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Jay Wells

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: May 18, 1959 in Paris, Ontario

Drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1st round (16th overall) of the 1979 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
1979-80 20 Los Angeles Kings NHL 43 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 15 0 42 5 -22 113 0 0 0 0 22 0.51 0.0
1980-81 21 Los Angeles Kings NHL 72 5 13 18 0.25 6 0.09 72 6 72 15 9 155 5 0 0 1 75 1.04 6.7
1981-82 22 Los Angeles Kings NHL 60 1 8 9 0.15 3 0.05 56 2 76 24 2 145 1 0 0 0 84 1.40 1.2
1982-83 23 Los Angeles Kings NHL 69 3 12 15 0.22 5 0.07 79 4 96 32 11 167 3 0 0 1 105 1.52 2.9
1983-84 24 Los Angeles Kings NHL 69 3 18 21 0.30 7 0.10 84 3 130 39 -10 141 3 0 0 0 96 1.39 3.1
1984-85 25 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 2 9 11 0.14 4 0.05 83 0 95 16 4 185 2 0 0 0 72 0.94 2.8
1985-86 26 Los Angeles Kings NHL 79 11 31 42 0.53 15 0.19 113 24 124 42 7 226 7 4 0 2 113 1.43 9.7
1986-87 27 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 7 29 36 0.47 12 0.15 107 39 129 42 -19 155 1 6 0 2 115 1.49 6.1
1987-88 28 Los Angeles Kings NHL 58 2 23 25 0.43 8 0.14 75 17 89 28 -3 159 1 1 0 0 76 1.31 2.6
1988-89 29 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 67 2 19 21 0.31 7 0.10 78 25 73 17 -3 184 2 0 0 0 67 1.00 3.0
1989-90 30 2 Teams NHL 60 3 17 20 0.33 7 0.11 68 12 71 20 5 129 3 0 0 1 76 1.27 3.9
1989-90 30 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 59 3 16 19 0.32 6 0.11 66 12 70 20 4 129 3 0 0 1 76 1.29 3.9
1989-90 30 Buffalo Sabres NHL 1 0 1 1 1.00 0 0.30 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1990-91 31 Buffalo Sabres NHL 43 1 2 3 0.07 1 0.03 24 2 42 2 -18 86 1 0 0 0 36 0.84 2.8
1991-92 32 2 Teams NHL 52 2 9 11 0.21 4 0.07 32 0 44 11 -1 181 2 0 0 0 30 0.58 6.7
1991-92 32 Buffalo Sabres NHL 41 2 9 11 0.27 4 0.09 29 0 43 11 -3 157 2 0 0 0 26 0.63 7.7
1991-92 32 New York Rangers NHL 11 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 2 24 0 0 0 0 4 0.36 0.0
1992-93 33 New York Rangers NHL 53 1 9 10 0.19 3 0.06 32 2 52 20 -2 107 1 0 0 0 32 0.60 3.1
1993-94 34 New York Rangers NHL 79 2 7 9 0.11 3 0.04 35 2 37 8 4 110 2 0 0 0 64 0.81 3.1
1994-95 35 New York Rangers NHL 43 2 7 9 0.21 3 0.07 20 1 24 5 0 36 2 0 0 0 38 0.88 5.3
1995-96 36 St. Louis Blues NHL 76 0 3 3 0.04 1 0.01 20 1 37 10 -8 67 0 0 0 0 24 0.32 0.0
1996-97 37 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 21 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 6 0 10 1 -3 13 0 0 0 0 16 0.76 0.0
Career 18 Seasons NHL 1098 47 216 263 0.24 88 0.08 999 140 1243 337 -47 2359 36 11 0 7 1141 1.04 4.1

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
1979-80 20 Los Angeles Kings NHL 4 0 0 0 0.00 11 0 0 0 0
1980-81 21 Los Angeles Kings NHL 4 0 0 0 0.00 27 0 0 0 0
1981-82 22 Los Angeles Kings NHL 10 1 3 4 0.40 41 1 0 0 0
1984-85 25 Los Angeles Kings NHL 3 0 1 1 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.00 0.0
1986-87 27 Los Angeles Kings NHL 5 1 2 3 0.60 -3 10 0 1 0 0 7 1.40 14.3
1987-88 28 Los Angeles Kings NHL 5 1 2 3 0.60 0 21 1 0 0 0 3 0.60 33.3
1988-89 29 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 18 0 2 2 0.11 -1 51 0 0 0 0 14 0.78 0.0
1989-90 30 Buffalo Sabres NHL 6 0 0 0 0.00 3 12 0 0 0 0 2 0.33 0.0
1990-91 31 Buffalo Sabres NHL 1 0 1 1 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1991-92 32 New York Rangers NHL 13 0 2 2 0.15 3 10 0 0 0 0 7 0.54 0.0
1993-94 34 New York Rangers NHL SC 23 0 0 0 0.00 -6 20 0 0 0 0 12 0.52 0.0
1994-95 35 New York Rangers NHL 10 0 0 0 0.00 -4 8 0 0 0 0 5 0.50 0.0
1995-96 36 St. Louis Blues NHL 12 0 1 1 0.08 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.17 0.0
Career 13 Seasons NHL 1 114 3 14 17 0.15 -8 213 2 1 0 0 55 0.57 3.6

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
1975-76 16 Preston Raiders OHA-B 20 2 10 12 0.60
1976-77 17 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 59 4 7 11 0.19 90
1977-78 18 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 68 9 13 22 0.32 195
1978-79 19 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 48 6 21 27 0.56 100
1979-80 20 Binghamton Dusters AHL 28 0 6 6 0.21 48
1985-86 26 Canada WEC-A 10 0 2 2 0.20 16
Career 1 Season AHL 28 0 6 6 0.21 48
Career 1 Season OHA-B 20 2 10 12 0.60
Career 3 Seasons OMJHL 175 19 41 60 0.34 385
Career 1 Season WEC-A 10 0 2 2 0.20 16

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
1976-77 17 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 14 1 1 2 0.14 20
1977-78 18 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 5 1 2 3 0.60 6
1978-79 19 Kingston Canadians OMJHL 11 2 7 9 0.82 29
Career 3 Seasons OMJHL 30 4 10 14 0.47 55

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Total Goals Against

1986-87 NHL 129 (5)
Career NHL 1243 (73)

Power Play Goals Against

1986-87 NHL 42 (9)
Career NHL 337 (87)

Penalties in Minutes

Career NHL 2359 (27)

Transactions

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September 29, 1988: Traded to Philadelphia by Los Angeles for Doug Crossman, September 29, 1988.

March 5, 1990: Traded to Buffalo by Philadelphia with Philadelphia's 4th round choice (Peter Ambroziak) in 1991 Entry Draft for Kevin Maguire and Buffalo's 2nd round choice (Mikael Renberg) in 1990 Entry Draft, March 5, 1990.

March 9, 1992: Traded to NY Rangers by Buffalo for Randy Moller, March 9, 1992.

July 31, 1995: Traded to St. Louis by NY Rangers for Doug Lidster, July 31, 1995.

August 3, 1996: Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay, August 3, 1996.