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Kjell Samuelsson

Position: D
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-6    Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: October 18, 1958 in Tingsryd, Sweden

Drafted by the New York Rangers in the 6th round (119th overall) of the 1984 NHL Entry 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
1985-86 27 NYR NHL 9 0 0 0 0 -1 10 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
1986-87 28 TOT NHL 76 3 12 15 5 -11 136 3 0 0 0 48 6.3
1986-87 28 NYR NHL 30 2 6 8 3 -2 50 2 0 0 0 20 10.0
1986-87 28 PHI NHL 46 1 6 7 2 -9 86 1 0 0 0 28 3.6
1987-88 29 PHI NHL 74 6 24 30 10 28 184 3 3 0 0 118 5.1
1988-89 30 PHI NHL 69 3 14 17 5 13 140 2 0 1 0 60 5.0
1989-90 31 PHI NHL 66 5 17 22 7 20 91 5 0 0 1 88 5.7
1990-91 32 PHI NHL 78 9 19 28 10 4 82 8 1 0 3 101 8.9
1991-92 33 TOT NHL 74 5 11 16 6 1 110 5 0 0 1 91 5.5
1991-92 33 PHI NHL 54 4 9 13 5 1 76 4 0 0 0 63 6.3
1991-92 33 PIT NHL 20 1 2 3 1 0 34 1 0 0 1 28 3.6
1992-93 34 PIT NHL 63 3 6 9 3 25 106 3 0 0 1 63 4.8
1993-94 35 PIT NHL 59 5 8 13 5 18 118 4 1 0 0 57 8.8
1994-95 36 PIT NHL 41 1 6 7 2 8 54 1 0 0 0 37 2.7
1995-96 37 PHI NHL 75 3 11 14 5 20 81 3 0 0 1 62 4.8
1996-97 38 PHI NHL 34 4 3 7 3 17 47 4 0 0 0 36 11.1
1997-98 39 PHI NHL 49 0 3 3 1 9 28 0 0 0 0 23 0.0
1998-99 40 TBL NHL 46 1 4 5 2 -6 38 1 0 0 0 22 4.5 856 18:37
Career NHL 813 48 138 186 63 145 1225 42 5 1 7 813 5.9 856 18:37

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
1985-86 27 NYR NHL 9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.11 0.78 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 3 -1 -0.2 0.5 0.3
1986-87 28 TOT NHL 76 0.04 0.16 0.20 0.06 1.79 0.63 3 10 13 4 74 9 91 15 -11 -0.2 2.9 2.7
1986-87 28 NYR NHL 30 0.07 0.20 0.27 0.09 1.67 0.67 2 5 7 2 39 7 39 5 -2 0.1 1.2 1.3
1986-87 28 PHI NHL 46 0.02 0.13 0.15 0.05 1.87 0.61 1 5 6 2 35 2 52 10 -9 -0.3 1.7 1.4
1987-88 29 PHI NHL 74 0.08 0.32 0.41 0.13 2.49 1.59 5 20 25 8 117 29 92 32 28 1.1 5.1 6.2
1988-89 30 PHI NHL 69 0.04 0.20 0.25 0.08 2.03 0.87 2 11 13 4 80 3 108 44 13 0.1 4.3 4.4
1989-90 31 PHI NHL 66 0.08 0.26 0.33 0.11 1.38 1.33 4 14 18 6 88 4 110 46 20 0.7 4.2 4.8
1990-91 32 PHI NHL 78 0.12 0.24 0.36 0.13 1.05 1.29 8 17 25 9 74 7 112 49 4 1.2 4.7 5.9
1991-92 33 TOT NHL 74 0.07 0.15 0.22 0.08 1.49 1.23 5 10 15 5 65 2 100 38 1 0.1 3.7 3.8
1991-92 33 PHI NHL 54 0.07 0.17 0.24 0.08 1.41 1.17 4 8 12 4 44 2 69 28 1 0.2 3.0 3.2
1991-92 33 PIT NHL 20 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.05 1.70 1.40 1 2 3 1 21 0 31 10 0 -0.1 0.7 0.6
1992-93 34 PIT NHL 63 0.05 0.10 0.14 0.05 1.68 1.00 2 5 7 2 61 3 64 31 25 -0.4 4.2 3.8
1993-94 35 PIT NHL 59 0.08 0.14 0.22 0.08 2.00 0.97 5 7 12 5 61 5 59 21 18 0.2 3.5 3.7
1994-95 36 PIT NHL 41 0.02 0.15 0.17 0.05 1.32 0.90 2 10 12 4 39 2 52 23 8 -0.1 1.6 1.5
1995-96 37 PHI NHL 75 0.04 0.15 0.19 0.06 1.08 0.83 3 11 14 5 70 1 67 18 20 0.0 5.4 5.4
1996-97 38 PHI NHL 34 0.12 0.09 0.21 0.09 1.38 1.06 4 3 7 3 31 0 19 5 17 0.4 2.7 3.1
1997-98 39 PHI NHL 49 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.02 0.57 0.47 0 3 3 1 27 0 33 15 9 -0.7 3.2 2.5
1998-99 40 TBL NHL 46 0.02 0.09 0.11 0.04 0.83 0.48 1 5 6 2 29 1 53 19 -6 -0.2 1.4 1.2
Career NHL 813 0.06 0.17 0.23 0.08 1.51 1.00 44 126 170 58 820 66 968 359 145 1.8 47.5 49.3

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 27 NYR NHL 9 0 1 1 -2 8 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
1986-87 28 PHI NHL 26 0 4 4 4 25 0 0 0 0 27 0.0
1987-88 29 PHI NHL 7 2 5 7 8 23 2 0 0 1 11 18.2
1988-89 30 PHI NHL 19 1 3 4 13 24 1 0 0 0 16 6.3
1991-92 33 PIT NHL SC 15 0 3 3 6 12 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
1992-93 34 PIT NHL 12 0 3 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 15 0.0
1993-94 35 PIT NHL 6 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1994-95 36 PIT NHL 11 0 1 1 -4 32 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
1995-96 37 PHI NHL 12 1 0 1 0 24 1 0 0 0 7 14.3
1996-97 38 PHI NHL 5 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
1997-98 39 PHI NHL 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career NHL 1 123 4 20 24 27 178 4 0 0 1 104 3.8

Other Standard

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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 Tingsryds AIF Sweden-2 22 1 2 3
1977-78 19 Tingsryds AIF Sweden-2 20 3 0 3 41
1978-79 20 Tingsryds AIF Sweden-2 24 3 4 7 67
1979-80 21 Tingsryds AIF Sweden-2 26 5 4 9 45
1980-81 22 Tingsryds AIF Sweden-2 35 6 7 13 61
1981-82 23 Tingsryds AIF Sweden-2 33 11 14 25 68
1982-83 24 Tingsryds AIF Sweden-2 32 11 6 17 57
1983-84 25 Leksands IF Sweden 36 6 6 12 59
1984-85 26 Leksands IF Sweden 35 9 5 14 34
1985-86 27 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 56 6 21 27 87
1990-91 32 Sweden EJC-A 10 2 2 4 12
1991-92 33 Sweden Can-Cup 6 1 0 1 16
1998-99 40 VEU Feldkirch EuroHL 2 0 1 1 0
Career 1 Season AHL 56 6 21 27 87
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 6 1 0 1 16
Career 1 Season EJC-A 10 2 2 4 12
Career 1 Season EuroHL 2 0 1 1 0
Career 2 Seasons Sweden 71 15 11 26 93
Career 7 Seasons Sweden-2 192 40 37 77 339

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 22 Tingsryds AIF Sweden-2 2 0 1 1 14
1981-82 23 Tingsryds AIF Sweden-2 3 0 2 2 2
1985-86 27 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 3 0 0 0 10
Career 1 Season AHL 3 0 0 0 10
Career 2 Seasons Sweden-2 5 0 3 3 16

Similarity Scores

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Thru 14 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Kjell Samuelsson 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.8 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.1 2.7 2.5 1.5 1.2 0.3
Joe Reekie 92.7 5.9 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.1 3.9 3.5 3.4 2.6 2.6 2.3 1.1 1.0 0.0
Randy Moller 92.7 6.3 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.5 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.7
Gerald Diduck 92.5 5.7 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.0 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.6 2.3 1.4 1.4 0.8
Gilles Marotte 91.4 6.5 6.2 5.4 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.1 3.7 3.1 2.6 1.8
Jim Johnson 91.0 5.5 5.4 4.6 4.5 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.3 2.8 1.9 1.8 1.4 0.9
Mark Hardy 91.0 5.9 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.0 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.4 2.3 0.0
Lee Fogolin 90.4 5.7 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.2 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.7 1.7 0.9
J.J. Daigneault 89.9 5.9 5.0 4.9 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.5 1.7 0.8
Mark Tinordi 89.8 6.8 6.1 5.3 4.9 4.5 3.9 3.4 3.2 2.8 1.8 1.4 0.8
Tommy Albelin 89.6 5.6 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.0 3.7 2.6 2.1 1.5 1.2 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
Kjell Samuelsson 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.8 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.1 2.7 2.5 1.5 1.2 0.3
Randy Moller 92.7 6.3 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.5 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.7
Gilles Marotte 91.4 6.5 6.2 5.4 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.1 3.7 3.1 2.6 1.8
Mark Hardy 91.2 5.9 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.0 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.4 2.3 0.2 0.0
Jim Johnson 91.0 5.5 5.4 4.6 4.5 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.3 2.8 1.9 1.8 1.4 0.9
Lee Fogolin 90.4 5.7 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.2 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.7 1.7 0.9
Gerald Diduck 90.3 5.7 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.0 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.6 2.3 1.8 1.4 1.4 0.8 0.7 0.5
Joe Reekie 90.1 5.9 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.5 3.4 3.4 2.6 2.6 2.3 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.0
Mark Tinordi 89.8 6.8 6.1 5.3 4.9 4.5 3.9 3.4 3.2 2.8 1.8 1.4 0.8
J.J. Daigneault 89.7 5.9 5.0 4.9 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.5 1.7 0.8 0.2 -0.1
Dana Murzyn 89.1 6.2 5.3 5.2 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.2 2.7 2.4 1.4 0.6 0.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1988 NHL

Championships

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1992 Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1989-90 NHL 46 (6)
1990-91 NHL 49 (3)
1994-95 NHL 23 (7)
Career NHL 359 (73)

Defensive Point Shares

1987-88 NHL 5.1 (5)

Transactions

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December 18, 1986: Traded to Philadelphia by NY Rangers with NY Rangers' 2nd round choice (Patrik Juhlin) in 1989 Entry Draft for Bob Froese, December 18, 1986.

February 19, 1992: Traded to Pittsburgh by Philadelphia with Rick Tocchet, Ken Wregget and Philadelphia's 3rd round choice (Dave Roche) in 1993 Entry Draft for Mark Recchi, Brian Benning and Los Angeles' 1st round choice (previously acquired, Philadelphia selected Jason Bowen) in 1992 Entry Draft, February 19, 1992.

August 31, 1995: Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia, August 31, 1995.

October 14, 1998: Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay, October 14, 1998.

April 18, 1999: Officially announced his retirement, April 18, 1999.

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