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Alex Tanguay

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: November 21, 1979 in Ste-Justine, Quebec

Drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in the 1st round (12th overall) of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 4, 2012, 8:45AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #284. Dick Duff… #285. ALEX TANGUAY… #285. John MacLean… #287. Doug Mohns… 

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1999-00 20 COL NHL 76 17 34 51 18 6 22 12 5 0 3 74 23.0 1188 15:38
2000-01 21 COL NHL 82 27 50 77 28 35 37 19 7 1 3 135 20.0 1464 17:51
2001-02 22 COL NHL 70 13 35 48 16 8 36 6 7 0 2 90 14.4 1284 18:20
2002-03 23 COL NHL 82 26 41 67 25 34 36 23 3 0 5 142 18.3 1460 17:48
2003-04 24 COL NHL 69 25 54 79 28 30 42 18 7 0 5 117 21.4 1266 18:21
2005-06 26 COL NHL 71 29 49 78 28 8 46 21 8 0 4 125 23.2 1304 18:22
2006-07 27 CGY NHL 81 22 59 81 27 12 44 17 5 0 0 107 20.6 1431 17:40
2007-08 28 CGY NHL 78 18 40 58 21 11 48 13 3 2 3 121 14.9 1463 18:46
2008-09 29 MTL NHL 50 16 25 41 16 13 34 11 5 0 3 76 21.1 805 16:05
2009-10 30 TBL NHL 80 10 27 37 13 -2 32 7 3 0 2 91 11.0 1263 15:47
2010-11 31 CGY NHL 79 22 47 69 24 0 24 19 3 0 2 120 18.3 1561 19:46
2011-12 32 CGY NHL 36 5 20 25 8 -2 20 5 0 0 1 52 9.6 652 18:07
Career NHL 854 230 481 711 252 153 421 171 56 3 33 1250 18.4 15142 17:44

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
1999-00 20 COL NHL 76 0.22 0.45 0.67 0.24 0.29 0.97 19 37 56 20 76 19 51 0 6 3.7 1.5 5.3
2000-01 21 COL NHL 82 0.33 0.61 0.94 0.34 0.45 1.65 29 53 82 30 106 23 48 0 35 6.5 2.8 9.3
2001-02 22 COL NHL 70 0.19 0.50 0.69 0.23 0.51 1.29 15 40 55 19 79 33 38 0 8 3.0 2.0 5.0
2002-03 23 COL NHL 82 0.32 0.50 0.82 0.30 0.44 1.73 30 45 75 29 107 32 41 0 34 5.7 2.7 8.4
2003-04 24 COL NHL 69 0.36 0.78 1.14 0.40 0.61 1.70 29 62 91 33 109 40 44 5 30 7.9 2.6 10.5
2005-06 26 COL NHL 71 0.41 0.69 1.10 0.40 0.65 1.76 29 47 76 29 107 44 58 3 8 6.6 1.7 8.3
2006-07 27 CGY NHL 81 0.27 0.73 1.00 0.34 0.54 1.32 23 59 82 29 101 32 58 1 12 6.4 1.8 8.2
2007-08 28 CGY NHL 78 0.23 0.51 0.74 0.27 0.62 1.55 20 43 63 23 90 27 64 12 11 4.2 1.9 6.1
2008-09 29 MTL NHL 50 0.32 0.50 0.82 0.31 0.68 1.52 17 25 42 16 66 29 25 1 13 3.8 1.4 5.2
2009-10 30 TBL NHL 80 0.13 0.34 0.46 0.16 0.40 1.14 11 28 39 14 62 15 53 4 -2 1.4 1.4 2.8
2010-11 31 CGY NHL 79 0.28 0.59 0.87 0.31 0.30 1.52 24 50 74 27 100 34 80 14 0 5.5 1.7 7.1
2011-12 32 CGY NHL 36 0.14 0.56 0.69 0.22 0.56 1.44 9 34 43 14 -2 1.5 0.8 2.3
Career NHL 854 0.27 0.56 0.83 0.29 0.49 1.46 255 523 778 282 1003 328 560 40 153 56.3 22.3 78.6

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1999-00 20 COL NHL 17 2 1 3 -2 2 1 1 0 1 13 15.4 184 10:49
2000-01 21 COL NHL SC 23 6 15 21 13 8 5 1 0 2 37 16.2 444 19:18
2001-02 22 COL NHL 19 5 8 13 -8 0 2 3 0 0 20 25.0 331 17:25
2002-03 23 COL NHL 7 1 2 3 -2 4 1 0 0 1 10 10.0 134 19:06
2003-04 24 COL NHL 8 2 2 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 6 33.3 126 15:46
2005-06 26 COL NHL 9 2 4 6 1 12 2 0 0 1 20 10.0 165 18:20
2006-07 27 CGY NHL 6 1 3 4 -2 8 0 1 0 0 9 11.1 108 17:56
2007-08 28 CGY NHL 7 0 4 4 -1 4 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 128 18:15
2008-09 29 MTL NHL 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 31 15:29
Career NHL 1 98 19 40 59 2 42 12 7 0 6 125 15.2 1650 16:50

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1994-95 15 Cap-de-Madeleine Estacades QAAA 1 0 1 1 0
1995-96 16 Cap-de-Madeleine Estacades QAAA 44 29 34 63 64
1996-97 17 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 70 27 41 68 21 50 22 5 0 3
1997-98 18 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 51 47 38 85 -6 32 31 13 3 4
1997-98 18 Canada WJC-A 7 2 1 3 2
1998-99 19 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 31 27 34 61 28 30 15 10 2 3
1998-99 19 Hershey Bears AHL 5 1 2 3 -2 2 1 0 0 0 6 16.7
2004-05 25 HC Lugano Swiss 6 3 3 6 4
Career 1 Season AHL 5 1 2 3 -2 2 1 0 0 0 6 16.7
Career 2 Seasons QAAA 45 29 35 64 64
Career 3 Seasons QMJHL 152 101 113 214 43 112 68 28 5 10
Career 1 Season Swiss 6 3 3 6 4
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 2 1 3 2

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1995-96 16 Cap-de-Madeleine Estacades QAAA 5 2 4 6 14
1996-97 17 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 12 4 8 12 8 3 1 0 0
1997-98 18 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 5 7 6 13 -6 4 4 3 0 1
1998-99 19 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 5 1 2 3 -2 2 0 1 0 0
1998-99 19 Hershey Bears AHL 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season AHL 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season QAAA 5 2 4 6 14
Career 3 Seasons QMJHL 22 12 16 28 -8 14 7 5 0 1

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 11 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Alex Tanguay 10.5 9.3 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.1 6.1 5.3 5.2 5.0 2.8
Miroslav Satan 95.0 10.0 9.1 8.3 8.3 7.1 6.8 6.3 5.3 5.0 3.9 3.1
Lanny McDonald 93.0 10.0 9.8 9.2 8.6 8.4 6.8 6.6 5.9 4.8 3.1 1.7
Jacques Lemaire 92.9 10.9 10.3 9.1 8.4 8.2 7.4 6.9 6.4 5.2 4.5 4.5
Gilbert Perreault 92.8 10.7 9.9 9.2 9.2 8.6 8.0 7.0 6.4 6.1 4.4 4.2
Rick Middleton 91.7 9.3 8.9 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.4 5.5 5.4 3.4 2.9 2.7
Vincent Damphousse 91.6 9.6 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.2 5.2 4.6 3.9 3.0 2.5
Glenn Anderson 91.4 9.5 8.9 8.8 8.0 6.9 6.6 6.2 5.9 4.3 4.0 3.2
Joe Mullen 91.4 11.0 8.3 8.0 7.4 7.3 7.0 6.4 5.7 4.8 3.2 3.2
Tony Amonte 90.5 10.3 10.1 9.5 9.3 7.3 6.6 6.3 6.2 6.0 3.6 3.0
Alexei Yashin 90.5 12.0 10.5 9.5 8.7 8.3 6.6 6.0 5.8 4.4 4.1 3.3
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Alex Tanguay 10.5 9.3 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.1 6.1 5.3 5.2 5.0 2.8
Lanny McDonald 91.4 10.0 9.8 9.2 8.6 8.4 6.8 6.6 5.9 4.8 4.4 3.1 2.5 1.7 1.3 0.7 0.6
Jacques Lemaire 90.5 10.9 10.3 9.1 8.4 8.2 7.4 6.9 6.4 5.2 4.9 4.5 4.5
Petr Sykora 89.9 10.6 8.7 8.1 7.5 7.3 5.9 5.9 5.4 5.2 4.9 4.2 4.0 0.0 -0.4
Danny Briere 89.7 10.0 9.3 8.0 7.9 7.7 6.7 6.5 5.5 3.0 2.0 1.8 0.1 0.1
Simon Gagne 89.5 10.8 9.6 9.5 8.6 7.7 5.9 5.8 4.4 3.9 3.5 1.6
Brad Richards 89.5 9.3 9.1 8.9 8.0 7.2 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.0 4.4
Rick Middleton 89.3 9.3 8.9 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.4 5.5 5.5 5.4 3.4 3.2 2.9 2.7 1.9
Miroslav Satan 89.3 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
Patrick Marleau 89.1 11.4 9.4 9.2 8.8 8.5 6.8 6.1 6.0 5.4 5.3 4.5 3.6 3.1
Yvan Cournoyer 88.9 10.4 10.0 9.3 8.6 8.3 7.2 6.7 6.5 6.0 5.3 5.1 3.9 2.4 0.7 0.7 0.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

2004 NHL

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

2001 Colorado Avalanche (NHL)

Games Played

2000-01 NHL 82 (3)
2002-03 NHL 82 (4)

Assists

2003-04 NHL 54 (4)
2006-07 NHL 59 (9)

Points

2003-04 NHL 79 (9)

Plus/Minus

2000-01 NHL 35 (6)
2002-03 NHL 34 (6)
2003-04 NHL 30 (5)
Active 153 (9)

Shooting Percentage

2000-01 NHL 20.0 (5)
2003-04 NHL 21.4 (4)
2005-06 NHL 23.2 (1)
 2006-07 NHL 20.6 (3)
2010-11 NHL 18.3 (4)
Active 18.4 (1)
 Career NHL 18.4 (25)

Assists Per Game

2003-04 NHL 0.78 (2)
Career NHL 0.56 (94)

Points Per Game

2003-04 NHL 1.14 (4)

Goals Created Per Game

2003-04 NHL 0.40 (5)

Adjusted Assists

2003-04 NHL 62 (4)
2006-07 NHL 59 (9)

Adjusted Points

2003-04 NHL 91 (10)

Transactions

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October 7, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Lugano (Swiss), October 7, 2004.

June 24, 2006: Traded to Calgary by Colorado for Jordan Leopold, Calgary's 2nd round choice (Codey Burki) in 2006 Entry Draft and Calgary's 2nd round choice (Trevor Cann) in 2007 Entry Draft, June 24, 2006.

June 20, 2008: Traded to Montreal by Calgary with Calgary's 5th round choice (Maxim Trunev) in 2008 Entry Draft for Montreal's 1st round choice (Greg Nemisz) in 2008 Entry Draft and Montreal's 2nd round choice (later traded to Colorado - Colorado selected Stefan Elliott) in 2009 Entry Draft, June 20, 2008.

September 1, 2009: Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay, September 1, 2009.

July 1, 2010: Signed as a free agent by Calgary, July 1, 2010.

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