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Brent Sutter

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0    Weight: 192 lbs.
Born: June 10, 1962 in Viking, Alberta

Drafted by the New York Islanders in the 1st round (17th overall) of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.

Coaching Record

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 4, 2012, 8:44AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #155. John Ogrodnick… #156. Ken Hodge… #157. BRENT SUTTER… #157. Owen Nolan… #159. Kevin Stevens… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 18 NYI NHL 3 2 2 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 100.0
1981-82 19 NYI NHL 43 21 22 43 17 28 114 18 3 0 1 93 22.6
1982-83 20 NYI NHL 80 21 19 40 17 14 128 20 1 0 3 149 14.1
1983-84 21 NYI NHL 69 34 15 49 23 4 69 27 7 0 6 154 22.1
1984-85 22 NYI NHL 72 42 60 102 40 42 51 30 12 0 4 194 21.6
1985-86 23 NYI NHL 61 24 31 55 21 11 74 14 10 0 2 135 17.8
1986-87 24 NYI NHL 69 27 36 63 25 23 73 18 6 3 8 177 15.3
1987-88 25 NYI NHL 70 29 31 60 25 13 55 16 11 2 2 162 17.9
1988-89 26 NYI NHL 77 29 34 63 25 -12 77 10 17 2 2 187 15.5
1989-90 27 NYI NHL 67 33 35 68 28 9 65 13 17 3 3 198 16.7
1990-91 28 NYI NHL 75 21 32 53 20 -8 49 13 6 2 4 186 11.3
1991-92 29 TOT NHL 69 22 38 60 22 -10 36 13 8 1 3 206 10.7
1991-92 29 NYI NHL 8 4 6 10 4 -5 6 3 1 0 1 21 19.0
1991-92 29 CHI NHL 61 18 32 50 18 -5 30 10 7 1 2 185 9.7
1992-93 30 CHI NHL 65 20 34 54 20 10 67 10 8 2 3 151 13.2
1993-94 31 CHI NHL 73 9 29 38 13 17 43 4 3 2 0 127 7.1
1994-95 32 CHI NHL 47 7 8 15 6 6 51 6 1 0 1 65 10.8
1995-96 33 CHI NHL 80 13 27 40 14 14 56 13 0 0 3 102 12.7
1996-97 34 CHI NHL 39 7 7 14 6 10 18 7 0 0 1 62 11.3
1997-98 35 CHI NHL 52 2 6 8 3 -6 28 1 0 1 0 43 4.7
Career NHL 1111 363 466 829 325 167 1054 235 110 18 47 2393 15.2

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
1980-81 18 NYI NHL 3 0.67 0.67 1.33 0.55 0.00 0.67 2 2 4 2 4 1 1 0 2 0.3 0.1 0.4
1981-82 19 NYI NHL 43 0.49 0.51 1.00 0.40 2.65 2.16 15 16 31 13 59 15 16 0 28 2.5 1.1 3.6
1982-83 20 NYI NHL 80 0.26 0.24 0.50 0.21 1.60 1.86 17 15 32 13 58 6 39 1 14 1.2 1.4 2.6
1983-84 21 NYI NHL 69 0.49 0.22 0.71 0.33 1.00 2.23 27 12 39 18 73 16 61 8 4 3.1 0.6 3.8
1984-85 22 NYI NHL 72 0.58 0.83 1.42 0.55 0.71 2.69 33 48 81 31 145 40 85 22 42 7.4 1.8 9.2
1985-86 23 NYI NHL 61 0.39 0.51 0.90 0.35 1.21 2.21 19 24 43 17 75 24 60 20 11 3.0 0.9 3.9
1986-87 24 NYI NHL 69 0.39 0.52 0.91 0.36 1.06 2.57 23 31 54 21 93 32 63 25 23 4.0 1.6 5.6
1987-88 25 NYI NHL 70 0.41 0.44 0.86 0.35 0.79 2.31 24 26 50 20 87 33 74 33 13 4.0 1.1 5.0
1988-89 26 NYI NHL 77 0.38 0.44 0.82 0.33 1.00 2.43 24 28 52 21 95 46 94 33 -12 3.8 0.8 4.6
1989-90 27 NYI NHL 67 0.49 0.52 1.01 0.41 0.97 2.96 28 29 57 23 97 42 76 30 9 4.9 1.1 6.0
1990-91 28 NYI NHL 75 0.28 0.43 0.71 0.27 0.65 2.48 19 28 47 18 85 32 91 30 -8 3.0 0.9 4.0
1991-92 29 TOT NHL 69 0.32 0.55 0.87 0.32 0.52 2.99 20 33 53 20 86 39 69 12 -10 3.8 0.8 4.5
1991-92 29 NYI NHL 8 0.50 0.75 1.25 0.47 0.75 2.63 4 5 9 4 14 6 13 0 -5 0.8 -0.1 0.7
1991-92 29 CHI NHL 61 0.30 0.52 0.82 0.30 0.49 3.03 16 28 44 16 72 33 56 12 -5 3.0 0.8 3.8
1992-93 30 CHI NHL 65 0.31 0.52 0.83 0.31 1.03 2.32 16 27 43 16 84 44 53 23 10 3.0 1.3 4.3
1993-94 31 CHI NHL 73 0.12 0.40 0.52 0.17 0.59 1.74 8 26 34 11 60 13 60 30 17 1.1 1.5 2.7
1994-95 32 CHI NHL 47 0.15 0.17 0.32 0.13 1.09 1.38 12 14 26 10 27 3 32 14 6 0.2 0.9 1.1
1995-96 33 CHI NHL 80 0.16 0.34 0.50 0.18 0.70 1.28 12 26 38 14 52 1 66 29 14 1.4 1.3 2.7
1996-97 34 CHI NHL 39 0.18 0.18 0.36 0.15 0.46 1.59 7 7 14 6 27 0 23 6 10 0.5 0.8 1.3
1997-98 35 CHI NHL 52 0.04 0.12 0.15 0.05 0.54 0.83 2 7 9 3 12 1 27 10 -6 -1.0 0.5 -0.4
Career NHL 1111 0.33 0.42 0.75 0.29 0.95 2.15 308 399 707 277 1219 388 990 326 167 46.2 18.5 64.7

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 19 NYI NHL SC 19 2 6 8 36 2 0 0 0
1982-83 20 NYI NHL SC 20 10 11 21 26 7 3 0 0
1983-84 21 NYI NHL 20 4 10 14 -1 18 3 0 1 3 36 11.1
1984-85 22 NYI NHL 10 3 3 6 -4 14 2 1 0 2 15 20.0
1985-86 23 NYI NHL 3 0 1 1 -3 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
1986-87 24 NYI NHL 5 1 0 1 -4 4 0 1 0 0 7 14.3
1987-88 25 NYI NHL 6 2 1 3 2 18 1 0 1 1 13 15.4
1989-90 27 NYI NHL 5 2 3 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 17 11.8
1991-92 29 CHI NHL 18 3 5 8 -2 22 2 1 0 1 41 7.3
1992-93 30 CHI NHL 4 1 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 9 11.1
1993-94 31 CHI NHL 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
1994-95 32 CHI NHL 16 1 2 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 23 4.3
1995-96 33 CHI NHL 10 1 1 2 -3 6 1 0 0 0 18 5.6
1996-97 34 CHI NHL 2 0 0 0 -2 6 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
Career NHL 2 144 30 44 74 -16 164 20 8 2 8 195 9.2

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1977-78 15 Red Deer Rustlers AJHL 60 12 18 30 33
1978-79 16 Red Deer Rustlers AJHL 60 42 42 84 79
1979-80 17 Red Deer Rustlers AJHL 59 70 101 171
1979-80 17 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 5 1 0 1 2
1980-81 18 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 68 54 54 108 116
1981-82 19 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 34 46 34 80 162
1984-85 22 Canada Can-Cup 8 2 2 4 10
1985-86 23 Canada WEC-A 8 4 7 11 8
1987-88 25 Canada Can-Cup 9 1 3 4 6
1991-92 29 Canada Can-Cup 8 3 1 4 6
Career 3 Seasons AJHL 179 124 161 285 112
Career 3 Seasons Can-Cup 25 6 6 12 22
Career 1 Season WEC-A 8 4 7 11 8
Career 3 Seasons WHL 107 101 88 189 280

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 17 Red Deer Rustlers AJHL 13 10 15 25 16
1980-81 18 Lethbridge Broncos WHL 9 6 4 10 51
Career 1 Season AJHL 13 10 15 25 16
Career 1 Season WHL 9 6 4 10 51

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
Brent Sutter 9.2 6.0 5.6 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.6 2.7 2.7 2.6 1.3 1.1 0.4 -0.4
Scott Young 91.7 9.8 6.2 5.8 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.5 2.4 0.9 -0.3
Dean Prentice 89.4 6.8 5.3 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.6 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.3 1.6 0.8 -0.4
Martin Gelinas 88.9 7.6 5.7 5.6 5.3 4.6 4.2 4.1 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.4 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.1 0.1
Scott Mellanby 88.1 6.9 6.4 5.9 5.8 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.0 1.8 1.4 1.3 0.5 -0.1
John Tonelli 87.8 9.0 7.2 6.0 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.0 3.4 3.2 3.1 2.5 1.4 0.0
Greg Adams 87.8 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.2
Bob Nevin 87.2 6.9 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.5 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.1 2.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.6
Claude Lemieux 87.0 7.6 6.8 6.4 5.7 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.2 2.4 2.3 1.2 0.7 0.1 0.0 -0.1
Bert Olmstead 86.8 7.5 5.9 5.5 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.4 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.4 -0.2
Doug Mohns 86.2 11.1 8.2 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.5 4.4 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.3 1.9 1.1 0.8
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
Brent Sutter 9.2 6.0 5.6 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.6 2.7 2.7 2.6 1.3 1.1 0.4 -0.4
Scott Young 91.7 9.8 6.2 5.8 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.5 2.4 0.9 -0.3
Martin Gelinas 88.5 7.6 5.7 5.6 5.3 4.6 4.2 4.1 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.4 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.1 0.1
Claude Lemieux 88.4 7.6 6.8 6.4 5.7 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.2 2.4 2.3 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.3
John Tonelli 87.8 9.0 7.2 6.0 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.0 3.4 3.2 3.1 2.5 1.4 0.0
Greg Adams 87.8 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.2
Bob Nevin 87.2 6.9 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.5 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.1 2.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.6
Bert Olmstead 86.8 7.5 5.9 5.5 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.4 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.4 -0.2
Jamie Langenbrunner 86.0 8.5 6.8 6.5 6.2 5.9 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.0 3.1 3.1 2.6 2.4 2.0 0.2 0.0
Scott Mellanby 85.9 6.9 6.4 5.9 5.8 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.0 1.8 1.4 1.3 0.5 -0.1
Jozef Stumpel 85.7 8.9 6.5 6.3 5.7 5.6 5.4 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.1 2.5 1.3 1.3 0.9 0.1 0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

All-Star Games

1985 NHL

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1982 New York Islanders (NHL)
1983 New York Islanders (NHL)

Games Played

1982-83 NHL 80 (1)

Points

1984-85 NHL 102 (10)

Plus/Minus

Career NHL 167 (91)

Power Play Goals

1989-90 NHL 17 (9)

Short-Handed Goals

1989-90 NHL 3 (10)
Career NHL 18 (82)

Game-Winning Goals

1986-87 NHL 8 (5)

Assists Per Game

1984-85 NHL 0.83 (10)

Points Per Game

1984-85 NHL 1.42 (7)

Goals Created Per Game

1984-85 NHL 0.55 (9)

Adjusted Points

1984-85 NHL 81 (10)

Transactions

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October 25, 1991: Traded to Chicago by NY Islanders with Brad Lauer for Adam Creighton and Steve Thomas, October 25, 1991.

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