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Mark Messier

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

Born Jan 18, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN · 6'2", 211 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 48th overall in 1979 by EDM (round 3)

Trophy case

×6 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1993-94, 1989-90, 1987-88, 1986-87, 1984-85, 1983-84
×2 Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 1991-92, 1989-90
×2 Ted Lindsay Award Most Outstanding Player as Voted by the NHLPA 1991-92, 1989-90
Lester Patrick Trophy Outstanding Service to Hockey in the United States 2008-09
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 1983-84

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.

Glen Murray LAK · 60 P in 81 GP Vincent Damphousse MTL · 59 P in 76 GP Mike Modano DAL · 59 P in 52 GP Chris Gratton PHI · 62 P in 82 GP Geoff Courtnall STL · 62 P in 79 GP

Career

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

0501001979-80: 33 points3379-801980-81: 63 points631981-82: 88 points8881-821982-83: 106 points1061983-84: 101 points10183-841984-85: 54 points541985-86: 84 points8485-861986-87: 107 points1071987-88: 111 points11187-881988-89: 94 points941989-90: 129 points12989-901990-91: 64 points641991-92: 107 points10791-921992-93: 91 points911993-94: 84 points8493-941994-95: 53 points531995-96: 99 points9995-961996-97: 84 points841997-98: 60 points6097-981998-99: 48 points481999-00: 54 points5499-002000-01: 67 points672001-02: 23 points2301-022002-03: 40 points402003-04: 43 points4303-04

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1979-80 EDM 75 12 21 33 -9 120 113 0 0.44
1980-81 EDM 73 23 40 63 -12 102 179 0 0.86
1981-82 EDM 78 50 38 88 20 119 235 0 1.13
1982-83 EDM 77 48 58 106 18 72 237 0 1.38
1983-84 EDM 73 37 64 101 40 165 220 0 1.38
1984-85 EDM 55 23 31 54 10 57 138 0 0.98
1985-86 EDM 63 35 49 84 35 70 198 0 1.33
1986-87 EDM 77 37 70 107 22 73 210 0 1.39
1987-88 EDM 77 37 74 111 21 103 182 0 1.44
1988-89 EDM 72 33 61 94 -5 130 164 0 1.31
1989-90 EDM 79 45 84 129 19 79 211 0 1.63
1990-91 EDM 53 12 52 64 15 34 109 0 1.21
1991-92 NYR 79 35 72 107 31 76 212 0 1.35
1992-93 NYR 75 25 66 91 -6 72 215 0 1.21
1993-94 NYR 76 26 58 84 25 76 216 0 1.11
1994-95 NYR 46 14 39 53 8 40 126 0 1.15
1995-96 NYR 74 47 52 99 29 122 241 0 1.34
1996-97 NYR 71 36 48 84 12 88 227 0 1.18
1997-98 VAN 82 22 38 60 -10 58 139 48 0.73
1998-99 VAN 59 13 35 48 -12 33 97 29 0.81
1999-00 VAN 66 17 37 54 -15 30 131 50 0.82
2000-01 NYR 82 24 43 67 -25 89 131 78 0.82
2001-02 NYR 41 7 16 23 -1 32 69 35 0.56
2002-03 NYR 78 18 22 40 -2 30 117 12 0.51
2003-04 NYR 76 18 25 43 3 42 104 20 0.57
25 seasons Career 1757 694 1193 1887 211 1912 4221 272 1.07

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1979-80 EDM 3 1 2 3 2 2 11 0 1.00
1980-81 EDM 9 2 5 7 1 13 24 0 0.78
1981-82 EDM 5 1 2 3 -4 8 17 0 0.60
1982-83 EDM 15 15 6 21 11 14 50 0 1.40
1983-84 EDM 19 8 18 26 9 19 63 0 1.37
1984-85 EDM 18 12 13 25 14 12 56 0 1.39
1985-86 EDM 10 4 6 10 0 18 23 0 1.00
1986-87 EDM 21 12 16 28 13 16 62 0 1.33
1987-88 EDM 18 11 22 33 8 27 40 0 1.83
1988-89 EDM 7 1 11 12 -1 8 23 0 1.71
1989-90 EDM 22 9 22 31 5 20 47 0 1.41
1990-91 EDM 18 4 11 15 2 16 41 0 0.83
1991-92 NYR 11 7 7 14 -4 6 27 0 1.27
1993-94 NYR 23 12 18 30 14 33 75 0 1.30
1994-95 NYR 10 3 10 13 -11 8 26 0 1.30
1995-96 NYR 11 4 7 11 -10 16 41 0 1.00
1996-97 NYR 15 3 9 12 2 6 43 0 0.80
17 seasons Playoffs 235 109 185 294 51 242 669 0 1.25

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 22 38 60 -10 58 139 48 0.73 15.8 21:26

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 19, 1998 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 20:18
Apr 17, 1998 vs CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 17:55
Apr 15, 1998 vs LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:15
Apr 11, 1998 @ SJS T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23:18
Apr 9, 1998 @ CGY W 6-3 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 21:04
Apr 6, 1998 @ EDM L 2-3 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 28:24
Apr 4, 1998 vs DAL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:40
Apr 1, 1998 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:44
Mar 28, 1998 vs WSH L 2-3 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 24:36
Mar 26, 1998 vs BUF L 2-5 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 18:11
Mar 24, 1998 vs NYI W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 21:26
Mar 21, 1998 @ TOR T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 23:04
Mar 20, 1998 @ OTT T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 25:01
Mar 18, 1998 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 2 2 0 16:32
Mar 17, 1998 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:04
Mar 14, 1998 @ NYI W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 23:37
Mar 12, 1998 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 19:27
Mar 11, 1998 @ MTL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:25
Mar 9, 1998 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:44
Mar 7, 1998 vs TBL W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 20:38
Mar 5, 1998 vs CGY L 2-6 0 1 1 1 4 6 0 18:13
Mar 2, 1998 @ LAK T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 27:23
Feb 28, 1998 vs OTT W 6-4 2 0 2 2 2 2 3 22:14
Feb 27, 1998 @ CGY T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 26:14
Feb 25, 1998 vs ANA W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 19:46
Feb 7, 1998 vs SJS W 6-3 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 18:11
Feb 6, 1998 vs EDM W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 23:37
Feb 2, 1998 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 21:57
Jan 31, 1998 @ EDM W 6-3 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 23:05
Jan 30, 1998 vs NJD W 3-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 18:21
Jan 28, 1998 @ COL L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 19:17
Jan 26, 1998 @ PHX L 2-4 0 1 1 -3 0 1 1 24:46
Jan 24, 1998 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23:52
Jan 21, 1998 vs PHX L 1-6 0 1 1 -3 2 2 3 24:33
Jan 15, 1998 @ BUF L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 28:08
Jan 14, 1998 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 19:39
Jan 12, 1998 @ CHI L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 23:43
Jan 10, 1998 vs FLA T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17:52
Jan 8, 1998 @ COL T 4-4 (OT) 2 0 2 -1 0 4 0 15:18
Jan 7, 1998 vs STL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:23
Jan 5, 1998 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 23:35
Jan 3, 1998 vs MTL L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 23:37
Dec 31, 1997 vs PHI L 0-8 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 20:16
Dec 29, 1997 @ LAK L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 22:19
Dec 27, 1997 @ DAL T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 25:06
Dec 23, 1997 vs DAL L 1-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 23:33
Dec 20, 1997 vs CHI L 0-5 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 22:40
Dec 18, 1997 @ SJS T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 27:12
Dec 17, 1997 @ PHX W 5-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 20:21
Dec 15, 1997 vs LAK W 7-0 0 3 3 3 2 1 1 20:04
Dec 13, 1997 vs COL L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 4 2 23:41
Dec 9, 1997 @ DET L 5-7 1 1 2 -2 2 2 0 24:06
Dec 8, 1997 @ STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 20:07
Dec 6, 1997 @ COL L 4-6 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 23:52
Dec 4, 1997 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 24:29
Dec 1, 1997 vs DET T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 23:23
Nov 29, 1997 @ TOR W 4-2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 25:25
Nov 28, 1997 @ BOS W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 21:47
Nov 25, 1997 @ NYR W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 28:47
Nov 22, 1997 vs CHI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 29:13
Nov 20, 1997 vs PHX W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 23:00
Nov 16, 1997 vs CAR W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1997 @ ANA T 3-3 (OT) 0 2 2 -1 0 2 2 24:24
Nov 12, 1997 @ SJS W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 25:28
Nov 11, 1997 @ LAK L 2-8 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 25:54
Nov 8, 1997 vs ANA L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 24:09
Nov 4, 1997 @ WSH L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:45
Nov 3, 1997 @ CAR L 3-5 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 16:42
Nov 1, 1997 @ PIT L 6-7 (OT) 2 1 3 1 2 5 1 22:51
Oct 30, 1997 @ NJD L 1-8 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 23:11
Oct 29, 1997 @ CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 24:59
Oct 26, 1997 vs DET L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 24:16
Oct 25, 1997 vs PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23:20
Oct 23, 1997 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 14:42
Oct 21, 1997 @ DAL W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 17:51
Oct 19, 1997 vs COL T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 26:24
Oct 17, 1997 vs BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 22:30
Oct 13, 1997 vs EDM W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22:10
Oct 11, 1997 vs NYR L 3-6 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 16:45
Oct 9, 1997 vs TOR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 23:05
Oct 4, 1997 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 3, 1997 vs ANA W 3-2 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 00:00