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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 1987-88. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Steve Larmer CHI · 89 P in 80 GP Bernie Federko STL · 89 P in 79 GP Glenn Anderson EDM · 88 P in 80 GP Walt Poddubny NYR · 88 P in 77 GP Joe Nieuwendyk CGY · 92 P in 75 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

1987-88 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 56 34 90 20 77 177 0 1.13 31.6 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 3, 1988 vs LAK T 5-5 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1988 vs STL W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1988 vs MNS W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1988 @ TOR W 6-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1988 @ NYI L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1988 @ NYR L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1988 @ DET W 6-4 2 1 3 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1988 @ MNS T 5-5 (OT) 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1988 vs WIN W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1988 vs BUF W 6-4 1 1 2 1 4 3 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1988 @ VAN T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1988 vs MTL L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1988 @ WIN W 6-0 2 1 3 3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1988 @ CGY L 4-7 2 1 3 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1988 vs PHI W 7-4 2 2 4 2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1988 vs LAK W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1988 vs CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1988 @ CHI L 4-6 2 0 2 -3 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1988 @ STL W 6-4 2 1 3 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1988 @ WIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1988 vs PIT W 7-3 2 1 3 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1988 vs TOR T 4-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1988 vs VAN W 7-6 2 0 2 2 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1988 vs BOS L 4-7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1988 @ VAN W 7-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1988 @ LAK L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1988 vs NJD W 8-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1988 vs HFD W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1988 vs CGY L 4-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1988 @ PIT W 6-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1988 @ NYI L 2-3 2 0 2 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1988 @ PHI L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1988 @ QUE T 4-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1988 @ MTL L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1988 vs WIN T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1988 vs CGY W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1988 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1988 vs NYI W 5-1 2 0 2 2 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1988 @ WIN T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1988 @ HFD W 5-1 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1988 @ BOS T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1988 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1987 vs PHI W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1987 vs VAN W 7-3 2 0 2 3 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1987 @ CGY W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1987 vs LAK W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1987 vs HFD L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1987 vs WIN T 5-5 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1987 @ LAK L 5-7 2 1 3 1 7 4 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1987 @ VAN W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1987 vs VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1987 vs WIN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1987 vs MNS W 10-4 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1987 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1987 @ DET L 4-7 3 0 3 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1987 @ WSH L 2-4 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1987 @ BUF W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1987 vs CHI W 4-3 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1987 vs NJD L 7-8 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1987 @ CGY T 4-4 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1987 @ EDM L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1987 @ VAN L 4-6 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1987 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1987 @ PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1987 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1987 @ BOS L 1-4 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1987 @ NYI W 4-2 1 0 1 2 7 2 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1987 vs PHI W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1987 @ QUE W 5-4 (OT) 2 1 3 1 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1987 vs TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1987 vs LAK T 4-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1987 vs BUF W 5-3 1 3 4 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1987 @ DET L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1987 vs NJD L 4-5 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1987 @ PHI L 2-3 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1987 @ MTL L 2-3 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1987 vs NYR T 6-6 (OT) 0 1 1 1 9 7 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1987 vs BUF W 8-3 2 1 3 3 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1987 @ NJD L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1987 @ NYR T 4-4 (OT) 1 1 2 1 4 4 0 00:00