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Craig Simpson

Position: LW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-2    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: February 15, 1967 in London, Ontario

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 9:52AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #407. Barclay Plager… #408. Ross Lonsberry… #409. CRAIG SIMPSON… #410. Jozef Stumpel… #411. Dallas Smith… #411. Doug Crossman… 

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 18 PIT NHL 76 11 17 28 11 1 49 8 2 1 0 74 14.9
1986-87 19 PIT NHL 72 26 25 51 21 11 57 19 7 0 3 133 19.5
1987-88 20 TOT NHL 80 56 34 90 40 20 77 34 22 0 8 177 31.6
1987-88 20 PIT NHL 21 13 13 26 11 5 34 9 4 0 3 59 22.0
1987-88 20 EDM NHL 59 43 21 64 29 15 43 25 18 0 5 118 36.4
1988-89 21 EDM NHL 66 35 41 76 30 -3 80 18 17 0 4 121 28.9
1989-90 22 EDM NHL 80 29 32 61 24 -2 180 22 7 0 2 129 22.5
1990-91 23 EDM NHL 75 30 27 57 24 -8 66 15 15 0 5 143 21.0
1991-92 24 EDM NHL 79 24 37 61 23 8 80 18 6 0 2 128 18.8
1992-93 25 EDM NHL 60 24 22 46 19 -14 36 12 12 0 3 91 26.4
1993-94 26 BUF NHL 22 8 8 16 7 -3 8 6 2 0 2 28 28.6
1994-95 27 BUF NHL 24 4 7 11 4 -5 26 3 1 0 0 20 20.0
Career NHL 634 247 250 497 202 5 659 155 91 1 29 1044 23.7

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 18 PIT NHL 76 0.14 0.22 0.37 0.14 0.64 0.97 9 13 22 8 46 13 32 0 1 -0.3 1.1 0.8
1986-87 19 PIT NHL 72 0.36 0.35 0.71 0.29 0.79 1.85 22 21 43 18 87 21 55 0 11 2.9 1.2 4.1
1987-88 20 TOT NHL 80 0.70 0.43 1.13 0.49 0.96 2.21 47 28 75 33 138 51 72 5 20 7.6 1.2 8.8
1987-88 20 PIT NHL 21 0.62 0.62 1.24 0.51 1.62 2.81 11 11 22 9 34 10 23 4 5 2.1 0.4 2.5
1987-88 20 EDM NHL 59 0.73 0.36 1.08 0.49 0.73 2.00 36 17 53 24 104 41 49 1 15 5.5 0.9 6.4
1988-89 21 EDM NHL 66 0.53 0.62 1.15 0.45 1.21 1.83 29 34 63 25 102 44 62 1 -3 5.4 0.7 6.1
1989-90 22 EDM NHL 80 0.36 0.40 0.76 0.31 2.25 1.61 24 27 51 20 94 33 65 2 -2 3.5 0.9 4.5
1990-91 23 EDM NHL 75 0.40 0.36 0.76 0.31 0.88 1.91 27 24 51 21 83 37 54 0 -8 4.0 0.6 4.6
1991-92 24 EDM NHL 79 0.30 0.47 0.77 0.29 1.01 1.62 21 33 54 20 101 34 60 1 8 3.6 1.0 4.6
1992-93 25 EDM NHL 60 0.40 0.37 0.77 0.32 0.60 1.52 19 18 37 15 70 36 49 1 -14 3.0 0.5 3.5
1993-94 26 BUF NHL 22 0.36 0.36 0.73 0.30 0.36 1.27 7 7 14 6 25 10 18 0 -3 1.2 0.2 1.5
1994-95 27 BUF NHL 24 0.17 0.29 0.46 0.17 1.08 0.83 7 12 19 7 13 6 12 0 -5 0.5 0.2 0.7
Career NHL 634 0.39 0.39 0.78 0.32 1.04 1.65 212 217 429 175 759 285 479 10 5 31.5 7.8 39.3

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1987-88 20 EDM NHL SC 19 13 6 19 4 26 10 3 0 3 33 39.4
1988-89 21 EDM NHL 7 2 0 2 -3 10 1 1 0 1 10 20.0
1989-90 22 EDM NHL SC 22 16 15 31 11 8 10 6 0 3 42 38.1
1990-91 23 EDM NHL 18 5 11 16 1 12 4 1 0 0 21 23.8
1991-92 24 EDM NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Career NHL 2 67 36 32 68 13 56 25 11 0 7 107 33.6

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 14 London Diamonds ON-Jr.B 41 23 22 45 36 17 6 0
1982-83 15 London Diamonds ON-Jr.B 42 47 64 111 68
1983-84 16 Michigan State Spartans CCHA 46 14 43 57 38
1984-85 17 Michigan State Spartans CCHA 42 31 53 84 33
Career 2 Seasons CCHA 88 45 96 141 71
Career 2 Seasons ON-Jr.B 83 70 86 156 104 17 6 0

Similarity Scores

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Thru 10 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Craig Simpson 8.8 6.1 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.5 1.5 0.8 0.7
John Cullen 90.4 9.1 6.5 5.4 4.8 4.1 2.9 2.8 2.2 1.5 -0.2
Mariusz Czerkawski 89.1 8.1 6.2 5.3 5.0 4.2 3.0 2.8 2.6 0.8 0.3
Bob MacMillan 87.9 9.7 7.5 4.7 4.5 4.4 3.8 3.3 2.4 1.9 -0.2
Mike Comrie 87.7 8.5 6.6 4.7 4.7 4.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 1.7 0.2
Andrew Brunette 87.6 7.6 6.5 5.5 5.1 4.9 4.4 2.9 2.1 0.8 0.7
Michael Peca 87.5 7.2 6.1 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.9 3.5 1.9 0.6 -0.1
Bob Carpenter 87.5 8.9 5.2 4.8 4.0 4.0 3.4 2.9 2.6 1.2 0.4
Jim Pappin 87.4 9.2 6.6 6.0 4.9 4.2 2.9 2.2 1.6 1.4 0.1
Al MacAdam 86.9 9.4 5.5 5.0 4.9 3.7 3.4 2.7 2.3 1.4 -0.2
Steve Payne 86.8 8.8 6.0 4.8 4.8 3.8 3.4 3.2 0.8 0.1 -0.6
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Craig Simpson 8.8 6.1 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.5 1.5 0.8 0.7
John Cullen 90.4 9.1 6.5 5.4 4.8 4.1 2.9 2.8 2.2 1.5 -0.2
Mike Comrie 87.7 8.5 6.6 4.7 4.7 4.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 1.7 0.2
Vic Stasiuk 87.5 6.6 5.9 5.2 4.7 4.3 3.8 3.3 1.6 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.4 -0.1 -0.4
Bob MacMillan 87.5 9.7 7.5 4.7 4.5 4.4 3.8 3.3 2.4 1.9 -0.2 -0.2
Steve Payne 86.8 8.8 6.0 4.8 4.8 3.8 3.4 3.2 0.8 0.1 -0.6
Gaye Stewart 86.7 6.6 5.9 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.2 -0.3
Punch Broadbent 86.4 6.2 3.6 3.5 3.1 2.9 2.3 2.3 0.7 0.5 0.3 -0.1
Adam Deadmarsh 86.4 7.9 6.9 4.8 4.7 4.2 3.7 3.2 2.7 1.4
Al MacAdam 86.3 9.4 5.5 5.0 4.9 3.7 3.4 2.7 2.3 1.6 1.4 0.7 -0.2
Dave Balon 86.0 8.7 6.7 4.7 4.0 3.8 3.8 1.7 1.3 0.8 0.8 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -1.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1988 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
1990 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)

Games Played

1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 80 (1)

Goals

1987-88 NHL 56 (2)

Even Strength Goals

1987-88 NHL 34 (3)

Power Play Goals

1987-88 NHL 22 (3)

Game-Winning Goals

1987-88 NHL 8 (3)

Shooting Percentage

1987-88 NHL 31.6 (1)
 1988-89 NHL 28.9 (2)
1989-90 NHL 22.5 (7)
1990-91 NHL 21.0 (8)
1992-93 NHL 26.4 (1)
 Career NHL 23.7 (1)

Goals Per Game

1987-88 NHL 0.70 (3)

Adjusted Goals

1987-88 NHL 47 (2)
      

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

November 24, 1987: Traded to Edmonton by Pittsburgh with Dave Hannan, Moe Mantha and Chris Joseph for Paul Coffey, Dave Hunter and Wayne Van Dorp, November 24, 1987.

September 1, 1993: Traded to Buffalo by Edmonton for Jozef Cierny and Buffalo's 4th round choice (Jussi Tarvainen) in 1994 Entry Draft, September 1, 1993.

December 1, 1993: Suffered eventual career-ending back injury in game vs. Tampa Bay, December 1, 1993.

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