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Esa Tikkanen

#10 · Left wing · New York Rangers

Born Jan 25, 1965 in Helsinki, FIN · 6'1", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 80th overall in 1983 by EDM (round 4)

Trophy case

×5 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1993-94, 1989-90, 1987-88, 1986-87, 1984-85

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

David Nemirovsky FLA · 21 P in 41 GP Sean Pronger PIT · 21 P in 67 GP Bob Corkum PHX · 21 P in 76 GP Ian Laperriere LAK · 21 P in 77 GP Benoit Hogue DAL · 22 P in 53 GP

Career

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

02040601985-86: 13 points1385-861986-87: 78 points7886-871987-88: 74 points7487-881988-89: 78 points7888-891989-90: 63 points6389-901990-91: 69 points6990-911991-92: 28 points2891-921992-93: 40 points4092-931993-94: 54 points5493-941994-95: 35 points3594-951995-96: 44 points4495-961996-97: 30 points3096-971997-98: 21 points2197-981998-99: 3 points398-99

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1985-86 EDM 35 7 6 13 6 28 47 0 0.37
1986-87 EDM 76 34 44 78 44 120 126 0 1.03
1987-88 EDM 80 23 51 74 21 153 142 0 0.93
1988-89 EDM 67 31 47 78 10 92 151 0 1.16
1989-90 EDM 79 30 33 63 17 161 199 0 0.80
1990-91 EDM 79 27 42 69 22 85 235 0 0.87
1991-92 EDM 40 12 16 28 -8 44 117 0 0.70
1992-93 EDM 66 14 19 33 -11 76 162 0 0.50
1992-93 NYR 15 2 5 7 -13 18 40 0 0.47
1993-94 NYR 83 22 32 54 5 114 257 0 0.65
1994-95 STL 43 12 23 35 13 22 107 0 0.81
1995-96 STL 11 1 4 5 1 18 19 0 0.45
1995-96 NJD 9 0 2 2 -6 4 15 0 0.22
1995-96 VAN 38 13 24 37 6 14 61 0 0.97
1996-97 VAN 62 12 15 27 -9 66 103 0 0.44
1996-97 NYR 14 1 2 3 0 6 30 0 0.21
1997-98 FLA 28 1 8 9 -7 16 34 10 0.32
1997-98 WSH 20 2 10 12 -4 2 33 7 0.60
1998-99 NYR 32 0 3 3 -5 38 25 30 0.09
14 seasons Career 877 244 386 630 82 1077 1903 47 0.72

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1984-85 EDM 3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 0.00
1985-86 EDM 8 3 2 5 1 7 19 0 0.63
1986-87 EDM 21 7 2 9 1 22 39 0 0.43
1987-88 EDM 18 9 17 26 3 70 40 0 1.44
1988-89 EDM 7 1 3 4 -1 12 17 0 0.57
1989-90 EDM 22 13 11 24 12 26 54 0 1.09
1990-91 EDM 18 12 8 20 3 24 76 0 1.11
1991-92 EDM 16 5 3 8 -1 8 37 0 0.50
1993-94 NYR 23 4 4 8 1 34 56 0 0.35
1994-95 STL 7 2 2 4 -1 20 19 0 0.57
1995-96 VAN 6 3 2 5 -3 2 13 0 0.83
1996-97 NYR 15 9 3 12 2 26 45 0 0.80
1997-98 WSH 21 3 3 6 -2 20 23 6 0.29
13 seasons Playoffs 185 71 60 131 14 273 441 6 0.71

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
48 3 18 21 -11 18 67 17 0.44 4.5 17:31

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 19, 1998 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:33
Apr 18, 1998 @ CAR W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 17:10
Apr 14, 1998 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:11
Apr 13, 1998 @ NYI W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 17:59
Apr 11, 1998 @ PHI L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 21:17
Apr 8, 1998 @ DAL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 22:17
Apr 6, 1998 vs MTL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 21:53
Apr 4, 1998 vs LAK W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 20:44
Apr 2, 1998 vs TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:13
Mar 31, 1998 vs NYI W 5-2 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 19:56
Mar 28, 1998 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:16
Mar 26, 1998 @ CGY L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 23:45
Mar 25, 1998 @ EDM L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 25:25
Mar 21, 1998 @ NJD L 2-3 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 20:16
Mar 20, 1998 vs NJD W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:50
Mar 18, 1998 vs CAR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:22
Mar 16, 1998 vs PHX W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 20:13
Mar 14, 1998 @ OTT L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:37
Mar 12, 1998 @ NYI W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20:48
Mar 9, 1998 vs CGY W 5-2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 20:18
Mar 7, 1998 @ WSH L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:06
Mar 4, 1998 vs NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:20
Feb 27, 1998 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 14:03
Feb 25, 1998 vs NJD L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 18:40
Feb 3, 1998 vs DET T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:26
Jan 31, 1998 vs TBL W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:01
Jan 29, 1998 vs DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:30
Jan 27, 1998 vs CAR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:26
Jan 21, 1998 @ ANA L 3-8 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:41
Jan 14, 1998 @ PHX L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:33
Jan 7, 1998 @ EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 11:40
Jan 4, 1998 vs ANA T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:46
Jan 2, 1998 @ TBL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:46
Jan 1, 1998 vs NJD W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:47
Nov 5, 1997 vs NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:24
Nov 1, 1997 vs BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 16:17
Oct 30, 1997 vs OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 13:27
Oct 28, 1997 vs LAK T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24:14
Oct 25, 1997 @ BOS W 5-4 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 16:17
Oct 23, 1997 @ OTT T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:41
Oct 22, 1997 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:55
Oct 19, 1997 vs PIT L 1-4 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 12:13
Oct 16, 1997 @ DAL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 15:58
Oct 15, 1997 vs TBL W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:10
Oct 13, 1997 vs NYI T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 18:48
Oct 11, 1997 @ STL L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 19:33
Oct 4, 1997 @ PIT W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:26
Oct 1, 1997 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:18