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Scott Thornton

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-3    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: January 9, 1971 in London, Ontario

Drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft.

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NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1990-91 20 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 33 1 3 4 0.12 1 0.04 9 0 26 2 -15 30 1 0 0 0 31 0.94 3.2
1991-92 21 Edmonton Oilers NHL 15 0 1 1 0.07 0 0.02 2 0 8 0 -6 43 0 0 0 0 11 0.73 0.0
1992-93 22 Edmonton Oilers NHL 9 0 1 1 0.11 0 0.03 1 0 5 0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.78 0.0
1993-94 23 Edmonton Oilers NHL 61 4 7 11 0.18 4 0.07 21 2 41 7 -15 104 4 0 0 0 65 1.07 6.2
1994-95 24 Edmonton Oilers NHL 47 10 12 22 0.47 9 0.18 32 4 47 15 -4 89 9 0 1 1 69 1.47 14.5
1995-96 25 Edmonton Oilers NHL 77 9 9 18 0.23 7 0.09 27 2 76 26 -25 149 7 0 2 3 95 1.23 9.5
1996-97 26 Montreal Canadiens NHL 73 10 10 20 0.27 8 0.11 27 3 54 11 -19 128 8 1 1 1 110 1.51 9.1
1997-98 27 Montreal Canadiens NHL 67 6 9 15 0.22 6 0.08 24 3 25 4 0 158 5 1 0 1 51 0.76 11.8
1998-99 28 Montreal Canadiens NHL 47 7 4 11 0.23 5 0.10 20 2 23 3 -2 87 6 1 0 1 56 1.19 12.5 583 12:24
1999-00 29 2 Teams NHL 65 8 6 14 0.22 6 0.09 21 4 29 0 -12 108 7 1 0 1 83 1.28 9.6 835 12:50
1999-00 29 Montreal Canadiens NHL 35 2 3 5 0.14 2 0.05 11 2 16 0 -7 70 2 0 0 1 36 1.03 5.6 443 12:40
1999-00 29 Dallas Stars NHL 30 6 3 9 0.30 4 0.13 10 2 13 0 -5 38 5 1 0 0 47 1.57 12.8 391 13:03
2000-01 30 San Jose Sharks NHL 73 19 17 36 0.49 14 0.20 50 17 30 1 4 114 15 4 0 1 159 2.18 11.9 1015 13:54
2001-02 31 San Jose Sharks NHL 77 26 16 42 0.55 18 0.23 60 13 36 0 11 116 20 6 0 5 144 1.87 18.1 1041 13:31
2002-03 32 San Jose Sharks NHL 41 9 12 21 0.51 8 0.19 31 9 29 0 -7 41 5 4 0 1 64 1.56 14.1 569 13:53
2003-04 33 San Jose Sharks NHL 80 13 14 27 0.34 11 0.13 41 8 39 0 -6 84 12 1 0 1 127 1.59 10.2 1116 13:57
2005-06 35 San Jose Sharks NHL 71 10 11 21 0.30 8 0.12 40 13 35 0 -8 84 9 1 0 2 122 1.72 8.2 945 13:19
2006-07 36 Los Angeles Kings NHL 58 7 6 13 0.22 5 0.09 19 1 47 14 -15 85 6 0 1 0 65 1.12 10.8 719 12:24
2007-08 37 Los Angeles Kings NHL 47 5 3 8 0.17 3 0.07 16 0 15 0 1 39 5 0 0 1 35 0.74 14.3 413 8:48
Career NHL 941 144 141 285 0.30 113 0.12 441 81 565 83 -122 1459 119 20 5 19 1294 1.38 11.1 7236 12:57

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1991-92 21 Edmonton Oilers NHL 1 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 0.0
1996-97 26 Montreal Canadiens NHL 5 1 0 1 0.20 1 2 1 0 0 0 11 2.20 9.1
1997-98 27 Montreal Canadiens NHL 9 0 2 2 0.22 0 10 0 0 0 0 13 1.44 0.0
1999-00 29 Dallas Stars NHL 23 2 7 9 0.39 1 28 2 0 0 1 33 1.43 6.1 326 14:11
2000-01 30 San Jose Sharks NHL 6 3 0 3 0.50 1 8 3 0 0 1 15 2.50 20.0 95 15:50
2001-02 31 San Jose Sharks NHL 12 3 3 6 0.50 3 6 3 0 0 0 23 1.92 13.0 190 15:52
2003-04 33 San Jose Sharks NHL 12 2 2 4 0.33 1 22 2 0 0 0 15 1.25 13.3 150 12:31
2005-06 35 San Jose Sharks NHL 11 2 0 2 0.18 -1 6 2 0 0 0 23 2.09 8.7 124 11:18
Career NHL 79 13 14 27 0.34 5 82 13 0 0 2 134 1.70 9.7 886 13:51

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1986-87 16 London Diamonds OHA-B 31 10 7 17 0.55 10
1987-88 17 Belleville Bulls OHL 62 11 19 30 0.48 54
1988-89 18 Belleville Bulls OHL 59 28 34 62 1.05 103
1989-90 19 Belleville Bulls OHL 47 21 28 49 1.04 91
1990-91 20 Belleville Bulls OHL 3 2 1 3 1.00 2
1990-91 20 Canada WJC-A 7 3 1 4 0.57 0
1990-91 20 Newmarket Saints AHL 5 1 0 1 0.20 4
1991-92 21 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 49 9 14 23 0.47 40
1992-93 22 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 58 23 27 50 0.86 102
1993-94 23 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 2 1 1 2 1.00 31
1998-99 28 Canada WC-A 10 5 1 6 0.60 6
2004-05 34 Sodertalje SK Sweden 12 2 5 7 0.58 10
Career AHL 114 34 42 76 0.67 177
Career OHA-B 31 10 7 17 0.55 10
Career OHL 171 62 82 144 0.84 250
Career Sweden 12 2 5 7 0.58 10
Career WC-A 10 5 1 6 0.60 6
Career WJC-A 7 3 1 4 0.57 0

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1987-88 17 Belleville Bulls OHL 6 0 1 1 0.17 2
1988-89 18 Belleville Bulls OHL 5 1 1 2 0.40 6
1989-90 19 Belleville Bulls OHL 11 2 10 12 1.09 15
1990-91 20 Belleville Bulls OHL 6 0 7 7 1.17 14
1991-92 21 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 5 1 0 1 0.20 8
1992-93 22 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 16 1 2 3 0.19 35
2004-05 34 Sodertalje SK Sweden 10 0 3 3 0.30 27
Career AHL 21 2 2 4 0.19 43
Career OHL 28 3 19 22 0.79 37
Career Sweden 10 0 3 3 0.30 27

Transactions

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September 19, 1991: Traded to Edmonton by Toronto with Vincent Damphousse, Peter Ing and Luke Richardson for Grant Fuhr, Glenn Anderson and Craig Berube, September 19, 1991.

September 6, 1996: Traded to Montreal by Edmonton for Andrei Kovalenko, September 6, 1996.

January 22, 2000: Traded to Dallas by Montreal for Juha Lind, January 22, 2000.

July 1, 2000: Signed as a free agent by San Jose, July 1, 2000.

October 7, 2002: Missed majority of 2002-03 season recovering from shoulder (October 7, 2002 in training camp) and head (February 21, 2003 vs. Columbus) injuries.

January 13, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Sodertalje (Sweden), January 13, 2005.

July 1, 2006: Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles, July 1, 2006.