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Paul Coffey

#74 · Defence · Boston Bruins · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Jun 1, 1961 in Weston, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 6th overall in 1980 by EDM (round 1)

Trophy case

×4 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1990-91, 1986-87, 1984-85, 1983-84
×3 James Norris Memorial Trophy Top Defenseman 1994-95, 1985-86, 1984-85

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1995-96. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Chris Chelios CHI · 72 P in 81 GP Phil Housley NJD · 68 P in 81 GP Nicklas Lidstrom DET · 67 P in 81 GP Gary Suter CHI · 67 P in 82 GP Ray Bourque BOS · 82 P in 82 GP

Career

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

0501001980-81: 32 points3280-811981-82: 89 points891982-83: 96 points9682-831983-84: 126 points1261984-85: 121 points12184-851985-86: 138 points1381986-87: 67 points6786-871987-88: 67 points671988-89: 113 points11388-891989-90: 103 points1031990-91: 93 points9390-911991-92: 69 points691992-93: 87 points8792-931993-94: 77 points771994-95: 58 points5894-951995-96: 74 points741996-97: 34 points3496-971997-98: 29 points291998-99: 14 points1498-991999-00: 40 points402000-01: 4 points400-01

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1980-81 EDM 74 9 23 32 5 130 113 0 0.43
1981-82 EDM 80 29 60 89 35 106 234 0 1.11
1982-83 EDM 80 29 67 96 52 87 260 0 1.20
1983-84 EDM 80 40 86 126 52 104 259 0 1.58
1984-85 EDM 80 37 84 121 57 97 285 0 1.51
1985-86 EDM 79 48 90 138 61 120 308 0 1.75
1986-87 EDM 59 17 50 67 13 49 165 0 1.14
1987-88 PIT 46 15 52 67 -1 93 193 0 1.46
1988-89 PIT 75 30 83 113 -10 195 342 0 1.51
1989-90 PIT 80 29 74 103 -25 95 324 0 1.29
1990-91 PIT 76 24 69 93 -18 128 240 0 1.22
1991-92 PIT 54 10 54 64 4 62 207 0 1.19
1991-92 LAK 10 1 4 5 -3 25 25 0 0.50
1992-93 LAK 50 8 49 57 9 50 182 0 1.14
1992-93 DET 30 4 26 30 7 27 72 0 1.00
1993-94 DET 80 14 63 77 28 106 278 0 0.96
1994-95 DET 45 14 44 58 18 72 181 0 1.29
1995-96 DET 76 14 60 74 19 90 234 0 0.97
1996-97 HFD 20 3 5 8 0 18 39 0 0.40
1996-97 PHI 37 6 20 26 11 20 71 0 0.70
1997-98 PHI 57 2 27 29 3 30 107 22 0.51
1998-99 CHI 10 0 4 4 -6 0 8 1 0.40
1998-99 CAR 44 2 8 10 -1 28 79 16 0.23
1999-00 CAR 69 11 29 40 -6 40 155 18 0.58
2000-01 BOS 18 0 4 4 -6 30 28 15 0.22
21 seasons Career 1409 396 1135 1531 298 1802 4389 72 1.09

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 EDM 9 4 3 7 5 22 26 0 0.78
1981-82 EDM 5 1 1 2 -3 6 9 0 0.40
1982-83 EDM 16 7 7 14 15 14 42 0 0.88
1983-84 EDM 19 8 14 22 18 21 66 0 1.16
1984-85 EDM 18 12 25 37 23 44 67 0 2.06
1985-86 EDM 10 1 9 10 0 30 33 0 1.00
1986-87 EDM 17 3 8 11 7 30 45 0 0.65
1988-89 PIT 11 2 13 15 -7 31 48 0 1.36
1990-91 PIT 12 2 9 11 -1 6 37 0 0.92
1991-92 LAK 6 4 3 7 -5 2 28 0 1.17
1992-93 DET 7 2 9 11 -3 2 24 0 1.57
1993-94 DET 7 1 6 7 6 8 23 0 1.00
1994-95 DET 18 6 12 18 4 10 74 0 1.00
1995-96 DET 17 5 9 14 -3 30 49 0 0.82
1996-97 PHI 17 1 8 9 -3 6 37 0 0.53
1998-99 CAR 5 0 1 1 0 2 8 7 0.20
16 seasons Playoffs 194 59 137 196 53 264 616 7 1.01

1995-96 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 14 60 74 19 90 234 0 0.97 6.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 14, 1996 @ DAL W 5-1 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 12, 1996 vs CHI W 5-3 2 1 3 1 2 5 0 00:00
Apr 7, 1996 @ CHI W 4-1 0 2 2 1 2 4 0 00:00
Apr 5, 1996 @ ANA T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 5 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1996 @ LAK T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 7 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1996 @ SJS L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1996 vs STL W 8-1 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1996 vs BUF W 4-2 0 2 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1996 vs ANA W 5-1 0 2 2 0 0 7 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1996 @ STL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1996 vs COL W 7-0 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1996 @ TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 16 3 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1996 vs TOR W 6-5 0 2 2 -3 4 1 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1996 vs CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1996 vs WIN W 5-2 0 3 3 0 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1996 @ WIN W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1996 @ COL W 4-2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1996 @ CHI W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1996 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 29, 1996 vs NYI W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1996 @ NYI W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1996 vs TBL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1996 vs TOR W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 2 5 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1996 vs VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1996 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1996 @ STL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1996 vs WSH W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1996 vs LAK W 9-4 1 2 3 2 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1996 @ TBL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1996 @ FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1996 vs FLA W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1996 vs PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1996 vs TOR W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1996 @ CHI T 5-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1996 @ OTT W 4-2 1 0 1 2 2 5 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1996 vs SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1996 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1996 @ WSH W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1996 vs LAK W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1996 vs CHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1996 @ PIT L 2-5 0 2 2 1 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1996 vs DAL T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1995 vs HFD W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1995 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1995 vs STL W 3-2 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1995 @ VAN W 1-0 0 1 1 0 6 5 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1995 @ CGY W 5-1 0 2 2 2 4 2 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1995 @ ANA W 6-1 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1995 vs NJD W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1995 vs CHI W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1995 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1995 @ NYR L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1995 vs DAL W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1995 vs PHI W 5-3 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1995 @ MTL W 11-1 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1995 vs ANA W 5-2 0 2 2 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1995 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1995 vs NYR W 2-0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1995 @ PHI L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 2 9 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1995 vs SJS W 5-2 0 2 2 1 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1995 @ EDM W 5-4 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1995 @ LAK W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1995 @ SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1995 @ BOS W 6-5 (OT) 1 1 2 1 4 2 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1995 @ BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1995 @ WIN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1995 @ CGY W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1995 vs OTT L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1995 vs BOS W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1995 @ NJD L 2-4 0 1 1 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1995 vs CGY T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1995 @ WIN T 5-5 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1995 vs EDM W 9-0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1995 @ VAN W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1995 @ EDM W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 6, 1995 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00