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Keith Acton

#24 · Centre · New York Islanders

Born Apr 15, 1958 in Stouffville, Ontario, CAN · 5'8", 170 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 103rd overall in 1978 by MTL (round 6)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1987-88

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1986-87. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Guy Carbonneau MTL · 45 P in 79 GP Ryan Walter MTL · 46 P in 76 GP Vincent Damphousse TOR · 46 P in 80 GP Gino Cavallini STL · 44 P in 80 GP Hakan Loob CGY · 44 P in 68 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0204060801979-80: 1 points179-801980-81: 39 points391981-82: 88 points8881-821982-83: 50 points501983-84: 65 points6583-841984-85: 58 points581985-86: 58 points5885-861986-87: 45 points451987-88: 28 points2887-881988-89: 39 points391989-90: 27 points2789-901990-91: 37 points371991-92: 17 points1791-921992-93: 23 points231993-94: 9 points993-94

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1979-80 MTL 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0.50
1980-81 MTL 61 15 24 39 5 74 101 0 0.64
1981-82 MTL 78 36 52 88 47 88 218 0 1.13
1982-83 MTL 78 24 26 50 -7 63 154 0 0.64
1983-84 MTL 9 3 7 10 -5 4 14 0 1.11
1983-84 MNS 62 17 38 55 2 60 151 0 0.89
1984-85 MNS 78 20 38 58 -4 90 168 0 0.74
1985-86 MNS 79 26 32 58 -12 100 169 0 0.73
1986-87 MNS 78 16 29 45 -15 56 126 0 0.58
1987-88 MNS 46 8 11 19 -9 74 49 0 0.41
1987-88 EDM 26 3 6 9 -10 21 26 0 0.35
1988-89 EDM 46 11 15 26 9 47 74 0 0.57
1988-89 PHI 25 3 10 13 1 64 38 0 0.52
1989-90 PHI 69 13 14 27 -2 80 94 0 0.39
1990-91 PHI 76 14 23 37 -9 131 120 0 0.49
1991-92 PHI 50 7 10 17 -4 98 79 0 0.34
1992-93 PHI 83 8 15 23 -10 51 74 0 0.28
1993-94 WSH 6 0 0 0 -4 21 2 0 0.00
1993-94 NYI 72 2 7 9 -1 50 33 0 0.13
15 seasons Career 1024 226 358 584 -28 1172 1691 0 0.57

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1980-81 MTL 2 0 0 0 -2 6 2 0 0.00
1981-82 MTL 5 0 4 4 0 16 14 0 0.80
1982-83 MTL 3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 0.00
1983-84 MNS 15 4 7 11 -1 12 30 0 0.73
1984-85 MNS 9 4 4 8 0 6 34 0 0.89
1985-86 MNS 5 0 3 3 -1 6 9 0 0.60
1987-88 EDM 6 2 0 2 5 16 9 0 0.33
1988-89 PHI 16 2 3 5 0 18 10 0 0.31
1993-94 NYI 4 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0.00
9 seasons Playoffs 65 12 21 33 0 88 113 0 0.51

1986-87 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 16 29 45 -15 56 126 0 0.58 12.7 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 4, 1987 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1987 @ CHI T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1987 vs NYR L 5-6 0 1 1 -3 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1987 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1987 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1987 @ TOR W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1987 vs STL L 5-8 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1987 @ HFD L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1987 @ BOS L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1987 vs CHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1987 @ CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1987 vs DET L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1987 vs TOR L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1987 vs MTL L 4-5 0 0 0 -3 4 2 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1987 vs PIT L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1987 @ DET L 3-9 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1987 @ LAK T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1987 vs PHI W 5-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1987 vs LAK W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1987 @ QUE L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1987 @ MTL W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1987 vs BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1987 @ STL L 2-6 0 1 1 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1987 vs VAN W 7-3 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1987 vs STL W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1987 vs CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1987 vs DET L 3-5 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1987 @ DET L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1987 vs EDM L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1987 @ VAN W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1987 @ EDM T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1987 @ CGY T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1987 @ LAK W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1987 vs BUF W 5-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1987 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1987 @ TOR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1987 vs STL T 4-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1987 vs HFD W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1987 vs BUF W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1987 @ NYI L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1987 @ NYR T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1987 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1987 @ DET L 1-2 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1986 vs HFD W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1986 @ WIN L 4-5 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1986 vs WIN W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1986 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1986 vs QUE L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1986 @ TOR W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1986 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1986 @ NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1986 vs PHI W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1986 @ DET T 6-6 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1986 vs EDM L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1986 @ PIT L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1986 @ NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1986 @ BUF W 5-4 0 2 2 0 4 2 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1986 @ TOR W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1986 vs TOR W 6-3 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1986 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1986 vs NJD W 6-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1986 vs STL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1986 vs NYI L 3-7 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1986 vs WSH T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1986 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1986 vs TOR W 4-1 0 3 3 2 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1986 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1986 vs CHI L 5-6 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1986 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1986 vs CGY W 7-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1986 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1986 @ WSH L 2-8 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1986 @ STL W 8-3 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1986 @ CHI W 8-5 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1986 vs VAN W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1986 vs BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1986 @ MTL L 4-6 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1986 @ QUE T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00