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Steve Yzerman

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-11    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: May 9, 1965 in Cranbrook, British Columbia

Drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft.

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NHL/WHA Regular Season Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1983-84 18 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 39 48 87 -17 33 26 13 0 2 177 22.0
1984-85 19 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 30 59 89 -17 58 21 9 0 3 231 13.0
1985-86 20 Detroit Red Wings NHL 51 14 28 42 -24 16 11 3 0 3 132 10.6
1986-87 21 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 31 59 90 -1 43 21 9 1 2 217 14.3
1987-88 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 64 50 52 102 30 44 34 10 6 6 242 20.7
1988-89 23 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 65 90 155 17 61 45 17 3 7 388 16.8
1989-90 24 Detroit Red Wings NHL 79 62 65 127 -6 79 39 16 7 8 332 18.7
1990-91 25 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 51 57 108 -2 34 33 12 6 4 326 15.6
1991-92 26 Detroit Red Wings NHL 79 45 58 103 26 64 28 9 8 9 295 15.3
1992-93 27 Detroit Red Wings NHL 84 58 79 137 33 44 38 13 7 6 307 18.9
1993-94 28 Detroit Red Wings NHL 58 24 58 82 11 36 14 7 3 3 217 11.1
1994-95 29 Detroit Red Wings NHL 47 12 26 38 6 40 8 4 0 1 134 9.0
1995-96 30 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 36 59 95 29 64 18 16 2 8 220 16.4
1996-97 31 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 22 63 85 22 78 14 8 0 3 232 9.5
1997-98 32 Detroit Red Wings NHL 75 24 45 69 3 46 16 6 2 0 188 12.8
1998-99 33 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 29 45 74 8 42 14 13 2 4 231 12.6 1727 21:35
1999-00 34 Detroit Red Wings NHL 78 35 44 79 28 34 18 15 2 6 234 15.0 1647 21:07
2000-01 35 Detroit Red Wings NHL 54 18 34 52 4 18 13 5 0 7 155 11.6 1201 22:14
2001-02 36 Detroit Red Wings NHL 52 13 35 48 11 18 7 5 1 5 104 12.5 1070 20:35
2002-03 37 Detroit Red Wings NHL 16 2 6 8 6 8 1 1 0 1 13 15.4 249 15:35
2003-04 38 Detroit Red Wings NHL 75 18 33 51 10 46 11 7 0 3 141 12.8 1315 17:32
2005-06 40 Detroit Red Wings NHL 61 14 20 34 8 18 10 4 0 3 86 16.3 779 12:47
Career 22 Seasons NHL 1514 692 1063 1755 185 924 440 202 50 94 4602 15.0 7988 19:12

NHL/WHA Regular Season Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM SOG G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/-
1983-84 18 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 0.49 0.60 1.09 0.44 -0.21 0.41 2.21 31 38 69 27 133 62 91 3 -17
1984-85 19 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 0.38 0.74 1.11 0.41 -0.21 0.73 2.89 24 47 71 26 138 53 104 2 -17
1985-86 20 Detroit Red Wings NHL 51 0.27 0.55 0.82 0.30 -0.47 0.31 2.59 11 22 33 12 72 31 74 9 -24
1986-87 21 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 0.39 0.74 1.13 0.41 -0.01 0.54 2.71 26 50 76 28 125 53 87 14 -1
1987-88 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 64 0.78 0.81 1.59 0.66 0.47 0.69 3.78 42 43 85 35 132 42 75 15 30
1988-89 23 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 0.81 1.13 1.94 0.75 0.21 0.76 4.85 54 74 128 50 189 65 152 45 17
1989-90 24 Detroit Red Wings NHL 79 0.78 0.82 1.61 0.66 -0.08 1.00 4.20 52 54 106 43 162 52 166 50 -6
1990-91 25 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 0.64 0.71 1.35 0.53 -0.03 0.43 4.08 46 51 97 39 141 51 141 49 -2
1991-92 26 Detroit Red Wings NHL 79 0.57 0.73 1.30 0.52 0.33 0.81 3.73 40 51 91 36 143 51 102 36 26
1992-93 27 Detroit Red Wings NHL 84 0.69 0.94 1.63 0.62 0.39 0.52 3.65 47 64 111 43 174 61 114 34 33
1993-94 28 Detroit Red Wings NHL 58 0.41 1.00 1.41 0.50 0.19 0.62 3.74 22 53 75 26 103 30 81 19 11
1994-95 29 Detroit Red Wings NHL 47 0.26 0.55 0.81 0.29 0.13 0.85 2.85 21 45 66 24 67 34 36 9 6
1995-96 30 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 0.45 0.74 1.19 0.44 0.36 0.80 2.75 35 57 92 35 130 61 63 23 29
1996-97 31 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 0.27 0.78 1.05 0.36 0.27 0.96 2.86 23 66 89 31 123 49 72 20 22
1997-98 32 Detroit Red Wings NHL 75 0.32 0.60 0.92 0.34 0.04 0.61 2.51 27 52 79 29 96 41 67 15 3
1998-99 33 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 0.36 0.56 0.93 0.34 0.10 0.53 2.89 33 51 84 32 105 39 78 20 8
1999-00 34 Detroit Red Wings NHL 78 0.45 0.56 1.01 0.40 0.36 0.44 3.00 38 48 86 34 128 51 66 17 28
2000-01 35 Detroit Red Wings NHL 54 0.33 0.63 0.96 0.35 0.07 0.33 2.87 20 36 56 21 85 43 50 12 4
2001-02 36 Detroit Red Wings NHL 52 0.25 0.67 0.92 0.32 0.21 0.35 2.00 15 40 55 19 72 31 47 17 11
2002-03 37 Detroit Red Wings NHL 16 0.13 0.38 0.50 0.17 0.38 0.50 0.81 2 7 9 3 18 5 9 2 6
2003-04 38 Detroit Red Wings NHL 75 0.24 0.44 0.68 0.25 0.13 0.61 1.88 21 38 59 22 71 26 50 15 10
2005-06 40 Detroit Red Wings NHL 61 0.23 0.33 0.56 0.21 0.13 0.30 1.41 14 19 33 13 50 15 29 2 8
Career 22 Seasons NHL 1514 0.46 0.70 1.16 0.44 0.12 0.61 3.04 644 1006 1650 626 2457 946 1754 428 185

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1983-84 18 Detroit Red Wings NHL 4 3 3 6 1 0 2 1 0 1 9 33.3
1984-85 19 Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 2 1 3 -5 2 2 0 0 0 11 18.2
1986-87 21 Detroit Red Wings NHL 16 5 13 18 -2 8 4 1 0 0 41 12.2
1987-88 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 1 3 4 -3 6 1 0 0 0 12 8.3
1988-89 23 Detroit Red Wings NHL 6 5 5 10 -7 2 3 2 0 0 35 14.3
1990-91 25 Detroit Red Wings NHL 7 3 3 6 -1 4 2 1 0 0 27 11.1
1991-92 26 Detroit Red Wings NHL 11 3 5 8 -3 12 2 0 1 1 48 6.3
1992-93 27 Detroit Red Wings NHL 7 4 3 7 -4 4 2 1 1 1 24 16.7
1993-94 28 Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 1 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 8 12.5
1994-95 29 Detroit Red Wings NHL 15 4 8 12 -2 0 2 2 0 1 37 10.8
1995-96 30 Detroit Red Wings NHL 18 8 12 20 -1 4 4 4 0 1 52 15.4
1996-97 31 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 20 7 6 13 3 4 4 3 0 2 65 10.8
1997-98 32 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 22 6 18 24 10 22 2 3 1 0 65 9.2
1998-99 33 Detroit Red Wings NHL 10 9 4 13 2 0 5 4 0 2 41 22.0 218 21:49
1999-00 34 Detroit Red Wings NHL 8 0 4 4 -4 0 0 0 0 0 20 0.0 181 22:39
2000-01 35 Detroit Red Wings NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5:58
2001-02 36 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 23 6 17 23 4 10 2 4 0 2 52 11.5 491 21:22
2002-03 37 Detroit Red Wings NHL 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 82 20:33
2003-04 38 Detroit Red Wings NHL 11 3 2 5 -1 0 3 0 0 1 18 16.7 187 17:02
2005-06 40 Detroit Red Wings NHL 4 0 4 4 -2 4 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 67 16:39
Career 20 Seasons NHL 3 196 70 115 185 -11 84 41 26 3 12 585 12.0 1233 20:13

Other Regular Season Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1980-81 15 Nepean Raiders CJHL 50 38 54 92 44
1981-82 16 Peterborough Petes OHL 58 21 43 64 65
1982-83 17 Peterborough Petes OHL 56 42 49 91 33
1982-83 17 Canada WJC-A 7 2 3 5 2
1984-85 19 Canada Can-Cup 4 0 0 0 0
1984-85 19 Canada WEC-A 10 3 4 7 6
1988-89 23 Canada WEC-A 8 5 7 12 2
1989-90 24 Canada WEC-A 10 10 10 20 8
1996-97 31 Canada W-Cup 6 2 1 3 0
1997-98 32 Canada Olympics 6 1 1 2 10
2001-02 36 Canada Olympics 6 2 4 6 2
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 4 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season CJHL 50 38 54 92 44
Career 2 Seasons OHL 114 63 92 155 98
Career 2 Seasons Olympics 12 3 5 8 12
Career 1 Season W-Cup 6 2 1 3 0
Career 3 Seasons WEC-A 28 18 21 39 16
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 2 3 5 2

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1981-82 16 Peterborough Petes OHL 6 0 1 1 16
1982-83 17 Peterborough Petes OHL 4 1 4 5 0
Career 2 Seasons OHL 10 1 5 6 16

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

All-Star Games

1984 NHL
1988 NHL
1989 NHL
1990 NHL
1991 NHL
1992 NHL
1993 NHL
1997 NHL
2000 NHL

Awards

1988-89 NHL Lester B. Pearson Award
1997-98 NHL Conn Smythe Trophy
1999-00 NHL Frank J. Selke Trophy
2002-03 NHL Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Honors

1983-84 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)
1999-00 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Games Played

1983-84 NHL 80 (1)
 1984-85 NHL 80 (1)
 1986-87 NHL 80 (3)
1988-89 NHL 80 (1)
 1990-91 NHL 80 (3)
1992-93 NHL 84 (2)
Career NHL 1514 (12)

Goals

1987-88 NHL 50 (6)
1988-89 NHL 65 (3)
1989-90 NHL 62 (2)
1990-91 NHL 51 (2)
1991-92 NHL 45 (6)
1992-93 NHL 58 (6)
Career NHL 692 (8)

Adjusted Goals

1987-88 NHL 42 (6)
1988-89 NHL 54 (3)
1989-90 NHL 52 (2)
1990-91 NHL 46 (2)
1991-92 NHL 40 (6)
1992-93 NHL 47 (6)
Career NHL 644 (9)

Goals Per Game

1987-88 NHL 0.78 (2)
1988-89 NHL 0.81 (3)
1989-90 NHL 0.78 (2)
1990-91 NHL 0.64 (5)
1991-92 NHL 0.57 (8)
1992-93 NHL 0.69 (9)
Career NHL 0.46 (46)

Assists

1986-87 NHL 59 (7)
1988-89 NHL 90 (3)
1989-90 NHL 65 (10)
1992-93 NHL 79 (7)
1996-97 NHL 63 (3)
Career NHL 1063 (7)

Adjusted Assists

1986-87 NHL 50 (7)
1988-89 NHL 74 (3)
1989-90 NHL 54 (10)
1992-93 NHL 64 (6)
1996-97 NHL 66 (3)
Career NHL 1006 (9)

Assists Per Game

1988-89 NHL 1.12 (3)
1992-93 NHL 0.94 (9)
1993-94 NHL 1.00 (4)
1996-97 NHL 0.78 (8)
2001-02 NHL 0.67 (7)
Career NHL 0.70 (22)

Points

1988-89 NHL 155 (3)
1989-90 NHL 127 (3)
1990-91 NHL 108 (7)
1991-92 NHL 103 (7)
1992-93 NHL 137 (4)
1999-00 NHL 79 (10)
Career NHL 1755 (6)

Adjusted Points

1988-89 NHL 128 (3)
1989-90 NHL 106 (3)
1990-91 NHL 97 (6)
1991-92 NHL 91 (7)
1992-93 NHL 111 (4)
1999-00 NHL 86 (10)
Career NHL 1650 (7)

Points Per Game

1987-88 NHL 1.59 (4)
1988-89 NHL 1.94 (3)
1989-90 NHL 1.61 (4)
1990-91 NHL 1.35 (7)
1991-92 NHL 1.30 (9)
1992-93 NHL 1.63 (5)
1993-94 NHL 1.41 (6)
Career NHL 1.16 (15)

Goals Created

1987-88 NHL 42.0 (8)
1988-89 NHL 60.2 (4)
1989-90 NHL 52.0 (1)
 1990-91 NHL 42.8 (4)
1991-92 NHL 40.8 (5)
1992-93 NHL 52.1 (5)
Career NHL 665.8 (5)

Adjusted Goals Created

1987-88 NHL 34.6 (10)
1988-89 NHL 49.6 (3)
1989-90 NHL 43.1 (1)
 1990-91 NHL 39.0 (3)
1991-92 NHL 35.7 (7)
1992-93 NHL 43.1 (5)
Career NHL 625.7 (6)

Goals Created Per Game

1987-88 NHL 0.66 (3)
1988-89 NHL 0.75 (4)
1989-90 NHL 0.66 (3)
1990-91 NHL 0.53 (6)
1991-92 NHL 0.52 (7)
1992-93 NHL 0.62 (6)
Career NHL 0.44 (23)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1988-89 NHL 189 (5)
1989-90 NHL 162 (6)
1992-93 NHL 174 (8)
1999-00 NHL 128 (4)
Career NHL 2457 (9)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1983-84 NHL 62 (7)
1996-97 NHL 49 (7)
1999-00 NHL 51 (4)
Career NHL 946 (10)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1988-89 NHL 152 (4)
1989-90 NHL 166 (2)
1990-91 NHL 141 (2)
Career NHL 1754 (10)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1989-90 NHL 50 (3)
1990-91 NHL 49 (3)
Career NHL 428 (26)

Plus/Minus

1987-88 NHL 30 (10)
1992-93 NHL 33 (10)
1999-00 NHL 28 (7)
Career NHL 185 (66)

Even Strength Goals

1987-88 NHL 34 (3)
1988-89 NHL 45 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 39 (3)
1990-91 NHL 33 (4)
1991-92 NHL 28 (6)
1992-93 NHL 38 (5)
Career NHL 440 (8)

Power Play Goals

1999-00 NHL 15 (3)
Career NHL 202 (15)

Short-Handed Goals

1987-88 NHL 6 (6)
1989-90 NHL 7 (1)
 1990-91 NHL 6 (3)
1991-92 NHL 8 (1)
 1992-93 NHL 7 (1)
 Career NHL 50 (3)

Game-Winning Goals

1988-89 NHL 7 (8)
1989-90 NHL 8 (6)
1991-92 NHL 9 (2)
1995-96 NHL 8 (6)
Career NHL 94 (7)

Shots on Goal

1988-89 NHL 388 (1)
 1989-90 NHL 332 (2)
1990-91 NHL 326 (2)
1991-92 NHL 295 (7)
Career NHL 4602 (9)
    

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

August 2, 2002: Missed majority of 2002-03 season recovering from off-season knee surgery, August 2, 2002.

July 3, 2006: Officially announced retirement, July 3, 2006.

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