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Ray Whitney

Position: LW
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-10    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: May 8, 1972 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta

Drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the 2nd round (23rd overall) of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 10:26AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #201. Brent Sutter… #202. RAY WHITNEY… #203. Tony Amonte… #203. John MacLean… #203. Cy Denneny… 

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1991-92 19 SJS NHL 2 0 3 3 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
1992-93 20 SJS NHL 26 4 6 10 4 -14 4 3 1 0 0 24 16.7
1993-94 21 SJS NHL 61 14 26 40 15 2 14 13 1 0 0 82 17.1
1994-95 22 SJS NHL 39 13 12 25 10 -7 14 9 4 0 1 67 19.4
1995-96 23 SJS NHL 60 17 24 41 16 -23 16 11 4 2 2 106 16.0
1996-97 24 SJS NHL 12 0 2 2 1 -6 4 0 0 0 0 24 0.0
1997-98 25 TOT NHL 77 33 32 65 27 9 28 21 12 0 2 175 18.9
1997-98 25 EDM NHL 9 1 3 4 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 19 5.3
1997-98 25 FLA NHL 68 32 29 61 26 10 28 20 12 0 2 156 20.5
1998-99 26 FLA NHL 81 26 38 64 24 -3 18 19 7 0 6 193 13.5 1485 18:20
1999-00 27 FLA NHL 81 29 42 71 27 16 35 24 5 0 3 198 14.6 1514 18:41
2000-01 28 TOT NHL 46 10 24 34 12 -17 30 5 5 0 0 120 8.3 821 17:51
2000-01 28 FLA NHL 43 10 21 31 11 -16 28 5 5 0 0 117 8.5 760 17:41
2000-01 28 CBJ NHL 3 0 3 3 1 -1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 61 20:17
2001-02 29 CBJ NHL 67 21 40 61 22 -22 12 15 6 0 3 210 10.0 1355 20:13
2002-03 30 CBJ NHL 81 24 52 76 27 -26 22 14 8 2 2 235 10.2 1701 21:00
2003-04 31 DET NHL 67 14 29 43 15 7 22 10 3 1 4 119 11.8 1099 16:24
2005-06 33 CAR NHL 63 17 38 55 20 0 42 5 12 0 2 147 11.6 1083 17:11
2006-07 34 CAR NHL 81 32 51 83 30 -5 46 26 6 0 6 215 14.9 1515 18:42
2007-08 35 CAR NHL 66 25 36 61 23 -6 30 19 6 0 4 204 12.3 1250 18:56
2008-09 36 CAR NHL 82 24 53 77 27 2 32 17 7 0 2 219 11.0 1510 18:25
2009-10 37 CAR NHL 80 21 37 58 21 -6 26 14 7 0 5 171 12.3 1532 19:09
2010-11 38 PHX NHL 75 17 40 57 20 0 24 14 3 0 1 156 10.9 1272 16:57
2011-12 39 PHX NHL 55 16 34 50 17 18 24 11 5 0 0 122 13.1 1006 18:17
Career NHL 1202 357 619 976 360 -82 443 250 102 5 43 2791 12.8 17141 18:32

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
1991-92 19 SJS NHL 2 0.00 1.50 1.50 0.42 0.00 2.00 0 3 3 1 3 2 2 0 -1 0.2 0.0 0.2
1992-93 20 SJS NHL 26 0.15 0.23 0.38 0.15 0.15 0.92 3 5 8 3 12 4 22 0 -14 0.1 0.1 0.1
1993-94 21 SJS NHL 61 0.23 0.43 0.66 0.24 0.23 1.34 13 24 37 14 56 18 38 2 2 2.2 0.9 3.1
1994-95 22 SJS NHL 39 0.33 0.31 0.64 0.26 0.36 1.72 22 21 43 18 37 13 31 0 -7 1.9 0.3 2.2
1995-96 23 SJS NHL 60 0.28 0.40 0.68 0.27 0.27 1.77 16 23 39 15 58 17 74 10 -23 2.8 0.0 2.8
1996-97 24 SJS NHL 12 0.00 0.17 0.17 0.05 0.33 2.00 0 2 2 1 5 0 13 2 -6 -0.3 0.0 -0.3
1997-98 25 TOT NHL 77 0.43 0.42 0.84 0.35 0.36 2.27 38 36 74 31 83 38 36 0 9 7.3 1.3 8.7
1997-98 25 EDM NHL 9 0.11 0.33 0.44 0.15 0.00 2.11 1 3 4 1 6 4 3 0 -1 0.2 0.1 0.3
1997-98 25 FLA NHL 68 0.47 0.43 0.90 0.38 0.41 2.29 37 33 70 29 77 34 33 0 10 7.2 1.2 8.4
1998-99 26 FLA NHL 81 0.32 0.47 0.79 0.30 0.22 2.38 30 43 73 28 85 33 56 1 -3 5.4 1.3 6.7
1999-00 27 FLA NHL 81 0.36 0.52 0.88 0.33 0.43 2.44 32 45 77 30 92 29 50 3 16 6.1 2.1 8.3
2000-01 28 TOT NHL 46 0.22 0.52 0.74 0.26 0.65 2.61 11 25 36 13 41 19 44 5 -17 2.3 0.3 2.5
2000-01 28 FLA NHL 43 0.23 0.49 0.72 0.26 0.65 2.72 11 22 33 12 37 15 43 5 -16 2.1 0.2 2.4
2000-01 28 CBJ NHL 3 0.00 1.00 1.00 0.28 0.67 1.00 0 3 3 1 4 4 1 0 -1 0.1 0.0 0.2
2001-02 29 CBJ NHL 67 0.31 0.60 0.91 0.33 0.18 3.13 24 45 69 25 77 36 64 1 -22 5.2 1.1 6.2
2002-03 30 CBJ NHL 81 0.30 0.64 0.94 0.33 0.27 2.90 27 58 85 31 100 60 77 11 -26 6.0 1.0 7.0
2003-04 31 DET NHL 67 0.21 0.43 0.64 0.23 0.33 1.78 16 33 49 18 70 22 46 5 7 3.3 1.4 4.7
2005-06 33 CAR NHL 63 0.27 0.60 0.87 0.31 0.67 2.33 17 36 53 19 80 49 31 0 0 4.0 1.1 5.1
2006-07 34 CAR NHL 81 0.40 0.63 1.02 0.38 0.57 2.65 33 51 84 32 108 47 71 5 -5 7.3 1.6 9.0
2007-08 35 CAR NHL 66 0.38 0.55 0.92 0.34 0.45 3.09 28 38 66 26 83 44 51 6 -6 5.7 0.9 6.6
2008-09 36 CAR NHL 82 0.29 0.65 0.94 0.33 0.39 2.67 25 54 79 28 102 43 58 1 2 6.2 1.9 8.2
2009-10 37 CAR NHL 80 0.26 0.46 0.73 0.27 0.33 2.14 23 39 62 23 95 39 63 1 -6 4.2 1.4 5.6
2010-11 38 PHX NHL 75 0.23 0.53 0.76 0.27 0.32 2.08 19 43 62 22 82 35 47 0 0 4.6 1.1 5.7
2011-12 39 PHX NHL 55 0.29 0.62 0.91 0.32 0.44 2.22 27 55 82 30 18 4.4 1.8 6.2
Career NHL 1202 0.30 0.51 0.81 0.30 0.37 2.32 404 679 1083 406 1269 548 874 53 -82 79.0 19.5 98.5

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1993-94 21 SJS NHL 14 0 4 4 -4 8 0 0 0 0 16 0.0
1994-95 22 SJS NHL 11 4 4 8 -3 2 4 0 0 1 15 26.7
1999-00 27 FLA NHL 4 1 0 1 -2 4 1 0 0 0 17 5.9 73 18:13
2003-04 31 DET NHL 12 1 3 4 -4 4 1 0 0 1 21 4.8 143 11:56
2005-06 33 CAR NHL SC 24 9 6 15 -1 14 4 5 0 1 40 22.5 339 14:07
2008-09 36 CAR NHL 18 3 8 11 -9 4 3 0 0 1 55 5.5 335 18:36
2010-11 38 PHX NHL 4 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 11 9.1 78 19:25
Career NHL 1 87 19 27 46 -23 38 13 6 0 4 175 10.9 967 15:36

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1987-88 15 Fort Saskatchewan Rangers AMHL 71 80 155 235 119
1988-89 16 Spokane Chiefs WHL 71 17 33 50 16
1989-90 17 Spokane Chiefs WHL 71 57 56 113 50
1990-91 18 Spokane Chiefs WHL 72 67 118 185 36
1991-92 19 Kolner EC Germany 10 3 6 9 4
1991-92 19 Canada Nat-Tm 5 1 0 1 6
1991-92 19 San Diego Gulls IHL 63 36 54 90 12
1992-93 20 Kansas City Blades IHL 46 20 33 53 14
1996-97 24 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 9 1 7 8 2
1996-97 24 Utah Grizzlies IHL 43 13 35 48 34
1997-98 25 Canada WC-A 6 4 2 6 4
1998-99 26 Canada WC-A 10 1 6 7 22
2001-02 29 Canada WC-A 7 1 3 4 2 2 1 0 0 0
2009-10 37 Canada WC-A 7 2 6 8 0 0 0 2 0 0
Career 1 Season AHL 9 1 7 8 2
Career 1 Season AMHL 71 80 155 235 119
Career 1 Season Germany 10 3 6 9 4
Career 3 Seasons IHL 152 69 122 191 60
Career 1 Season Nat-Tm 5 1 0 1 6
Career 4 Seasons WC-A 30 8 17 25 2 28 1 2 0 0
Career 3 Seasons WHL 214 141 207 348 102

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1989-90 17 Spokane Chiefs WHL 6 3 4 7 6
1990-91 18 Spokane Chiefs WHL 15 13 18 31 12
1990-91 18 Spokane Chiefs M-Cup 4 5 6 11 4
1991-92 19 San Diego Gulls IHL 4 0 0 0 0
1992-93 20 Kansas City Blades IHL 12 5 7 12 2
1996-97 24 Utah Grizzlies IHL 7 3 1 4 6
Career 3 Seasons IHL 23 8 8 16 8
Career 1 Season M-Cup 4 5 6 11 4
Career 2 Seasons WHL 21 16 22 38 18

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 19 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 19
Ray Whitney 9.0 8.7 8.3 8.2 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.1 4.7 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.2 0.2 0.1 -0.3
Doug Weight 94.5 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 0.9 0.5
Pat Verbeek 94.1 9.5 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.7 6.9 6.7 6.0 4.5 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.5 1.0 0.4
Vyacheslav Kozlov 93.8 8.6 8.2 7.5 7.4 7.1 7.1 6.8 6.2 5.2 4.9 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.5 1.4 0.2 -0.1
Rod Brind'Amour 92.9 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.2 7.3 6.8 6.8 6.5 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.1 4.9 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 1.4
Glenn Anderson 92.6 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
Jason Arnott 91.9 8.8 8.6 7.8 7.5 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.5 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.1 4.8 3.6 3.2 1.9
Vincent Damphousse 91.0 9.6 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.2 6.8 6.3 5.8 5.8 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.6 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.5
Brian Propp 90.6 8.8 8.1 8.0 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.2 5.9 4.9 2.9 2.5 2.0 0.0
Joe Mullen 90.4 11.0 8.3 8.0 7.4 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.2 5.7 4.8 3.8 3.2 3.2 1.1 0.9
Rick Tocchet 90.3 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
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
Ray Whitney 9.0 8.7 8.3 8.2 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.1 4.7 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.2 0.2 0.1 -0.3
Doug Weight 94.5 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 0.9 0.5
Pat Verbeek 93.9 9.5 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.7 6.9 6.7 6.0 4.5 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.5 1.5 1.0 0.4
Vyacheslav Kozlov 93.8 8.6 8.2 7.5 7.4 7.1 7.1 6.8 6.2 5.2 4.9 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.5 1.4 0.2 -0.1
Rod Brind'Amour 92.9 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.2 7.3 6.8 6.8 6.5 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.1 4.9 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 1.4 0.0
Glenn Anderson 92.6 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
Jason Arnott 91.9 8.8 8.6 7.8 7.5 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.5 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.1 4.8 3.6 3.2 1.9
Vincent Damphousse 91.0 9.6 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.2 6.8 6.3 5.8 5.8 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.6 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.5
Brian Propp 90.6 8.8 8.1 8.0 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.2 5.9 4.9 2.9 2.5 2.0 0.0
Joe Mullen 90.4 11.0 8.3 8.0 7.4 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.4 6.2 5.7 4.8 3.8 3.2 3.2 1.1 0.9
Rick Tocchet 90.3 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

2000 NHL
2003 NHL

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

2006 Carolina Hurricanes (NHL)

Games Played

2008-09 NHL 82 (2)
Active 1202 (8)
Career NHL 1202 (89)

Goals

1997-98 NHL 33 (10)

Assists

2002-03 NHL 52 (10)
2011-12 NHL 34 (8)
Active 619 (6)
Career NHL 619 (70)

Points

Active 976 (7)
Career NHL 976 (82)

Goals Created

Active 360.2 (7)
Career NHL 360.2 (86)

Even Strength Goals

2006-07 NHL 26 (8)
Active 250 (10)

Power Play Goals

1997-98 NHL 12 (10)

Shooting Percentage

1997-98 NHL 18.9 (7)

Adjusted Goals

1997-98 NHL 38 (10)
Career NHL 404 (84)

Adjusted Assists

2002-03 NHL 58 (10)
Active 679 (6)
Career NHL 679 (55)

Adjusted Points

Active 1083 (7)
Career NHL 1083 (63)

Adjusted Goals Created

Active 405.6 (7)
Career NHL 405.6 (63)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

2002-03 NHL 60 (5)
Active 548 (7)
Career NHL 548 (79)

Offensive Point Shares

Active 79.0 (9)
Career NHL 79.0 (77)

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

October 1, 1997: Signed as a free agent by Edmonton, October 1, 1997.

November 6, 1997: Claimed on waivers by Florida from Edmonton, November 6, 1997.

March 13, 2001: Traded to Columbus by Florida with future considerations for Kevyn Adams and Columbus's 4th round choice (Michael Woodford) in 2001 Entry Draft, March 13, 2001.

July 30, 2003: Signed as a free agent by Detroit, July 30, 2003.

August 7, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Carolina, August 7, 2005.

July 1, 2010: Signed as a free agent by Phoenix, July 1, 2010.

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