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Brian Rolston

#12 · Right wing · Boston Bruins

Born Feb 21, 1973 in Flint, Michigan, USA · 6'2", 215 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 11th overall in 1991 by NJD (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1994-95

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dixon Ward BUF · 45 P in 79 GP Trent Klatt PHI · 45 P in 76 GP Joe Murphy STL · 45 P in 75 GP Vyacheslav Kozlov DET · 45 P in 75 GP Bernie Nicholls SJS · 45 P in 65 GP

Career

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

02040601994-95: 18 points1894-951995-96: 24 points241996-97: 45 points4596-971997-98: 30 points301998-99: 57 points5798-991999-00: 31 points312000-01: 58 points5800-012001-02: 62 points622002-03: 59 points5902-032003-04: 48 points482005-06: 79 points7905-062006-07: 64 points642007-08: 59 points5907-082008-09: 32 points322009-10: 37 points3709-102010-11: 34 points342011-12: 24 points2411-12

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1994-95 NJD 40 7 11 18 5 17 92 0 0.45
1995-96 NJD 58 13 11 24 9 8 139 0 0.41
1996-97 NJD 81 18 27 45 6 20 237 0 0.56
1997-98 NJD 76 16 14 30 7 16 185 61 0.39
1998-99 NJD 82 24 33 57 11 14 210 70 0.70
1999-00 NJD 11 3 1 4 -2 0 33 13 0.36
1999-00 COL 50 8 10 18 -6 12 107 28 0.36
1999-00 BOS 16 5 4 9 -4 6 66 22 0.56
2000-01 BOS 77 19 39 58 6 28 286 71 0.75
2001-02 BOS 82 31 31 62 11 30 331 63 0.76
2002-03 BOS 81 27 32 59 1 32 281 11 0.73
2003-04 BOS 82 19 29 48 9 40 257 52 0.59
2005-06 MIN 82 34 45 79 14 50 293 37 0.96
2006-07 MIN 78 31 33 64 6 46 305 41 0.82
2007-08 MIN 81 31 28 59 -1 53 289 59 0.73
2008-09 NJD 64 15 17 32 2 30 174 42 0.50
2009-10 NJD 80 20 17 37 2 22 232 91 0.46
2010-11 NJD 65 14 20 34 -6 34 168 67 0.52
2011-12 NYI 49 4 5 9 -12 6 112 56 0.18
2011-12 BOS 21 3 12 15 7 8 39 30 0.71
17 seasons Career 1256 342 419 761 65 472 3836 814 0.61

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1994-95 NJD 6 2 1 3 6 4 12 0 0.50
1996-97 NJD 10 4 1 5 0 6 45 0 0.50
1997-98 NJD 6 1 0 1 2 2 14 10 0.17
1998-99 NJD 7 1 0 1 -1 2 15 9 0.14
2001-02 BOS 6 4 1 5 -1 0 33 6 0.83
2002-03 BOS 5 0 2 2 -1 0 6 3 0.40
2003-04 BOS 7 1 0 1 -5 8 14 7 0.14
2006-07 MIN 5 1 1 2 -2 4 23 4 0.40
2007-08 MIN 6 2 4 6 4 8 31 6 1.00
2008-09 NJD 7 1 1 2 2 4 18 9 0.29
2009-10 NJD 5 2 1 3 -1 0 12 6 0.60
2011-12 BOS 7 1 2 3 -2 0 17 17 0.43
12 seasons Playoffs 77 20 14 34 1 38 240 77 0.44

1996-97 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 18 27 45 6 20 237 0 0.56 7.6 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 13, 1997 @ PHI L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 11, 1997 vs BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 9, 1997 @ FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 8, 1997 @ TBL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Apr 6, 1997 @ STL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1997 vs TBL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1997 @ WSH W 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1997 vs LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1997 vs NYR W 4-0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1997 vs PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1997 @ PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1997 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1997 vs WSH W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1997 vs HFD W 6-0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1997 vs EDM W 6-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1997 @ BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1997 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 9 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1997 @ PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1997 @ PIT W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1997 vs PIT W 6-3 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1997 vs BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1997 @ NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1997 @ TBL L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1997 @ FLA T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1997 vs NYR T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1997 @ NYR T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1997 @ MTL W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1997 vs HFD W 4-0 2 0 2 2 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1997 @ HFD W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1997 vs PHI W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1997 vs FLA T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1997 vs NYI W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1997 @ MTL T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1997 vs TOR T 3-3 (OT) 0 2 2 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1997 vs OTT T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1997 @ SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1997 @ ANA L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1997 @ LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 5 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1997 vs BOS W 4-2 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1997 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1997 vs CHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1997 vs COL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1997 vs STL L 3-5 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1997 @ OTT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1997 vs PIT L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1996 @ BUF L 5-6 1 0 1 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1996 vs ANA W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1996 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1996 vs BUF T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1996 @ EDM W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1996 @ VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1996 @ CGY W 5-0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1996 vs MTL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1996 @ BOS W 7-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1996 @ TOR W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1996 vs PHX L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1996 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1996 vs FLA W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1996 @ COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1996 @ PHX L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1996 @ DAL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1996 @ WSH L 3-4 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1996 vs WSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1996 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1996 vs TBL W 6-3 3 0 3 2 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1996 vs VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 7 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1996 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1996 vs NYI W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1996 @ CHI W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1996 @ DET W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1996 vs TBL W 2-1 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1996 vs NYR L 1-6 1 0 1 1 2 6 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1996 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 7 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1996 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1996 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1996 @ HFD L 2-6 0 2 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1996 vs OTT T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1996 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1996 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 7, 1996 @ PHI L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 5, 1996 vs DET W 3-1 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 00:00