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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 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Marco Sturm SJS · 30 P in 74 GP Michal Grosek BUF · 30 P in 67 GP Viktor Kozlov FLA · 30 P in 64 GP Geoff Sanderson BUF · 29 P in 75 GP Sergei Nemchinov NYI · 29 P in 74 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

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 16 14 30 7 16 185 61 0.39 8.6 17:27

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 18, 1998 vs NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 20:03
Apr 16, 1998 @ CHI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:49
Apr 12, 1998 vs FLA T 5-5 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 16:33
Apr 11, 1998 @ BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:56
Apr 8, 1998 @ NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 19:20
Apr 5, 1998 vs PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:20
Apr 3, 1998 vs OTT L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 5 2 16:32
Apr 1, 1998 vs CAR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:25
Mar 29, 1998 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:17
Mar 28, 1998 @ PHX W 3-0 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 18:20
Mar 26, 1998 @ COL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:22
Mar 24, 1998 vs PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 19:26
Mar 21, 1998 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:27
Mar 20, 1998 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:50
Mar 18, 1998 vs ANA W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 20:18
Mar 14, 1998 @ MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:09
Mar 12, 1998 @ CAR W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 17:06
Mar 10, 1998 @ PHI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:00
Mar 9, 1998 @ NYR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 19:50
Mar 7, 1998 vs NYR W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:35
Mar 5, 1998 vs BOS T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:59
Mar 2, 1998 vs PHI W 4-3 2 0 2 3 0 2 0 22:37
Feb 28, 1998 vs CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:06
Feb 26, 1998 @ TBL W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 17:02
Feb 25, 1998 @ FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:55
Feb 7, 1998 @ NYI W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 15:59
Feb 4, 1998 vs OTT W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 19:42
Feb 2, 1998 @ OTT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 21:46
Jan 31, 1998 @ CGY T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 22:47
Jan 30, 1998 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:13
Jan 25, 1998 @ MTL W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 21:30
Jan 24, 1998 @ NYR T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 23:01
Jan 22, 1998 vs PIT L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 18:48
Jan 20, 1998 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:31
Jan 14, 1998 vs NYR W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 18:49
Jan 10, 1998 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:06
Jan 9, 1998 vs TBL W 4-1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 13:44
Jan 7, 1998 vs PIT W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 18:49
Jan 5, 1998 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 19:02
Jan 3, 1998 vs TOR W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:58
Jan 1, 1998 @ FLA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:16
Dec 30, 1997 vs CHI L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:38
Dec 29, 1997 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:02
Dec 26, 1997 vs NYI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 18:52
Dec 23, 1997 @ WSH T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:37
Dec 19, 1997 @ DET L 4-5 0 2 2 -1 2 3 0 19:16
Dec 18, 1997 @ STL T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:26
Dec 16, 1997 vs NYR W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 22:00
Dec 13, 1997 @ TOR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:44
Dec 12, 1997 vs MTL W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 17:34
Dec 10, 1997 vs EDM W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 19:48
Dec 6, 1997 vs TBL W 4-2 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 15:50
Dec 4, 1997 @ PIT W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:25
Dec 2, 1997 vs STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 20:58
Nov 29, 1997 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:00
Nov 28, 1997 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:28
Nov 22, 1997 vs FLA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 21:30
Nov 20, 1997 vs NYI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 13:02
Nov 18, 1997 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 18:33
Nov 15, 1997 @ BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 09:09
Nov 14, 1997 vs COL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:06
Nov 12, 1997 @ NYR W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 13:36
Nov 10, 1997 @ NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:06
Nov 8, 1997 vs BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:38
Nov 5, 1997 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:22
Nov 4, 1997 vs LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:14
Nov 1, 1997 vs WSH W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 21:04
Oct 30, 1997 vs VAN W 8-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:14
Oct 27, 1997 @ PHI W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:03
Oct 25, 1997 vs SJS L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:59
Oct 23, 1997 vs MTL W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:25
Oct 18, 1997 vs TBL W 5-0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1997 @ OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:47
Oct 11, 1997 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 21:38
Oct 10, 1997 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:40
Oct 8, 1997 vs PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 15:14