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Brendan Shanahan

#18 · Left wing · New Jersey Devils · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Jan 23, 1969 in Mimico, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 220 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 2nd overall in 1987 by NJD (round 1)

Trophy case

×3 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2001-02, 1997-98, 1996-97
King Clancy Memorial Trophy Leadership and Humanitarian Contribution 2002-03

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1987-88. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jan Erixon NYR · 26 P in 70 GP Bobby Gould WSH · 26 P in 72 GP Bryan Erickson PIT · 26 P in 53 GP Doug Wickenheiser VAN · 26 P in 80 GP Steve Thomas CHI · 26 P in 30 GP

Career

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

0501001987-88: 26 points2687-881988-89: 50 points501989-90: 72 points7289-901990-91: 66 points661991-92: 69 points6991-921992-93: 94 points941993-94: 102 points10293-941994-95: 41 points411995-96: 78 points7895-961996-97: 88 points881997-98: 57 points5797-981998-99: 58 points581999-00: 78 points7899-002000-01: 76 points762001-02: 75 points7501-022002-03: 68 points682003-04: 53 points5303-042005-06: 81 points812006-07: 62 points6206-072007-08: 46 points462008-09: 14 points1408-09

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1987-88 NJD 65 7 19 26 -20 131 72 0 0.40
1988-89 NJD 68 22 28 50 2 115 152 0 0.74
1989-90 NJD 73 30 42 72 15 137 196 0 0.99
1990-91 NJD 75 29 37 66 4 141 195 0 0.88
1991-92 STL 80 33 36 69 -3 171 215 0 0.86
1992-93 STL 71 51 43 94 10 174 232 0 1.32
1993-94 STL 81 52 50 102 -9 211 397 0 1.26
1994-95 STL 45 20 21 41 7 136 153 0 0.91
1995-96 HFD 74 44 34 78 2 125 280 0 1.05
1996-97 HFD 2 1 0 1 1 0 13 0 0.50
1996-97 DET 79 46 41 87 31 131 323 0 1.10
1997-98 DET 75 28 29 57 6 154 266 56 0.76
1998-99 DET 81 31 27 58 2 123 288 119 0.72
1999-00 DET 78 41 37 78 24 105 283 104 1.00
2000-01 DET 81 31 45 76 9 81 278 105 0.94
2001-02 DET 80 37 38 75 23 118 277 61 0.94
2002-03 DET 78 30 38 68 5 103 260 23 0.87
2003-04 DET 82 25 28 53 15 117 280 40 0.65
2005-06 DET 82 40 41 81 29 105 289 74 0.99
2006-07 NYR 67 29 33 62 2 47 295 66 0.93
2007-08 NYR 73 23 23 46 -2 35 265 47 0.63
2008-09 NJD 34 6 8 14 -2 29 77 18 0.41
21 seasons Career 1524 656 698 1354 151 2489 5086 713 0.89

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 NJD 12 2 1 3 0 44 11 0 0.25
1989-90 NJD 6 3 3 6 0 20 16 0 1.00
1990-91 NJD 7 3 5 8 3 12 20 0 1.14
1991-92 STL 6 2 3 5 0 14 17 0 0.83
1992-93 STL 11 4 3 7 0 18 36 0 0.64
1993-94 STL 4 2 5 7 6 4 20 0 1.75
1994-95 STL 5 4 5 9 2 14 23 0 1.80
1996-97 DET 20 9 8 17 8 43 82 0 0.85
1997-98 DET 20 5 4 9 5 22 60 25 0.45
1998-99 DET 10 3 7 10 2 6 31 11 1.00
1999-00 DET 9 3 2 5 0 10 41 16 0.56
2000-01 DET 2 2 2 4 3 0 12 5 2.00
2001-02 DET 23 8 11 19 5 20 78 68 0.83
2002-03 DET 4 1 1 2 -1 4 17 7 0.50
2003-04 DET 6 0 3 3 3 6 13 7 0.50
2005-06 DET 6 1 1 2 0 6 21 11 0.33
2006-07 NYR 10 5 2 7 -5 12 41 11 0.70
2007-08 NYR 10 1 4 5 0 8 30 5 0.50
2008-09 NJD 7 1 2 3 -1 2 25 6 0.43
19 seasons Playoffs 178 59 72 131 30 265 594 172 0.74

1987-88 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
65 7 19 26 -20 131 72 0 0.40 9.7 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 25, 1988 @ BUF T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1988 vs QUE L 3-4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1988 @ PHI W 6-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1988 vs PHI W 4-2 0 1 1 1 7 1 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1988 @ BOS W 7-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1988 @ WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1988 vs MNS W 8-6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1988 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1988 vs WIN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1988 vs BOS L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1988 vs NYR W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1988 vs WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1988 @ TOR W 7-2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1988 @ DET L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1988 vs MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1988 @ BOS L 3-6 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1988 @ VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1988 @ EDM L 5-8 2 1 3 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1988 @ CGY W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1988 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1988 @ BUF L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1988 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1988 @ WSH L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1988 vs TOR W 7-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1988 vs QUE L 3-5 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1988 @ PHI W 7-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1988 @ MNS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1988 vs LAK L 3-6 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1988 @ HFD T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1987 vs WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1987 vs NYI W 6-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1987 vs NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1987 @ PIT W 6-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1987 @ MNS W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1987 vs PIT L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1987 @ NYR L 3-9 0 0 0 -5 8 1 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1987 @ NYI L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1987 vs CGY L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 5 0 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1987 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1987 @ PHI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1987 @ QUE L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1987 vs STL W 4-2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1987 @ LAK T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1987 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1987 @ EDM W 8-7 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1987 @ CGY L 2-9 0 0 0 -3 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1987 @ MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1987 vs PHI W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1987 vs DET L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1987 vs WIN T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1987 @ NYR W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1987 @ PHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1987 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1987 vs STL W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1987 @ NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1987 vs EDM W 6-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1987 vs PHI W 4-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1987 @ NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1987 vs NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1987 @ PIT W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1987 @ HFD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1987 vs MTL W 4-3 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1987 vs HFD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1987 @ TOR L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1987 vs PIT W 6-3 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 00:00