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Jay Wells

Position: D ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1 ▪ Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: May 18, 1959 in Paris, Ontario
Draft: Los Angeles, 1st round (16th overall), 1979 NHL Entry

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1979-80	20	LAK	NHL	43	0	0	0	0	-22	113	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0.0
1980-81	21	LAK	NHL	72	5	13	18	6	9	155	5	0	0	1	10	0	3	75	6.7
1981-82	22	LAK	NHL	60	1	8	9	3	2	145	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	84	1.2
1982-83	23	LAK	NHL	69	3	12	15	5	11	167	3	0	0	1	12	0	0	105	2.9
1983-84	24	LAK	NHL	69	3	18	21	6	-10	141	3	0	0	0	16	1	1	96	3.1
1984-85	25	LAK	NHL	77	2	9	11	4	4	185	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	72	2.8
1985-86	26	LAK	NHL	79	11	31	42	15	7	226	7	4	0	2	21	1	9	113	9.7
1986-87	27	LAK	NHL	77	7	29	36	12	-19	155	1	6	0	2	12	0	17	115	6.1
1987-88	28	LAK	NHL	58	2	23	25	7	-3	159	1	1	0	0	12	2	9	76	2.6
1988-89	29	PHI	NHL	67	2	19	21	6	-3	184	2	0	0	0	9	0	10	67	3.0
1989-90	30	TOT	NHL	60	3	17	20	6	5	129	3	0	0	1	14	0	3	76	3.9
1989-90	30	PHI	NHL	59	3	16	19	6	4	129	3	0	0	1	13	0	3	76	3.9
1989-90	30	BUF	NHL	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1990-91	31	BUF	NHL	43	1	2	3	1	-18	86	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	36	2.8
1991-92	32	TOT	NHL	52	2	9	11	4	-1	181	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	30	6.7
1991-92	32	BUF	NHL	41	2	9	11	4	-3	157	2	0	0	0	8	1	0	26	7.7
1991-92	32	NYR	NHL	11	0	0	0	0	2	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
1992-93	33	NYR	NHL	53	1	9	10	3	-2	107	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	32	3.1
1993-94	34	NYR	NHL	79	2	7	9	3	4	110	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	64	3.1
1994-95	35	NYR	NHL	43	2	7	9	3	0	36	2	0	0	0	6	0	1	38	5.3
1995-96	36	STL	NHL	76	0	3	3	1	-8	67	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	24	0.0
1996-97	37	TBL	NHL	21	0	0	0	0	-3	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.0
Career			NHL	1098	47	216	263	85	-47	2359	36	11	0	7	157	6	53	1141	4.1

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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
1979-80	20	LAK	NHL	43	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.63	0.51	0	0	0	0	15	0	42	5	-22	-0.9	0.7	-0.2
1980-81	21	LAK	NHL	72	0.07	0.18	0.25	0.09	2.15	1.04	4	10	14	5	72	6	72	15	9	0.1	4.0	4.2
1981-82	22	LAK	NHL	60	0.02	0.13	0.15	0.05	2.42	1.40	1	6	7	2	56	2	76	24	2	-0.5	2.9	2.4
1982-83	23	LAK	NHL	69	0.04	0.17	0.22	0.07	2.42	1.52	2	10	12	4	79	4	96	32	11	-0.1	3.6	3.5
1983-84	24	LAK	NHL	69	0.04	0.26	0.30	0.09	2.04	1.39	2	14	16	5	84	3	130	39	-10	0.2	2.7	2.9
1984-85	25	LAK	NHL	77	0.03	0.12	0.14	0.05	2.40	0.94	2	7	9	3	83	0	95	16	4	-0.7	4.0	3.3
1985-86	26	LAK	NHL	79	0.14	0.39	0.53	0.19	2.86	1.43	9	24	33	11	113	24	124	42	7	2.1	3.7	5.9
1986-87	27	LAK	NHL	77	0.09	0.38	0.47	0.15	2.01	1.49	6	25	31	10	107	39	129	42	-19	1.6	2.1	3.6
1987-88	28	LAK	NHL	58	0.03	0.40	0.43	0.13	2.74	1.31	2	19	21	6	75	17	89	28	-3	0.8	2.1	2.9
1988-89	29	PHI	NHL	67	0.03	0.28	0.31	0.09	2.75	1.00	2	16	18	5	78	25	73	17	-3	0.3	3.3	3.7
1989-90	30	TOT	NHL	60	0.05	0.28	0.33	0.10	2.15	1.27	3	14	17	5	68	12	71	20	5	0.5	3.1	3.6
1989-90	30	PHI	NHL	59	0.05	0.27	0.32	0.10	2.19	1.29	3	13	16	5	66	12	70	20	4	0.4	3.0	3.4
1989-90	30	BUF	NHL	1	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.27	0.00	0.00	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0.1	0.1	0.2
1990-91	31	BUF	NHL	43	0.02	0.05	0.07	0.03	2.00	0.84	1	2	3	1	24	2	42	2	-18	-0.6	1.0	0.4
1991-92	32	TOT	NHL	52	0.04	0.17	0.21	0.07	3.48	0.58	2	8	10	3	32	0	44	11	-1	0.0	2.3	2.3
1991-92	32	BUF	NHL	41	0.05	0.22	0.27	0.09	3.83	0.63	2	8	10	3	29	0	43	11	-3	0.2	1.7	1.9
1991-92	32	NYR	NHL	11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.18	0.36	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	-0.2	0.6	0.4
1992-93	33	NYR	NHL	53	0.02	0.17	0.19	0.06	2.02	0.60	1	7	8	2	32	2	52	20	-2	-0.3	2.3	2.0
1993-94	34	NYR	NHL	79	0.03	0.09	0.11	0.04	1.39	0.81	2	6	8	3	35	2	37	8	4	-0.7	4.6	3.9
1994-95	35	NYR	NHL	43	0.05	0.16	0.21	0.07	0.84	0.88	3	12	15	5	20	1	24	5	0	0.1	2.5	2.6
1995-96	36	STL	NHL	76	0.00	0.04	0.04	0.01	0.88	0.32	0	3	3	1	20	1	37	10	-8	-1.2	4.0	2.8
1996-97	37	TBL	NHL	21	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.62	0.76	0	0	0	0	6	0	10	1	-3	-0.4	0.9	0.5
Career			NHL	1098	0.04	0.20	0.24	0.08	2.15	1.04	42	183	225	73	999	140	1243	337	-47	0.3	49.9	50.2

NHL Playoffs

						Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg		GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1979-80	20	LAK	NHL		4	0	0	0	0		11	0	0	0	0
1980-81	21	LAK	NHL		4	0	0	0	0		27	0	0	0	0
1981-82	22	LAK	NHL		10	1	3	4	1		41	1	0	0	0
1984-85	25	LAK	NHL		3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
1986-87	27	LAK	NHL		5	1	2	3	1	-3	10	0	1	0	0	7	14.3
1987-88	28	LAK	NHL		5	1	2	3	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	3	33.3
1988-89	29	PHI	NHL		18	0	2	2	1	-1	51	0	0	0	0	14	0.0
1989-90	30	BUF	NHL		6	0	0	0	0	3	12	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
1990-91	31	BUF	NHL		1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991-92	32	NYR	NHL		13	0	2	2	1	3	10	0	0	0	0	7	0.0
1993-94	34	NYR	NHL	SC	23	0	0	0	0	-6	20	0	0	0	0	12	0.0
1994-95	35	NYR	NHL		10	0	0	0	0	-4	8	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
1995-96	36	STL	NHL		12	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Career			NHL	1	114	3	14	17	5	-8	213	2	1	0	0	55	3.6

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1975-76	16	Preston Raiders	OHA-B	20	2	10	12
1976-77	17	Kingston Canadians	OMJHL	59	4	7	11			90
1977-78	18	Kingston Canadians	OMJHL	68	9	13	22			195
1978-79	19	Kingston Canadians	OMJHL	48	6	21	27			100
1979-80	20	Binghamton Dusters	AHL	28	0	6	6			48
1985-86	26	Canada	WEC-A	10	0	2	2			16
Career		1 Season	AHL	28	0	6	6			48
Career		1 Season	OHA-B	20	2	10	12
Career		3 Seasons	OMJHL	175	19	41	60			385
Career		1 Season	WEC-A	10	0	2	2			16

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1976-77	17	Kingston Canadians	OMJHL	14	1	1	2			20
1977-78	18	Kingston Canadians	OMJHL	5	1	2	3			6
1978-79	19	Kingston Canadians	OMJHL	11	2	7	9			29
Career		3 Seasons	OMJHL	30	4	10	14			55

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 18 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	18
Jay Wells		5.9	4.2	3.9	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.3	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.6	2.4	2.3	2.0	0.5	0.4	-0.2
Stephane Quintal	92.4	4.9	4.8	3.9	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.0	2.5	2.1	1.4	0.9
Ken Daneyko	91.6	6.0	4.8	4.7	4.3	4.1	3.7	3.5	3.5	3.3	3.0	2.1	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.5	0.8	0.0
Brad Marsh	90.1	5.7	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	3.8	3.6	3.3	2.8	2.6	2.5	2.3	2.1	0.9	0.6
Sean O'Donnell	89.6	6.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.2	4.0	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.2	3.1	3.1	2.9	2.8	2.8	0.6	0.4
Hal Gill	88.4	5.5	4.7	4.6	4.2	3.9	3.6	3.3	3.2	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.4	2.2	2.1	0.2
Bob Rouse	88.3	5.2	4.8	4.5	4.3	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.2	3.0	3.0	2.7	2.5	2.2	1.4	0.3	0.0
J.J. Daigneault	87.8	5.9	5.0	4.9	4.4	4.1	3.9	3.5	3.3	3.0	2.9	2.7	2.5	1.7	0.8	0.2	-0.1
Michel Petit	87.0	5.7	4.8	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.5	3.2	3.1	2.8	2.8	2.7	1.8	1.6	1.4	1.3	-0.1
Mark Hardy	86.3	5.9	5.1	4.9	4.8	4.4	4.0	3.6	3.3	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.4	2.3	0.2	0.0
Garth Butcher	85.9	5.2	4.6	4.1	4.1	3.9	3.9	3.5	3.4	2.7	2.6	2.1	1.1	0.6	0.4

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
Jay Wells		5.9	4.2	3.9	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.3	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.6	2.4	2.3	2.0	0.5	0.4	-0.2
Stephane Quintal	92.4	4.9	4.8	3.9	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.0	2.5	2.1	1.4	0.9
Ken Daneyko	92.0	6.0	4.8	4.7	4.3	4.1	3.7	3.5	3.5	3.3	3.2	3.0	2.2	2.1	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.5	0.8	0.0
Brad Marsh	90.1	5.7	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	3.8	3.6	3.3	2.8	2.6	2.5	2.3	2.1	0.9	0.6
Sean O'Donnell	89.6	6.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.2	4.0	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.2	3.1	3.1	2.9	2.8	2.8	0.6	0.4
Hal Gill	88.4	5.5	4.7	4.6	4.2	3.9	3.6	3.3	3.2	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.4	2.2	2.1	0.2
Bob Rouse	88.3	5.2	4.8	4.5	4.3	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.2	3.0	3.0	2.7	2.5	2.2	1.4	0.3	0.0
J.J. Daigneault	87.8	5.9	5.0	4.9	4.4	4.1	3.9	3.5	3.3	3.0	2.9	2.7	2.5	1.7	0.8	0.2	-0.1
Michel Petit	87.0	5.7	4.8	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.5	3.2	3.1	2.8	2.8	2.7	1.8	1.6	1.4	1.3	-0.1
Mark Hardy	86.3	5.9	5.1	4.9	4.8	4.4	4.0	3.6	3.3	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.4	2.3	0.2	0.0
Marc Bergevin	86.0	5.3	4.6	4.2	4.1	3.3	3.2	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.3	2.2	1.9	1.6	1.5	1.2	1.1	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 1994 New York Rangers (NHL)	Penalties in Minutes Career NHL 2359 (27)	Total Goals On-Ice Against 1986-87 NHL 129 (5) Career NHL 1243 (80)	Power Play Goals On-Ice Against 1986-87 NHL 42 (9) Career NHL 337 (93)

Championships
(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1994 New York Rangers (NHL)

Penalties in Minutes

Career NHL 2359 (27)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1986-87 NHL 129 (5)
Career NHL 1243 (80)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1986-87 NHL 42 (9)
Career NHL 337 (93)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

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.

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