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)
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The forwards closest to him in points in 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.
Ron Francis
PIT ·
90 P in 81 GP
Keith Tkachuk
PHX ·
86 P in 81 GP
Ziggy Palffy
NYI ·
90 P in 80 GP
Peter Forsberg
COL ·
86 P in 65 GP
Steve Yzerman
DET ·
85 P in 81 GP
Career
Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.
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 |
1996-97 season totals
| GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | Hits | P/GP | Shooting % | Avg TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | 47 | 41 | 88 | 32 | 131 | 336 | 0 | 1.09 | 14.0 | 0:00 |
Game log
| Date | Opponent | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 1997 | vs STL | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Apr 11, 1997 | vs OTT | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Apr 9, 1997 | @ EDM | T 3-3 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Apr 8, 1997 | @ CGY | W 3-2 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Apr 5, 1997 | @ TOR | W 4-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Apr 3, 1997 | vs TOR | T 2-2 (OT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Apr 1, 1997 | vs STL | T 1-1 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Mar 30, 1997 | vs ANA | L 0-1 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Mar 28, 1997 | vs BUF | W 2-1 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Mar 26, 1997 | vs COL | W 6-5 (OT) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Mar 23, 1997 | @ CHI | L 3-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Mar 21, 1997 | @ NYR | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Mar 19, 1997 | vs BOS | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Mar 16, 1997 | @ COL | L 2-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Mar 15, 1997 | @ SJS | W 7-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Mar 12, 1997 | @ ANA | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Mar 10, 1997 | @ LAK | T 3-3 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Mar 8, 1997 | @ VAN | W 5-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Mar 5, 1997 | @ TOR | T 4-4 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Mar 2, 1997 | vs ANA | T 1-1 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Mar 1, 1997 | vs NYR | W 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 27, 1997 | vs PIT | W 4-1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 24, 1997 | @ PHX | W 5-3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 22, 1997 | @ STL | T 2-2 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 19, 1997 | vs CGY | W 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 17, 1997 | @ TBL | T 3-3 (OT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 16, 1997 | @ FLA | W 4-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 14, 1997 | @ DAL | L 3-4 (OT) | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 12, 1997 | vs SJS | W 7-1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 8, 1997 | @ PIT | W 6-5 (OT) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 6, 1997 | vs VAN | L 4-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 4, 1997 | vs STL | T 1-1 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 2, 1997 | vs DAL | W 4-3 (OT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Feb 1, 1997 | @ STL | W 4-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 29, 1997 | vs PHX | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 25, 1997 | @ PHI | W 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 22, 1997 | vs PHI | T 2-2 (OT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 20, 1997 | @ MTL | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 14, 1997 | vs LAK | T 3-3 (OT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 11, 1997 | vs CHI | L 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 9, 1997 | @ PHX | W 5-4 (OT) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 8, 1997 | @ DAL | L 3-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 5, 1997 | @ CHI | T 5-5 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Jan 3, 1997 | vs DAL | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 30, 1996 | vs PHX | L 3-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 28, 1996 | @ NYI | W 7-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 26, 1996 | vs WSH | W 5-4 (OT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 22, 1996 | @ EDM | W 6-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 20, 1996 | @ VAN | L 2-3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 18, 1996 | @ CGY | T 3-3 (OT) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 17, 1996 | @ COL | L 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 15, 1996 | vs TOR | W 3-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 12, 1996 | vs CHI | W 6-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 10, 1996 | vs EDM | T 0-0 (OT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 4, 1996 | @ WSH | W 2-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 3, 1996 | vs VAN | T 2-2 (OT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Dec 1, 1996 | vs FLA | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 27, 1996 | vs TOR | W 5-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 24, 1996 | @ ANA | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 23, 1996 | @ LAK | W 6-0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 21, 1996 | @ SJS | W 6-1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 18, 1996 | @ PHX | T 2-2 (OT) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 15, 1996 | vs SJS | W 5-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 13, 1996 | vs COL | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 10, 1996 | vs TBL | W 4-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 8, 1996 | @ HFD | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 6, 1996 | vs NJD | L 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 4, 1996 | vs HFD | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Nov 2, 1996 | @ TOR | L 2-6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 30, 1996 | vs MTL | W 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 26, 1996 | @ BOS | W 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 25, 1996 | vs CHI | T 2-2 (OT) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 23, 1996 | vs DAL | W 4-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 21, 1996 | vs LAK | W 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 19, 1996 | vs NYI | W 4-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 17, 1996 | @ CHI | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 15, 1996 | @ DAL | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 12, 1996 | @ BUF | W 6-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 9, 1996 | vs EDM | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 8, 1996 | vs PIT | W 7-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 00:00 |
| Oct 5, 1996 | vs PHX | W 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 00:00 |