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Derek Sanderson

#16 · Centre · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Jun 16, 1946 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 185 lb · Shoots left

Trophy case

×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1971-72, 1969-70
Calder Memorial Trophy Rookie of the Year 1967-68

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1976-77. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Errol Thompson TOR · 37 P in 45 GP Greg Malone PIT · 37 P in 69 GP Alex Pirus MNS · 37 P in 79 GP Blair Chapman PIT · 37 P in 80 GP Bob Berry LAK · 38 P in 69 GP

Career

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

02040601965-66: 0 points065-661966-67: 0 points066-671967-68: 49 points4967-681968-69: 48 points4868-691969-70: 41 points4169-701970-71: 63 points6370-711971-72: 58 points5871-721972-73: 15 points1572-731973-74: 20 points2073-741974-75: 50 points5074-751975-76: 67 points6775-761976-77: 37 points3776-771977-78: 4 points477-78

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1965-66 BOS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1966-67 BOS 2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0.00
1967-68 BOS 71 24 25 49 11 98 187 0 0.69
1968-69 BOS 62 26 22 48 26 146 194 0 0.77
1969-70 BOS 50 18 23 41 8 118 179 0 0.82
1970-71 BOS 76 29 34 63 39 130 217 0 0.83
1971-72 BOS 78 25 33 58 25 108 198 0 0.74
1972-73 BOS 25 5 10 15 11 38 41 0 0.60
1973-74 BOS 29 8 12 20 16 48 64 0 0.69
1974-75 NYR 75 25 25 50 10 106 187 0 0.67
1975-76 NYR 8 0 0 0 -8 4 29 0 0.00
1975-76 STL 65 24 43 67 13 59 171 0 1.03
1976-77 STL 32 8 13 21 -8 26 53 0 0.66
1976-77 VAN 16 7 9 16 5 30 21 0 1.00
1977-78 PIT 13 3 1 4 -6 0 11 0 0.31
13 seasons Career 606 202 250 452 141 911 1554 0 0.75

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1967-68 BOS 4 0 2 2 0 9 2 0 0.50
1968-69 BOS 9 8 2 10 8 36 35 0 1.11
1969-70 BOS 14 5 4 9 10 72 41 0 0.64
1970-71 BOS 7 2 1 3 -5 13 20 0 0.43
1971-72 BOS 11 1 1 2 -3 44 16 0 0.18
1972-73 BOS 5 1 2 3 -2 13 17 0 0.60
1974-75 NYR 3 0 0 0 -3 0 5 0 0.00
1975-76 STL 3 1 0 1 -2 0 6 0 0.33
8 seasons Playoffs 56 18 12 30 3 187 142 0 0.54

1976-77 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
48 15 22 37 -3 56 74 0 0.77 20.3 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 3, 1977 vs MNS W 6-3 1 1 2 1 2 3 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1977 vs CLR L 3-6 0 0 0 0 24 1 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1977 vs LAK T 3-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1977 @ PHI L 3-9 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1977 @ CLE T 4-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1977 vs PHI T 4-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1977 @ CLR W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1977 @ STL T 4-4 2 0 2 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1977 vs DET W 7-1 1 2 3 5 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1977 @ CLR W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1977 vs CLR T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1977 vs CHI W 5-0 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1977 vs WSH W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1977 @ LAK T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1977 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1977 vs AFM W 5-1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1977 vs LAK W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1977 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1977 vs MNS W 3-1 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1976 vs NYI T 4-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1976 @ CHI W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1976 vs PHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1976 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1976 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 16 2 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1976 @ PIT L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1976 vs MNS T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1976 @ NYR T 4-4 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1976 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1976 vs AFM L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1976 @ CLE T 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1976 vs CLR L 3-5 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1976 vs BUF W 3-2 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1976 @ AFM L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1976 @ MNS W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 4 1 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1976 vs NYR W 3-1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1976 @ DET T 5-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1976 @ MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1976 vs AFM L 3-5 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1976 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1976 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1976 vs DET W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1976 @ CLE L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1976 vs BOS W 6-5 0 2 2 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1976 @ LAK L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1976 @ VAN W 6-3 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1976 @ CLR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1976 vs NYR W 2-1 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 7, 1976 vs CHI L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00