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Pat LaFontaine

#16 · Centre · New York Rangers · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Feb 22, 1965 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA · 5'10", 182 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 3rd overall in 1983 by NYI (round 1)

Trophy case

Lester Patrick Trophy Outstanding Service to Hockey in the United States 1996-97
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy Perseverance, Sportsmanship and Dedication 1994-95

Compare with a similar player

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

Geoff Courtnall STL · 62 P in 79 GP Chris Gratton PHI · 62 P in 82 GP Joe Sakic COL · 63 P in 64 GP Jeff Friesen SJS · 63 P in 79 GP Keith Primeau CAR · 63 P in 81 GP

Career

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

0501001983-84: 19 points1983-841984-85: 54 points541985-86: 53 points5385-861986-87: 70 points701987-88: 92 points9287-881988-89: 88 points881989-90: 105 points10589-901990-91: 85 points851991-92: 93 points9391-921992-93: 148 points1481993-94: 18 points1893-941994-95: 27 points271995-96: 91 points9195-961996-97: 8 points81997-98: 62 points6297-98

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1983-84 NYI 15 13 6 19 9 6 35 0 1.27
1984-85 NYI 67 19 35 54 7 32 172 0 0.81
1985-86 NYI 65 30 23 53 15 43 172 0 0.82
1986-87 NYI 80 38 32 70 -9 70 219 0 0.88
1987-88 NYI 75 47 45 92 12 52 242 0 1.23
1988-89 NYI 79 45 43 88 -8 26 288 0 1.11
1989-90 NYI 74 54 51 105 -13 38 286 0 1.42
1990-91 NYI 75 41 44 85 -6 42 225 0 1.13
1991-92 BUF 57 46 47 93 10 98 203 0 1.63
1992-93 BUF 84 53 95 148 11 63 306 0 1.76
1993-94 BUF 16 5 13 18 -4 2 40 0 1.13
1994-95 BUF 22 12 15 27 2 4 54 0 1.23
1995-96 BUF 76 40 51 91 -8 36 224 0 1.20
1996-97 BUF 13 2 6 8 -8 4 38 0 0.62
1997-98 NYR 67 23 39 62 -16 36 160 33 0.93
15 seasons Career 865 468 545 1013 -6 552 2664 33 1.17

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1983-84 NYI 16 3 6 9 -1 8 21 0 0.56
1984-85 NYI 9 1 2 3 -3 4 7 0 0.33
1985-86 NYI 3 1 0 1 -2 0 7 0 0.33
1986-87 NYI 14 5 8 13 -6 10 39 0 0.93
1987-88 NYI 6 4 5 9 2 8 16 0 1.50
1989-90 NYI 2 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 0.50
1991-92 BUF 7 8 3 11 0 4 27 0 1.57
1992-93 BUF 7 2 10 12 0 0 13 0 1.71
1994-95 BUF 5 2 2 4 -2 2 11 0 0.80
9 seasons Playoffs 69 26 37 63 -13 36 146 0 0.91

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
67 23 39 62 -16 36 160 33 0.93 14.4 18:02

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 16, 1998 vs OTT W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 03:09
Mar 14, 1998 @ BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:22
Mar 12, 1998 @ MTL L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 19:35
Mar 11, 1998 vs SJS W 5-3 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 20:16
Mar 9, 1998 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 17:29
Mar 7, 1998 @ NJD L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 18:07
Mar 4, 1998 @ FLA W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18:48
Mar 2, 1998 vs BUF L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:21
Feb 28, 1998 vs PHI L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 15:05
Feb 26, 1998 @ TOR W 5-2 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 17:02
Feb 7, 1998 @ PHX T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19:00
Feb 5, 1998 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16:38
Feb 4, 1998 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 20:16
Feb 2, 1998 @ SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:50
Jan 31, 1998 @ BOS L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 16:14
Jan 29, 1998 @ OTT T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 19:37
Jan 26, 1998 vs WSH T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:58
Jan 24, 1998 vs NJD T 3-3 (OT) 1 1 2 -2 2 2 2 16:34
Jan 22, 1998 vs PHI L 3-4 1 1 2 1 0 6 2 21:43
Jan 20, 1998 vs STL W 3-1 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 16:59
Jan 14, 1998 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 20:25
Jan 12, 1998 vs TOR W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 12:53
Jan 8, 1998 vs WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 14:19
Jan 6, 1998 vs CAR W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 18:42
Jan 3, 1998 @ WSH W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:34
Dec 31, 1997 @ TBL L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 16:36
Dec 28, 1997 vs BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:30
Dec 26, 1997 @ BUF L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 18:18
Dec 23, 1997 vs TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 19:05
Dec 21, 1997 vs BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 24:20
Dec 20, 1997 @ TBL T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 20:17
Dec 17, 1997 @ FLA W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 18:21
Dec 16, 1997 @ NJD L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 18:00
Dec 12, 1997 vs FLA L 3-4 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 19:14
Dec 10, 1997 vs CGY L 1-4 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 21:09
Dec 8, 1997 vs PHX W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:38
Dec 6, 1997 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 24:53
Dec 5, 1997 vs PHI T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 19:10
Dec 2, 1997 vs WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 20:40
Nov 30, 1997 vs FLA T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 21:34
Nov 28, 1997 @ BUF T 3-3 (OT) 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 24:27
Nov 26, 1997 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1997 vs VAN L 2-4 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 20:17
Nov 22, 1997 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 15:05
Nov 21, 1997 @ CAR W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 19:10
Nov 19, 1997 @ TBL L 3-6 0 3 3 -2 0 2 0 21:55
Nov 18, 1997 @ FLA W 3-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 16:59
Nov 16, 1997 vs COL W 4-1 1 3 4 2 0 8 1 16:31
Nov 14, 1997 vs PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:43
Nov 12, 1997 vs NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:52
Nov 7, 1997 @ DAL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:29
Nov 5, 1997 @ COL W 4-2 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 16:13
Nov 3, 1997 vs EDM T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 4 3 2 18:03
Oct 30, 1997 @ NYI L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 20:30
Oct 28, 1997 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:16
Oct 26, 1997 vs ANA T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 20:00
Oct 24, 1997 vs TBL W 4-3 1 0 1 -1 0 6 1 19:40
Oct 22, 1997 vs CHI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 21:04
Oct 20, 1997 vs CAR W 4-2 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 15:55
Oct 18, 1997 @ STL L 3-5 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 18:57
Oct 15, 1997 @ OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 15:13
Oct 14, 1997 vs PIT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 18:19
Oct 11, 1997 @ VAN W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 14:42
Oct 9, 1997 @ CGY T 1-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 15:44
Oct 8, 1997 @ EDM T 3-3 (OT) 2 0 2 0 0 7 0 17:01
Oct 5, 1997 vs LAK T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 22:27
Oct 3, 1997 vs NYI T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 13:54