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Dave Taylor

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: December 4, 1955 in Levack, Ontario

Drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 15th round (210th overall) of the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 10:00AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #141. DAVE TAYLOR… #141. Frank Boucher… #143. Kent Nilsson… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1977-78 22 LAK NHL 64 22 21 43 18 14 47 18 4 0 3 122 18.0
1978-79 23 LAK NHL 78 43 48 91 36 27 124 30 13 0 4 238 18.1
1979-80 24 LAK NHL 61 37 53 90 35 39 72 25 12 0 7 170 21.8
1980-81 25 LAK NHL 72 47 65 112 44 47 130 34 13 0 3 206 22.8
1981-82 26 LAK NHL 78 39 67 106 39 -4 130 26 13 0 3 232 16.8
1982-83 27 LAK NHL 46 21 37 58 22 4 76 15 6 0 1 117 17.9
1983-84 28 LAK NHL 63 20 49 69 24 -3 91 14 6 0 2 150 13.3
1984-85 29 LAK NHL 79 41 51 92 36 13 132 28 11 2 6 175 23.4
1985-86 30 LAK NHL 76 33 38 71 29 -16 110 22 11 0 1 203 16.3
1986-87 31 LAK NHL 67 18 44 62 21 0 84 8 9 1 3 115 15.7
1987-88 32 LAK NHL 68 26 41 67 25 -4 129 17 9 0 2 149 17.4
1988-89 33 LAK NHL 70 26 37 63 24 10 80 19 7 0 4 141 18.4
1989-90 34 LAK NHL 58 15 26 41 15 17 96 13 2 0 1 100 15.0
1990-91 35 LAK NHL 73 23 30 53 21 27 148 17 6 0 2 122 18.9
1991-92 36 LAK NHL 77 10 19 29 10 10 63 10 0 0 2 81 12.3
1992-93 37 LAK NHL 48 6 9 15 6 1 49 5 1 0 1 53 11.3
1993-94 38 LAK NHL 33 4 3 7 3 -1 28 3 0 1 2 39 10.3
Career NHL 1111 431 638 1069 408 181 1589 304 123 4 47 2413 17.9

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
1977-78 22 LAK NHL 64 0.34 0.33 0.67 0.28 0.73 1.91 19 19 38 16 58 11 34 1 14 2.8 1.5 4.2
1978-79 23 LAK NHL 78 0.55 0.62 1.17 0.47 1.59 3.05 36 41 77 31 133 45 66 5 27 7.2 2.0 9.2
1979-80 24 LAK NHL 61 0.61 0.87 1.48 0.57 1.18 2.79 31 45 76 29 132 48 48 3 39 7.4 1.9 9.3
1980-81 25 LAK NHL 72 0.65 0.90 1.56 0.61 1.81 2.86 36 50 86 33 165 62 56 0 47 8.4 2.0 10.4
1981-82 26 LAK NHL 78 0.50 0.86 1.36 0.50 1.67 2.97 28 49 77 29 149 56 101 4 -4 6.5 0.9 7.5
1982-83 27 LAK NHL 46 0.46 0.80 1.26 0.47 1.65 2.54 17 30 47 17 86 36 46 0 4 3.8 0.7 4.5
1983-84 28 LAK NHL 63 0.32 0.78 1.10 0.38 1.44 2.38 16 39 55 19 99 32 75 5 -3 3.6 0.8 4.4
1984-85 29 LAK NHL 79 0.52 0.65 1.16 0.45 1.67 2.22 33 41 74 29 140 55 81 9 13 6.1 1.4 7.5
1985-86 30 LAK NHL 76 0.43 0.50 0.93 0.38 1.45 2.67 26 30 56 22 111 38 99 10 -16 4.3 0.6 4.9
1986-87 31 LAK NHL 67 0.27 0.66 0.93 0.32 1.25 1.72 15 37 52 18 91 38 70 17 0 3.3 0.8 4.1
1987-88 32 LAK NHL 68 0.38 0.60 0.99 0.37 1.90 2.19 22 34 56 21 114 51 69 2 -4 4.3 0.8 5.0
1988-89 33 LAK NHL 70 0.37 0.53 0.90 0.35 1.14 2.01 21 30 51 20 101 30 61 0 10 3.8 0.7 4.5
1989-90 34 LAK NHL 58 0.26 0.45 0.71 0.26 1.66 1.72 13 22 35 13 65 9 39 0 17 1.8 1.0 2.8
1990-91 35 LAK NHL 73 0.32 0.41 0.73 0.28 2.03 1.67 21 27 48 19 81 14 40 0 27 3.2 1.4 4.6
1991-92 36 LAK NHL 77 0.13 0.25 0.38 0.14 0.82 1.05 9 17 26 10 45 2 33 0 10 0.0 1.2 1.3
1992-93 37 LAK NHL 48 0.13 0.19 0.31 0.12 1.02 1.10 5 7 12 5 22 3 37 19 1 -0.3 0.4 0.2
1993-94 38 LAK NHL 33 0.12 0.09 0.21 0.09 0.85 1.18 4 3 7 3 15 0 27 11 -1 -0.3 0.3 0.0
Career NHL 1111 0.39 0.57 0.96 0.37 1.43 2.17 352 521 873 334 1607 530 982 86 181 65.9 18.4 84.3

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1977-78 22 LAK NHL 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
1978-79 23 LAK NHL 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1979-80 24 LAK NHL 4 2 1 3 4 2 0 0 0
1980-81 25 LAK NHL 4 2 2 4 10 1 1 0 0
1981-82 26 LAK NHL 10 4 6 10 20 1 3 0 0
1984-85 29 LAK NHL 3 2 2 4 0 8 2 0 0 0 11 18.2
1986-87 31 LAK NHL 5 2 3 5 -2 6 1 1 0 0 8 25.0
1987-88 32 LAK NHL 5 3 3 6 -3 6 1 2 0 0 16 18.8
1988-89 33 LAK NHL 11 1 5 6 0 19 0 1 0 0 17 5.9
1989-90 34 LAK NHL 6 4 4 8 2 2 2 2 0 0 11 36.4
1990-91 35 LAK NHL 12 2 1 3 -3 12 2 0 0 1 25 8.0
1991-92 36 LAK NHL 6 1 1 2 0 20 1 0 0 0 5 20.0
1992-93 37 LAK NHL 22 3 5 8 7 31 1 0 2 0 32 9.4
Career NHL 92 26 33 59 1 145 14 10 2 1 125 14.4

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 18 Levack Huskies NOJHA 45 67 76 143
1974-75 19 Clarkson Knights ECAC 32 20 34 54
1975-76 20 Clarkson Knights ECAC 31 26 33 59
1976-77 21 Clarkson Knights ECAC 34 41 67 108
1976-77 21 Fort Worth Texans CHL 7 2 4 6 6
1982-83 27 Canada WEC-A 10 1 4 5 4
1984-85 29 Canada WEC-A 10 3 2 5 4
1985-86 30 Canada WEC-A 10 3 4 7 12
Career 1 Season CHL 7 2 4 6 6
Career 3 Seasons ECAC 97 87 134 221
Career 1 Season NOJHA 45 67 76 143
Career 3 Seasons WEC-A 30 7 10 17 20

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 17 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
Dave Taylor 10.4 9.3 9.2 7.5 7.5 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.1 2.8 1.3 0.2 0.0
Bill Guerin 93.0 9.9 9.8 8.8 7.5 7.2 6.2 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.5 3.8 3.2 2.4 2.3 0.0
Glenn Anderson 92.1 9.5 8.9 8.8 8.0 6.9 6.6 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.2 2.9 2.6 0.6
Stephane Richer 89.8 9.6 7.9 7.6 6.3 5.5 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.4 3.3 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.4 0.0
Miroslav Satan 89.7 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
Gary Roberts 88.5 10.0 9.7 8.1 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.0 4.0 3.4 3.3 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.3
Doug Weight 88.5 9.0 8.5 8.3 7.8 7.2 6.6 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.3 4.1 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4 1.4
Pat Verbeek 88.4 9.5 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.7 6.9 6.7 4.5 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.4 2.7 2.6 2.5 1.0 0.4
Tomas Sandstrom 88.1 9.2 7.0 7.0 6.5 5.4 5.1 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.0 -0.2
Petr Sykora 88.1 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
Milt Schmidt 87.8 7.5 7.0 6.6 5.4 4.6 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.6 2.6 1.0 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
Dave Taylor 10.4 9.3 9.2 7.5 7.5 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.1 2.8 1.3 0.2 0.0
Glenn Anderson 92.1 9.5 8.9 8.8 8.0 6.9 6.6 6.2 5.9 5.4 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.2 2.9 2.6 0.6
Bill Guerin 91.5 9.9 9.8 8.8 7.5 7.2 6.2 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.2 2.4 2.3 0.0
Stephane Richer 89.8 9.6 7.9 7.6 6.3 5.5 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.4 3.3 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.4 0.0
Miroslav Satan 89.7 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
Gary Roberts 88.5 10.0 9.7 8.1 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.0 4.1 4.0 3.6 3.4 3.3 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.3 0.1
Doug Weight 88.2 9.0 8.5 8.3 7.8 7.2 6.6 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.3 4.1 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4 1.4 0.9 0.5
Tomas Sandstrom 88.1 9.2 7.0 7.0 6.5 5.4 5.1 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.0 -0.2
Petr Sykora 88.1 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
Milt Schmidt 87.8 7.5 7.0 6.6 5.4 4.6 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.6 2.6 1.0 0.8
Rick Tocchet 87.3 10.2 7.9 7.5 7.0 6.2 6.2 5.5 5.5 5.4 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.6 1.8 1.7 -0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1981 NHL
1982 NHL
1986 NHL
1994 NHL

Awards

1990-91 NHL Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
1990-91 NHL King Clancy Memorial Trophy

Honors

1980-81 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Goals

1978-79 NHL 43 (6)
Career NHL 431 (65)

Assists

1980-81 NHL 65 (9)
1981-82 NHL 67 (9)
Career NHL 638 (62)

Points

1978-79 NHL 91 (9)
1980-81 NHL 112 (5)
1981-82 NHL 106 (9)
Career NHL 1069 (58)

Goals Created

1978-79 NHL 36.5 (7)
1980-81 NHL 43.7 (6)
Career NHL 408.2 (64)

Plus/Minus

1980-81 NHL 47 (5)
1990-91 NHL 27 (10)
Career NHL 181 (74)

Even Strength Goals

1978-79 NHL 30 (7)
1980-81 NHL 34 (7)
Career NHL 304 (46)

Power Play Goals

1978-79 NHL 13 (10)
Career NHL 123 (85)

Game-Winning Goals

1979-80 NHL 7 (6)

Shooting Percentage

1979-80 NHL 21.8 (10)
1980-81 NHL 22.8 (7)
1984-85 NHL 23.4 (5)
Career NHL 17.9 (33)

Goals Per Game

1978-79 NHL 0.55 (7)
1980-81 NHL 0.65 (8)

Assists Per Game

1979-80 NHL 0.87 (7)
1980-81 NHL 0.90 (8)
1982-83 NHL 0.80 (5)
Career NHL 0.57 (83)

Points Per Game

1979-80 NHL 1.48 (5)
1980-81 NHL 1.56 (6)
Career NHL 0.96 (74)

Goals Created Per Game

1978-79 NHL 0.47 (10)
1979-80 NHL 0.57 (5)
1980-81 NHL 0.61 (6)
Career NHL 0.37 (85)

Adjusted Goals

1978-79 NHL 36 (6)

Adjusted Assists

1980-81 NHL 50 (9)
1981-82 NHL 49 (9)

Adjusted Points

1978-79 NHL 77 (9)
1980-81 NHL 86 (5)
1981-82 NHL 77 (9)

Adjusted Goals Created

1978-79 NHL 30.8 (7)
1980-81 NHL 33.3 (6)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1980-81 NHL 165 (7)
Career NHL 1607 (69)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

Career NHL 530 (86)

Offensive Point Shares

1978-79 NHL 7.2 (8)
1980-81 NHL 8.4 (6)

Point Shares

1980-81 NHL 10.4 (9)

Transactions

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June, 1974: Selected by Houston (WHA) in WHA Amateur Draft, June, 1974.

May, 1977: Rights traded to Cincinnati (WHA) by Houston (WHA) with the trade of Craig Norwich for John Hughes, May, 1977.

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