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Ulf Samuelsson

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: March 26, 1964 in Fagersta, Sweden

Drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the 4th round (67th overall) of the 1982 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
1984-85 20 HAR NHL 41 2 6 8 3 -6 83 2 0 0 0 32 6.3
1985-86 21 HAR NHL 80 5 19 24 8 7 174 4 0 1 1 72 6.9
1986-87 22 HAR NHL 78 2 31 33 10 28 162 2 0 0 0 104 1.9
1987-88 23 HAR NHL 76 8 33 41 13 -10 159 5 3 0 0 156 5.1
1988-89 24 HAR NHL 71 9 26 35 12 23 181 6 3 0 2 122 7.4
1989-90 25 HAR NHL 55 2 11 13 4 15 177 2 0 0 0 57 3.5
1990-91 26 TOT NHL 76 4 22 26 8 17 211 4 0 0 0 125 3.2
1990-91 26 HAR NHL 62 3 18 21 6 13 174 3 0 0 0 110 2.7
1990-91 26 PIT NHL 14 1 4 5 2 4 37 1 0 0 0 15 6.7
1991-92 27 PIT NHL 62 1 14 15 4 2 206 0 1 0 1 75 1.3
1992-93 28 PIT NHL 77 3 26 29 9 36 249 3 0 0 1 96 3.1
1993-94 29 PIT NHL 80 5 24 29 9 23 199 4 1 0 0 106 4.7
1994-95 30 PIT NHL 44 1 15 16 5 11 113 1 0 0 0 47 2.1
1995-96 31 NYR NHL 74 1 18 19 5 9 122 1 0 0 0 66 1.5
1996-97 32 NYR NHL 73 6 11 17 6 3 138 5 1 0 1 77 7.8
1997-98 33 NYR NHL 73 3 9 12 4 1 122 3 0 0 2 59 5.1
1998-99 34 TOT NHL 71 4 8 12 4 5 99 4 0 0 0 39 10.3 1443 20:19
1998-99 34 NYR NHL 67 4 8 12 4 6 93 4 0 0 0 37 10.8 1372 20:29
1998-99 34 DET NHL 4 0 0 0 0 -1 6 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 70 17:32
1999-00 35 PHI NHL 49 1 2 3 1 8 58 1 0 0 1 17 5.9 768 15:40
Career NHL 1080 57 275 332 105 172 2453 47 9 1 9 1250 4.6 2210 18:25

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
1984-85 20 HAR NHL 41 0.05 0.15 0.20 0.07 2.02 0.78 2 5 7 2 41 3 53 9 -6 -0.1 2.2 2.0
1985-86 21 HAR NHL 80 0.06 0.24 0.30 0.10 2.18 0.90 4 15 19 6 103 13 109 26 7 0.4 4.4 4.8
1986-87 22 HAR NHL 78 0.03 0.40 0.42 0.12 2.08 1.33 2 26 28 8 120 18 111 37 28 1.1 5.7 6.8
1987-88 23 HAR NHL 76 0.11 0.43 0.54 0.18 2.09 2.05 7 27 34 11 96 32 113 39 -10 2.0 4.7 6.7
1988-89 24 HAR NHL 71 0.13 0.37 0.49 0.17 2.55 1.72 7 21 28 10 111 34 87 33 23 1.8 5.0 6.9
1989-90 25 HAR NHL 55 0.04 0.20 0.24 0.07 3.22 1.04 2 9 11 4 57 4 57 19 15 0.0 4.1 4.1
1990-91 26 TOT NHL 76 0.05 0.29 0.34 0.11 2.78 1.64 4 20 24 8 77 4 72 16 17 0.7 5.3 6.0
1990-91 26 HAR NHL 62 0.05 0.29 0.34 0.10 2.81 1.77 3 16 19 6 62 4 57 12 13 0.5 4.6 5.1
1990-91 26 PIT NHL 14 0.07 0.29 0.36 0.11 2.64 1.07 1 4 5 2 15 0 15 4 4 0.2 0.7 0.9
1991-92 27 PIT NHL 62 0.02 0.23 0.24 0.07 3.32 1.21 1 12 13 4 69 9 83 25 2 -0.1 2.2 2.2
1992-93 28 PIT NHL 77 0.04 0.34 0.38 0.11 3.23 1.25 2 21 23 7 116 14 100 34 36 0.8 5.4 6.2
1993-94 29 PIT NHL 80 0.06 0.30 0.36 0.11 2.49 1.33 5 22 27 9 111 17 102 31 23 1.1 4.7 5.8
1994-95 30 PIT NHL 44 0.02 0.34 0.36 0.10 2.57 1.07 2 26 28 8 57 8 63 25 11 0.6 1.9 2.5
1995-96 31 NYR NHL 74 0.01 0.24 0.26 0.07 1.65 0.89 1 17 18 5 63 8 68 22 9 0.3 3.9 4.2
1996-97 32 NYR NHL 73 0.08 0.15 0.23 0.09 1.89 1.05 6 11 17 6 53 4 67 21 3 0.7 3.3 4.0
1997-98 33 NYR NHL 73 0.04 0.12 0.16 0.05 1.67 0.81 3 10 13 4 38 1 54 18 1 0.0 4.1 4.0
1998-99 34 TOT NHL 71 0.06 0.11 0.17 0.06 1.39 0.55 5 9 14 5 56 3 68 20 5 0.2 3.6 3.8
1998-99 34 NYR NHL 67 0.06 0.12 0.18 0.06 1.39 0.55 5 9 14 5 56 3 66 19 6 0.3 3.5 3.8
1998-99 34 DET NHL 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.50 0.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.1 0.1 0.0
1999-00 35 PHI NHL 49 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.02 1.18 0.35 1 2 3 1 31 1 29 7 8 -0.4 2.6 2.2
Career NHL 1080 0.05 0.25 0.31 0.10 2.27 1.16 54 253 307 98 1199 173 1236 382 172 9.0 63.0 72.0

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 21 HAR NHL 10 1 2 3 5 38 1 0 0 1 13 7.7
1986-87 22 HAR NHL 5 0 1 1 -2 41 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
1987-88 23 HAR NHL 5 0 0 0 -2 8 0 0 0 0 11 0.0
1988-89 24 HAR NHL 4 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
1989-90 25 HAR NHL 7 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 5 20.0
1990-91 26 PIT NHL SC 20 3 2 5 7 34 2 1 0 1 21 14.3
1991-92 27 PIT NHL SC 21 0 2 2 7 39 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
1992-93 28 PIT NHL 12 1 5 6 5 24 1 0 0 0 14 7.1
1993-94 29 PIT NHL 6 0 1 1 -3 18 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
1994-95 30 PIT NHL 7 0 2 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
1995-96 31 NYR NHL 11 1 5 6 -1 16 1 0 0 0 6 16.7
1996-97 32 NYR NHL 15 0 2 2 1 30 0 0 0 0 11 0.0
1998-99 34 DET NHL 9 0 3 3 1 10 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 143 15:52
Career NHL 2 132 7 27 34 22 272 6 1 0 2 122 5.7 143 15:52

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 16 Fagersta HK Sweden-3 22 11 5 16
1981-82 17 Leksands IF Sweden 31 3 1 4 40
1981-82 17 Sweden WJC-A 7 1 2 3 18
1981-82 17 Sweden EJC-A 5 2 1 3 10
1982-83 18 Leksands IF Sweden 33 9 6 15 72
1982-83 18 Sweden WJC-A 1 0 1 1
1983-84 19 Leksands IF Sweden 36 5 11 16 53
1983-84 19 Sweden WJC-A 7 1 4 5 18
1984-85 20 Binghamton Whalers AHL 36 5 11 16 92
1984-85 20 Sweden WEC-A 9 1 2 3 22
1986-87 22 NHL All-Stars RV-87 2 0 0 0 0
1989-90 25 Sweden WEC-A 7 2 0 2 18
1991-92 27 Sweden Can-Cup 3 0 0 0 4
1994-95 30 Leksands IF Sweden 2 0 0 0 8
1997-98 33 Sweden Olympics 3 0 1 1 4
Career 1 Season AHL 36 5 11 16 92
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 3 0 0 0 4
Career 1 Season EJC-A 5 2 1 3 10
Career 1 Season Olympics 3 0 1 1 4
Career 1 Season RV-87 2 0 0 0 0
Career 4 Seasons Sweden 102 17 18 35 173
Career 1 Season Sweden-3 22 11 5 16
Career 2 Seasons WEC-A 16 3 2 5 40
Career 3 Seasons WJC-A 15 2 7 9 36

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
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
Ulf Samuelsson 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.2 6.0 5.8 4.8 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.8 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.0
Kevin Lowe 93.1 7.1 6.5 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.5 4.7 4.4 4.4 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.3 1.7
Mike Ramsey 91.9 8.0 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.2 4.9 4.8 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.3 2.1 1.6 1.5
Gordie Roberts 91.2 6.9 6.6 6.5 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.6 4.1 3.3 3.3 3.1 2.3 2.0
Terry Harper 90.2 8.0 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.7 3.9 3.3 3.3 1.9 1.3 1.0
Patrice Brisebois 89.9 7.9 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.2 5.7 5.2 4.0 4.0 2.9 2.6 2.4 1.9 1.3 0.6
Jamie Macoun 89.9 7.3 7.2 7.0 6.9 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.0 3.7 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.2
Adam Foote 89.4 8.2 6.8 6.2 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.9 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.6
Don Sweeney 89.2 7.7 6.8 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.0 1.5
Butch Bouchard 89.0 8.2 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.3 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.5 4.1 3.8 3.5 2.8 2.5 1.6
Keith Carney 88.7 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.3 3.5 3.0 2.7 1.5 0.8 0.5
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
Ulf Samuelsson 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.2 6.0 5.8 4.8 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.8 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.0
Kevin Lowe 91.3 7.1 6.5 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.5 4.7 4.4 4.4 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.3 1.7 0.0
Mike Ramsey 91.3 8.0 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.2 4.9 4.8 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.3 2.1 1.6 1.5 0.1
Gordie Roberts 91.2 6.9 6.6 6.5 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.6 4.1 3.3 3.3 3.1 2.3 2.0
Patrice Brisebois 90.8 7.9 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.2 5.7 5.2 4.0 4.0 3.1 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.0 1.9 1.3 0.6
Terry Harper 90.1 8.0 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.7 3.9 3.3 3.3 2.3 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.7
Jamie Macoun 89.9 7.3 7.2 7.0 6.9 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.0 3.7 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.2
Don Sweeney 89.2 7.7 6.8 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.0 1.5
Butch Bouchard 89.0 8.2 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.3 5.2 5.2 4.9 4.5 4.1 3.8 3.5 2.8 2.5 1.6
Keith Carney 88.7 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.3 3.5 3.0 2.7 1.5 0.8 0.5
Adam Foote 88.4 8.2 6.8 6.2 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.1 0.7

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1991 Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)
1992 Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)

Games Played

1985-86 NHL 80 (3)

Plus/Minus

1992-93 NHL 36 (4)
Career NHL 172 (87)

Penalties in Minutes

Career NHL 2453 (25)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

Career NHL 1236 (87)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1994-95 NHL 25 (4)
Career NHL 382 (52)

Defensive Point Shares

1986-87 NHL 5.7 (6)
1990-91 NHL 5.3 (5)
Career NHL 63.0 (42)
  

Transactions

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March 4, 1991: Traded to Pittsburgh by Hartford with Ron Francis and Grant Jennings for John Cullen, Jeff Parker and Zarley Zalapski, March 4, 1991.

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

March 23, 1999: Traded to Detroit by NY Rangers for Detroit's 2nd round choice (David Inman) in 1999 Entry Draft and NY Rangers' 3rd round choice (previously acquired, NY Rangers' selected Johan Asplund) in 1999 Entry Draft, March 23, 1999.

June 25, 1999: Traded to Atlanta by Detroit for future considerations, June 25, 1999.

October 19, 1999: Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia, October 19, 1999.

February 12, 2001: Officially announced his retirement, February 12, 2001.

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