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Tomas Sandstrom

Position: RW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: September 4, 1964 in Jakobstad, Finland

Drafted by the New York Rangers in the 2nd round (36th overall) of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 10:05AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #236. Hooley Smith… #236. Mike Foligno… #238. TOMAS SANDSTROM… #239. Martin Straka… #240. Bill Mosienko… #240. Rick Kehoe… 

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 NYR NHL 74 29 29 58 24 3 51 24 5 0 3 190 15.3
1985-86 21 NYR NHL 73 25 29 54 22 -4 109 15 8 2 1 238 10.5
1986-87 22 NYR NHL 64 40 34 74 31 8 60 27 13 0 5 240 16.7
1987-88 23 NYR NHL 69 28 40 68 26 -6 95 17 11 0 3 204 13.7
1988-89 24 NYR NHL 79 32 56 88 32 5 148 19 11 2 4 240 13.3
1989-90 25 TOT NHL 76 32 39 71 28 -11 128 24 7 1 3 249 12.9
1989-90 25 NYR NHL 48 19 19 38 16 -10 100 13 6 0 3 166 11.4
1989-90 25 LAK NHL 28 13 20 33 12 -1 28 11 1 1 0 83 15.7
1990-91 26 LAK NHL 68 45 44 89 36 27 106 29 16 0 6 221 20.4
1991-92 27 LAK NHL 49 17 22 39 15 -2 70 12 5 0 4 147 11.6
1992-93 28 LAK NHL 39 25 27 52 21 12 57 17 8 0 3 134 18.7
1993-94 29 TOT NHL 78 23 35 58 22 -7 83 19 4 0 3 193 11.9
1993-94 29 LAK NHL 51 17 24 41 16 -12 59 13 4 0 2 121 14.0
1993-94 29 PIT NHL 27 6 11 17 6 5 24 6 0 0 1 72 8.3
1994-95 30 PIT NHL 47 21 23 44 17 1 42 16 4 1 3 116 18.1
1995-96 31 PIT NHL 58 35 35 70 28 4 69 17 17 1 2 187 18.7
1996-97 32 TOT NHL 74 18 24 42 16 6 69 15 1 2 2 139 12.9
1996-97 32 PIT NHL 40 9 15 24 9 4 33 7 1 1 0 73 12.3
1996-97 32 DET NHL 34 9 9 18 7 2 36 8 0 1 2 66 13.6
1997-98 33 MDA NHL 77 9 8 17 7 -25 64 6 2 1 0 136 6.6
1998-99 34 MDA NHL 58 15 17 32 13 -5 42 8 7 0 2 107 14.0 1007 17:22
Career NHL 983 394 462 856 337 6 1193 265 119 10 44 2741 14.4 1007 17:22

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 NYR NHL 74 0.39 0.39 0.78 0.32 0.69 2.57 23 23 46 19 84 25 58 2 3 3.2 1.2 4.3
1985-86 21 NYR NHL 73 0.34 0.40 0.74 0.30 1.49 3.26 19 23 42 17 80 39 53 8 -4 2.6 0.9 3.5
1986-87 22 NYR NHL 64 0.63 0.53 1.16 0.49 0.94 3.75 34 29 63 26 100 36 56 0 8 6.0 1.0 7.0
1987-88 23 NYR NHL 69 0.41 0.58 0.99 0.37 1.38 2.96 23 33 56 22 109 52 67 4 -6 4.3 0.8 5.1
1988-89 24 NYR NHL 79 0.41 0.71 1.11 0.40 1.87 3.04 26 46 72 27 132 52 90 15 5 5.5 1.1 6.5
1989-90 25 TOT NHL 76 0.42 0.51 0.93 0.37 1.68 3.28 27 33 60 24 98 40 75 6 -11 4.6 0.7 5.4
1989-90 25 NYR NHL 48 0.40 0.40 0.79 0.32 2.08 3.46 16 16 32 13 53 24 40 1 -10 2.4 0.5 2.9
1989-90 25 LAK NHL 28 0.46 0.71 1.18 0.44 1.00 2.96 11 17 28 11 45 16 35 5 -1 2.3 0.2 2.5
1990-91 26 LAK NHL 68 0.66 0.65 1.31 0.53 1.56 3.25 40 39 79 32 128 41 60 0 27 7.9 1.3 9.2
1991-92 27 LAK NHL 49 0.35 0.45 0.80 0.31 1.43 3.00 15 19 34 13 58 18 43 1 -2 2.4 0.5 3.0
1992-93 28 LAK NHL 39 0.64 0.69 1.33 0.53 1.46 3.44 20 22 42 17 71 25 34 0 12 4.2 0.7 4.8
1993-94 29 TOT NHL 78 0.29 0.45 0.74 0.28 1.06 2.47 20 32 52 20 93 34 73 7 -7 3.8 0.6 4.4
1993-94 29 LAK NHL 51 0.33 0.47 0.80 0.31 1.16 2.37 15 22 37 14 68 32 51 3 -12 2.9 0.2 3.1
1993-94 29 PIT NHL 27 0.22 0.41 0.63 0.23 0.89 2.67 5 10 15 5 25 2 22 4 5 0.9 0.4 1.3
1994-95 30 PIT NHL 47 0.45 0.49 0.94 0.37 0.89 2.47 36 40 76 31 56 17 51 13 1 4.0 0.3 4.3
1995-96 31 PIT NHL 58 0.60 0.60 1.21 0.48 1.19 3.22 34 34 68 28 120 59 64 7 4 6.6 0.5 7.0
1996-97 32 TOT NHL 74 0.24 0.32 0.57 0.22 0.93 1.88 18 25 43 17 70 20 56 12 6 2.6 1.1 3.7
1996-97 32 PIT NHL 40 0.23 0.38 0.60 0.22 0.83 1.83 9 16 25 9 38 10 30 6 4 1.5 0.5 2.0
1996-97 32 DET NHL 34 0.26 0.26 0.53 0.21 1.06 1.94 9 9 18 7 32 10 26 6 2 1.2 0.6 1.7
1997-98 33 MDA NHL 77 0.12 0.10 0.22 0.10 0.83 1.77 10 9 19 8 40 13 54 2 -25 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
1998-99 34 MDA NHL 58 0.26 0.29 0.55 0.22 0.72 1.84 17 19 36 14 40 16 39 10 -5 2.3 1.0 3.2
Career NHL 983 0.40 0.47 0.87 0.34 1.21 2.79 362 426 788 314 1279 487 873 87 6 59.8 11.6 71.4

NHL Playoffs

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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 NYR NHL 3 0 2 2 -3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
1985-86 21 NYR NHL 16 4 6 10 -3 20 4 0 0 1 52 7.7
1986-87 22 NYR NHL 6 1 2 3 -8 20 1 0 0 0 22 4.5
1988-89 24 NYR NHL 4 3 2 5 -3 12 1 2 0 0 12 25.0
1989-90 25 LAK NHL 10 5 4 9 -5 19 5 0 0 0 26 19.2
1990-91 26 LAK NHL 10 4 4 8 1 14 1 3 0 0 32 12.5
1991-92 27 LAK NHL 6 0 3 3 -2 8 0 0 0 0 13 0.0
1992-93 28 LAK NHL 24 8 17 25 -2 12 6 2 0 2 61 13.1
1993-94 29 PIT NHL 6 0 0 0 -4 4 0 0 0 0 10 0.0
1994-95 30 PIT NHL 12 3 3 6 -5 16 1 2 0 0 22 13.6
1995-96 31 PIT NHL 18 4 2 6 -6 30 4 0 0 1 44 9.1
1996-97 32 DET NHL SC 20 0 4 4 -3 24 0 0 0 0 36 0.0
1998-99 34 MDA NHL 4 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 70 17:24
Career NHL 1 139 32 49 81 -45 183 23 9 0 4 345 9.3 70 17:24

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 15 Fagersta HK Sweden-2 6 1 1 2 0
1980-81 16 Fagersta HK Sweden-3 20 23 5 28
1981-82 17 Fagersta HK Sweden-2 32 28 11 39 74
1981-82 17 Sweden EJC-A 5 5 2 7 16
1982-83 18 Brynas IF Gavle Sweden 36 23 14 37 50
1982-83 18 Sweden WJC-A 7 9 3 12
1983-84 19 Brynas IF Gavle Sweden 34 19 10 29 81
1983-84 19 Sweden WJC-A 7 4 3 7 12
1983-84 19 Sweden Olympics 7 2 1 3 6
1984-85 20 Sweden Can-Cup 8 1 1 2 2
1984-85 20 Sweden WEC-A 10 3 6 9 18
1986-87 22 NHL All-Stars RV-87 1 0 0 0 0
1986-87 22 Sweden WEC-A 8 4 6 10 6
1988-89 24 Sweden WEC-A 10 4 3 7 14
1991-92 27 Sweden Can-Cup 6 1 2 3 8
1994-95 30 Malmo IF Sweden 12 10 5 15 14
1997-98 33 Sweden Olympics 4 0 1 1 0
1999-00 35 MIF Redhawks Malmo Sweden 42 16 13 29 28
2000-01 36 MIF Redhawks Malmo Sweden 50 17 9 26 90
2001-02 37 MIF Redhawks Malmo Sweden 37 8 7 15 40
Career 2 Seasons Can-Cup 14 2 3 5 10
Career 1 Season EJC-A 5 5 2 7 16
Career 2 Seasons Olympics 11 2 2 4 6
Career 1 Season RV-87 1 0 0 0 0
Career 6 Seasons Sweden 211 93 58 151 303
Career 2 Seasons Sweden-2 38 29 12 41 74
Career 1 Season Sweden-3 20 23 5 28
Career 3 Seasons WEC-A 28 11 15 26 38
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 14 13 6 19 12

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1999-00 35 MIF Redhawks Malmo Sweden 6 3 2 5 10
2000-01 36 MIF Redhawks Malmo Sweden 8 3 3 6 60
2001-02 37 MIF Redhawks Malmo Sweden 5 0 1 1 6
Career 3 Seasons Sweden 19 6 6 12 76

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 15 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Tomas Sandstrom 9.2 7.0 7.0 6.5 5.4 5.1 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.0 -0.2
Milt Schmidt 93.2 7.5 7.0 6.6 5.4 4.6 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.6 2.6 0.8
Brian Rolston 92.2 9.4 7.6 7.6 6.9 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.2 4.2 4.1 3.2 3.2 2.3 2.1 1.4
Brian Bellows 92.0 9.5 7.4 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.9 5.8 4.8 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.6 2.0 1.0
Stephane Richer 91.5 9.6 7.9 7.6 6.3 5.5 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.5 3.3 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.4 0.0
Steve Thomas 90.7 8.3 7.5 7.3 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.5 4.3 3.5 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.2 1.8 -0.5
John MacLean 90.4 8.0 7.8 7.5 7.1 6.2 6.1 4.6 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.2 3.1 2.4 1.6 -0.5
Andrew Brunette 90.1 8.2 7.6 6.9 6.5 6.2 5.5 5.5 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.4 2.9 2.1 0.8 0.7
Cory Stillman 90.0 9.7 7.5 6.8 6.8 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.1 5.1 3.7 2.5 1.9 1.7 1.5 -0.1
Bobby Smith 89.7 8.7 7.4 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.1 4.7 3.3 2.9 2.1 1.4 0.0
Pat Verbeek 88.9 9.5 8.1 8.0 7.9 6.9 6.7 4.5 4.3 3.9 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.5 1.0 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 17 18
Tomas Sandstrom 9.2 7.0 7.0 6.5 5.4 5.1 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.0 -0.2
Milt Schmidt 92.7 7.5 7.0 6.6 5.4 4.6 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.6 2.6 1.0 0.8
Brian Rolston 92.3 9.4 7.6 7.6 6.9 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.2 4.2 4.1 3.7 3.2 3.2 2.3 2.1 1.4
Cory Stillman 91.3 9.7 7.5 6.8 6.8 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.1 5.1 4.0 3.7 2.5 1.9 1.7 1.5 -0.1
Brian Bellows 91.2 9.5 7.4 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.9 5.8 4.8 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.5 2.0 1.2 1.0
John MacLean 90.8 8.0 7.8 7.5 7.1 6.2 6.1 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.5 3.2 3.1 2.4 1.6 0.5 0.3 -0.5
Stephane Richer 90.6 9.6 7.9 7.6 6.3 5.5 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.4 3.3 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.4 0.0
Andrew Brunette 90.0 8.2 7.6 6.9 6.5 6.2 5.5 5.5 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.4 2.9 2.1 0.8 0.7
Bobby Smith 89.7 8.7 7.4 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.1 4.7 3.3 2.9 2.1 1.4 0.0
Syd Howe 89.1 6.2 5.3 5.2 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.0 1.4 0.6 -0.1 -0.1
Jean Pronovost 88.9 10.2 7.8 7.3 6.4 6.2 6.1 5.6 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.0 -0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1988 NHL
1991 NHL

Honors

1984-85 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1997 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)

Goals

1990-91 NHL 45 (7)
Career NHL 394 (92)

Plus/Minus

1990-91 NHL 27 (10)

Even Strength Goals

1990-91 NHL 29 (10)
Career NHL 265 (85)

Power Play Goals

1995-96 NHL 17 (8)
Career NHL 119 (95)

Goals Per Game

1986-87 NHL 0.62 (7)
1990-91 NHL 0.66 (3)
Career NHL 0.40 (98)

Goals Created Per Game

1990-91 NHL 0.53 (7)

Adjusted Goals

1990-91 NHL 40 (7)
    

Transactions

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January 20, 1990: Traded to Los Angeles by NY Rangers with Tony Granato for Bernie Nicholls, January 20, 1990.

February 16, 1994: Traded to Pittsburgh by Los Angeles with Shawn McEachern for Marty McSorley and Jim Paek, February 16, 1994.

January 27, 1997: Traded to Detroit by Pittsburgh for Greg Johnson, January 27, 1997.

October 20, 1997: Signed as a free agent by Anaheim, October 20, 1997.

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