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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 2009-10. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alexander Edler VAN · 42 P in 76 GP Kurtis Foster TBL · 42 P in 71 GP Marek Zidlicky MIN · 43 P in 78 GP Shea Weber NSH · 43 P in 78 GP Bryan McCabe FLA · 43 P in 82 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

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 8 34 42 23 26 134 39 0.54 6.0 24:14

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 2010 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 22:47
Apr 9, 2010 @ CBJ W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 27:23
Apr 7, 2010 vs CBJ W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:30
Apr 4, 2010 @ PHI L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 26:06
Apr 3, 2010 vs NSH L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 22:12
Apr 1, 2010 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 24:20
Mar 30, 2010 vs EDM W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23:59
Mar 27, 2010 @ NSH W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 25:24
Mar 26, 2010 vs MIN W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:21
Mar 24, 2010 vs STL W 4-2 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 21:18
Mar 22, 2010 vs PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25:37
Mar 20, 2010 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 26:37
Mar 19, 2010 @ EDM L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 28:11
Mar 15, 2010 @ CGY W 2-1 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 24:23
Mar 13, 2010 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 25:48
Mar 11, 2010 vs MIN W 5-1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 18:40
Mar 9, 2010 vs CGY L 2-4 0 2 2 -1 2 1 0 21:30
Mar 7, 2010 @ CHI W 5-4 1 1 2 2 2 3 0 23:41
Mar 5, 2010 vs NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 20:06
Mar 3, 2010 vs VAN L 3-6 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 21:25
Mar 1, 2010 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:41
Feb 13, 2010 vs OTT W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 25:24
Feb 11, 2010 vs SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 26:55
Feb 9, 2010 @ STL L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 28:29
Feb 6, 2010 @ LAK L 3-4 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 27:56
Feb 3, 2010 @ ANA L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 26:31
Feb 2, 2010 @ SJS W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 30:01
Jan 31, 2010 @ PIT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 30:03
Jan 29, 2010 vs NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 22:54
Jan 27, 2010 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 21:55
Jan 26, 2010 vs PHX L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 24:29
Jan 23, 2010 vs LAK L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 23:31
Jan 21, 2010 @ MIN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 29:16
Jan 19, 2010 @ WSH L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 27:16
Jan 17, 2010 vs CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 24:01
Jan 16, 2010 @ DAL L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 25:16
Jan 14, 2010 vs CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 27:48
Jan 12, 2010 @ NYI L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:47
Jan 9, 2010 @ SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 22:47
Jan 7, 2010 @ LAK W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 22:09
Jan 5, 2010 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 26:28
Jan 2, 2010 @ PHX W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 25:54
Dec 31, 2009 vs COL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 20:07
Dec 28, 2009 @ CBJ L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 29:05
Dec 26, 2009 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 24:21
Dec 20, 2009 @ CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23:42
Dec 19, 2009 @ DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25:40
Dec 17, 2009 vs TBL W 3-0 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 21:22
Dec 14, 2009 vs PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27:45
Dec 12, 2009 @ NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27:23
Dec 11, 2009 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 21:58
Dec 9, 2009 vs STL L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 24:37
Dec 6, 2009 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 26:28
Nov 30, 2009 vs DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23:46
Nov 28, 2009 @ STL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 28:29
Nov 27, 2009 vs CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 24:57
Nov 25, 2009 vs ATL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 25:14
Nov 23, 2009 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 26:01
Nov 21, 2009 @ MTL W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 28:33
Nov 20, 2009 vs FLA L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 24:01
Nov 18, 2009 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 23:47
Nov 14, 2009 vs ANA W 7-4 1 1 2 1 2 5 0 23:25
Nov 12, 2009 vs VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 26:29
Nov 11, 2009 @ CBJ W 9-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 18:56
Nov 7, 2009 @ TOR L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 18:21
Nov 5, 2009 vs SJS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 26:09
Oct 31, 2009 @ CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 24:46
Oct 29, 2009 @ EDM L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 20:08
Oct 27, 2009 @ VAN W 5-4 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 21:43
Oct 24, 2009 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:36
Oct 22, 2009 @ PHX L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:37
Oct 17, 2009 vs COL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 23:53
Oct 15, 2009 vs LAK W 5-2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 23:53
Oct 13, 2009 @ BUF L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 20:55
Oct 10, 2009 vs WSH W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23:22
Oct 8, 2009 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:19
Oct 3, 2009 @ STL L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 23:36
Oct 2, 2009 vs STL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25:30