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Steve Sullivan

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-8    Weight: 161 lbs.
Born: July 6, 1974 in Timmins, Ontario

Drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 9th round (233rd overall) of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 9:58AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #320. Jere Lehtinen… #321. Lubomir Visnovsky… #321. Woody Dumart… #321. STEVE SULLIVAN… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1995-96 21 NJD NHL 16 5 4 9 4 3 8 3 2 0 1 23 21.7
1996-97 22 TOT NHL 54 13 25 38 14 14 37 10 3 0 3 108 12.0
1996-97 22 NJD NHL 33 8 14 22 8 9 14 6 2 0 2 63 12.7
1996-97 22 TOR NHL 21 5 11 16 6 5 23 4 1 0 1 45 11.1
1997-98 23 TOR NHL 63 10 18 28 10 -8 40 9 1 0 1 112 8.9
1998-99 24 TOR NHL 63 20 20 40 16 12 28 16 4 0 5 110 18.2 895 14:12
1999-00 25 TOT NHL 80 22 43 65 24 19 56 19 2 1 6 180 12.2 1403 17:32
1999-00 25 TOR NHL 7 0 1 1 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0 11 0.0 83 11:52
1999-00 25 CHI NHL 73 22 42 64 23 20 52 19 2 1 6 169 13.0 1320 18:05
2000-01 26 CHI NHL 81 34 41 75 30 3 54 20 6 8 3 204 16.7 1664 20:32
2001-02 27 CHI NHL 78 21 39 60 21 23 67 18 3 0 8 155 13.5 1495 19:10
2002-03 28 CHI NHL 82 26 35 61 24 15 42 20 4 2 3 190 13.7 1579 19:15
2003-04 29 TOT NHL 80 24 49 73 26 1 48 11 11 2 4 218 11.0 1674 20:56
2003-04 29 CHI NHL 56 15 28 43 16 -7 36 9 4 2 4 140 10.7 1193 21:19
2003-04 29 NSH NHL 24 9 21 30 10 8 12 2 7 0 0 78 11.5 481 20:02
2005-06 31 NSH NHL 69 31 37 68 26 2 50 14 13 4 5 192 16.1 1317 19:06
2006-07 32 NSH NHL 57 22 38 60 22 16 20 13 6 3 4 122 18.0 1107 19:25
2008-09 34 NSH NHL 41 11 21 32 11 2 30 8 3 0 2 83 13.3 758 18:29
2009-10 35 NSH NHL 82 17 34 51 18 2 35 12 5 0 4 152 11.2 1470 17:55
2010-11 36 NSH NHL 44 10 12 22 9 4 28 7 3 0 1 79 12.7 705 16:02
2011-12 37 PIT NHL 55 10 16 26 10 -6 14 6 4 0 0 96 10.4 870 15:49
Career NHL 945 276 432 708 265 102 557 186 70 20 50 2024 13.6 14936 18:24

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
1995-96 21 NJD NHL 16 0.31 0.25 0.56 0.24 0.50 1.44 5 4 9 4 18 8 7 0 3 0.6 0.4 1.0
1996-97 22 TOT NHL 54 0.24 0.46 0.70 0.26 0.69 2.00 13 26 39 14 52 15 23 0 14 2.7 1.3 3.9
1996-97 22 NJD NHL 33 0.24 0.42 0.67 0.25 0.42 1.91 8 15 23 8 30 9 12 0 9 1.5 0.8 2.3
1996-97 22 TOR NHL 21 0.24 0.52 0.76 0.28 1.10 2.14 5 11 16 6 22 6 11 0 5 1.2 0.4 1.6
1997-98 23 TOR NHL 63 0.16 0.29 0.44 0.17 0.63 1.78 11 21 32 12 44 9 44 1 -8 1.5 0.6 2.2
1998-99 24 TOR NHL 63 0.32 0.32 0.63 0.26 0.44 1.75 23 23 46 19 53 16 26 1 12 3.8 0.9 4.7
1999-00 25 TOT NHL 80 0.28 0.54 0.81 0.30 0.70 2.25 24 46 70 26 86 22 59 14 19 5.2 2.0 7.2
1999-00 25 TOR NHL 7 0.00 0.14 0.14 0.04 0.57 1.57 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 -1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
1999-00 25 CHI NHL 73 0.30 0.58 0.88 0.32 0.71 2.32 24 45 69 25 85 22 57 14 20 5.3 2.0 7.3
2000-01 26 CHI NHL 81 0.42 0.51 0.93 0.37 0.67 2.52 37 44 81 32 97 26 86 18 3 6.7 2.1 8.8
2001-02 27 CHI NHL 78 0.27 0.50 0.77 0.27 0.86 1.99 24 44 68 25 78 17 55 17 23 4.4 2.5 6.9
2002-03 28 CHI NHL 82 0.32 0.43 0.74 0.29 0.51 2.32 30 39 69 27 85 18 72 20 15 5.0 2.2 7.2
2003-04 29 TOT NHL 80 0.30 0.61 0.91 0.33 0.60 2.73 29 56 85 31 100 43 66 10 1 6.1 2.1 8.2
2003-04 29 CHI NHL 56 0.27 0.50 0.77 0.28 0.64 2.50 18 32 50 19 63 24 52 6 -7 3.1 1.2 4.3
2003-04 29 NSH NHL 24 0.38 0.88 1.25 0.44 0.50 3.25 11 24 35 13 37 19 14 4 8 3.0 0.9 3.9
2005-06 31 NSH NHL 69 0.45 0.54 0.99 0.38 0.72 2.78 31 35 66 26 95 52 59 18 2 5.9 1.6 7.4
2006-07 32 NSH NHL 57 0.39 0.67 1.05 0.38 0.35 2.14 23 38 61 23 82 31 49 14 16 5.2 1.7 6.9
2008-09 34 NSH NHL 41 0.27 0.51 0.78 0.28 0.73 2.02 12 21 33 12 48 19 28 1 2 2.3 1.1 3.3
2009-10 35 NSH NHL 82 0.21 0.41 0.62 0.23 0.43 1.85 18 36 54 20 80 27 54 3 2 3.2 1.7 5.0
2010-11 36 NSH NHL 44 0.23 0.27 0.50 0.19 0.64 1.80 11 13 24 10 34 9 26 5 4 1.5 1.0 2.5
2011-12 37 PIT NHL 55 0.18 0.29 0.47 0.18 0.25 1.75 17 26 43 16 -6 1.6 0.8 2.4
Career NHL 945 0.29 0.46 0.75 0.28 0.59 2.14 308 472 780 297 952 312 654 122 102 55.7 21.9 77.6

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1998-99 24 TOR NHL 13 3 3 6 -3 14 1 2 0 0 21 14.3 212 16:20
2001-02 27 CHI NHL 5 1 0 1 -1 2 1 0 0 0 7 14.3 90 18:04
2003-04 29 NSH NHL 6 1 1 2 -4 6 1 0 0 1 13 7.7 114 18:58
2005-06 31 NSH NHL 5 0 2 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.0 85 17:02
2009-10 35 NSH NHL 6 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 108 17:59
2010-11 36 NSH NHL 9 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 1 7 28.6 84 9:23
Career NHL 44 7 10 17 -6 26 5 2 0 2 67 10.4 694 15:46

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1991-92 17 Timmins Golden Bears NOJHA 47 66 55 121 141
1992-93 18 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 62 36 27 63 44
1993-94 19 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 63 51 62 113 82
1994-95 20 Albany River Rats AHL 75 31 50 81 124
1995-96 21 Albany River Rats AHL 53 33 42 75 127
1996-97 22 Albany River Rats AHL 15 8 7 15 16
1999-00 25 Canada WC-A 9 4 1 5 -1 14 1 3 0 0 32 12.5
2000-01 26 Canada WC-A 7 1 2 3 2 10 0 1 0 0
Career 3 Seasons AHL 143 72 99 171 267
Career 1 Season NOJHA 47 66 55 121 141
Career 2 Seasons OHL 125 87 89 176 126
Career 2 Seasons WC-A 16 5 3 8 1 24 1 4 0 0 32 12.5

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1992-93 18 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 16 3 8 11 18
1992-93 18 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds M-Cup 4 1 0 1 4
1993-94 19 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 14 9 16 25 22
1994-95 20 Albany River Rats AHL 14 4 7 11 10
1995-96 21 Albany River Rats AHL 4 3 0 3 6
Career 2 Seasons AHL 18 7 7 14 16
Career 1 Season M-Cup 4 1 0 1 4
Career 2 Seasons OHL 30 12 24 36 40

Similarity Scores

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Thru 14 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Steve Sullivan 8.8 8.2 7.4 7.2 7.2 6.9 6.9 5.0 4.7 3.9 3.3 2.5 2.2 1.0
Bobby Smith 92.3 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
Doug Weight 92.0 9.0 8.5 8.3 7.8 7.2 6.6 5.9 5.7 5.4 4.1 3.0 2.6 2.5 1.4
Bernie Federko 91.9 8.4 8.0 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.1 6.0 5.7 5.6 4.7 4.3 3.3 2.3 2.1
Bill Cowley 91.8 7.4 6.3 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.1 5.0 5.0 3.3 3.3 2.6 2.1 0.4
Ryan Smyth 91.6 8.4 7.8 7.3 7.3 7.2 6.7 6.0 5.7 5.5 3.3 3.1 2.8 -0.1 -0.4
Rick Tocchet 90.6 10.2 7.9 7.5 7.0 6.2 5.5 5.5 5.4 4.3 3.7 3.5 2.6 1.8 1.7
Brian Rolston 90.6 9.4 7.6 7.6 6.9 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.2 4.1 3.2 3.2 2.3 2.1 1.4
Brian Propp 90.3 8.8 8.1 8.0 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.2 5.9 4.9 2.9 2.5 0.0
Rod Brind'Amour 90.1 9.0 8.2 8.2 7.3 6.8 6.5 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.1 3.5 3.3 3.1 1.4
Vyacheslav Kozlov 89.8 8.2 7.5 7.1 7.1 6.8 6.2 5.2 4.9 4.6 3.9 3.3 2.5 0.2 -0.1
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
Steve Sullivan 8.8 8.2 7.4 7.2 7.2 6.9 6.9 5.0 4.7 3.9 3.3 2.5 2.2 1.0
Bobby Smith 92.3 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
Bernie Federko 91.8 8.4 8.0 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.1 6.0 5.7 5.6 4.7 4.3 3.3 2.3 2.1
Bill Cowley 91.7 7.4 6.3 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.1 5.0 5.0 3.3 3.3 2.6 2.1 0.4
Brian Propp 90.3 8.8 8.1 8.0 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.2 5.9 4.9 2.9 2.5 2.0 0.0
John MacLean 89.8 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
Miroslav Satan 89.6 10.0 9.1 8.3 8.3 7.1 6.8 6.3 5.3 5.0 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.1 1.9
Geoff Sanderson 89.6 8.3 7.7 7.5 7.4 6.7 6.6 4.5 3.6 3.1 3.1 2.8 2.3 2.1 2.1 1.4 0.7 0.1
Garry Unger 89.4 8.7 8.0 7.6 7.4 6.8 6.0 4.9 4.3 4.2 3.9 3.3 1.8 1.3 0.4 -0.3 -0.7
Keith Primeau 89.3 9.3 8.0 7.4 7.1 5.5 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.5 2.3 2.1 1.3 1.0 0.5 -0.5
Ryan Smyth 89.3 8.4 7.8 7.3 7.3 7.2 6.7 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.5 5.3 3.3 3.1 2.8 -0.1 -0.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Awards

2008-09 NHL Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Games Played

2002-03 NHL 82 (4)
2009-10 NHL 82 (2)

Assists

2003-04 NHL 49 (9)

Short-Handed Goals

2000-01 NHL 8 (1)
 2005-06 NHL 4 (8)
2006-07 NHL 3 (10)
Active 20 (7)
Career NHL 20 (61)

Game-Winning Goals

2001-02 NHL 8 (4)

Shooting Percentage

1998-99 NHL 18.2 (8)
2006-07 NHL 18.0 (10)

Adjusted Assists

2003-04 NHL 56 (10)
  

Transactions

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February 25, 1997: Traded to Toronto by New Jersey with Jason Smith and the rights to Alyn McCauley for Doug Gilmour, Dave Ellett and New Jersey's 3rd round choice (previously acquired, New Jersey selected Andre Lakos) in 1999 Entry Draft, February 25, 1997.

October 23, 1999: Claimed on waivers by Chicago from Toronto, October 23, 1999.

February 16, 2004: Traded to Nashville by Chicago for Nashville's 2nd round choices in 2004 (Ryan Garlock) and 2005 (Michael Blunden) Entry Drafts, February 16, 2004.

February 22, 2006: Missed remainder of 2006-07, 2007-08 and start of 2008-09 due to back injury vs. Montreal, February 22, 2006.

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

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