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Adam Oates

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-11    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: August 27, 1962 in Weston, Ontario

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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
1985-86 23 Detroit Red Wings NHL 38 9 11 20 0.53 8 0.21 30 10 50 6 -24 10 8 1 0 1 49 1.29 18.4
1986-87 24 Detroit Red Wings NHL 76 15 32 47 0.62 17 0.23 64 16 49 1 0 21 11 4 0 1 138 1.82 10.9
1987-88 25 Detroit Red Wings NHL 63 14 40 54 0.86 19 0.31 75 19 41 1 16 20 11 3 0 3 111 1.76 12.6
1988-89 26 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 16 62 78 1.13 27 0.39 106 43 64 0 -1 14 14 2 0 1 127 1.84 12.6
1989-90 27 St. Louis Blues NHL 80 23 79 102 1.28 36 0.45 163 73 100 19 9 30 15 6 2 3 168 2.10 13.7
1990-91 28 St. Louis Blues NHL 61 25 90 115 1.89 38 0.63 144 55 78 4 15 29 21 3 1 3 139 2.28 18.0
1991-92 29 2 Teams NHL 80 20 79 99 1.24 33 0.41 155 64 114 14 -9 22 14 6 0 4 191 2.39 10.5
1991-92 29 St. Louis Blues NHL 54 10 59 69 1.28 22 0.41 109 41 80 8 -4 12 7 3 0 3 118 2.19 8.5
1991-92 29 Boston Bruins NHL 26 10 20 30 1.15 11 0.42 46 23 34 6 -5 10 7 3 0 1 73 2.81 13.7
1992-93 30 Boston Bruins NHL 84 45 97 142 1.69 51 0.61 197 85 110 13 15 32 20 24 1 11 254 3.02 17.7
1993-94 31 Boston Bruins NHL 77 32 80 112 1.45 40 0.52 159 69 101 21 10 45 14 16 2 3 197 2.56 16.2
1994-95 32 Boston Bruins NHL 48 12 41 53 1.10 18 0.38 72 33 57 7 -11 8 7 4 1 2 109 2.27 11.0
1995-96 33 Boston Bruins NHL 70 25 67 92 1.31 33 0.47 126 43 100 33 16 18 17 7 1 2 183 2.61 13.7
1996-97 34 2 Teams NHL 80 22 60 82 1.03 29 0.36 111 28 121 33 -5 14 17 3 2 5 160 2.00 13.8
1996-97 34 Boston Bruins NHL 63 18 52 70 1.11 25 0.39 88 21 96 26 -3 10 14 2 2 4 138 2.19 13.0
1996-97 34 Washington Capitals NHL 17 4 8 12 0.71 5 0.26 23 7 25 7 -2 4 3 1 0 1 22 1.29 18.2
1997-98 35 Washington Capitals NHL 82 18 58 76 0.93 26 0.32 114 44 80 16 6 36 13 3 2 3 121 1.48 14.9
1998-99 36 Washington Capitals NHL 59 12 42 54 0.92 19 0.32 75 27 59 10 -1 22 9 3 0 0 79 1.34 15.2 1213 20:34
1999-00 37 Washington Capitals NHL 82 15 56 71 0.87 24 0.30 101 34 77 23 13 14 10 5 0 6 93 1.13 16.1 1832 22:20
2000-01 38 Washington Capitals NHL 81 13 69 82 1.01 26 0.32 109 56 90 28 -9 28 8 5 0 4 72 0.89 18.1 1701 20:60
2001-02 39 2 Teams NHL 80 14 64 78 0.98 26 0.32 115 46 86 13 -4 28 11 3 0 1 102 1.28 13.7 1750 21:52
2001-02 39 Washington Capitals NHL 66 11 57 68 1.03 22 0.33 101 41 74 12 -2 22 8 3 0 1 85 1.29 12.9 1458 22:06
2001-02 39 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 14 3 7 10 0.71 4 0.26 14 5 12 1 -2 6 3 0 0 0 17 1.21 17.6 292 20:51
2002-03 40 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 67 9 36 45 0.67 15 0.22 69 34 40 4 -1 16 5 4 0 2 67 1.00 13.4 1249 18:38
2003-04 41 Edmonton Oilers NHL 60 2 16 18 0.30 6 0.10 34 13 23 2 0 8 1 1 0 1 32 0.53 6.3 870 14:30
Career 19 Seasons NHL 1337 341 1079 1420 1.06 492 0.37 2019 792 1440 248 35 415 226 103 12 56 2392 1.79 14.3 8615 20:05

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 24 Detroit Red Wings NHL 16 4 7 11 0.69 7 6 4 0 0 1 32 2.00 12.5
1987-88 25 Detroit Red Wings NHL 16 8 12 20 1.25 -2 6 4 4 0 1 33 2.06 24.2
1988-89 26 Detroit Red Wings NHL 6 0 8 8 1.33 -1 2 0 0 0 0 11 1.83 0.0
1989-90 27 St. Louis Blues NHL 12 2 12 14 1.17 -10 4 1 1 0 0 27 2.25 7.4
1990-91 28 St. Louis Blues NHL 13 7 13 20 1.54 7 10 5 2 0 1 39 3.00 17.9
1991-92 29 Boston Bruins NHL 15 5 14 19 1.27 -6 4 2 3 0 2 35 2.33 14.3
1992-93 30 Boston Bruins NHL 4 0 9 9 2.25 0 4 0 0 0 0 11 2.75 0.0
1993-94 31 Boston Bruins NHL 13 3 9 12 0.92 -3 8 1 2 0 0 42 3.23 7.1
1994-95 32 Boston Bruins NHL 5 1 0 1 0.20 -6 2 0 1 0 0 7 1.40 14.3
1995-96 33 Boston Bruins NHL 5 2 5 7 1.40 -3 2 1 0 1 0 13 2.60 15.4
1997-98 35 Washington Capitals NHL 21 6 11 17 0.81 8 8 4 1 1 1 31 1.48 19.4
1999-00 37 Washington Capitals NHL 5 0 3 3 0.60 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0.60 0.0 125 25:06
2000-01 38 Washington Capitals NHL 6 0 0 0 0.00 -4 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.00 0.0 98 16:21
2001-02 39 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 5 0 2 2 0.40 -1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.80 0.0 109 21:53
2002-03 40 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 21 4 9 13 0.62 2 6 1 3 0 1 18 0.86 22.2 404 19:15
Career 15 Seasons NHL 163 42 114 156 0.96 -12 66 23 17 2 7 312 1.91 13.5 737 19:56

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
1979-80 17 Port Credit Titans OHA-B 34 30 36 66 1.94 41
1979-80 17 Markham Waxers OPJHL 9 1 6 7 0.78 2
1980-81 18 Markham Waxers OPJHL 43 36 53 89 2.07 89
1981-82 19 Markham Waxers OPJHL 40 59 110 169 4.23
1982-83 20 RPI Engineers ECAC 22 9 33 42 1.91 8
1983-84 21 RPI Engineers ECAC 38 26 57 83 2.18 15
1984-85 22 RPI Engineers ECAC 38 31 60 91 2.39 29
1985-86 23 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 34 18 28 46 1.35 4
Career 1 Season AHL 34 18 28 46 1.35 4
Career 3 Seasons ECAC 98 66 150 216 2.20 52
Career 1 Season OHA-B 34 30 36 66 1.94 41
Career 3 Seasons OPJHL 92 96 169 265 2.88 91

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
1985-86 23 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 17 7 14 21 1.24 4
Career 1 Season AHL 17 7 14 21 1.24 4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1991 NHL
1992 NHL
1993 NHL
1994 NHL
1997 NHL

Honors

1990-91 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Games Played

1989-90 NHL 80 (1)
 1991-92 NHL 80 (3)
1992-93 NHL 84 (2)
1994-95 NHL 48 (5)
1997-98 NHL 82 (2)
1999-00 NHL 82 (2)
Career NHL 1337 (43)

Assists

1988-89 NHL 62 (7)
1989-90 NHL 79 (3)
1990-91 NHL 90 (2)
1991-92 NHL 79 (4)
1992-93 NHL 97 (1)
 1993-94 NHL 80 (3)
1994-95 NHL 41 (4)
1996-97 NHL 60 (6)
1997-98 NHL 58 (5)
1999-00 NHL 56 (2)
2000-01 NHL 69 (1)
 2001-02 NHL 64 (1)
 Career NHL 1079 (6)

Assists Per Game

1988-89 NHL 0.90 (8)
1989-90 NHL 0.99 (4)
1990-91 NHL 1.48 (2)
1991-92 NHL 0.99 (4)
1992-93 NHL 1.15 (2)
1993-94 NHL 1.04 (2)
1994-95 NHL 0.85 (6)
1995-96 NHL 0.96 (7)
1997-98 NHL 0.71 (8)
1998-99 NHL 0.71 (9)
1999-00 NHL 0.68 (7)
2000-01 NHL 0.85 (2)
2001-02 NHL 0.80 (1)
 Career NHL 0.81 (6)

Points

1989-90 NHL 102 (10)
1990-91 NHL 115 (3)
1991-92 NHL 99 (10)
1992-93 NHL 142 (3)
1993-94 NHL 112 (3)
1994-95 NHL 53 (10)
2001-02 NHL 78 (7)
Career NHL 1420 (15)

Points Per Game

1990-91 NHL 1.89 (2)
1992-93 NHL 1.69 (3)
1993-94 NHL 1.45 (5)
Career NHL 1.06 (31)

Goals Created

1990-91 NHL 38.4 (9)
1992-93 NHL 51.1 (6)
1993-94 NHL 39.8 (8)
Career NHL 491.7 (31)

Goals Created Per Game

1990-91 NHL 0.63 (3)
1992-93 NHL 0.61 (7)
1993-94 NHL 0.52 (7)
Career NHL 0.37 (77)

Total Goals For

1989-90 NHL 163 (5)
1991-92 NHL 155 (7)
1992-93 NHL 197 (4)
1993-94 NHL 159 (9)
Career NHL 2019 (26)

Power Play Goals For

1989-90 NHL 73 (5)
1992-93 NHL 85 (4)
1993-94 NHL 69 (6)
2001-02 NHL 46 (10)
Career NHL 792 (22)

Total Goals Against

1991-92 NHL 114 (5)
1996-97 NHL 121 (2)
Career NHL 1440 (37)

Power Play Goals Against

1996-97 NHL 33 (7)

Power Play Goals

1992-93 NHL 24 (5)

Game-Winning Goals

1992-93 NHL 11 (1)
 Career NHL 56 (70)
  

Transactions

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June 28, 1985: Signed as a free agent by Detroit, June 28, 1985.

June 15, 1989: Traded to St. Louis by Detroit with Paul MacLean for Bernie Federko and Tony McKegney, June 15, 1989.

February 7, 1992: Traded to Boston by St. Louis for Craig Janney and Stephane Quintal, February 7, 1992.

March 1, 1997: Traded to Washington by Boston with Bill Ranford and Rick Tocchet for Jim Carey, Anson Carter, Jason Allison and Washington's 3rd round choice (Lee Goren) in 1997 Entry Draft, March 1, 1997.

March 19, 2002: Traded to Philadelphia by Washington for Maxime Ouellet and Philadelphia's 1st (later traded to Dallas - Dallas selected Martin Vagner), 2nd (Maxime Daigneault) and 3rd (Derek Krestanovich) round choices in 2002 Entry Draft, March 19, 2002.

July 1, 2002: Signed as a free agent by Anaheim, July 1, 2002.

November 17, 2003: Signed as a free agent by Edmonton, November 17, 2003.

April 3, 2004: Officially announced retirement, April 3, 2004.