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Brian Rafalski

#28 · Defence · Detroit Red Wings

Born Sep 28, 1973 in Dearborn, Michigan, USA · 5'10", 194 lb · Shoots right

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×3 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2007-08, 2002-03, 1999-00

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 2008-09. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Nicklas Lidstrom DET · 59 P in 78 GP Scott Niedermayer ANA · 59 P in 82 GP Dan Boyle SJS · 57 P in 77 GP Mark Streit NYI · 56 P in 74 GP Andrei Markov MTL · 64 P in 78 GP

Career

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

020401999-00: 32 points3299-002000-01: 52 points5200-012001-02: 47 points4701-022002-03: 40 points4002-032003-04: 36 points3603-042005-06: 49 points4905-062006-07: 55 points5506-072007-08: 55 points5507-082008-09: 59 points5908-092009-10: 42 points4209-102010-11: 48 points4810-11

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1999-00 NJD 75 5 27 32 21 28 128 102 0.43
2000-01 NJD 78 9 43 52 36 26 142 82 0.67
2001-02 NJD 76 7 40 47 15 18 125 61 0.62
2002-03 NJD 79 3 37 40 18 14 178 19 0.51
2003-04 NJD 69 6 30 36 6 24 130 28 0.52
2005-06 NJD 82 6 43 49 0 36 126 56 0.60
2006-07 NJD 82 8 47 55 4 34 148 60 0.67
2007-08 DET 73 13 42 55 27 34 175 38 0.75
2008-09 DET 78 10 49 59 17 20 141 33 0.76
2009-10 DET 78 8 34 42 23 26 134 39 0.54
2010-11 DET 63 4 44 48 11 22 106 49 0.76
11 seasons Career 833 79 436 515 178 282 1533 567 0.62

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1999-00 NJD 23 2 6 8 5 8 31 34 0.35
2000-01 NJD 25 7 11 18 10 7 47 34 0.72
2001-02 NJD 6 3 2 5 -2 4 19 2 0.83
2002-03 NJD 23 2 9 11 7 8 36 19 0.48
2003-04 NJD 5 0 1 1 0 0 9 6 0.20
2005-06 NJD 9 1 8 9 3 2 9 11 1.00
2006-07 NJD 11 2 6 8 -1 8 11 12 0.73
2007-08 DET 22 4 10 14 6 12 58 14 0.64
2008-09 DET 18 3 9 12 11 11 24 12 0.67
2009-10 DET 12 3 8 11 4 2 23 10 0.92
2010-11 DET 11 2 1 3 -1 4 23 10 0.27
11 seasons Playoffs 165 29 71 100 42 66 290 164 0.61

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 10 49 59 17 20 141 33 0.76 7.1 23:10

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 12, 2009 @ CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 22:33
Apr 11, 2009 vs CHI L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 19:27
Apr 9, 2009 vs NSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:44
Mar 27, 2009 vs NYI L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 24:17
Mar 24, 2009 @ EDM W 3-2 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 27:07
Mar 23, 2009 @ CGY L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 25:52
Mar 20, 2009 @ ATL W 6-3 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 19:36
Mar 17, 2009 vs PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:14
Mar 15, 2009 @ CBJ W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 20:57
Mar 14, 2009 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 23:13
Mar 12, 2009 vs CGY L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 28:22
Mar 10, 2009 vs PHX W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 26:45
Mar 7, 2009 vs CBJ L 2-8 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 20:35
Mar 4, 2009 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24:01
Mar 3, 2009 @ STL W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:59
Feb 28, 2009 @ NSH L 0-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:52
Feb 27, 2009 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:41
Feb 25, 2009 vs SJS W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 22:28
Feb 21, 2009 @ MIN L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 22:26
Feb 20, 2009 vs ANA W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 22:37
Feb 18, 2009 vs NSH W 6-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 22:03
Feb 15, 2009 vs COL L 5-6 (SO) 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 26:25
Feb 13, 2009 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 27:06
Feb 12, 2009 vs MIN W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 26:00
Feb 10, 2009 @ NSH W 5-3 0 3 3 2 0 6 0 23:38
Feb 8, 2009 @ PIT W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 23:50
Feb 7, 2009 vs EDM W 8-3 1 1 2 -1 2 1 0 23:58
Feb 4, 2009 vs PHX W 5-4 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 24:44
Feb 2, 2009 vs STL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 26:15
Jan 31, 2009 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 27:44
Jan 29, 2009 vs DAL L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 26:18
Jan 27, 2009 @ CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 27:43
Jan 20, 2009 @ PHX L 3-6 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 23:26
Jan 17, 2009 @ SJS L 5-6 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 22:08
Jan 15, 2009 @ LAK W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:28
Jan 14, 2009 @ ANA W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 23:46
Jan 12, 2009 @ DAL L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 18:30
Jan 10, 2009 vs BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 22:41
Jan 8, 2009 vs DAL W 6-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:58
Jan 6, 2009 vs CBJ W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25:23
Jan 3, 2009 @ MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 25:48
Jan 1, 2009 @ CHI W 6-4 1 2 3 2 0 5 0 24:21
Dec 30, 2008 vs CHI W 4-0 0 2 2 1 0 3 2 25:38
Dec 27, 2008 @ COL L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 27:39
Dec 26, 2008 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 25:31
Dec 23, 2008 vs STL W 4-1 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 16:05
Dec 20, 2008 vs LAK W 6-4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 22:15
Dec 18, 2008 vs SJS W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:47
Dec 15, 2008 vs COL L 2-3 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 24:50
Dec 13, 2008 @ PHX W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 26:43
Dec 12, 2008 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 23:55
Dec 10, 2008 vs CGY W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 23:40
Dec 6, 2008 vs CHI W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 23:34
Dec 4, 2008 vs VAN W 6-5 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 23:25
Dec 1, 2008 vs ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 22:04
Nov 29, 2008 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:23
Nov 28, 2008 vs CBJ W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:49
Nov 26, 2008 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:38
Nov 24, 2008 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:20
Nov 22, 2008 @ CGY W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 21:29
Nov 20, 2008 @ EDM W 4-3 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 24:58
Nov 17, 2008 vs EDM W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:33
Nov 14, 2008 @ FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 21:03
Nov 13, 2008 @ TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:50
Nov 11, 2008 vs PIT L 6-7 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 25:23
Nov 8, 2008 vs NJD W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 20:22
Nov 2, 2008 @ VAN W 3-2 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 17:11
Oct 30, 2008 @ SJS L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 19:27
Oct 29, 2008 @ ANA L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 19:16
Oct 27, 2008 @ LAK W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 2 1 2 23:10
Oct 25, 2008 @ CHI W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 5 2 27:29
Oct 24, 2008 vs ATL W 5-3 0 2 2 3 0 5 0 24:07
Oct 22, 2008 @ STL W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 28:02
Oct 18, 2008 vs NYR W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 23:07
Oct 16, 2008 vs VAN L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 19:13
Oct 13, 2008 @ CAR W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 22:56
Oct 11, 2008 @ OTT W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 22:46
Oct 9, 2008 vs TOR L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 23:01