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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 1984-85. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Wayne Babych PIT · 54 P in 67 GP Dan Daoust TOR · 54 P in 79 GP Mark Messier EDM · 54 P in 55 GP Kirk Muller NJD · 54 P in 80 GP Miroslav Frycer TOR · 55 P in 66 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

1984-85 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
67 19 35 54 7 32 172 0 0.81 11.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 6, 1985 vs NJD T 5-5 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1985 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1985 vs PIT W 4-3 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1985 vs EDM L 5-7 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1985 @ NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1985 vs QUE L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1985 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1985 @ PHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1985 vs WSH W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1985 @ CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1985 @ STL W 6-5 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1985 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1985 @ NJD T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1985 vs PHI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1985 @ BUF W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1985 @ TOR L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1985 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1985 @ MTL L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1985 vs BOS W 7-1 2 1 3 2 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1985 vs WIN L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1985 vs CGY W 8-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1985 @ NYR L 3-9 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1985 vs HFD T 4-4 (OT) 2 0 2 1 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1985 vs PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1985 vs NYR W 7-5 0 2 2 1 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1985 vs PHI W 7-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1985 @ PIT W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1985 @ NJD L 2-3 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1985 vs MTL W 3-1 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1985 vs BUF L 3-7 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1985 @ DET W 7-2 1 0 1 1 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1984 @ MNS L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1984 @ STL W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1984 vs WSH L 4-5 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1984 @ PIT L 5-6 0 1 1 1 2 5 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1984 vs PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1984 @ HFD W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1984 vs WIN W 7-4 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1984 vs PHI W 6-2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1984 @ PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1984 vs NJD L 5-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1984 vs HFD L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1984 @ EDM L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1984 @ VAN W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1984 @ WIN W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1984 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1984 vs BUF W 6-3 0 2 2 2 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1984 @ WSH W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1984 vs WSH W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1984 @ PHI T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1984 vs NYR W 10-4 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1984 vs MNS W 6-1 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1984 vs PIT W 5-4 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1984 @ NYR L 4-5 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1984 vs STL W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1984 @ BOS L 2-6 0 1 1 -2 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1984 @ QUE L 4-5 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1984 @ MTL L 5-6 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1984 vs NYR W 7-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1984 vs BOS L 3-8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1984 vs VAN W 6-5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1984 @ NYR L 5-6 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1984 vs LAK W 8-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1984 @ DET W 6-4 1 2 3 3 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1984 vs NJD W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1984 vs CHI W 7-6 (OT) 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1984 @ NJD L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 00:00