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Ray Whitney

#13 · Left wing · Dallas Stars

Born May 8, 1972 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, CAN · 5'10", 180 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 23rd overall in 1991 by SJS (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2005-06

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.

Chris Ferraro NYR · 2 P in 12 GP Richard Park ANA · 2 P in 12 GP Andre Roy BOS · 2 P in 10 GP Eric Houde MTL · 2 P in 14 GP Jeff Daniels HFD · 2 P in 10 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0204060801991-92: 3 points391-921992-93: 10 points101993-94: 40 points4093-941994-95: 25 points251995-96: 41 points4195-961996-97: 2 points21997-98: 65 points6597-981998-99: 64 points641999-00: 71 points7199-002000-01: 34 points342001-02: 61 points6101-022002-03: 76 points762003-04: 43 points4303-042005-06: 55 points552006-07: 83 points8306-072007-08: 61 points612008-09: 77 points7708-092009-10: 58 points582010-11: 57 points5710-112011-12: 77 points772012-13: 29 points2912-132013-14: 32 points32

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1991-92 SJS 2 0 3 3 -1 0 4 0 1.50
1992-93 SJS 26 4 6 10 -14 4 24 0 0.38
1993-94 SJS 61 14 26 40 2 14 82 0 0.66
1994-95 SJS 39 13 12 25 -7 14 67 0 0.64
1995-96 SJS 60 17 24 41 -23 16 106 0 0.68
1996-97 SJS 12 0 2 2 -6 4 24 0 0.17
1997-98 EDM 9 1 3 4 -1 0 19 1 0.44
1997-98 FLA 68 32 29 61 10 28 156 7 0.90
1998-99 FLA 81 26 38 64 -3 18 193 14 0.79
1999-00 FLA 81 29 42 71 16 35 198 17 0.88
2000-01 FLA 43 10 21 31 -16 28 117 6 0.72
2000-01 CBJ 3 0 3 3 -1 2 3 2 1.00
2001-02 CBJ 67 21 40 61 -22 12 210 14 0.91
2002-03 CBJ 81 24 52 76 -26 22 235 1 0.94
2003-04 DET 67 14 29 43 7 22 119 7 0.64
2005-06 CAR 64 17 38 55 0 42 147 5 0.86
2006-07 CAR 81 32 51 83 -5 46 215 17 1.02
2007-08 CAR 66 25 36 61 -6 30 204 13 0.92
2008-09 CAR 82 24 53 77 2 32 219 27 0.94
2009-10 CAR 80 21 37 58 -6 26 171 24 0.73
2010-11 PHX 75 17 40 57 0 24 156 29 0.76
2011-12 PHX 82 24 53 77 26 28 185 28 0.94
2012-13 DAL 32 11 18 29 1 4 62 10 0.91 $4.5M
2013-14 DAL 69 9 23 32 -6 14 124 14 0.46 $4.5M
22 seasons Career 1331 385 679 1064 -79 465 3040 236 0.80

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1993-94 SJS 14 0 4 4 -4 8 16 0 0.29
1994-95 SJS 11 4 4 8 -3 2 15 0 0.73
1999-00 FLA 4 1 0 1 -2 4 17 3 0.25
2003-04 DET 6 0 2 2 -1 2 9 0 0.33
2005-06 CAR 24 9 6 15 -1 14 40 1 0.63
2008-09 CAR 18 3 8 11 -9 4 55 4 0.61
2010-11 PHX 4 1 2 3 0 2 11 3 0.75
2011-12 PHX 16 2 5 7 -1 10 34 12 0.44
2013-14 DAL 5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0.00
9 seasons Playoffs 102 20 31 51 -22 46 200 24 0.50

1996-97 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
12 0 2 2 -6 4 24 0 0.17 0.0 0:00

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2013-14 $4.5M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 1996-97 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Jan 4, 1997 vs CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1997 vs PHI L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1996 @ CGY W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1996 @ EDM L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1996 vs VAN W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1996 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1996 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1996 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1996 vs TOR L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1996 @ PHX L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1996 @ COL L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 6, 1996 @ LAK W 7-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00