27 Canada WC-A 8 4 4 8 2
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 8 1 2 3 10
Career 1 Season QAAA 48 36 57 93 28
Career 3 Seasons QMJHL 197 155 269 424 258 91 59 5 18
Career 1 Season WC-A 8 4 4 8 2
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 3 5 8 2

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1982-83 16 Montreal-Bourassa QAAA 7 9 6 15 14
1984-85 18 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 5 4 2 6 27 1 3 0 0
1985-86 19 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 15 17 27 44 28 11 5 1 1
1985-86 19 Hull Olympiques M-Cup 5 8 5 13 8
Career 1 Season M-Cup 5 8 5 13 8
Career 1 Season QAAA 7 9 6 15 14
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 20 21 29 50 55 12 8 1 1

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 19 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
Luc Robitaille 11.8 10.3 9.8 9.7 9.4 9.2 9.2 9.0 8.2 8.1 6.8 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.3 4.6 4.4 2.7 1.8
Mark Messier 96.6 11.3 11.3 9.9 9.6 9.0 8.9 8.8 8.1 8.0 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.0 5.4 5.0 3.8 3.7 0.9
Pierre Turgeon 96.4 12.0 10.2 9.8 9.7 9.1 9.0 8.7 8.6 8.1 7.9 7.5 6.7 5.4 5.3 4.7 4.6 4.3 1.9 0.8
Mike Modano 95.2 10.7 10.7 10.2 10.2 9.7 9.7 9.6 8.4 8.0 7.9 7.4 6.6 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.4 3.4 3.3 3.1
Stan Mikita 95.2 10.7 10.2 10.2 9.9 9.4 9.2 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.2 6.6 6.4 4.6 4.5 4.1 1.4 0.0
Brendan Shanahan 95.2 11.6 10.7 10.5 10.5 10.3 9.5 8.9 8.9 7.9 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.7 5.9 5.7 5.6 4.4 3.4 0.3
Mark Recchi 94.6 11.0 10.7 9.7 9.5 9.4 8.9 8.7 8.1 8.0 7.8 6.6 6.4 5.6 5.1 4.8 4.4 4.3 3.8 -0.3
Mats Sundin 93.7 11.0 10.5 10.3 9.8 9.2 9.1 9.0 8.9 8.9 8.7 8.4 8.2 7.7 7.3 6.0 5.2 3.8 2.4
Keith Tkachuk 92.7 11.2 10.9 10.7 9.9 9.3 9.3 9.2 7.8 7.2 6.9 6.6 5.3 5.2 5.2 3.4 3.3 3.2 0.5
Jeremy Roenick 91.1 11.3 11.1 10.2 9.9 9.1 8.5 8.0 8.0 7.6 7.2 6.9 6.2 5.4 4.7 3.5 3.4 1.6 1.5 0.9
Maurice Richard 90.9 10.3 10.2 10.1 9.7 9.5 9.4 9.2 8.3 8.1 6.7 6.2 5.7 4.9 4.8 4.1 4.0 3.6 0.6
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 24 25
Luc Robitaille 11.8 10.3 9.8 9.7 9.4 9.2 9.2 9.0 8.2 8.1 6.8 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.3 4.6 4.4 2.7 1.8
Pierre Turgeon 96.4 12.0 10.2 9.8 9.7 9.1 9.0 8.7 8.6 8.1 7.9 7.5 6.7 5.4 5.3 4.7 4.6 4.3 1.9 0.8
Mark Messier 96.1 11.3 11.3 9.9 9.6 9.0 8.9 8.8 8.1 8.0 7.1 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.0 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.5 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 1.6 0.9
Stan Mikita 95.3 10.7 10.2 10.2 9.9 9.4 9.2 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.2 6.6 6.4 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.1 4.1 1.4 0.3 0.0
Mike Modano 95.0 10.7 10.7 10.2 10.2 9.7 9.7 9.6 8.4 8.0 7.9 7.4 6.6 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.4 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.0 0.9
Brendan Shanahan 94.9 11.6 10.7 10.5 10.5 10.3 9.5 8.9 8.9 7.9 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.7 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.2 4.4 3.4 1.1 0.3
Mark Recchi 94.3 11.0 10.7 9.7 9.5 9.4 8.9 8.7 8.1 8.0 7.8 6.6 6.4 5.6 5.5 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.3 3.8 -0.3
Mats Sundin 93.7 11.0 10.5 10.3 9.8 9.2 9.1 9.0 8.9 8.9 8.7 8.4 8.2 7.7 7.3 6.0 5.2 3.8 2.4
Keith Tkachuk 92.7 11.2 10.9 10.7 9.9 9.3 9.3 9.2 7.8 7.2 6.9 6.6 5.3 5.2 5.2 3.4 3.3 3.2 0.5
Jeremy Roenick 91.1 11.3 11.1 10.2 9.9 9.1 8.5 8.0 8.0 7.6 7.2 6.9 6.2 5.4 4.7 3.5 3.4 1.6 1.5 0.9 0.9
Jean Beliveau 91.0 13.0 11.0 10.2 10.0 9.3 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.4 7.7 7.7 6.8 5.9 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.3 3.0 1.1 0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1988 NHL
1989 NHL
1990 NHL
1991 NHL
1992 NHL
1993 NHL
1999 NHL
2001 NHL

Awards

1986-87 NHL Calder Memorial Trophy

Honors

1986-87 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)
1986-87 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1987-88 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1988-89 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1989-90 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1990-91 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1991-92 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1992-93 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
2000-01 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

2002 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)

Games Played

1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 80 (1)
 1991-92 NHL 80 (3)
1992-93 NHL 84 (2)
1998-99 NHL 82 (2)
2000-01 NHL 82 (3)
Career NHL 1431 (23)

Goals

1986-87 NHL 45 (9)
1987-88 NHL 53 (4)
1988-89 NHL 46 (10)
1989-90 NHL 52 (6)
1990-91 NHL 45 (7)
1991-92 NHL 44 (7)
1992-93 NHL 63 (4)
1998-99 NHL 39 (10)
1999-00 NHL 36 (9)
Career NHL 668 (10)

Assists

1991-92 NHL 63 (10)
Career NHL 726 (47)

Points

1987-88 NHL 111 (5)
1988-89 NHL 98 (10)
1991-92 NHL 107 (5)
1992-93 NHL 125 (9)
Career NHL 1394 (20)

Goals Created

1987-88 NHL 44.9 (4)
1988-89 NHL 39.4 (8)
1989-90 NHL 41.2 (8)
1991-92 NHL 40.4 (7)
1992-93 NHL 50.1 (8)
Career NHL 556.9 (14)

Plus/Minus

1990-91 NHL 28 (9)

Even Strength Goals

1987-88 NHL 36 (2)
1988-89 NHL 36 (6)
1989-90 NHL 32 (8)
1990-91 NHL 34 (3)
1992-93 NHL 37 (6)
1994-95 NHL 18 (8)
1998-99 NHL 28 (4)
Career NHL 418 (9)

Power Play Goals

1986-87 NHL 18 (5)
1989-90 NHL 20 (5)
1991-92 NHL 26 (2)
1992-93 NHL 24 (5)
1993-94 NHL 24 (3)
1999-00 NHL 13 (4)
2000-01 NHL 16 (9)
2001-02 NHL 13 (8)
2003-04 NHL 12 (10)
Career NHL 247 (4)

Game-Winning Goals

1989-90 NHL 7 (10)
1992-93 NHL 8 (10)
1998-99 NHL 7 (9)
1999-00 NHL 7 (8)
Career NHL 89 (17)

Shots

1998-99 NHL 292 (6)
Career NHL 3961 (19)

Shooting Percentage

1986-87 NHL 22.6 (7)
1987-88 NHL 24.1 (6)
1989-90 NHL 24.8 (1)
 1992-93 NHL 23.8 (5)
1994-95 NHL 21.1 (10)
Career NHL 16.9 (62)

Goals Per Game

1987-88 NHL 0.66 (7)
1989-90 NHL 0.65 (8)
1990-91 NHL 0.59 (8)
1992-93 NHL 0.75 (5)
1999-00 NHL 0.51 (7)
Career NHL 0.47 (41)

Points Per Game

1987-88 NHL 1.39 (9)
1991-92 NHL 1.34 (8)
1992-93 NHL 1.49 (10)
Career NHL 0.97 (70)

Goals Created Per Game

1987-88 NHL 0.56 (5)
1991-92 NHL 0.50 (10)
1992-93 NHL 0.60 (9)
1999-00 NHL 0.41 (9)
Career NHL 0.39 (59)

Adjusted Goals

1986-87 NHL 38 (9)
1987-88 NHL 44 (4)
1988-89 NHL 38 (10)
1989-90 NHL 44 (6)
1990-91 NHL 40 (7)
1991-92 NHL 39 (7)
1992-93 NHL 51 (4)
1998-99 NHL 45 (9)
1999-00 NHL 40 (9)
Career NHL 652 (9)

Adjusted Assists

1991-92 NHL 56 (10)
Career NHL 702 (49)

Adjusted Points

1987-88 NHL 92 (6)
1988-89 NHL 81 (10)
1991-92 NHL 95 (5)
1992-93 NHL 101 (9)
2000-01 NHL 95 (10)
Career NHL 1354 (23)

Adjusted Goals Created

1987-88 NHL 37.1 (5)
1988-89 NHL 32.5 (9)
1989-90 NHL 35.2 (7)
1991-92 NHL 36.5 (6)
1992-93 NHL 41.5 (7)
Career NHL 547.1 (17)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1987-88 NHL 156 (10)
Career NHL 2013 (28)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1993-94 NHL 73 (5)
2000-01 NHL 61 (7)
Career NHL 793 (23)

Offensive Point Shares

1987-88 NHL 9.0 (4)
1988-89 NHL 7.5 (10)
1989-90 NHL 8.1 (8)
1991-92 NHL 8.5 (8)
1992-93 NHL 10.6 (8)
1999-00 NHL 7.6 (8)
2000-01 NHL 8.5 (9)
Career NHL 118.5 (16)

Point Shares

Career NHL 138.7 (47)
    

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

July 29, 1994: Traded to Pittsburgh by Los Angeles for Rick Tocchet and Pittsburgh's 2nd round choice (Pavel Rosa) in 1995 Entry Draft, July 29, 1994.

August 31, 1995: Traded to NY Rangers by Pittsburgh with Ulf Samuelsson for Petr Nedved and Sergei Zubov, August 31, 1995.

August 28, 1997: Traded to Los Angeles by NY Rangers for Kevin Stevens, August 28, 1997.

July 5, 2001: Signed as a free agent by Detroit, July 5, 2001.

July 24, 2003: Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles, July 24, 2003.

April 11, 2006: Officially announced retirement, effective at end of season, April 11, 2006.

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