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Craig Simpson

#17 · Left wing · Buffalo Sabres

Born Feb 15, 1967 in London, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 195 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 2nd overall in 1985 by PIT (round 1)

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×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1989-90, 1987-88

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1985-86. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Don Maloney NYR · 28 P in 68 GP Greg Gilbert NYI · 28 P in 60 GP Doug Jarvis HFD · 27 P in 82 GP Mike Blaisdell PIT · 29 P in 67 GP Colin Patterson CGY · 27 P in 61 GP

Career

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

0204060801985-86: 28 points2885-861986-87: 51 points5186-871987-88: 90 points9087-881988-89: 76 points7688-891989-90: 61 points6189-901990-91: 57 points5790-911991-92: 61 points6191-921992-93: 46 points4692-931993-94: 16 points1693-941994-95: 11 points1194-95

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1985-86 PIT 76 11 17 28 2 47 74 0 0.37
1986-87 PIT 72 26 25 51 8 57 133 0 0.71
1987-88 PIT 21 13 13 26 5 34 59 0 1.24
1987-88 EDM 59 43 21 64 15 43 118 0 1.08
1988-89 EDM 66 35 41 76 -3 80 121 0 1.15
1989-90 EDM 80 29 32 61 -2 180 129 0 0.76
1990-91 EDM 75 30 27 57 -8 66 143 0 0.76
1991-92 EDM 79 24 37 61 8 80 128 0 0.77
1992-93 EDM 60 24 22 46 -14 36 91 0 0.77
1993-94 BUF 22 8 8 16 -3 8 28 0 0.73
1994-95 BUF 24 4 7 11 -5 26 20 0 0.46
10 seasons Career 634 247 250 497 3 657 1044 0 0.78

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 EDM 18 12 6 18 3 24 32 0 1.00
1988-89 EDM 7 2 0 2 -3 10 10 0 0.29
1989-90 EDM 22 16 15 31 11 8 42 0 1.41
1990-91 EDM 18 5 11 16 1 12 21 0 0.89
1991-92 EDM 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
5 seasons Playoffs 66 35 32 67 12 54 106 0 1.02

1985-86 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 11 17 28 2 47 74 0 0.37 14.9 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 6, 1986 @ NYR W 5-4 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 5, 1986 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1986 vs NYI L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1986 @ WSH L 3-5 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1986 @ MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1986 vs EDM L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1986 @ QUE W 7-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1986 @ PHI L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1986 @ NJD W 7-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1986 vs WSH L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1986 vs NYR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1986 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1986 @ WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1986 @ WIN L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1986 @ EDM L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1986 @ CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1986 vs HFD W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1986 @ NYR L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1986 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1986 vs LAK W 6-5 (OT) 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1986 vs STL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1986 @ DET W 7-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1986 vs WIN W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1986 @ NJD T 5-5 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1986 vs VAN W 9-4 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1986 vs WSH W 8-1 1 0 1 1 7 5 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1986 vs NJD W 4-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1986 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1986 @ NYI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1986 @ NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1986 vs PHI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1986 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1986 @ VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1986 @ EDM W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1986 vs MNS W 3-2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1986 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1986 vs NYI W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1986 vs BUF T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1986 @ NYI L 0-9 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1986 vs LAK W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1986 vs NJD W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1986 @ CHI L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1985 @ STL W 8-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1985 vs NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1985 vs BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1985 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1985 vs PHI L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1985 @ MNS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1985 vs CGY W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1985 @ NYR W 5-2 2 1 3 4 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1985 @ HFD L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1985 vs NYI T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1985 @ NYI L 4-7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1985 vs NJD L 1-5 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1985 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1985 vs DET W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1985 @ NYR W 6-0 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1985 vs NYR W 5-4 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1985 vs TOR W 7-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1985 vs WIN W 8-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1985 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1985 @ LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1985 @ VAN W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1985 vs CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1985 @ NJD L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1985 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1985 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1985 @ MTL T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1985 @ DET L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1985 vs HFD L 3-4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1985 vs QUE T 4-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1985 vs TOR W 6-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1985 @ TOR W 5-4 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1985 vs MNS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1985 vs PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1985 vs MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00