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Mats Sundin

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-5    Weight: 231 lbs.
Born: February 13, 1971 in Bromma, Sweden

Drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 10:00AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #51. Yvan Cournoyer… #52. Henri Richard… #53. MATS SUNDIN… #54. Eric Lindros… #54. Alex Delvecchio… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1990-91 19 QUE NHL 80 23 36 59 23 -24 58 19 4 0 0 155 14.8
1991-92 20 QUE NHL 80 33 43 76 30 -19 103 23 8 2 2 231 14.3
1992-93 21 QUE NHL 80 47 67 114 44 21 96 30 13 4 9 215 21.9
1993-94 22 QUE NHL 84 32 53 85 32 1 60 24 6 2 4 226 14.2
1994-95 23 TOR NHL 47 23 24 47 19 -5 14 14 9 0 4 173 13.3
1995-96 24 TOR NHL 76 33 50 83 32 8 46 20 7 6 7 301 11.0
1996-97 25 TOR NHL 82 41 53 94 38 6 59 30 7 4 8 281 14.6
1997-98 26 TOR NHL 82 33 41 74 29 -3 49 23 9 1 5 219 15.1
1998-99 27 TOR NHL 82 31 52 83 31 22 58 27 4 0 6 209 14.8 1696 20:41
1999-00 28 TOR NHL 73 32 41 73 29 16 46 20 10 2 7 184 17.4 1473 20:11
2000-01 29 TOR NHL 82 28 46 74 27 15 76 19 9 0 6 226 12.4 1587 19:21
2001-02 30 TOR NHL 82 41 39 80 33 6 94 29 10 2 9 262 15.6 1585 19:20
2002-03 31 TOR NHL 75 37 35 72 29 1 58 18 16 3 8 223 16.6 1519 20:15
2003-04 32 TOR NHL 81 31 44 75 28 11 52 19 11 1 10 226 13.7 1609 19:52
2005-06 34 TOR NHL 70 31 47 78 29 7 58 13 16 2 2 220 14.1 1399 19:59
2006-07 35 TOR NHL 75 27 49 76 27 -2 62 20 6 1 3 321 8.4 1535 20:28
2007-08 36 TOR NHL 74 32 46 78 29 17 76 21 10 1 4 259 12.4 1485 20:04
2008-09 37 VAN NHL 41 9 19 28 10 -5 28 4 5 0 2 84 10.7 691 16:51
Career NHL 1346 564 785 1349 520 73 1093 373 160 31 96 4015 14.0 14579 19:50

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
1990-91 19 QUE NHL 80 0.29 0.45 0.74 0.28 0.73 1.94 21 32 53 20 90 27 90 3 -24 3.5 0.3 3.8
1991-92 20 QUE NHL 80 0.41 0.54 0.95 0.37 1.29 2.89 29 38 67 26 106 36 104 15 -19 5.5 0.5 6.0
1992-93 21 QUE NHL 80 0.59 0.84 1.43 0.55 1.20 2.69 38 54 92 35 154 70 89 26 21 9.1 1.4 10.5
1993-94 22 QUE NHL 84 0.38 0.63 1.01 0.38 0.71 2.69 29 48 77 29 114 39 100 26 1 6.7 1.0 7.7
1994-95 23 TOR NHL 47 0.49 0.51 1.00 0.41 0.30 3.68 40 41 81 33 58 24 44 5 -5 4.7 0.6 5.2
1995-96 24 TOR NHL 76 0.43 0.66 1.09 0.42 0.61 3.96 32 48 80 31 111 47 73 17 8 7.3 1.4 8.7
1996-97 25 TOR NHL 82 0.50 0.65 1.15 0.46 0.72 3.43 42 55 97 38 125 35 103 19 6 9.7 1.3 11.0
1997-98 26 TOR NHL 82 0.40 0.50 0.90 0.36 0.60 2.67 38 47 85 34 96 31 88 20 -3 8.0 1.1 9.1
1998-99 27 TOR NHL 82 0.38 0.63 1.01 0.38 0.71 2.55 36 59 95 36 115 30 79 16 22 7.2 1.7 8.9
1999-00 28 TOR NHL 73 0.44 0.56 1.00 0.39 0.63 2.52 35 44 79 31 104 30 69 11 16 6.9 2.0 8.9
2000-01 29 TOR NHL 82 0.34 0.56 0.90 0.33 0.93 2.76 31 49 80 30 96 32 69 20 15 5.9 2.3 8.2
2001-02 30 TOR NHL 82 0.50 0.48 0.98 0.40 1.15 3.20 47 44 91 38 103 35 64 2 6 8.7 1.6 10.3
2002-03 31 TOR NHL 75 0.49 0.47 0.96 0.39 0.77 2.97 42 39 81 34 98 42 70 15 1 7.4 1.6 9.0
2003-04 32 TOR NHL 81 0.38 0.54 0.93 0.35 0.64 2.79 36 51 87 34 96 43 58 16 11 7.2 2.0 9.2
2005-06 34 TOR NHL 70 0.44 0.67 1.11 0.41 0.83 3.14 31 45 76 29 108 62 57 18 7 6.6 1.9 8.4
2006-07 35 TOR NHL 75 0.36 0.65 1.01 0.37 0.83 4.28 28 49 77 29 100 43 80 21 -2 6.1 1.2 7.3
2007-08 36 TOR NHL 74 0.43 0.62 1.05 0.40 1.03 3.50 35 49 84 32 103 35 72 21 17 7.7 2.1 9.8
2008-09 37 VAN NHL 41 0.22 0.46 0.68 0.24 0.68 2.05 9 19 28 10 44 23 27 1 -5 1.9 0.5 2.4
Career NHL 1346 0.42 0.58 1.00 0.39 0.81 2.98 599 811 1410 548 1821 684 1336 272 73 120.2 24.3 144.4

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1992-93 21 QUE NHL 6 3 1 4 -4 6 2 1 0 0 19 15.8
1994-95 23 TOR NHL 7 5 4 9 -2 4 3 2 0 1 27 18.5
1995-96 24 TOR NHL 6 3 1 4 -8 4 1 2 0 1 23 13.0
1998-99 27 TOR NHL 17 8 8 16 2 16 5 3 0 2 44 18.2 387 22:46
1999-00 28 TOR NHL 12 3 5 8 8 10 3 0 0 1 20 15.0 257 21:27
2000-01 29 TOR NHL 11 6 7 13 5 14 3 2 1 1 42 14.3 222 20:12
2001-02 30 TOR NHL 8 2 5 7 5 4 2 0 0 0 21 9.5 161 20:07
2002-03 31 TOR NHL 7 1 3 4 -1 6 0 1 0 0 16 6.3 170 24:17
2003-04 32 TOR NHL 9 4 5 9 -2 8 4 0 0 1 19 21.1 166 18:24
2008-09 37 VAN NHL 8 3 5 8 -1 2 3 0 0 1 15 20.0 127 15:55
Career NHL 91 38 44 82 2 74 26 11 1 8 246 15.4 1490 20:42

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1987-88 16 Sweden EJC-A 6 5 4 9 8
1988-89 17 Nacka HK Sweden-2 25 10 8 18 18
1988-89 17 Sweden EJC-A 6 6 2 8 14
1989-90 18 Djurgardens IF Stockholm Sweden 34 10 8 18 16
1989-90 18 Sweden WJC-A 7 5 2 7 6
1989-90 18 Sweden WEC-A 4 0 0 0 0
1990-91 19 Sweden EJC-A 10 7 5 12 12
1991-92 20 Sweden Can-Cup 6 2 4 6 16
1991-92 20 Sweden WC-A 8 2 6 8 8
1993-94 22 Sweden WC-A 8 5 9 14 4
1994-95 23 Djurgardens IF Stockholm Sweden 12 7 2 9 14
1996-97 25 Sweden W-Cup 4 4 3 7 4
1997-98 26 Sweden Olympics 4 3 0 3 4
1997-98 26 Sweden WC-A 10 5 6 11 6
2000-01 29 Sweden WC-A 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
2001-02 30 Sweden Olympics 4 5 4 9 4 10 5 0 0 3
2002-03 31 Sweden WC-A 7 6 4 10 10
2004-05 33 Sweden W-Cup 4 1 5 6 1 0
2005-06 34 Sweden Olympics 8 3 5 8 1 4 1 2 0 0
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 6 2 4 6 16
Career 3 Seasons EJC-A 22 18 11 29 34
Career 3 Seasons Olympics 16 11 9 20 5 18 6 2 0 3
Career 2 Seasons Sweden 46 17 10 27 30
Career 1 Season Sweden-2 25 10 8 18 18
Career 2 Seasons W-Cup 8 5 8 13 1 4
Career 5 Seasons WC-A 35 18 26 44 2 30 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season WEC-A 4 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 5 2 7 6

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1989-90 18 Djurgardens IF Stockholm Sweden 8 7 0 7 4
Career 1 Season Sweden 8 7 0 7 4

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 18 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
Mats Sundin 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
Pierre Turgeon 93.9 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
Luc Robitaille 93.9 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
Mark Messier 92.6 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 5.4 5.0 3.8 3.7 0.9
Stan Mikita 91.6 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 4.6 4.5 1.4 0.0
Mark Recchi 91.4 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 5.1 4.8 4.4 4.3 -0.3
Brendan Shanahan 91.4 11.6 10.7 10.5 10.5 10.3 9.5 8.9 8.9 7.9 6.9 6.7 6.7 5.9 5.7 5.6 4.4 3.4 0.3
Mike Modano 91.3 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
Keith Tkachuk 89.5 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
Maurice Richard 87.8 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
Jeremy Roenick 87.5 11.3 11.1 10.2 9.9 9.1 8.5 8.0 8.0 7.6 7.2 6.9 6.2 5.4 4.7 3.4 1.6 1.5 0.9
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
Mats Sundin 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
Pierre Turgeon 93.8 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
Luc Robitaille 93.7 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
Mark Messier 92.4 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
Stan Mikita 91.9 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
Brendan Shanahan 91.3 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 Recchi 90.9 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
Mike Modano 90.8 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
Keith Tkachuk 89.5 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
Jeremy Roenick 88.0 11.3 11.1 10.2 9.9 9.1 8.5 8.0 8.0 7.6 7.2 6.9 6.2 5.4 4.7 3.5 3.4 1.6 1.5 0.9 0.9
Maurice Richard 87.8 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

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1996 NHL
1997 NHL
1998 NHL
1999 NHL
2000 NHL
2001 NHL
2002 NHL
2004 NHL

Honors

2001-02 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
2003-04 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Games Played

1990-91 NHL 80 (3)
1991-92 NHL 80 (3)
1993-94 NHL 84 (5)
1996-97 NHL 82 (1)
 1997-98 NHL 82 (2)
1998-99 NHL 82 (2)
2000-01 NHL 82 (3)
2001-02 NHL 82 (2)
Career NHL 1346 (45)

Goals

1997-98 NHL 33 (10)
2001-02 NHL 41 (2)
2002-03 NHL 37 (8)
Career NHL 564 (21)

Assists

1998-99 NHL 52 (10)
Career NHL 785 (33)

Points

1996-97 NHL 94 (7)
2001-02 NHL 80 (4)
Career NHL 1349 (27)

Goals Created

1996-97 NHL 37.6 (7)
2001-02 NHL 32.6 (3)
Career NHL 519.8 (27)

Even Strength Goals

1996-97 NHL 30 (8)
1998-99 NHL 27 (5)
2001-02 NHL 29 (5)
Career NHL 373 (19)

Power Play Goals

1994-95 NHL 9 (10)
2002-03 NHL 16 (5)
Career NHL 160 (31)

Short-Handed Goals

1992-93 NHL 4 (7)
1995-96 NHL 6 (2)
1996-97 NHL 4 (5)
2002-03 NHL 3 (7)
Career NHL 31 (18)

Game-Winning Goals

1992-93 NHL 9 (7)
1995-96 NHL 7 (8)
1996-97 NHL 8 (5)
1999-00 NHL 7 (8)
2001-02 NHL 9 (2)
2002-03 NHL 8 (7)
2003-04 NHL 10 (1)
 Career NHL 96 (7)

Shots

1994-95 NHL 173 (10)
2006-07 NHL 321 (7)
Career NHL 4015 (17)

Goals Per Game

2001-02 NHL 0.50 (7)
2002-03 NHL 0.49 (8)
Career NHL 0.42 (81)

Assists Per Game

Career NHL 0.58 (70)

Points Per Game

1996-97 NHL 1.15 (10)
Career NHL 1.00 (50)

Goals Created Per Game

2001-02 NHL 0.40 (9)
Career NHL 0.39 (64)

Adjusted Goals

1997-98 NHL 38 (10)
2001-02 NHL 47 (2)
2002-03 NHL 42 (8)
Career NHL 599 (18)

Adjusted Assists

1998-99 NHL 59 (10)
Career NHL 811 (25)

Adjusted Points

1996-97 NHL 97 (7)
2001-02 NHL 91 (4)
Career NHL 1410 (16)

Adjusted Goals Created

1996-97 NHL 37.9 (9)
2001-02 NHL 37.6 (3)
Career NHL 547.9 (16)

Total Goals On-Ice For

Career NHL 1821 (40)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

Career NHL 684 (38)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1996-97 NHL 103 (10)
Career NHL 1336 (55)

Offensive Point Shares

1996-97 NHL 9.7 (8)
2001-02 NHL 8.7 (4)
Career NHL 120.2 (14)

Point Shares

Career NHL 144.4 (41)
      

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

June 28, 1994: Traded to Toronto by Quebec with Garth Butcher, Todd Warriner and Philadelphia's 1st round choice (previously acquired, later traded to Washington - Washington selected Nolan Baumgartner) in 1994 Entry Draft for Wendel Clark, Sylvain Lefebvre, Landon Wilson and Toronto's 1st round choice (Jeffrey Kealty) in 1994 Entry Draft, June 28, 1994.

December 18, 2008: Signed as a free agent by Vancouver, December 18, 2008.

September 30, 2009: Officially announced his retirement, September 30, 2009.

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