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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 1989-90. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Rod Brind'Amour STL · 61 P in 79 GP Dale Hunter WSH · 62 P in 80 GP Christian Ruuttu BUF · 60 P in 75 GP Pelle Eklund PHI · 62 P in 70 GP Craig Janney BOS · 62 P in 55 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

1989-90 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 29 32 61 -2 180 129 0 0.76 22.5 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 1, 1990 @ WIN W 4-2 1 0 1 -1 14 2 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1990 @ CGY L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1990 @ VAN W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1990 vs NYI T 5-5 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1990 vs STL W 8-6 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1990 vs HFD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1990 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1990 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1990 @ QUE W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1990 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1990 @ WIN L 5-7 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1990 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1990 vs VAN W 6-3 1 1 2 1 11 3 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1990 vs PHI W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1990 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 22 0 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1990 @ CGY L 4-10 0 1 1 0 22 2 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1990 vs TOR L 5-6 1 0 1 0 16 4 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1990 vs BUF W 7-3 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1990 @ VAN W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1990 vs MNS W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1990 @ VAN T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1990 vs WSH L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1990 vs WIN W 7-4 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1990 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1990 @ NJD T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1990 @ WSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1990 @ PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1990 @ DET L 5-7 2 0 2 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1990 @ HFD T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1990 vs VAN W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1990 vs LAK W 7-6 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1990 vs NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1990 vs WIN W 6-3 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1990 vs DET L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1990 @ LAK T 3-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1990 @ CGY W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1990 vs CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1990 vs HFD T 4-4 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1990 @ CHI L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1990 @ STL W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1989 @ WIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1989 vs MTL W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1989 vs PHI W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1989 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1989 vs WIN W 3-2 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1989 @ MNS W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1989 @ CHI L 5-6 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1989 @ STL T 3-3 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1989 vs QUE W 5-1 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1989 vs CGY T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1989 vs LAK W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 4 3 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1989 vs TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1989 vs MNS W 6-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1989 @ LAK W 7-6 2 0 2 1 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1989 @ DET W 6-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1989 @ NYI W 7-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1989 @ PHI L 1-5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1989 vs VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1989 vs CHI W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1989 vs BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1989 vs LAK T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1989 @ BUF L 5-6 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1989 @ WSH W 5-3 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1989 @ BOS L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1989 @ CGY L 1-5 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1989 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1989 vs CGY W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1989 vs NJD T 6-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1989 @ MTL L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1989 @ QUE W 6-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1989 @ NYR T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1989 @ NYI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1989 @ WIN L 4-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1989 vs BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1989 vs WIN W 7-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1989 vs LAK L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1989 vs BOS T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1989 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 7, 1989 @ LAK W 6-5 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 00:00
Oct 5, 1989 @ VAN W 4-1 0 3 3 1 0 3 0 00:00