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Brendan Shanahan

Position: LW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-3    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: January 23, 1969 in Mimico, Ontario

Drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 9:47AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #47. Mike Modano… #47. BRENDAN SHANAHAN… #49. Eric Lindros… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1987-88 19 NJD NHL 65 7 19 26 9 -20 131 5 2 0 2 72 9.7
1988-89 20 NJD NHL 68 22 28 50 19 2 115 13 9 0 0 152 14.5
1989-90 21 NJD NHL 73 30 42 72 28 15 137 22 8 0 5 196 15.3
1990-91 22 NJD NHL 75 29 37 66 26 4 141 22 7 0 2 195 14.9
1991-92 23 STL NHL 80 33 36 69 27 -3 171 20 13 0 2 215 15.3
1992-93 24 STL NHL 71 51 43 94 39 10 174 33 18 0 8 232 22.0
1993-94 25 STL NHL 81 52 50 102 42 -9 211 30 15 7 8 397 13.1
1994-95 26 STL NHL 45 20 21 41 17 7 136 12 6 2 6 153 13.1
1995-96 27 HAR NHL 74 44 34 78 34 2 125 25 17 2 6 280 15.7
1996-97 28 TOT NHL 81 47 41 88 36 32 131 24 20 3 7 336 14.0
1996-97 28 HAR NHL 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 7.7
1996-97 28 DET NHL 79 46 41 87 36 31 131 24 20 2 7 323 14.2
1997-98 29 DET NHL 75 28 29 57 23 6 154 12 15 1 9 266 10.5
1998-99 30 DET NHL 81 31 27 58 24 2 123 26 5 0 5 288 10.8 1419 17:31
1999-00 31 DET NHL 78 41 37 78 32 24 105 27 13 1 9 283 14.5 1449 18:35
2000-01 32 DET NHL 81 31 45 76 29 9 81 15 15 1 7 278 11.2 1488 18:22
2001-02 33 DET NHL 80 37 38 75 30 23 118 22 12 3 7 277 13.4 1513 18:55
2002-03 34 DET NHL 78 30 38 68 26 5 103 17 13 0 6 260 11.5 1454 18:38
2003-04 35 DET NHL 82 25 28 53 21 15 117 17 8 0 7 280 8.9 1483 18:05
2005-06 37 DET NHL 82 40 41 81 32 29 105 26 14 0 6 289 13.8 1360 16:35
2006-07 38 NYR NHL 67 29 33 62 24 2 47 12 14 3 3 295 9.8 1328 19:49
2007-08 39 NYR NHL 73 23 23 46 18 -2 35 12 11 0 3 265 8.7 1351 18:31
2008-09 40 NJD NHL 34 6 8 14 5 -2 29 4 2 0 1 77 7.8 506 14:54
Career NHL 1524 656 698 1354 543 151 2489 396 237 23 109 5086 12.9 13351 18:08

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
1987-88 19 NJD NHL 65 0.11 0.29 0.40 0.14 2.02 1.11 6 16 22 8 34 11 43 0 -20 0.0 0.3 0.3
1988-89 20 NJD NHL 68 0.32 0.41 0.74 0.28 1.69 2.24 18 23 41 16 73 27 44 0 2 2.5 0.9 3.4
1989-90 21 NJD NHL 73 0.41 0.58 0.99 0.38 1.88 2.68 25 35 60 23 115 35 66 1 15 4.7 1.3 5.9
1990-91 22 NJD NHL 75 0.39 0.49 0.88 0.34 1.88 2.60 26 33 59 23 91 31 58 2 4 4.6 1.0 5.6
1991-92 23 STL NHL 80 0.41 0.45 0.86 0.34 2.14 2.69 29 32 61 25 105 44 65 1 -3 4.8 0.9 5.7
1992-93 24 STL NHL 71 0.72 0.61 1.32 0.55 2.45 3.27 41 34 75 32 131 61 61 1 10 8.1 1.4 9.5
1993-94 25 STL NHL 81 0.64 0.62 1.26 0.52 2.60 4.90 47 45 92 38 145 69 106 21 -9 9.9 0.8 10.7
1994-95 26 STL NHL 45 0.44 0.47 0.91 0.37 3.02 3.40 35 36 71 29 56 15 46 12 7 3.9 0.5 4.4
1995-96 27 HAR NHL 74 0.59 0.46 1.05 0.46 1.69 3.78 42 33 75 32 109 51 78 22 2 7.9 1.0 8.9
1996-97 28 TOT NHL 81 0.58 0.51 1.09 0.45 1.62 4.15 49 43 92 38 128 49 53 6 32 9.3 2.3 11.6
1996-97 28 HAR NHL 2 0.50 0.00 0.50 0.28 0.00 6.50 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0.1 0.1 0.2
1996-97 28 DET NHL 79 0.58 0.52 1.10 0.45 1.66 4.09 48 43 91 38 126 49 52 6 31 9.2 2.2 11.5
1997-98 29 DET NHL 75 0.37 0.39 0.76 0.31 2.05 3.55 32 33 65 26 80 36 45 7 6 5.9 1.0 6.9
1998-99 30 DET NHL 81 0.38 0.33 0.72 0.29 1.52 3.56 36 31 67 28 89 32 57 2 2 5.2 1.5 6.7
1999-00 31 DET NHL 78 0.53 0.47 1.00 0.41 1.35 3.63 45 40 85 35 115 42 56 7 24 8.3 2.2 10.5
2000-01 32 DET NHL 81 0.38 0.56 0.94 0.36 1.00 3.43 34 48 82 32 114 57 53 5 9 6.9 2.0 8.9
2001-02 33 DET NHL 80 0.46 0.48 0.94 0.38 1.48 3.46 43 43 86 35 106 43 48 8 23 7.8 2.5 10.3
2002-03 34 DET NHL 78 0.38 0.49 0.87 0.34 1.32 3.33 34 42 76 30 101 44 63 11 5 6.5 1.4 7.9
2003-04 35 DET NHL 82 0.30 0.34 0.65 0.26 1.43 3.41 29 32 61 25 90 36 52 13 15 4.6 2.1 6.7
2005-06 37 DET NHL 82 0.49 0.50 0.99 0.40 1.28 3.52 40 39 79 32 114 45 42 2 29 8.0 2.5 10.5
2006-07 38 NYR NHL 67 0.43 0.49 0.93 0.36 0.70 4.40 30 33 63 25 85 44 55 16 2 5.5 1.7 7.2
2007-08 39 NYR NHL 73 0.32 0.32 0.63 0.25 0.48 3.63 25 25 50 20 72 32 57 15 -2 3.5 1.7 5.2
2008-09 40 NJD NHL 34 0.18 0.24 0.41 0.16 0.85 2.26 6 8 14 5 16 3 19 4 -2 0.6 0.5 1.1
Career NHL 1524 0.43 0.46 0.89 0.36 1.63 3.34 672 704 1376 559 1969 807 1167 156 151 118.4 29.5 147.9

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1987-88 19 NJD NHL 12 2 1 3 0 44 1 1 0 0 11 18.2
1989-90 21 NJD NHL 6 3 3 6 0 20 2 1 0 1 16 18.8
1990-91 22 NJD NHL 7 3 5 8 3 12 1 2 0 0 20 15.0
1991-92 23 STL NHL 6 2 3 5 0 14 1 1 0 0 17 11.8
1992-93 24 STL NHL 11 4 3 7 0 18 2 2 0 0 36 11.1
1993-94 25 STL NHL 4 2 5 7 6 4 2 0 0 0 20 10.0
1994-95 26 STL NHL 5 4 5 9 2 14 3 1 0 1 23 17.4
1996-97 28 DET NHL SC 20 9 8 17 8 43 7 2 0 2 82 11.0
1997-98 29 DET NHL SC 20 5 4 9 5 22 2 3 0 2 60 8.3
1998-99 30 DET NHL 10 3 7 10 2 6 2 1 0 1 31 9.7 185 18:31
1999-00 31 DET NHL 9 3 2 5 0 10 3 0 0 0 41 7.3 158 17:36
2000-01 32 DET NHL 2 2 2 4 3 0 2 0 0 1 12 16.7 42 21:02
2001-02 33 DET NHL SC 23 8 11 19 5 20 7 1 0 2 78 10.3 439 19:06
2002-03 34 DET NHL 4 1 1 2 -1 4 0 1 0 0 17 5.9 88 22:03
2003-04 35 DET NHL 12 1 5 6 4 20 0 0 1 0 41 2.4 202 16:49
2005-06 37 DET NHL 6 1 1 2 0 6 1 0 0 0 21 4.8 113 18:54
2006-07 38 NYR NHL 10 5 2 7 -5 12 2 3 0 2 41 12.2 190 19:00
2007-08 39 NYR NHL 10 1 4 5 0 8 1 0 0 0 30 3.3 171 17:05
2008-09 40 NJD NHL 7 1 2 3 -1 2 1 0 0 0 25 4.0 117 16:46
Career NHL 3 184 60 74 134 31 279 40 19 1 12 622 9.6 1707 18:21

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1984-85 16 Mississauga Reps MTHL 36 20 21 41 26
1984-85 16 Dixie Beehives ON-Jr.A 1 0 0 0 0
1985-86 17 London Knights OHL 59 28 34 62 70
1986-87 18 London Knights OHL 56 39 53 92 92
1986-87 18 Canada WJC-A 6 4 3 7 4
1991-92 23 Canada Can-Cup 8 2 0 2 6
1993-94 25 Canada WC-A 6 4 3 7 6
1994-95 26 Dusseldorfer EG Germany 3 5 3 8 4
1996-97 28 Canada W-Cup 7 3 3 6 8
1997-98 29 Canada Olympics 6 2 0 2 0
2001-02 33 Canada Olympics 6 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
2005-06 37 Canada WC-A 8 3 1 4 -2 10 0 3 0 1
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 8 2 0 2 6
Career 1 Season Germany 3 5 3 8 4
Career 1 Season MTHL 36 20 21 41 26
Career 2 Seasons OHL 115 67 87 154 162
Career 2 Seasons Olympics 12 2 1 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.A 1 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season W-Cup 7 3 3 6 8
Career 2 Seasons WC-A 14 7 4 11 -2 16 0 3 0 1
Career 1 Season WJC-A 6 4 3 7 4

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 17 London Knights OHL 5 5 5 10 5
Career 1 Season OHL 5 5 5 10 5

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 21 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 20 21
Brendan Shanahan 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 Messier 95.2 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 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.7 0.9
Luc Robitaille 94.9 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
Mike Modano 94.8 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
Stan Mikita 93.5 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 0.0
Mark Recchi 93.3 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 4.6 4.4 4.3 3.8 -0.3
Pierre Turgeon 92.7 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
Keith Tkachuk 92.0 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
Mats Sundin 91.3 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
Maurice Richard 91.3 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
Jean Beliveau 90.8 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
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
Brendan Shanahan 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 Messier 95.4 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
Luc Robitaille 94.9 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
Mike Modano 94.8 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
Stan Mikita 93.5 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
Mark Recchi 93.3 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
Pierre Turgeon 92.7 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
Keith Tkachuk 92.0 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
Mats Sundin 91.3 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
Maurice Richard 91.3 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
Jean Beliveau 90.8 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

1994 NHL
1996 NHL
1997 NHL
1998 NHL
1999 NHL
2000 NHL
2002 NHL
2007 NHL

Awards

2002-03 NHL King Clancy Memorial Trophy

Honors

1993-94 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1999-00 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
2001-02 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1997 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)
1998 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)
2002 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)

Games Played

1991-92 NHL 80 (3)
2003-04 NHL 82 (3)
2005-06 NHL 82 (3)
Career NHL 1524 (13)

Goals

1993-94 NHL 52 (5)
1996-97 NHL 47 (6)
1999-00 NHL 41 (6)
2001-02 NHL 37 (9)
2005-06 NHL 40 (10)
Career NHL 656 (12)

Assists

Career NHL 698 (51)

Points

1993-94 NHL 102 (8)
1996-97 NHL 88 (10)
Career NHL 1354 (25)

Goals Created

1993-94 NHL 42.1 (4)
1996-97 NHL 36.3 (9)
1999-00 NHL 32.3 (7)
2001-02 NHL 30.1 (10)
Career NHL 542.8 (18)

Plus/Minus

1996-97 NHL 32 (9)
2005-06 NHL 29 (10)

Penalties in Minutes

Career NHL 2489 (22)

Even Strength Goals

1992-93 NHL 33 (10)
1993-94 NHL 30 (5)
1998-99 NHL 26 (9)
1999-00 NHL 27 (4)
2005-06 NHL 26 (5)
Career NHL 396 (14)

Power Play Goals

1995-96 NHL 17 (8)
1996-97 NHL 20 (1)
 1997-98 NHL 15 (3)
1999-00 NHL 13 (4)
2001-02 NHL 12 (10)
Career NHL 237 (6)

Short-Handed Goals

1993-94 NHL 7 (1)
 2001-02 NHL 3 (6)
2006-07 NHL 3 (10)
Career NHL 23 (46)

Game-Winning Goals

1992-93 NHL 8 (10)
1993-94 NHL 8 (9)
1994-95 NHL 6 (5)
1996-97 NHL 7 (7)
1997-98 NHL 9 (4)
1999-00 NHL 9 (3)
2001-02 NHL 7 (9)
Career NHL 109 (4)

Shots

1993-94 NHL 397 (1)
 1996-97 NHL 336 (2)
1997-98 NHL 266 (9)
1998-99 NHL 288 (8)
1999-00 NHL 283 (6)
2000-01 NHL 278 (10)
2001-02 NHL 277 (9)
2003-04 NHL 280 (4)
Career NHL 5086 (6)

Goals Per Game

1992-93 NHL 0.72 (7)
1993-94 NHL 0.64 (8)
1996-97 NHL 0.58 (10)
1999-00 NHL 0.53 (5)
Career NHL 0.43 (71)

Goals Created Per Game

1993-94 NHL 0.52 (8)
1999-00 NHL 0.41 (10)
Career NHL 0.36 (100)

Adjusted Goals

1993-94 NHL 47 (5)
1996-97 NHL 49 (6)
1999-00 NHL 45 (6)
2001-02 NHL 43 (9)
2005-06 NHL 40 (10)
Career NHL 672 (6)

Adjusted Assists

Career NHL 704 (47)

Adjusted Points

1993-94 NHL 92 (8)
1996-97 NHL 92 (10)
Career NHL 1376 (22)

Adjusted Goals Created

1993-94 NHL 37.9 (5)
1996-97 NHL 38.5 (8)
1999-00 NHL 35.5 (7)
2001-02 NHL 35.2 (6)
Career NHL 558.5 (14)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1996-97 NHL 128 (9)
Career NHL 1969 (31)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1993-94 NHL 69 (6)
1996-97 NHL 49 (7)
2000-01 NHL 57 (9)
Career NHL 807 (20)

Offensive Point Shares

1993-94 NHL 9.9 (4)
1996-97 NHL 9.3 (9)
1999-00 NHL 8.3 (4)
2001-02 NHL 7.8 (6)
Career NHL 118.4 (17)

Point Shares

Career NHL 147.9 (35)
    

Transactions

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July 25, 1991: Signed as a free agent by St. Louis, July 25, 1991.

July 27, 1995: Traded to Hartford by St. Louis for Chris Pronger, July 27, 1995.

October 9, 1996: Traded to Detroit by Hartford with Brian Glynn for Paul Coffey, Keith Primeau and Detroit's 1st round choice (Nikos Tselios) in 1997 Entry Draft, October 9, 1996.

July 9, 2006: Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, July 9, 2006.

January 15, 2009: Signed as a free agent by New Jersey, January 15, 2009.

November 17, 2009: Officially announced his retirement, November 17, 2009.

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