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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 1999-00. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jyrki Lumme PHX · 40 P in 74 GP Larry Murphy DET · 40 P in 81 GP Tomas Kaberle TOR · 40 P in 82 GP Al MacInnis STL · 39 P in 61 GP Steve Duchesne DET · 41 P in 79 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

1999-00 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
69 11 29 40 -6 40 155 18 0.58 7.1 22:35

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 9, 2000 vs ATL W 2-1 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 21:21
Apr 8, 2000 @ ATL W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 3 24:02
Apr 3, 2000 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 25:45
Apr 2, 2000 vs PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:53
Mar 31, 2000 @ BUF W 3-1 1 0 1 -1 2 4 0 24:27
Mar 29, 2000 vs NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 21:24
Mar 27, 2000 vs BUF L 1-5 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 21:27
Mar 26, 2000 vs NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 26:40
Mar 22, 2000 vs STL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 22:32
Mar 21, 2000 @ NJD W 5-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 13:29
Mar 18, 2000 @ MTL L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 24:45
Mar 17, 2000 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 23:55
Mar 15, 2000 vs EDM T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 30:48
Mar 12, 2000 vs ATL W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 20:53
Mar 10, 2000 vs BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 2 4 0 24:54
Mar 8, 2000 vs CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24:51
Mar 4, 2000 @ SJS W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 23:26
Mar 2, 2000 @ LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:29
Mar 1, 2000 @ PHX L 5-7 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 24:01
Feb 26, 2000 @ FLA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 21:53
Feb 24, 2000 vs FLA L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 5 1 27:46
Feb 21, 2000 vs WSH T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 27:06
Feb 19, 2000 vs TBL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 25:11
Feb 17, 2000 vs MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:57
Feb 15, 2000 @ OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 25:38
Feb 14, 2000 @ TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:42
Feb 12, 2000 @ TBL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 22:35
Feb 8, 2000 @ NYI W 4-3 0 1 1 3 0 3 1 24:25
Feb 3, 2000 @ WSH L 1-2 0 1 1 -2 2 2 1 25:37
Feb 1, 2000 vs FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 23:16
Jan 30, 2000 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 26:35
Jan 28, 2000 vs NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 24:33
Jan 27, 2000 vs PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 31:58
Jan 24, 2000 vs MTL W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 23:33
Jan 22, 2000 vs BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20:55
Jan 20, 2000 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 28:25
Jan 18, 2000 @ NYR L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:18
Jan 17, 2000 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 23:18
Jan 14, 2000 @ FLA L 1-5 1 0 1 -2 2 2 1 25:08
Jan 11, 2000 vs PHI L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 23:42
Jan 9, 2000 vs NYR W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22:42
Jan 7, 2000 vs ANA T 4-4 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 27:12
Jan 6, 2000 @ BOS W 7-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 20:59
Jan 4, 2000 vs OTT L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 24:34
Jan 1, 2000 @ ATL W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 19:33
Dec 28, 1999 @ NSH L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 24:40
Dec 26, 1999 vs FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 4 3 0 18:53
Dec 23, 1999 @ OTT L 3-4 0 1 1 -3 0 1 1 24:57
Dec 22, 1999 vs DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 6 2 0 23:40
Dec 20, 1999 vs COL L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 22:22
Dec 18, 1999 vs ATL W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 12:07
Dec 15, 1999 vs PIT L 3-6 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 19:35
Dec 10, 1999 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:53
Dec 8, 1999 @ DAL L 1-2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 20:56
Dec 7, 1999 @ STL W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 21:08
Dec 4, 1999 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:52
Dec 2, 1999 vs TOR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 23:36
Nov 30, 1999 vs CGY W 4-3 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 21:07
Nov 27, 1999 vs PIT W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:21
Nov 26, 1999 @ TBL T 3-3 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 16:36
Nov 24, 1999 vs VAN T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 21:33
Nov 19, 1999 @ WSH T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 15:26
Nov 5, 1999 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 1 4 2 2 14:04
Nov 3, 1999 vs TOR L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 20:16
Oct 29, 1999 vs NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 21:07
Oct 23, 1999 @ PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 21:55
Oct 20, 1999 @ TOR T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 18:50
Oct 15, 1999 @ VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 20:10
Oct 13, 1999 @ EDM T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:43