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Joe Nieuwendyk

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: September 10, 1966 in Oshawa, Ontario

Drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 2nd round (27th overall) of the 1985 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
1986-87 20 Calgary Flames NHL 9 5 1 6 0.67 3 0.31 8 2 6 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 16 1.78 31.3
1987-88 21 Calgary Flames NHL 75 51 41 92 1.23 38 0.51 139 65 82 28 20 23 17 31 3 8 212 2.83 24.1
1988-89 22 Calgary Flames NHL 77 51 31 82 1.06 35 0.45 115 42 67 20 26 40 29 19 3 11 215 2.79 23.7
1989-90 23 Calgary Flames NHL 79 45 50 95 1.20 37 0.47 137 51 66 12 32 40 27 18 0 3 226 2.86 19.9
1990-91 24 Calgary Flames NHL 79 45 40 85 1.08 34 0.43 127 57 71 20 19 36 19 22 4 1 222 2.81 20.3
1991-92 25 Calgary Flames NHL 69 22 34 56 0.81 21 0.31 88 33 76 20 -1 55 15 7 0 2 137 1.99 16.1
1992-93 26 Calgary Flames NHL 79 38 37 75 0.95 30 0.38 113 43 62 1 9 52 24 14 0 6 208 2.63 18.3
1993-94 27 Calgary Flames NHL 64 36 39 75 1.17 30 0.47 102 42 43 2 19 51 21 14 1 7 191 2.98 18.8
1994-95 28 Calgary Flames NHL 46 21 29 50 1.09 19 0.42 71 27 33 0 11 33 18 3 0 4 122 2.65 17.2
1995-96 29 Dallas Stars NHL 52 14 18 32 0.62 12 0.24 50 25 49 7 -17 41 6 8 0 3 138 2.65 10.1
1996-97 30 Dallas Stars NHL 66 30 21 51 0.77 21 0.32 63 22 47 1 -5 32 22 8 0 2 173 2.62 17.3
1997-98 31 Dallas Stars NHL 73 39 30 69 0.95 28 0.39 88 38 34 0 16 30 25 14 0 11 203 2.78 19.2
1998-99 32 Dallas Stars NHL 67 28 27 55 0.82 22 0.33 70 27 32 0 11 34 20 8 0 8 157 2.34 17.8 1042 15:33
1999-00 33 Dallas Stars NHL 48 15 19 34 0.71 13 0.27 46 18 29 0 -1 26 8 7 0 2 110 2.29 13.6 780 16:15
2000-01 34 Dallas Stars NHL 69 29 23 52 0.75 21 0.31 76 39 32 0 5 30 17 12 0 4 166 2.41 17.5 1116 16:11
2001-02 35 2 Teams NHL 81 25 33 58 0.72 22 0.27 74 27 49 2 0 22 19 6 0 6 189 2.33 13.2 1367 16:52
2001-02 35 Dallas Stars NHL 67 23 24 47 0.70 19 0.28 61 24 39 0 -2 18 17 6 0 5 157 2.34 14.6 1138 16:59
2001-02 35 New Jersey Devils NHL 14 2 9 11 0.79 4 0.26 13 3 10 2 2 4 2 0 0 1 32 2.29 6.3 229 16:22
2002-03 36 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 17 28 45 0.56 17 0.21 71 15 48 2 10 56 14 3 0 4 201 2.51 8.5 1340 16:45
2003-04 37 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 64 22 28 50 0.78 19 0.30 68 27 35 1 7 26 11 10 1 5 131 2.05 16.8 1001 15:38
2005-06 39 Florida Panthers NHL 65 26 30 56 0.86 22 0.33 75 31 47 1 -2 46 19 7 0 3 195 3.00 13.3 1065 16:23
2006-07 40 Florida Panthers NHL 15 5 3 8 0.53 3 0.23 12 7 10 1 -4 4 3 2 0 2 30 2.00 16.7 201 13:24
Career 20 Seasons NHL 1257 564 562 1126 0.90 449 0.36 1593 638 918 118 155 677 337 215 12 93 3242 2.58 17.4 7911 16:11

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
1986-87 20 Calgary Flames NHL 6 2 2 4 0.67 -2 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.33 25.0
1987-88 21 Calgary Flames NHL 8 3 4 7 0.88 0 2 2 1 0 0 21 2.63 14.3
1988-89 22 Calgary Flames NHL SC 22 10 4 14 0.64 0 10 4 6 0 1 57 2.59 17.5
1989-90 23 Calgary Flames NHL 6 4 6 10 1.67 6 4 3 1 0 0 19 3.17 21.1
1990-91 24 Calgary Flames NHL 7 4 1 5 0.71 -4 10 2 2 0 0 27 3.86 14.8
1992-93 26 Calgary Flames NHL 6 3 6 9 1.50 -4 10 2 1 0 0 21 3.50 14.3
1993-94 27 Calgary Flames NHL 6 2 2 4 0.67 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 1.33 25.0
1994-95 28 Calgary Flames NHL 5 4 3 7 1.40 0 0 2 2 0 1 21 4.20 19.0
1996-97 30 Dallas Stars NHL 7 2 2 4 0.57 -1 6 2 0 0 0 21 3.00 9.5
1997-98 31 Dallas Stars NHL 1 1 0 1 1.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1.00 100.0
1998-99 32 Dallas Stars NHL SC 23 11 10 21 0.91 7 19 8 3 0 6 72 3.13 15.3 424 18:27
1999-00 33 Dallas Stars NHL 23 7 3 10 0.43 -2 18 4 3 0 2 45 1.96 15.6 384 16:41
2000-01 34 Dallas Stars NHL 7 4 0 4 0.57 -2 4 3 1 0 1 18 2.57 22.2 111 15:50
2001-02 35 New Jersey Devils NHL 5 0 1 1 0.20 -2 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.60 0.0 97 19:22
2002-03 36 New Jersey Devils NHL SC 17 3 6 9 0.53 -2 4 2 1 0 0 24 1.41 12.5 256 15:03
2003-04 37 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 9 6 0 6 0.67 0 4 5 1 0 2 23 2.56 26.1 139 15:24
Career 16 Seasons NHL 3 158 66 50 116 0.73 -5 91 43 23 0 13 394 2.49 16.8 1410 16:47

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
1983-84 17 Pickering Panthers OHA-B 38 30 28 58 1.53 35
1984-85 18 Cornell Big Red ECAC 29 21 24 45 1.55 30
1985-86 19 Cornell Big Red ECAC 29 26 28 54 1.86 67
1985-86 19 Canada WJC-A 7 5 7 12 1.71 6
1986-87 20 Cornell Big Red ECAC 23 26 26 52 2.26 26
1986-87 20 Canada Nat-Tm 5 2 0 2 0.40 0
1989-90 23 Calgary Flames Fr-Tour 4 0 2 2 0.50 2
1989-90 23 Canada WEC-A 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
1997-98 31 Canada Olympics 6 2 3 5 0.83 2
2001-02 35 Canada Olympics 6 1 1 2 0.33 0
Career 3 Seasons ECAC 81 73 78 151 1.86 123
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 4 0 2 2 0.50 2
Career 1 Season Nat-Tm 5 2 0 2 0.40 0
Career 1 Season OHA-B 38 30 28 58 1.53 35
Career 2 Seasons Olympics 12 3 4 7 0.58 2
Career 1 Season WEC-A 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 5 7 12 1.71 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1988 NHL
1989 NHL
1990 NHL
1994 NHL

Awards

1987-88 NHL Calder Memorial Trophy
1994-95 NHL King Clancy Memorial Trophy
1998-99 NHL Conn Smythe Trophy

Honors

1987-88 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Games Played

Career NHL 1257 (59)

Goals

1987-88 NHL 51 (5)
1988-89 NHL 51 (5)
1989-90 NHL 45 (9)
1990-91 NHL 45 (7)
1997-98 NHL 39 (7)
Career NHL 564 (20)

Goals Per Game

1987-88 NHL 0.68 (6)
1988-89 NHL 0.66 (8)
1997-98 NHL 0.53 (7)
Career NHL 0.45 (55)

Assists

Career NHL 562 (82)

Points

Career NHL 1126 (51)

Goals Created

Career NHL 449.1 (45)

Goals Created Per Game

Career NHL 0.36 (91)

Total Goals For

Career NHL 1593 (66)

Power Play Goals For

Career NHL 638 (48)

Plus/Minus

1989-90 NHL 32 (6)
Career NHL 155 (98)

Even Strength Goals

1988-89 NHL 29 (9)
1994-95 NHL 18 (8)
1997-98 NHL 25 (10)
Career NHL 337 (27)

Power Play Goals

1987-88 NHL 31 (1)
 1988-89 NHL 19 (7)
1989-90 NHL 18 (7)
1990-91 NHL 22 (2)
1997-98 NHL 14 (5)
Career NHL 215 (10)

Short-Handed Goals

1990-91 NHL 4 (7)

Game-Winning Goals

1987-88 NHL 8 (3)
1988-89 NHL 11 (1)
 1997-98 NHL 11 (2)
1998-99 NHL 8 (3)
Career NHL 93 (8)

Shots on Goal

Career NHL 3242 (50)

Shooting Percentage

1987-88 NHL 24.1 (7)
1988-89 NHL 23.7 (8)
1997-98 NHL 19.2 (5)
1998-99 NHL 17.8 (10)
Career NHL 17.4 (51)
  

Transactions

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December 19, 1995: Traded to Dallas by Calgary for Corey Millen and Jarome Iginla, December 19, 1995.

March 19, 2002: Traded to New Jersey by Dallas with Jamie Langenbrunner for Jason Arnott, Randy McKay and New Jersey's 1st round choice (later traded to Columbus - later traded to Buffalo - Buffalo selected Dan Paille) in 2002 Entry Draft, March 19, 2002.

September 9, 2003: Signed as a free agent by Toronto, September 9, 2003.

August 1, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Florida, August 1, 2005.

December 7, 2006: Officially announced his retirement, December 7, 2006.