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Sylvain Turgeon

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: January 17, 1965 in Noranda, Quebec

Drafted by the Hartford Whalers in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 10:20AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #362. Petr Klima… #363. Steve Vickers… #363. SYLVAIN TURGEON… #363. Tomas Kaberle… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1983-84 19 HAR NHL 76 40 32 72 30 -11 55 22 18 0 3 237 16.9
1984-85 20 HAR NHL 64 31 31 62 25 -10 67 20 11 0 3 185 16.8
1985-86 21 HAR NHL 76 45 34 79 34 1 88 32 13 0 5 249 18.1
1986-87 22 HAR NHL 41 23 13 36 16 -3 45 17 6 0 4 137 16.8
1987-88 23 HAR NHL 71 23 26 49 20 -5 71 10 13 0 3 247 9.3
1988-89 24 HAR NHL 42 16 14 30 13 -11 40 9 7 0 1 122 13.1
1989-90 25 NJD NHL 72 30 17 47 21 -8 81 23 7 0 3 218 13.8
1990-91 26 MTL NHL 19 5 7 12 5 -2 20 4 1 0 1 41 12.2
1991-92 27 MTL NHL 56 9 11 20 8 -4 39 3 6 0 1 99 9.1
1992-93 28 OTT NHL 72 25 18 43 19 -29 104 17 8 0 2 249 10.0
1993-94 29 OTT NHL 47 11 15 26 10 -25 52 4 7 0 2 116 9.5
1994-95 30 OTT NHL 33 11 8 19 9 -1 29 9 2 0 1 83 13.3
Career NHL 669 269 226 495 209 -108 691 170 99 0 29 1983 13.6

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
1983-84 19 HAR NHL 76 0.53 0.42 0.95 0.40 0.72 3.12 31 25 56 24 106 46 71 0 -11 4.8 0.9 5.7
1984-85 20 HAR NHL 64 0.48 0.48 0.97 0.40 1.05 2.89 25 25 50 20 95 42 63 0 -10 4.0 0.8 4.8
1985-86 21 HAR NHL 76 0.59 0.45 1.04 0.44 1.16 3.28 35 27 62 26 115 41 73 0 1 5.5 1.0 6.6
1986-87 22 HAR NHL 41 0.56 0.32 0.88 0.40 1.10 3.34 19 11 30 13 47 15 35 0 -3 2.9 0.5 3.3
1987-88 23 HAR NHL 71 0.32 0.37 0.69 0.28 1.00 3.48 19 22 41 16 85 44 46 0 -5 2.6 1.2 3.8
1988-89 24 HAR NHL 42 0.38 0.33 0.71 0.30 0.95 2.90 13 11 24 10 44 18 37 0 -11 1.8 0.3 2.1
1989-90 25 NJD NHL 72 0.42 0.24 0.65 0.29 1.13 3.03 25 14 39 17 77 20 65 0 -8 2.9 0.6 3.5
1990-91 26 MTL NHL 19 0.26 0.37 0.63 0.25 1.05 2.16 4 6 10 4 17 7 12 0 -2 0.6 0.2 0.8
1991-92 27 MTL NHL 56 0.16 0.20 0.36 0.14 0.70 1.77 8 10 18 7 42 26 21 1 -4 0.1 0.7 0.8
1992-93 28 OTT NHL 72 0.35 0.25 0.60 0.26 1.44 3.46 20 14 34 15 65 30 64 0 -29 2.4 0.5 3.0
1993-94 29 OTT NHL 47 0.23 0.32 0.55 0.21 1.11 2.47 10 14 24 9 40 19 47 1 -25 1.3 0.0 1.3
1994-95 30 OTT NHL 33 0.33 0.24 0.58 0.26 0.88 2.52 19 14 33 14 22 5 18 0 -1 1.6 0.5 2.1
Career NHL 669 0.40 0.34 0.74 0.31 1.03 2.96 228 193 421 177 755 313 552 2 -108 30.5 7.3 37.8

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 21 HAR NHL 9 2 3 5 2 4 2 0 0 0 22 9.1
1986-87 22 HAR NHL 6 1 2 3 -2 4 1 0 0 0 13 7.7
1987-88 23 HAR NHL 6 0 0 0 -7 4 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
1988-89 24 HAR NHL 4 0 2 2 -2 4 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
1989-90 25 NJD NHL 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1990-91 26 MTL NHL 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
1991-92 27 MTL NHL 5 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 7 14.3
Career NHL 36 4 7 11 -10 22 4 0 0 0 65 6.2

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 16 Montreal-Bourassa QAAA 43 34 44 78 87
1981-82 17 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 57 33 40 73 72 30 2 1 4
1982-83 18 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 66 54 109 163 105 41 11 2 0
1982-83 18 Canada WJC-A 7 4 2 6 8
1995-96 31 Houston Aeros IHL 65 28 31 59 66
1996-97 32 HC Bolzano Alpenliga 23 14 11 25 22
1996-97 32 EC Hannover Turtles German-2 10 4 6 10 12
1997-98 33 Revier Lowen Oberhausen Germany 27 11 15 26 24
1997-98 33 SC Herisau Swiss 14 9 2 11 26
1998-99 34 SC Langnau Swiss 5 1 1 2 4
1998-99 34 Kassel Huskies Germany 34 20 8 28 32
1999-00 35 Kassel Huskies Germany 49 32 13 45 49
2000-01 36 Kassel Huskies Germany 58 15 10 25 44
2001-02 37 HC Thurgau Swiss-2 19 8 7 15 53
Career 1 Season Alpenliga 23 14 11 25 22
Career 1 Season German-2 10 4 6 10 12
Career 4 Seasons Germany 168 78 46 124 149
Career 1 Season IHL 65 28 31 59 66
Career 1 Season QAAA 43 34 44 78 87
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 123 87 149 236 177 71 13 3 4
Career 2 Seasons Swiss 19 10 3 13 30
Career 1 Season Swiss-2 19 8 7 15 53
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 4 2 6 8

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 16 Montreal-Bourassa QAAA 11 13 9 22 30
1981-82 17 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 14 11 11 22 16 10 1 0 0
1982-83 18 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 7 8 7 15 10 5 3 0 0
1996-97 32 EC Hannover Turtles German-2 8 5 2 7 41
1999-00 35 Kassel Huskies Germany 8 2 2 4 10
2000-01 36 Kassel Huskies Germany 8 0 3 3 2
Career 1 Season German-2 8 5 2 7 41
Career 2 Seasons Germany 16 2 5 7 12
Career 1 Season QAAA 11 13 9 22 30
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 21 19 18 37 26 15 4 0 0

Similarity Scores

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Thru 12 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Sylvain Turgeon 6.6 5.7 4.8 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.1 2.1 1.3 0.8 0.8
Scott Mellanby 92.9 6.9 5.9 5.8 3.5 3.5 3.2 2.9 2.0 1.8 1.4 0.5 -0.1
J.P. Parise 91.9 6.8 6.5 5.1 4.3 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.1 2.4 1.7 -0.1 -0.1
Peter Zezel 91.6 6.4 5.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.0 1.2 1.1 0.7
Mike Murphy 91.3 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Chris Gratton 90.8 6.9 5.8 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.3 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.3
Tony McKegney 90.5 6.9 5.8 5.7 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.8 1.8 1.3 0.8
Gary Dornhoefer 90.3 7.1 5.7 5.0 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.3 2.2 0.7 -0.3 -0.6
Radek Dvorak 89.7 7.3 5.6 4.9 4.5 3.4 3.3 2.5 2.3 2.2 1.7 1.7 0.9
Bob Bourne 89.7 6.5 5.4 5.3 4.2 3.5 3.4 2.8 2.4 2.3 1.4 0.5 0.1
Tim Young 89.4 7.3 6.5 4.9 4.3 3.8 3.7 3.2 2.1 1.9 0.2
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Sylvain Turgeon 6.6 5.7 4.8 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.1 2.1 1.3 0.8 0.8
Mike Murphy 91.3 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Brent Ashton 91.1 6.3 5.1 4.9 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.8 -0.6
Michael Peca 90.5 7.2 6.1 5.1 4.9 4.2 3.9 3.5 2.7 1.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 -0.1
J.P. Parise 90.0 6.8 6.5 5.1 4.3 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.1 2.4 1.7 1.1 -0.1 -0.1
Darcy Tucker 89.5 7.4 5.9 4.4 4.4 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.5 1.9 0.7 0.5 0.2 -0.1
Michal Handzus 89.4 6.7 6.5 5.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.8 2.7 2.2 1.0 0.1 -0.1
Tim Young 89.4 7.3 6.5 4.9 4.3 3.8 3.7 3.2 2.1 1.9 0.2
Shawn Horcoff 89.3 6.7 5.7 4.3 3.6 3.6 3.3 2.3 2.3 2.1 1.5
Eddie Wiseman 89.1 4.8 4.3 3.9 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.1 1.1
Steve Reinprecht 88.9 6.0 5.6 4.5 4.5 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.0 2.8 0.9 0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1986 NHL

Honors

1983-84 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Even Strength Goals

1985-86 NHL 32 (6)

Power Play Goals

1983-84 NHL 18 (5)

Goals Per Game

Career NHL 0.40 (96)
      

Transactions

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June 17, 1989: Traded to New Jersey by Hartford for Pat Verbeek, June 17, 1989.

September 4, 1990: Traded to Montreal by New Jersey for Claude Lemieux, September 4, 1990.

February 6, 1991: Missed majority of 1990-91 due to hernia surgery, August 23, 1990, and kneecap injury vs. Chicago, February 6, 1991.

June 18, 1992: Claimed by Ottawa from Montreal in Expansion Draft, June 18, 1992.

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