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Joe Murphy

#9 · Right wing · Washington Capitals

Born Oct 16, 1967 in London, Ontario, CAN · 6'1", 201 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 1st overall in 1986 by DET (round 1)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1989-90

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.

Benoit Hogue DAL · 22 P in 53 GP Robert Lang PIT · 22 P in 54 GP Eddie Olczyk PIT · 22 P in 56 GP Tomas Holmstrom DET · 22 P in 57 GP Valeri Zelepukin EDM · 22 P in 68 GP

Career

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

0204060801986-87: 1 points186-871987-88: 19 points191988-89: 8 points888-891989-90: 29 points291990-91: 62 points6290-911991-92: 82 points821992-93: 17 points1792-931993-94: 70 points701994-95: 41 points4194-951995-96: 51 points511996-97: 45 points4596-971997-98: 22 points221998-99: 48 points4898-991999-00: 27 points272000-01: 6 points600-01

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1986-87 DET 5 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 0.20
1987-88 DET 50 10 9 19 -4 37 82 0 0.38
1988-89 DET 26 1 7 8 -7 28 29 0 0.31
1989-90 DET 9 3 1 4 4 4 16 0 0.44
1989-90 EDM 62 7 18 25 1 56 101 0 0.40
1990-91 EDM 80 27 35 62 2 35 141 0 0.78
1991-92 EDM 80 35 47 82 17 52 193 0 1.03
1992-93 CHI 19 7 10 17 -3 18 43 0 0.89
1993-94 CHI 81 31 39 70 1 111 222 0 0.86
1994-95 CHI 40 23 18 41 7 89 120 0 1.03
1995-96 CHI 70 22 29 51 -3 86 212 0 0.73
1996-97 STL 75 20 25 45 -1 69 151 0 0.60
1997-98 STL 27 4 9 13 8 22 52 15 0.48
1997-98 SJS 10 5 4 9 1 14 29 1 0.90
1998-99 SJS 76 25 23 48 10 73 176 29 0.63
1999-00 BOS 26 7 7 14 -7 41 68 39 0.54
1999-00 WSH 29 5 8 13 8 53 50 29 0.45
2000-01 WSH 14 1 5 6 -5 20 22 21 0.43
15 seasons Career 779 233 295 528 29 810 1710 134 0.68

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1987-88 DET 8 0 1 1 -2 6 2 0 0.13
1989-90 EDM 22 6 8 14 1 16 29 0 0.64
1990-91 EDM 15 2 5 7 3 14 22 0 0.47
1991-92 EDM 16 8 16 24 2 12 32 0 1.50
1992-93 CHI 4 0 0 0 -2 8 8 0 0.00
1993-94 CHI 6 1 3 4 2 25 12 0 0.67
1994-95 CHI 16 9 3 12 -1 29 69 0 0.75
1995-96 CHI 10 6 2 8 1 33 38 0 0.80
1996-97 STL 6 1 1 2 -2 10 8 0 0.33
1997-98 SJS 6 1 1 2 -1 20 10 4 0.33
1998-99 SJS 6 0 3 3 0 4 21 6 0.50
1999-00 WSH 5 0 0 0 -2 8 8 9 0.00
12 seasons Playoffs 120 34 43 77 -1 185 259 19 0.64

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
37 9 13 22 9 36 81 16 0.59 11.1 13:47

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 18, 1998 vs CGY W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 12:27
Apr 16, 1998 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 12:57
Apr 15, 1998 @ CGY T 3-3 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 15:38
Apr 11, 1998 vs VAN T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 17:40
Apr 9, 1998 vs ANA W 5-2 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 15:06
Apr 7, 1998 vs CGY W 6-0 1 0 1 1 2 5 0 14:30
Apr 4, 1998 @ TOR W 5-3 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 12:59
Apr 2, 1998 @ OTT T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:25
Mar 28, 1998 @ DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 02:35
Mar 26, 1998 @ LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:03
Mar 22, 1998 @ CGY L 3-5 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 17:00
Mar 21, 1998 @ EDM L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:11
Mar 14, 1998 vs PHX L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:10
Mar 11, 1998 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 13:40
Mar 9, 1998 @ VAN W 4-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 17:37
Mar 7, 1998 vs DAL W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 15:48
Mar 3, 1998 vs CHI W 5-3 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 13:38
Mar 1, 1998 @ ANA W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:29
Feb 28, 1998 @ LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 11:51
Feb 26, 1998 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:17
Nov 6, 1997 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:57
Nov 3, 1997 vs PHI L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:10
Nov 1, 1997 vs SJS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 16:01
Oct 30, 1997 vs COL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:25
Oct 29, 1997 @ PHI W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 12:40
Oct 25, 1997 vs WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:36
Oct 23, 1997 vs VAN W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 11:07
Oct 22, 1997 @ CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 19:58
Oct 20, 1997 @ DET T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:31
Oct 18, 1997 vs NYR W 5-3 2 1 3 1 2 4 0 16:27
Oct 17, 1997 @ CHI W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 08:43
Oct 13, 1997 vs CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1997 vs FLA W 5-3 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 18:55
Oct 9, 1997 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:47
Oct 4, 1997 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:17
Oct 3, 1997 vs PHX W 7-2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 12:42
Oct 1, 1997 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:38