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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 1994-95. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kevin Stevens PIT · 27 P in 27 GP Craig Janney SJS · 27 P in 35 GP Ian Laperriere STL · 27 P in 37 GP Mike Donnelly DAL · 27 P in 44 GP Brian Noonan NYR · 27 P in 45 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

1994-95 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
22 12 15 27 2 4 54 0 1.23 22.2 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
May 1, 1995 vs MTL W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Apr 29, 1995 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 28, 1995 @ WSH L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 26, 1995 vs FLA W 5-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 24, 1995 @ TBL W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 23, 1995 vs PHI W 4-2 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 19, 1995 @ BOS L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 18, 1995 vs HFD L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Apr 16, 1995 vs OTT W 2-1 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Apr 14, 1995 @ QUE L 2-5 1 1 2 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 12, 1995 @ NYR L 1-3 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 9, 1995 vs BOS L 5-6 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Apr 6, 1995 @ BOS T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1995 vs HFD W 6-3 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1995 @ NYI W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1995 vs OTT W 7-0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1995 vs QUE W 5-3 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1995 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1995 vs FLA W 3-0 1 0 1 1 4 2 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1995 vs PIT L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1995 vs TBL L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1995 vs NYI W 6-3 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 00:00