Sheldon Souray

Position: D ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-4 ▪ Weight: 237 lbs.
Born: July 13, 1976 in Elk Point, Alberta
Draft: New Jersey, 3rd round (71st overall), 1994 NHL Entry
Contract: 3 years/$11,000,000
2012-13 Cap Hit: $3,666,666.67 (full contract info at capgeek.com)

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated Jun 19, 2013 2:25 AM

Skater Rank: #455. Ed Van Impe… #456. Don Luce… #457. Mario Marois… #458. SHELDON SOURAY… #459. Patrice Brisebois… #460. Mark Napier… #461. Ed Litzenberger…

Skater Rank: #455. Ed Van Impe… #456. Don Luce… #457. Mario Marois… #458. SHELDON SOURAY… #459. Patrice Brisebois… #460. Mark Napier… #461. Ed Litzenberger…

NHL Standard

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1997-98	21	NJD	NHL	60	3	7	10	4	18	85	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	74	4.1
1998-99	22	NJD	NHL	70	1	7	8	2	5	110	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	101	1.0	1045	14:56
1999-00	23	TOT	NHL	71	3	8	11	4	1	114	3	0	0	0	6	0	2	113	2.7	1261	17:45
1999-00	23	NJD	NHL	52	0	8	8	2	-6	70	0	0	0	0	6	0	2	74	0.0	894	17:12
1999-00	23	MTL	NHL	19	3	0	3	2	7	44	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	7.7	367	19:18
2000-01	24	MTL	NHL	52	3	8	11	4	-11	95	3	0	0	2	6	1	1	103	2.9	1072	20:36
2001-02	25	MTL	NHL	34	3	5	8	3	-5	62	2	1	0	0	4	0	1	56	5.4	618	18:11
2003-04	27	MTL	NHL	63	15	20	35	14	4	104	8	6	1	3	8	1	11	186	8.1	1476	23:26
2005-06	29	MTL	NHL	75	12	27	39	14	-11	116	4	7	1	0	12	1	14	202	5.9	1669	22:15
2006-07	30	MTL	NHL	81	26	38	64	25	-28	135	6	19	1	6	7	2	29	224	11.6	1878	23:11
2007-08	31	EDM	NHL	26	3	7	10	3	-7	36	1	2	0	1	4	0	3	71	4.2	633	24:21
2008-09	32	EDM	NHL	81	23	30	53	20	1	98	10	12	1	5	19	0	11	268	8.6	2012	24:51
2009-10	33	EDM	NHL	37	4	9	13	5	-19	65	4	0	0	0	5	0	4	113	3.5	837	22:37
2011-12	35	DAL	NHL	64	6	15	21	7	11	73	3	2	1	1	11	0	4	179	3.4	1310	20:28
2012-13	36	ANA	NHL	44	7	10	17	6	19	52	5	2	0	3	7	0	3	80	8.8	921	20:56
Career			NHL	758	109	191	300	110	-22	1145	53	51	5	22	103	5	83	1770	6.2	14732	21:06

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
1997-98	21	NJD	NHL	60	0.05	0.12	0.17	0.06	1.42	1.23	3	8	11	4	39	4	20	3	18	0.1	5.0	5.1
1998-99	22	NJD	NHL	70	0.01	0.10	0.11	0.03	1.57	1.44	1	8	9	3	44	6	37	4	5	-0.1	2.2	2.1
1999-00	23	TOT	NHL	71	0.04	0.11	0.15	0.05	1.61	1.59	3	9	12	4	46	3	49	7	1	0.1	2.9	3.0
1999-00	23	NJD	NHL	52	0.00	0.15	0.15	0.04	1.35	1.42	0	9	9	2	29	3	36	4	-6	-0.1	1.3	1.2
1999-00	23	MTL	NHL	19	0.16	0.00	0.16	0.09	2.32	2.05	3	0	3	2	17	0	13	3	7	0.2	1.6	1.8
2000-01	24	MTL	NHL	52	0.06	0.15	0.21	0.07	1.83	1.98	3	9	12	4	34	2	63	20	-11	0.3	1.9	2.2
2001-02	25	MTL	NHL	34	0.09	0.15	0.24	0.09	1.82	1.65	3	6	9	3	19	2	27	5	-5	0.5	1.0	1.5
2003-04	27	MTL	NHL	63	0.24	0.32	0.56	0.21	1.65	2.95	18	23	41	16	72	30	57	19	4	3.9	3.5	7.4
2005-06	29	MTL	NHL	75	0.16	0.36	0.52	0.18	1.55	2.69	12	26	38	14	89	43	93	36	-11	3.1	3.1	6.1
2006-07	30	MTL	NHL	81	0.32	0.47	0.79	0.30	1.67	2.77	27	38	65	25	118	72	97	23	-28	7.3	2.2	9.5
2007-08	31	EDM	NHL	26	0.12	0.27	0.38	0.13	1.38	2.73	3	7	10	4	25	14	26	8	-7	0.7	0.8	1.5
2008-09	32	EDM	NHL	81	0.28	0.37	0.65	0.25	1.21	3.31	24	30	54	21	106	48	91	34	1	5.5	3.9	9.4
2009-10	33	EDM	NHL	37	0.11	0.24	0.35	0.12	1.76	3.05	4	9	13	5	34	12	57	16	-19	0.9	0.2	1.1
2011-12	35	DAL	NHL	64	0.09	0.23	0.33	0.11	1.14	2.80	7	16	23	8	62	12	53	14	11	1.4	3.6	5.1
2012-13	36	ANA	NHL	44	0.16	0.23	0.39	0.14	1.18	1.82									19	1.6	3.4	5.0
Career			NHL	758	0.14	0.25	0.40	0.14	1.51	2.34	108	189	297	110	688	248	670	189	-22	25.2	33.7	58.9

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1997-98	21	NJD	NHL	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
1998-99	22	NJD	NHL	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		26	12:57
2001-02	25	MTL	NHL	12	0	1	1	0	-4	16	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	228	19:01
2003-04	27	MTL	NHL	11	0	2	2	1	-2	39	0	0	0	0	31	0.0	263	23:55
2005-06	29	MTL	NHL	6	3	2	5	2	-1	8	1	2	0	0	16	18.8	113	18:47
2012-13	36	ANA	NHL	6	0	1	1	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	117	19:31
Career			NHL	40	3	8	11	4	-8	69	1	2	0	0	71	4.2	747	20:11

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1990-91	14	Bonnyville Sabres	AAHA	30	15	20	35			100
1991-92	15	Quesnel Midget Millionaires	Minor-BC	20	5	15	20			200
1991-92	15	Alberta Cycle	AMHL	11	0	5	5			67
1992-93	16	Fort Saskatchewan Traders	AJHL	35	0	12	12			125
1992-93	16	Tri-City Americans	WHL	2	0	0	0			0
1993-94	17	Tri-City Americans	WHL	42	3	6	9			122
1994-95	18	Albany River Rats	AHL	7	0	2	2			8
1994-95	18	2 Teams	WHL	51	4	27	31			163
1994-95	18	Tri-City Americans	WHL	40	2	24	26			140
1994-95	18	Prince George Cougars	WHL	11	2	3	5			23
1995-96	19	Albany River Rats	AHL	6	0	2	2			12
1995-96	19	2 Teams	WHL	59	16	38	54			185
1995-96	19	Prince George Cougars	WHL	32	9	18	27			91
1995-96	19	Kelowna Rockets	WHL	27	7	20	27			94
1996-97	20	Albany River Rats	AHL	70	2	11	13			160
1997-98	21	Albany River Rats	AHL	6	0	0	0		-2	8	0	0	0	0	9	0.0
2004-05	28	Farjestads BK Karlstad	Sweden	39	9	8	17			117
2004-05	28	Canada	WC-A	9	1	1	2		0	6	1	0	0	0
2010-11	34	Hershey Bears	AHL	40	4	15	19		10	85	2	2	0	1	121	3.3
Career		1 Season	AAHA	30	15	20	35			100
Career		5 Seasons	AHL	129	6	30	36		8	273	2	2	0	1	130	3.1
Career		1 Season	AJHL	35	0	12	12			125
Career		1 Season	AMHL	11	0	5	5			67
Career		1 Season	Minor-BC	20	5	15	20			200
Career		1 Season	Sweden	39	9	8	17			117
Career		1 Season	WC-A	9	1	1	2		0	6	1	0	0	0
Career		4 Seasons	WHL	154	23	71	94			470

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1995-96	19	Kelowna Rockets	WHL	6	0	5	5			2
1995-96	19	Albany River Rats	AHL	4	0	1	1			4
1996-97	20	Albany River Rats	AHL	16	2	3	5			47
2004-05	28	Farjestads BK Karlstad	Sweden	15	1	6	7			77
2010-11	34	Hershey Bears	AHL	6	1	1	2		2	16	0	0	1	0	15	6.7
Career		3 Seasons	AHL	26	3	5	8		2	67	0	0	1	0	15	6.7
Career		1 Season	Sweden	15	1	6	7			77
Career		1 Season	WHL	6	0	5	5			2

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 13 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Sheldon Souray		9.5	9.4	7.4	6.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	3.0	2.2	2.1	1.5	1.5	1.1
Adrian Aucoin	89.9	10.3	8.5	7.1	6.0	5.1	5.1	3.6	3.5	1.7	1.1	0.5	0.3
Sean Hill	87.1	8.4	8.3	7.1	6.1	4.7	3.5	2.6	2.6	2.2	2.1	1.3	0.3
Vladimir Malakhov	86.0	9.5	8.8	7.5	6.7	5.1	5.0	5.0	3.2	2.9	2.6	1.3	0.2
John Van Boxmeer	85.9	10.0	9.2	9.0	7.4	5.9	4.9	4.3	1.6	1.3	0.7	0.3
Red Dutton	85.7	7.5	6.0	5.4	5.2	4.1	3.6	2.9	2.6	2.4	1.9
Craig Hartsburg	85.5	9.8	8.2	7.2	7.1	7.0	6.7	2.5	2.3	2.3	1.9
Ching Johnson	85.3	8.0	5.8	4.8	4.6	4.3	3.8	3.6	2.1	2.0	1.7	1.7	0.4
Bill Gadsby	84.9	8.9	8.2	6.0	5.7	5.6	5.2	4.9	3.6	2.9	2.3	2.3	1.2
Sylvain Cote	84.8	10.0	9.3	7.5	6.4	5.3	4.3	4.1	4.0	3.7	2.2	1.9	0.1
Oleg Tverdovsky	84.7	9.2	9.0	8.5	6.9	6.0	4.9	3.8	3.3	3.2	1.7	-0.1

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Sheldon Souray		9.5	9.4	7.4	6.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	3.0	2.2	2.1	1.5	1.5	1.1
Vladimir Malakhov	86.8	9.5	8.8	7.5	6.7	5.1	5.0	5.0	3.2	2.9	2.6	1.5	1.3	0.2
John Van Boxmeer	85.9	10.0	9.2	9.0	7.4	5.9	4.9	4.3	1.6	1.3	0.7	0.3
Red Dutton	85.7	7.5	6.0	5.4	5.2	4.1	3.6	2.9	2.6	2.4	1.9
Craig Hartsburg	85.5	9.8	8.2	7.2	7.1	7.0	6.7	2.5	2.3	2.3	1.9
Ching Johnson	85.3	8.0	5.8	4.8	4.6	4.3	3.8	3.6	2.1	2.0	1.7	1.7	0.4
Oleg Tverdovsky	84.7	9.2	9.0	8.5	6.9	6.0	4.9	3.8	3.3	3.2	1.7	-0.1
Al Iafrate	84.6	10.2	9.5	7.4	6.9	5.9	4.9	4.7	3.8	3.8	3.2	2.5	1.7
Baldy Northcott	84.3	6.9	5.7	5.3	4.0	3.8	2.7	2.0	1.7	1.1	0.1	-0.2
Kim Johnsson	84.0	9.2	8.9	8.2	6.1	5.3	5.2	5.1	4.1	3.6	3.3
Jay Bouwmeester	83.9	8.8	7.7	7.5	6.4	5.8	4.8	4.5	4.0	2.9	2.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

All-Star Games 2004 NHL 2007 NHL 2009 NHL	Penalties in Minutes 2006-07 NHL 135 (10)	Power Play Goals 2006-07 NHL 19 (2)	Power Play Goals On-Ice For 2006-07 NHL 72 (3)
Defensive Point Shares 2012-13 NHL 3.4 (10)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

March 1, 2000: Traded to Montreal by New Jersey with Josh DeWolf and New Jersey's 2nd round choice (later traded to Washington, later traded to Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay selected Andreas Holmqvist) in 2001 Entry Draft for Vladimir Malakhov, March 1, 2000.

November 17, 2001: Missed remainder of 2001-02, and 2002-03 due to wrist injury vs. Tampa Bay, November 17, 2001.

September 22, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Farjestad (Sweden), September 22, 2004.

July 12, 2007: Signed as a free agent by Edmonton, July 12, 2007.

February 8, 2008: Missed majority of 2007-08 due to shoulder injury at Vancouver, October 13, 2007, February 8, 2008.

January 30, 2010: Missed majority of 2009-10 due to head (October 8, 2009 vs. Calgary) and hand (January 30, 2010 at Calgary) injuries.

October 6, 2010: Loaned to Hershey (AHL) by Edmonton, October 6, 2010.

July 1, 2011: Signed as a free agent by Dallas, July 1, 2011.

July 1, 2012: Signed as a free agent by Anaheim, July 1, 2012.

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