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Dave Babych

#44 · Defence · Los Angeles Kings

Born May 23, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN · 6'1", 225 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 2nd overall in 1980 by WIN (round 1)

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kevin Dean NJD · 9 P in 50 GP Jamie Pushor ANA · 9 P in 64 GP Lance Pitlick OTT · 9 P in 69 GP Jason Marshall ANA · 9 P in 72 GP Cory Cross TBL · 9 P in 74 GP

Career

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

02040601980-81: 44 points4480-811981-82: 68 points681982-83: 74 points7482-831983-84: 57 points571984-85: 62 points6284-851985-86: 69 points691986-87: 41 points4186-871987-88: 50 points501988-89: 47 points4788-891989-90: 43 points431990-91: 6 points690-911991-92: 29 points291992-93: 19 points1992-931993-94: 32 points321994-95: 14 points1494-951995-96: 24 points241996-97: 27 points2796-971997-98: 9 points91998-99: 8 points898-99

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1980-81 WIN 69 6 38 44 -62 90 209 0 0.64
1981-82 WIN 80 19 49 68 -9 92 262 0 0.85
1982-83 WIN 79 13 61 74 -8 56 252 0 0.94
1983-84 WIN 66 18 39 57 -29 62 233 0 0.86
1984-85 WIN 78 13 49 62 -15 78 240 0 0.79
1985-86 WIN 19 4 12 16 -1 14 53 0 0.84
1985-86 HFD 62 10 43 53 2 36 152 0 0.85
1986-87 HFD 66 8 33 41 -17 44 157 0 0.62
1987-88 HFD 71 14 36 50 -25 54 233 0 0.70
1988-89 HFD 70 6 41 47 -5 54 172 0 0.67
1989-90 HFD 72 6 37 43 -16 62 164 0 0.60
1990-91 HFD 8 0 6 6 -4 4 15 0 0.75
1991-92 VAN 75 5 24 29 -2 63 148 0 0.39
1992-93 VAN 43 3 16 19 6 44 78 0 0.44
1993-94 VAN 73 4 28 32 0 52 96 0 0.44
1994-95 VAN 40 3 11 14 -13 18 58 0 0.35
1995-96 VAN 53 3 21 24 -5 38 69 0 0.45
1996-97 VAN 78 5 22 27 -2 38 105 0 0.35
1997-98 VAN 47 0 9 9 -11 37 40 81 0.19
1997-98 PHI 6 0 0 0 2 12 6 11 0.00
1998-99 PHI 33 2 4 6 0 20 44 39 0.18
1998-99 LAK 8 0 2 2 -2 2 5 13 0.25
19 seasons Career 1196 142 581 723 -216 970 2791 144 0.60

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1981-82 WIN 4 1 2 3 -8 29 10 0 0.75
1982-83 WIN 3 0 0 0 -5 2 7 0 0.00
1983-84 WIN 3 1 1 2 -6 0 13 0 0.67
1984-85 WIN 8 2 7 9 -3 6 20 0 1.13
1985-86 HFD 8 1 3 4 -1 14 18 0 0.50
1986-87 HFD 6 1 1 2 -4 14 27 0 0.33
1987-88 HFD 6 3 2 5 -1 2 23 0 0.83
1988-89 HFD 4 1 5 6 1 2 16 0 1.50
1989-90 HFD 7 1 2 3 5 0 14 0 0.43
1991-92 VAN 13 2 6 8 6 10 25 0 0.62
1992-93 VAN 12 2 5 7 -2 6 25 0 0.58
1993-94 VAN 24 3 5 8 4 12 26 0 0.33
1994-95 VAN 11 2 2 4 -8 14 16 0 0.36
1997-98 PHI 5 1 0 1 2 4 12 7 0.20
14 seasons Playoffs 114 21 41 62 -20 115 252 7 0.54

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
53 0 9 9 -9 49 46 92 0.17 0.0 17:08

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 8, 1998 @ TBL W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19:31
Apr 4, 1998 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 16:10
Apr 2, 1998 vs LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 22:20
Mar 31, 1998 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 21:27
Mar 29, 1998 @ CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 20:51
Mar 28, 1998 vs CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 14:49
Mar 21, 1998 @ TOR T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:01
Mar 20, 1998 @ OTT T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:29
Mar 18, 1998 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 13:17
Mar 17, 1998 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 10:07
Mar 14, 1998 @ NYI W 6-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 11:16
Mar 12, 1998 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 12:54
Mar 11, 1998 @ MTL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:06
Mar 9, 1998 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:57
Mar 7, 1998 vs TBL W 5-2 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 18:23
Mar 5, 1998 vs CGY L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 19:04
Mar 2, 1998 @ LAK T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21:00
Feb 28, 1998 vs OTT W 6-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 15:22
Feb 27, 1998 @ CGY T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:47
Feb 25, 1998 vs ANA W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17:24
Feb 7, 1998 vs SJS W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 10:14
Feb 6, 1998 vs EDM W 5-4 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 16:39
Feb 2, 1998 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 16:49
Jan 31, 1998 @ EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 21:34
Jan 30, 1998 vs NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 21:46
Jan 28, 1998 @ COL L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 18:55
Jan 26, 1998 @ PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 21:02
Jan 24, 1998 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 22:22
Jan 21, 1998 vs PHX L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 17 0 3 19:21
Jan 15, 1998 @ BUF L 2-6 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 20:33
Jan 14, 1998 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 21:10
Jan 12, 1998 @ CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 20:12
Jan 10, 1998 vs FLA T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:43
Jan 8, 1998 @ COL T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 22:30
Jan 7, 1998 vs STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:44
Jan 5, 1998 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:03
Jan 3, 1998 vs MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:14
Dec 31, 1997 vs PHI L 0-8 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 28:49
Dec 29, 1997 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 24:40
Dec 27, 1997 @ DAL T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 27:52
Dec 23, 1997 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 22:16
Dec 20, 1997 vs CHI L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:30
Dec 18, 1997 @ SJS T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 25:33
Dec 17, 1997 @ PHX W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 19:53
Dec 15, 1997 vs LAK W 7-0 0 2 2 1 0 3 4 27:08
Dec 13, 1997 vs COL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 5 6 31:30
Nov 4, 1997 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 19:18
Nov 3, 1997 @ CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:38
Nov 1, 1997 @ PIT L 6-7 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:48
Oct 30, 1997 @ NJD L 1-8 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 16:08
Oct 9, 1997 vs TOR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 08:15
Oct 4, 1997 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 3, 1997 vs ANA W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 00:00