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Steve Yzerman

#19 · Centre · Detroit Red Wings · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born May 9, 1965 in Cranbrook, British Columbia, CAN · 5'10", 187 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 4th overall in 1983 by DET (round 1)

Trophy case

×3 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2001-02, 1997-98, 1996-97
Lester Patrick Trophy Outstanding Service to Hockey in the United States 2005-06
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy Perseverance, Sportsmanship and Dedication 2002-03
Frank J. Selke Trophy Top Defensive Forward 1999-00
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 1997-98
Ted Lindsay Award Most Outstanding Player as Voted by the NHLPA 1988-89

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.

Joe Nieuwendyk DAL · 69 P in 73 GP Doug Weight EDM · 70 P in 79 GP Pierre Turgeon STL · 68 P in 60 GP Eric Lindros PHI · 71 P in 63 GP Valeri Kamensky COL · 66 P in 75 GP

Career

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

0501001501983-84: 87 points8783-841984-85: 89 points891985-86: 42 points4285-861986-87: 90 points901987-88: 102 points10287-881988-89: 155 points1551989-90: 127 points12789-901990-91: 108 points1081991-92: 103 points10391-921992-93: 137 points1371993-94: 82 points8293-941994-95: 38 points381995-96: 95 points9595-961996-97: 85 points851997-98: 69 points6997-981998-99: 74 points741999-00: 79 points7999-002000-01: 52 points522001-02: 48 points4801-022002-03: 8 points82003-04: 51 points5103-042005-06: 34 points34

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1983-84 DET 80 39 48 87 -19 33 177 0 1.09
1984-85 DET 80 30 59 89 -17 58 231 0 1.11
1985-86 DET 51 14 28 42 -22 16 132 0 0.82
1986-87 DET 80 31 59 90 -2 43 217 0 1.13
1987-88 DET 64 50 52 102 30 44 242 0 1.59
1988-89 DET 80 65 90 155 17 61 388 0 1.94
1989-90 DET 79 62 65 127 -6 79 332 0 1.61
1990-91 DET 80 51 57 108 -2 34 326 0 1.35
1991-92 DET 79 45 58 103 26 64 295 0 1.30
1992-93 DET 84 58 79 137 33 44 307 0 1.63
1993-94 DET 58 24 58 82 11 36 217 0 1.41
1994-95 DET 47 12 26 38 6 40 134 0 0.81
1995-96 DET 80 36 59 95 29 64 220 0 1.19
1996-97 DET 81 22 63 85 22 78 232 0 1.05
1997-98 DET 75 24 45 69 3 46 188 51 0.92
1998-99 DET 80 29 45 74 8 42 231 46 0.93
1999-00 DET 78 35 44 79 28 34 234 67 1.01
2000-01 DET 54 18 34 52 4 18 155 38 0.96
2001-02 DET 52 13 35 48 11 18 104 30 0.92
2002-03 DET 16 2 6 8 6 8 13 4 0.50
2003-04 DET 75 18 33 51 10 46 141 13 0.68
2005-06 DET 61 14 20 34 8 18 86 19 0.56
22 seasons Career 1514 692 1063 1755 184 924 4602 268 1.16

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1983-84 DET 4 3 3 6 1 0 9 0 1.50
1984-85 DET 3 2 1 3 -5 2 11 0 1.00
1986-87 DET 16 5 13 18 -2 8 40 0 1.13
1987-88 DET 3 1 3 4 -3 6 12 0 1.33
1988-89 DET 6 5 5 10 -7 2 35 0 1.67
1990-91 DET 7 3 3 6 -1 4 27 0 0.86
1991-92 DET 11 3 5 8 -3 12 48 0 0.73
1992-93 DET 7 4 3 7 -4 4 24 0 1.00
1993-94 DET 3 1 3 4 4 0 8 0 1.33
1994-95 DET 15 4 8 12 -2 0 37 0 0.80
1995-96 DET 18 8 12 20 -1 4 52 0 1.11
1996-97 DET 20 7 6 13 3 4 65 0 0.65
1997-98 DET 22 6 18 24 10 22 65 24 1.09
1998-99 DET 10 9 4 13 2 0 41 5 1.30
1999-00 DET 8 0 4 4 -4 0 20 11 0.50
2000-01 DET 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2001-02 DET 23 6 17 23 4 10 52 20 1.00
2002-03 DET 4 0 1 1 0 2 10 2 0.25
2003-04 DET 5 2 0 2 0 0 8 1 0.40
2005-06 DET 4 0 4 4 -2 4 10 1 1.00
20 seasons Playoffs 190 69 113 182 -10 84 574 64 0.96

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
75 24 45 69 3 46 188 51 0.92 12.8 20:08

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 1998 vs NYR W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 02:27
Apr 9, 1998 vs PHX W 5-1 1 1 2 1 0 4 1 19:26
Apr 7, 1998 vs STL W 5-3 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 21:01
Apr 4, 1998 @ CHI W 3-2 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 20:21
Apr 1, 1998 vs COL W 2-0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 21:10
Mar 29, 1998 vs BUF W 4-2 2 0 2 0 0 6 1 20:34
Mar 28, 1998 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25:11
Mar 26, 1998 vs ANA T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 25:37
Mar 23, 1998 vs CHI T 5-5 (OT) 2 2 4 -2 0 9 0 25:15
Mar 21, 1998 @ NYR W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 24:05
Mar 18, 1998 @ TOR W 5-2 0 2 2 2 2 6 0 20:17
Mar 17, 1998 vs EDM W 4-3 1 2 3 2 0 6 1 24:36
Mar 14, 1998 @ PHI L 1-6 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 20:21
Mar 12, 1998 vs CHI W 3-0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 19:21
Mar 10, 1998 vs BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:45
Mar 7, 1998 @ LAK L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 21:00
Mar 5, 1998 @ SJS L 4-5 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 21:31
Mar 4, 1998 @ ANA W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 18:34
Mar 2, 1998 @ PHX W 3-1 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 19:51
Feb 27, 1998 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 17:14
Feb 7, 1998 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 20:14
Feb 5, 1998 @ TBL W 5-4 1 2 3 -1 0 2 1 18:22
Jan 28, 1998 vs PHX T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 10:39
Jan 24, 1998 vs PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 21:32
Jan 21, 1998 vs TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 20:20
Jan 20, 1998 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:57
Jan 14, 1998 vs VAN W 4-0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 16:39
Jan 12, 1998 @ NYI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:27
Jan 11, 1998 vs WSH W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 21:10
Jan 9, 1998 @ DAL T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 22:00
Jan 6, 1998 vs PHX W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:50
Jan 4, 1998 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 0 4 1 20:49
Jan 2, 1998 vs SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 19:31
Dec 31, 1997 vs STL W 5-2 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 20:28
Dec 29, 1997 vs DAL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 21:31
Dec 27, 1997 @ TOR W 8-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 21:27
Dec 26, 1997 vs TOR W 4-1 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 19:13
Dec 23, 1997 @ BUF W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 18:43
Dec 22, 1997 @ BOS W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 17:20
Dec 19, 1997 vs NJD W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 21:32
Dec 17, 1997 @ COL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 23:57
Dec 16, 1997 @ SJS L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 18:46
Dec 14, 1997 @ PHX T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 20:17
Dec 12, 1997 vs EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 24:17
Dec 9, 1997 vs VAN W 7-5 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 21:17
Dec 5, 1997 @ EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 20:11
Dec 3, 1997 @ CGY W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:58
Dec 1, 1997 @ VAN T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 23:17
Nov 28, 1997 vs MTL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:22
Nov 26, 1997 vs OTT W 4-1 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 16:24
Nov 22, 1997 @ MTL W 5-2 0 2 2 2 2 3 1 17:29
Nov 21, 1997 vs DAL W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 14:06
Nov 19, 1997 vs NYI L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 18:35
Nov 16, 1997 @ CHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 20:37
Nov 15, 1997 @ STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 18:37
Nov 13, 1997 @ OTT W 4-2 2 1 3 3 0 6 0 19:59
Nov 11, 1997 vs COL L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 23:03
Nov 9, 1997 vs CGY W 6-3 0 2 2 -1 2 5 2 20:30
Nov 7, 1997 vs PIT T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 22:49
Nov 5, 1997 @ CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 20:51
Nov 2, 1997 vs ANA W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 2 1 3 25:15
Oct 31, 1997 vs LAK L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 19:32
Oct 29, 1997 vs SJS W 4-3 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 20:21
Oct 26, 1997 @ VAN W 5-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 18:27
Oct 23, 1997 @ LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:04
Oct 22, 1997 @ ANA W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 17:06
Oct 20, 1997 vs STL T 3-3 (OT) 2 0 2 1 0 3 2 25:50
Oct 18, 1997 vs CAR W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 21:46
Oct 15, 1997 vs TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:29
Oct 14, 1997 @ TOR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 23:24
Oct 12, 1997 vs CGY T 4-4 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 4 2 24:14
Oct 10, 1997 vs TBL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 17:35
Oct 8, 1997 vs DAL W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 18:44
Oct 3, 1997 @ EDM W 8-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 19:12
Oct 1, 1997 @ CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18:58