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Mario Lemieux

#66 · Centre · Pittsburgh Penguins · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Oct 5, 1965 in Montréal, Quebec, CAN · 6'4", 230 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 1st overall in 1984 by PIT (round 1)

Trophy case

×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1991-92, 1990-91
×6 Art Ross Trophy Top Point Scorer 1996-97, 1995-96, 1992-93, 1991-92, 1988-89, 1987-88
×4 Ted Lindsay Award Most Outstanding Player as Voted by the NHLPA 1995-96, 1992-93, 1987-88, 1985-86
×3 Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 1995-96, 1992-93, 1987-88
×2 Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 1991-92, 1990-91
Lester Patrick Trophy Outstanding Service to Hockey in the United States 1999-00
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy Perseverance, Sportsmanship and Dedication 1992-93
Calder Memorial Trophy Rookie of the Year 1984-85

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Teemu Selanne ANA · 109 P in 78 GP Paul Kariya ANA · 99 P in 69 GP John LeClair PHI · 97 P in 82 GP Wayne Gretzky NYR · 97 P in 82 GP Jaromir Jagr PIT · 95 P in 63 GP

Career

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

0501001501984-85: 100 points10084-851985-86: 141 points1411986-87: 107 points10786-871987-88: 168 points1681988-89: 199 points19988-891989-90: 123 points1231990-91: 45 points4590-911991-92: 131 points1311992-93: 160 points16092-931993-94: 37 points371995-96: 161 points16195-961996-97: 122 points1222000-01: 76 points7600-012001-02: 31 points312002-03: 91 points9102-032003-04: 9 points92005-06: 22 points2205-06

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1984-85 PIT 73 43 57 100 -33 54 209 0 1.37
1985-86 PIT 79 48 93 141 -8 43 276 0 1.78
1986-87 PIT 63 54 53 107 12 57 267 0 1.70
1987-88 PIT 77 70 98 168 23 92 382 0 2.18
1988-89 PIT 76 85 114 199 41 100 313 0 2.62
1989-90 PIT 59 45 78 123 -18 78 226 0 2.08
1990-91 PIT 26 19 26 45 8 30 89 0 1.73
1991-92 PIT 65 44 87 131 27 94 249 0 2.02
1992-93 PIT 60 69 91 160 55 38 286 0 2.67
1993-94 PIT 22 17 20 37 -2 32 92 0 1.68
1995-96 PIT 70 69 92 161 10 54 338 0 2.30
1996-97 PIT 76 50 72 122 27 65 327 0 1.61
2000-01 PIT 43 35 41 76 15 18 171 29 1.77
2001-02 PIT 24 6 25 31 0 14 75 5 1.29
2002-03 PIT 67 28 63 91 -25 43 235 7 1.36
2003-04 PIT 10 1 8 9 -2 6 21 3 0.90
2005-06 PIT 26 7 15 22 -16 16 77 8 0.85
17 seasons Career 916 690 1033 1723 114 834 3633 52 1.88

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1988-89 PIT 11 12 7 19 -1 16 41 0 1.73
1990-91 PIT 23 16 28 44 14 16 93 0 1.91
1991-92 PIT 15 16 18 34 6 2 69 0 2.27
1992-93 PIT 11 8 10 18 2 10 40 0 1.64
1993-94 PIT 6 4 3 7 -4 2 23 0 1.17
1995-96 PIT 18 11 16 27 3 33 78 0 1.50
1996-97 PIT 5 3 3 6 -4 4 19 0 1.20
2000-01 PIT 18 6 11 17 4 4 39 10 0.94
8 seasons Playoffs 107 76 96 172 20 87 402 10 1.61

1996-97 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 50 72 122 27 65 327 0 1.61 15.3 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 13, 1997 @ BOS L 3-7 0 2 2 0 0 8 0 00:00
Apr 11, 1997 @ FLA L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 10, 1997 @ TBL L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 8, 1997 vs BOS W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 11 0 00:00
Apr 5, 1997 vs OTT W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1997 vs HFD T 5-5 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1997 vs FLA W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1997 vs LAK W 4-1 0 2 2 3 6 3 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1997 @ MTL L 5-8 2 3 5 2 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1997 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1997 vs NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1997 vs TOR W 6-3 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1997 @ COL L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1997 @ PHX T 5-5 (OT) 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1997 vs MTL T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1997 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 5 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1997 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1997 @ NJD L 3-6 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1997 @ DET L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1997 @ NYI L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1997 vs CHI L 2-5 2 0 2 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1997 vs FLA W 4-2 2 1 3 3 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1997 vs PHI L 2-6 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1997 @ PHI L 1-5 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1997 vs NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 7 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1997 vs DET L 5-6 (OT) 2 0 2 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1997 vs VAN W 6-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1997 vs PHX W 4-1 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1997 @ BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1997 @ MTL W 5-2 4 0 4 4 0 11 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1997 vs NYR L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1997 vs CGY W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1997 @ HFD W 3-0 0 3 3 2 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1997 vs DAL W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1997 @ OTT T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1997 vs NYI W 5-2 0 4 4 3 15 1 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1997 @ NYI W 5-3 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1997 vs TBL W 7-3 2 3 5 3 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1997 @ NJD W 6-1 0 4 4 2 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1996 vs WSH W 5-3 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1996 vs BUF W 2-0 1 1 2 1 2 10 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1996 vs MTL T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 11 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1996 @ TOR W 6-5 2 1 3 0 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1996 vs SJS W 3-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1996 @ STL W 4-0 3 1 4 3 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1996 vs BOS L 4-6 2 0 2 -2 0 9 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1996 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1996 @ SJS W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1996 @ ANA W 7-3 2 1 3 2 6 5 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1996 @ LAK W 5-3 1 1 2 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1996 vs ANA W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1996 @ WSH W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1996 @ OTT W 4-2 0 2 2 2 4 1 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1996 vs HFD T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1996 vs BOS W 6-2 1 3 4 5 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1996 vs MTL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1996 @ HFD W 7-1 0 1 1 3 0 9 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1996 @ PHI L 3-7 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1996 vs STL W 4-2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1996 vs NYR L 3-8 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1996 @ BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1996 vs BUF W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1996 @ TBL T 5-5 (OT) 1 1 2 -2 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1996 vs EDM W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1996 vs OTT W 7-3 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1996 @ WSH L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1996 @ VAN L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1996 @ CGY L 5-7 0 3 3 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1996 @ EDM L 2-5 1 0 1 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1996 vs WSH W 2-1 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1996 @ BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 6 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1996 @ NYR L 1-8 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1996 vs OTT W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1996 @ OTT L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1996 @ HFD L 3-7 1 1 2 -1 0 8 0 00:00
Oct 5, 1996 vs TBL L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 00:00