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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)

Trophy case

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

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1988-89. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ray Ferraro HFD · 76 P in 80 GP Ron Francis HFD · 77 P in 69 GP Gary Leeman TOR · 75 P in 61 GP Walt Poddubny QUE · 75 P in 72 GP Cam Neely BOS · 75 P in 74 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

1988-89 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
66 35 41 76 -3 80 121 0 1.15 28.9 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 2, 1989 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1989 @ VAN W 5-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1989 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1989 vs WIN W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1989 vs LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1989 vs NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1989 @ VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1989 vs DET L 6-8 2 0 2 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1989 vs LAK L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1989 vs CGY T 5-5 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1989 @ HFD L 3-7 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1989 @ PHI T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1989 @ PIT W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1989 @ WIN W 7-4 1 0 1 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1989 vs MTL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1989 vs STL W 5-3 3 1 4 2 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1989 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1989 vs HFD W 7-4 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1989 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1989 vs WSH L 2-8 0 1 1 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1989 @ NYI L 3-5 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1989 @ NYR W 3-1 1 0 1 1 10 2 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1989 @ BOS L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1989 @ PHI W 3-1 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1989 vs NJD L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1989 vs DET W 8-5 0 1 1 1 15 2 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1989 vs VAN W 4-3 0 2 2 -1 4 1 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1989 @ VAN L 2-6 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1989 @ LAK W 7-6 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1989 vs CHI L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 11 0 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1989 vs NYR L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1989 vs PIT L 4-7 1 2 3 0 2 4 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1989 vs PHI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1989 @ WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1989 @ LAK L 4-5 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1989 vs CGY W 6-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1988 @ HFD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1988 @ BOS L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1988 vs NYR W 10-6 1 3 4 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1988 vs CGY L 4-7 1 2 3 1 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1988 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1988 @ QUE W 7-4 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1988 @ MTL L 5-7 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1988 @ STL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1988 @ MNS T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1988 @ WIN L 4-7 2 1 3 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1988 vs TOR W 9-1 1 3 4 3 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1988 vs WIN L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1988 @ BUF W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1988 @ TOR W 6-2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1988 @ NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1988 @ PIT W 7-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1988 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1988 vs BUF W 7-3 1 1 2 0 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1988 vs STL W 5-4 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1988 vs CHI L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1988 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1988 @ LAK W 5-4 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1988 @ VAN L 5-6 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1988 vs LAK W 8-6 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1988 vs MNS T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1988 @ WIN T 3-3 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1988 @ CGY L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1988 vs VAN L 2-6 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1988 vs WIN W 5-4 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 7, 1988 vs NYI W 5-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00