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Ken Sutton

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: November 5, 1969 in Edmonton, Alberta

Drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 5th round (98th overall) of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1990-91 21 BUF NHL 15 3 6 9 3 2 13 1 2 0 0 26 11.5
1991-92 22 BUF NHL 64 2 18 20 6 5 71 2 0 0 0 81 2.5
1992-93 23 BUF NHL 63 8 14 22 8 -3 30 7 1 0 2 77 10.4
1993-94 24 BUF NHL 78 4 20 24 8 -6 71 3 1 0 0 95 4.2
1994-95 25 TOT NHL 24 4 3 7 3 -3 42 4 0 0 1 40 10.0
1994-95 25 BUF NHL 12 1 2 3 1 -2 30 1 0 0 1 12 8.3
1994-95 25 EDM NHL 12 3 1 4 2 -1 12 3 0 0 0 28 10.7
1995-96 26 TOT NHL 38 0 8 8 2 -13 43 0 0 0 0 41 0.0
1995-96 26 EDM NHL 32 0 8 8 2 -12 39 0 0 0 0 38 0.0
1995-96 26 STL NHL 6 0 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1997-98 28 TOT NHL 21 0 0 0 0 -3 21 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
1997-98 28 NJD NHL 13 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
1997-98 28 SJS NHL 8 0 0 0 0 -4 15 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
1998-99 29 NJD NHL 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 20.0 65 13:02
1999-00 30 NJD NHL 6 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 104 17:21
2000-01 31 NJD NHL 53 1 7 8 2 9 37 1 0 0 0 35 2.9 834 15:44
2001-02 32 NYI NHL 21 0 2 2 1 -5 8 0 0 0 0 22 0.0 267 12:44
Career NHL 388 23 80 103 35 -14 338 19 4 0 3 444 5.2 1271 14:57

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 21 BUF NHL 15 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.22 0.87 1.73 3 5 8 3 25 9 15 1 2 0.7 0.8 1.5
1991-92 22 BUF NHL 64 0.03 0.28 0.31 0.10 1.11 1.27 2 16 18 5 69 14 76 26 5 0.4 3.2 3.6
1992-93 23 BUF NHL 63 0.13 0.22 0.35 0.13 0.48 1.22 6 11 17 6 71 1 81 8 -3 0.9 2.8 3.7
1993-94 24 BUF NHL 78 0.05 0.26 0.31 0.10 0.91 1.22 4 18 22 7 72 25 61 8 -6 0.8 4.3 5.1
1994-95 25 TOT NHL 24 0.17 0.13 0.29 0.12 1.75 1.67 7 5 12 5 19 6 21 5 -3 0.5 1.1 1.6
1994-95 25 BUF NHL 12 0.08 0.17 0.25 0.09 2.50 1.00 2 3 5 2 10 4 8 0 -2 0.1 0.6 0.8
1994-95 25 EDM NHL 12 0.25 0.08 0.33 0.16 1.00 2.33 5 2 7 3 9 2 13 5 -1 0.4 0.4 0.8
1995-96 26 TOT NHL 38 0.00 0.21 0.21 0.06 1.13 1.08 0 8 8 2 29 8 48 14 -13 0.0 1.1 1.0
1995-96 26 EDM NHL 32 0.00 0.25 0.25 0.07 1.22 1.19 0 8 8 2 28 8 46 14 -12 0.1 0.8 0.8
1995-96 26 STL NHL 6 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.67 0.50 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 -0.1 0.3 0.2
1997-98 28 TOT NHL 21 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.57 0 0 0 0 7 0 10 0 -3 -0.4 1.0 0.5
1997-98 28 NJD NHL 13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.46 0.38 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 1 -0.3 0.9 0.6
1997-98 28 SJS NHL 8 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.88 0.88 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 -4 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
1998-99 29 NJD NHL 5 0.20 0.00 0.20 0.11 0.00 1.00 1 0 1 1 4 0 3 0 1 0.1 0.2 0.3
1999-00 30 NJD NHL 6 0.00 0.33 0.33 0.09 0.33 1.67 0 2 2 1 5 1 2 0 2 0.1 0.4 0.5
2000-01 31 NJD NHL 53 0.02 0.13 0.15 0.05 0.70 0.66 1 7 8 2 35 1 26 1 9 0.0 2.0 2.0
2001-02 32 NYI NHL 21 0.00 0.10 0.10 0.03 0.38 1.05 0 2 2 1 11 2 15 1 -5 -0.1 0.1 0.0
Career NHL 388 0.06 0.21 0.27 0.09 0.87 1.14 24 74 98 33 347 67 358 64 -14 3.0 16.8 19.8

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1990-91 21 BUF NHL 6 0 1 1 -4 2 0 0 0 0 13 0.0
1991-92 22 BUF NHL 7 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
1992-93 23 BUF NHL 8 3 1 4 3 8 3 0 0 0 16 18.8
1993-94 24 BUF NHL 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
1995-96 26 STL NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
2000-01 31 NJD NHL 6 0 0 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 101 16:46
Career NHL 32 3 4 7 2 29 3 0 0 0 50 6.0 101 16:46

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1987-88 18 Calgary Canucks AJHL 53 13 43 56 228
1988-89 19 Saskatoon Blades WHL 71 22 31 53 104
1989-90 20 Rochester Americans AHL 57 5 14 19 83
1990-91 21 Rochester Americans AHL 62 7 24 31 65
1995-96 26 Worcester IceCats AHL 32 4 16 20 60
1996-97 27 Manitoba Moose IHL 20 3 10 13 48
1996-97 27 Albany River Rats AHL 61 6 13 19 79
1997-98 28 Albany River Rats AHL 10 0 7 7 1 15 0 0 0 0 26 0.0
1998-99 29 Albany River Rats AHL 75 13 42 55 33 118 4 9 0 1 212 6.1
1999-00 30 Albany River Rats AHL 57 5 16 21 8 129 4 1 0 1 141 3.5
2001-02 32 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 28 1 10 11 -3 51 0 1 0 0
2002-03 33 Albany River Rats AHL 74 6 26 32 -17 70 3 3 0 0 141 4.3
2003-04 34 ERC Ingolstadt Germany 47 3 13 16 157
2004-05 35 ERC Ingolstadt Germany 51 7 19 26 80
2005-06 36 ERC Ingolstadt Germany 49 4 22 26 112
Career 9 Seasons AHL 456 47 168 215 22 670 11 14 0 2 520 4.6
Career 1 Season AJHL 53 13 43 56 228
Career 3 Seasons Germany 147 14 54 68 349
Career 1 Season IHL 20 3 10 13 48
Career 1 Season WHL 71 22 31 53 104

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1988-89 19 Saskatoon Blades WHL 8 2 5 7 12
1988-89 19 Saskatoon Blades M-Cup 4 3 2 5 6
1989-90 20 Rochester Americans AHL 11 1 6 7 15
1990-91 21 Rochester Americans AHL 3 1 1 2 14
1995-96 26 Worcester IceCats AHL 4 0 2 2 21
1996-97 27 Albany River Rats AHL 16 4 8 12 55
1998-99 29 Albany River Rats AHL 5 0 2 2 12 0 0 0 0
2001-02 32 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 20 2 8 10 24 2 0 0 0
2003-04 34 ERC Ingolstadt Germany 3 0 0 0 25
2004-05 35 ERC Ingolstadt Germany 11 2 4 6 34
2005-06 36 ERC Ingolstadt Germany 7 0 4 4 8
Career 6 Seasons AHL 59 8 27 35 141 2 0 0 0
Career 3 Seasons Germany 21 2 8 10 67
Career 1 Season M-Cup 4 3 2 5 6
Career 1 Season WHL 8 2 5 7 12

Similarity Scores

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Thru 11 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Ken Sutton 5.1 3.7 3.6 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.0
Chris Joseph 91.3 5.3 3.5 2.9 2.2 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.1
David Tanabe 89.7 5.3 3.7 3.5 3.2 2.4 1.5 1.1 0.7
Cale Hulse 89.2 4.7 3.8 3.3 3.0 2.7 1.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3
Greg Fox 88.7 4.9 4.0 3.6 2.9 2.8 1.3 1.1 1.0
Todd Simpson 88.4 4.3 3.6 3.4 2.8 2.5 1.8 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.2
Jim Wiemer 88.3 4.9 4.3 4.0 2.9 1.7 1.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.0
Brian Glynn 88.2 4.1 3.4 2.7 2.3 2.0 1.8 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.0
Glen Featherstone 87.8 4.7 3.8 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.6 0.6 0.6 0.3
Denis Gauthier 87.5 4.3 4.2 3.6 2.7 2.4 1.7 1.3 0.7 0.3 -0.2
Ralph Bowman 87.5 3.7 2.9 2.7 2.5 1.8 1.2 0.6
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Ken Sutton 5.1 3.7 3.6 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.0
David Tanabe 89.7 5.3 3.7 3.5 3.2 2.4 1.5 1.1 0.7
Cale Hulse 89.2 4.7 3.8 3.3 3.0 2.7 1.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3
Greg Fox 88.7 4.9 4.0 3.6 2.9 2.8 1.3 1.1 1.0
Todd Simpson 88.4 4.3 3.6 3.4 2.8 2.5 1.8 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.2
Jim Wiemer 88.3 4.9 4.3 4.0 2.9 1.7 1.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.0
Brian Glynn 88.2 4.1 3.4 2.7 2.3 2.0 1.8 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.0
Chris Joseph 88.0 5.3 3.5 2.9 2.2 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0
Glen Featherstone 87.8 4.7 3.8 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.6 0.6 0.6 0.3
Denis Gauthier 87.5 4.3 4.2 3.6 2.7 2.4 1.7 1.3 0.7 0.3 -0.2
Ralph Bowman 87.5 3.7 2.9 2.7 2.5 1.8 1.2 0.6

Transactions

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April 7, 1995: Traded to Edmonton by Buffalo for Scott Pearson, April 7, 1995.

January 4, 1996: Traded to St. Louis by Edmonton with Igor Kravchuk for Jeff Norton and Donald Dufresne, January 4, 1996.

November 26, 1996: Traded to New Jersey by St. Louis with St. Louis' 2nd round choice (Brett Clouthier) in 1999 Entry Draft for Mike Peluso and Ricard Persson, November 26, 1996.

December 7, 1997: Traded to San Jose by New Jersey with John MacLean for Doug Bodger and Dody Wood, December 7, 1997.

August 26, 1998: Traded to New Jersey by San Jose for future considerations, August 26, 1998.

September 27, 1999: Claimed by Washington from New Jersey in Waiver Draft, September 27, 1999.

October 5, 1999: Traded to New Jersey by Washington for future considerations, October 5, 1999.

July 5, 2001: Signed as a free agent by NY Islanders, July 5, 2001.

August 27, 2002: Signed as a free agent by New Jersey, August 27, 2002.

April 17, 2003: Signed as a free agent by ERC Ingolstadt (Germany), April 17, 2003.

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