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Peter Forsberg

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: July 20, 1973 in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden

Drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.

Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1989-90 16 MoDo HK Ornskoldsvik Jr. Swe-Jr. 30 15 12 27 0.90 42
1989-90 16 MoDo HK Ornskoldsvik Sweden 1 0 1 1 1.00 4
1990-91 17 MoDo HK Ornskoldsvik Jr. Swe-Jr. 39 38 64 102 2.62 56
1990-91 17 MoDo HK Ornskoldsvik Sweden 23 7 10 17 0.74 22
1990-91 17 Sweden EJC-A 6 5 12 17 2.83 16
1991-92 18 MoDo HK Ornskoldsvik Sweden 39 9 18 27 0.69 78
1991-92 18 Sweden WJC-A 7 3 8 11 1.57 30
1991-92 18 Sweden WC-A 8 4 2 6 0.75 6
1992-93 19 MoDo HK Ornskoldsvik Jr. Swe-Jr. 2 0 3 3 1.50 4
1992-93 19 MoDo HK Ornskoldsvik Sweden 39 23 24 47 1.21 92
1992-93 19 Sweden WJC-A 7 7 24 31 4.43 8
1992-93 19 Sweden WC-A 8 1 1 2 0.25 12
1993-94 20 MoDo HK Ornskoldsvik Sweden 39 18 26 44 1.13 82
1993-94 20 Sweden Olympics 8 2 6 8 1.00 6
1994-95 21 MoDo HK Ornskoldsvik Sweden 11 5 9 14 1.27 20
1994-95 21 Quebec Nordiques NHL 47 15 35 50 1.06 18 0.38 65 22 40 14 17 16 12 3 0 3 86 1.83 17.4
1995-96 22 Colorado Avalanche NHL 82 30 86 116 1.41 41 0.50 147 55 96 30 26 47 20 7 3 3 217 2.65 13.8
1996-97 23 Sweden W-Cup 4 1 4 5 1.25 6
1996-97 23 Colorado Avalanche NHL 65 28 58 86 1.32 31 0.48 118 42 54 9 31 73 19 5 4 4 188 2.89 14.9
1997-98 24 Colorado Avalanche NHL 72 25 66 91 1.26 31 0.44 121 52 74 11 6 94 15 7 3 7 202 2.81 12.4
1997-98 24 Sweden Olympics 4 1 4 5 1.25 6
1997-98 24 Sweden WC-A 7 6 5 11 1.57 0
1998-99 25 Colorado Avalanche NHL 78 30 67 97 1.24 34 0.44 123 50 70 24 27 108 19 9 2 7 217 2.78 13.8 1832 23:29
1999-00 26 Colorado Avalanche NHL 49 14 37 51 1.04 18 0.37 68 28 35 4 9 52 11 3 0 2 105 2.14 13.3 1025 20:55
2000-01 27 Colorado Avalanche NHL 73 27 62 89 1.22 31 0.43 114 54 53 16 23 54 13 12 2 5 178 2.44 15.2 1518 20:48
2002-03 29 Colorado Avalanche NHL 75 29 77 106 1.41 36 0.48 138 44 42 0 52 70 21 8 0 2 166 2.21 17.5 1450 19:20
2002-03 29 Sweden WC-A 8 4 5 9 1.13 6
2003-04 30 Colorado Avalanche NHL 39 18 37 55 1.41 19 0.50 66 28 25 3 16 30 14 3 1 5 85 2.18 21.2 749 19:12
2003-04 30 Sweden WC-A 2 0 1 1 0.50 2
2004-05 31 Sweden W-Cup 4 1 2 3 0.75 -6 0
2004-05 31 MODO Hockey Ornskoldsvik Sweden 33 13 26 39 1.18 88
2005-06 32 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 60 19 56 75 1.25 26 0.44 92 41 30 0 21 46 10 8 1 2 132 2.20 14.4 1127 18:47
2005-06 32 Sweden Olympics 6 0 6 6 1.00 0
2006-07 33 2 Teams NHL 57 13 42 55 0.96 18 0.32 71 31 33 0 7 88 7 6 0 3 99 1.74 13.1 1043 18:18
2006-07 33 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 40 11 29 40 1.00 14 0.35 51 23 26 0 2 72 6 5 0 2 63 1.58 17.5 710 17:44
2006-07 33 Nashville Predators NHL 17 2 13 15 0.88 5 0.27 20 8 7 0 5 16 1 1 0 1 36 2.12 5.6 333 19:36
2007-08 34 Colorado Avalanche NHL 9 1 13 14 1.56 4 0.45 16 6 3 0 7 8 1 0 0 0 15 1.67 6.7 173 19:15
Career NHL 706 249 636 885 1.25 309 0.44 1139 453 555 111 242 686 162 71 16 43 1690 2.39 14.7 8917 20:16

Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1992-93 19 MoDo HK Ornskoldsvik Sweden 3 4 1 5 1.67 0
1993-94 20 MoDo HK Ornskoldsvik Sweden 11 9 7 16 1.45 14
1994-95 21 Quebec Nordiques NHL 6 2 4 6 1.00 2 4 1 1 0 0 13 2.17 15.4
1995-96 22 Colorado Avalanche NHL SC 22 10 11 21 0.95 10 18 7 3 0 1 50 2.27 20.0
1996-97 23 Colorado Avalanche NHL 14 5 12 17 1.21 -6 10 2 3 0 0 35 2.50 14.3
1997-98 24 Colorado Avalanche NHL 7 6 5 11 1.57 3 12 4 2 0 0 18 2.57 33.3
1998-99 25 Colorado Avalanche NHL 19 8 16 24 1.26 7 31 6 1 1 0 54 2.84 14.8 411 21:39
1999-00 26 Colorado Avalanche NHL 16 7 8 15 0.94 9 12 4 2 1 4 54 3.38 13.0 336 20:59
2000-01 27 Colorado Avalanche NHL SC 11 4 10 14 1.27 5 6 3 1 0 2 23 2.09 17.4 241 21:55
2001-02 28 Colorado Avalanche NHL 20 9 18 27 1.35 8 20 9 0 0 4 35 1.75 25.7 363 18:10
2002-03 29 Colorado Avalanche NHL 7 2 6 8 1.14 3 6 1 1 0 0 23 3.29 8.7 140 20:01
2003-04 30 Colorado Avalanche NHL 11 4 7 11 1.00 6 12 3 1 0 1 16 1.45 25.0 209 19:02
2004-05 31 MODO Hockey Ornskoldsvik Sweden 1 0 0 0 0.00 2
2005-06 32 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 6 4 4 8 1.33 2 6 3 1 0 2 12 2.00 33.3 113 18:55
2006-07 33 Nashville Predators NHL 5 2 2 4 0.80 2 12 2 0 0 0 7 1.40 28.6 105 20:57
2007-08 34 Colorado Avalanche NHL 7 1 4 5 0.71 3 14 1 0 0 0 13 1.86 7.7 128 18:17
Career NHL 2 151 64 107 171 1.13 54 163 46 16 2 14 353 2.34 18.1 2047 20:04

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1996 NHL
1998 NHL
1999 NHL
2001 NHL
2003 NHL

Awards

1994-95 NHL Calder Memorial Trophy
2002-03 NHL Art Ross Trophy
2002-03 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy

Honors

1994-95 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)
1997-98 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1998-99 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
2002-03 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Games Played

1995-96 NHL 82 (3)

Assists

1994-95 NHL 35 (10)
1995-96 NHL 86 (4)
1996-97 NHL 58 (9)
1997-98 NHL 66 (3)
1998-99 NHL 67 (2)
2000-01 NHL 62 (6)
2002-03 NHL 77 (1)
 Career NHL 636 (62)

Assists Per Game

1995-96 NHL 1.05 (4)
1996-97 NHL 0.89 (3)
1997-98 NHL 0.92 (1)
 1998-99 NHL 0.86 (2)
1999-00 NHL 0.76 (5)
2000-01 NHL 0.85 (4)
2002-03 NHL 1.03 (1)
 2003-04 NHL 0.95 (1)
 2005-06 NHL 0.93 (3)
Active 0.90 (1)
 Career NHL 0.90 (4)

Points

1995-96 NHL 116 (5)
1997-98 NHL 91 (2)
1998-99 NHL 97 (4)
2000-01 NHL 89 (9)
2002-03 NHL 106 (1)
 Career NHL 885 (94)

Points Per Game

1995-96 NHL 1.41 (6)
1996-97 NHL 1.32 (6)
1997-98 NHL 1.26 (2)
1998-99 NHL 1.24 (5)
2000-01 NHL 1.22 (4)
2002-03 NHL 1.41 (1)
 2003-04 NHL 1.41 (1)
 2005-06 NHL 1.25 (9)
Active 1.25 (2)
Career NHL 1.25 (8)

Goals Created

1995-96 NHL 40.9 (7)
1997-98 NHL 31.4 (8)
1998-99 NHL 34.1 (9)
2002-03 NHL 36.1 (6)

Goals Created Per Game

1996-97 NHL 0.48 (6)
1997-98 NHL 0.44 (7)
1998-99 NHL 0.44 (9)
2002-03 NHL 0.48 (3)
Active 0.44 (3)
Career NHL 0.44 (18)

Total Goals For

1997-98 NHL 121 (6)
1998-99 NHL 123 (10)
2002-03 NHL 138 (4)

Power Play Goals For

1997-98 NHL 52 (7)

Plus/Minus

1996-97 NHL 31 (10)
1998-99 NHL 27 (10)
2002-03 NHL 52 (1)
 Active 242 (5)
Career NHL 242 (37)

Short-Handed Goals

1996-97 NHL 4 (5)
Career NHL 16 (99)

Game-Winning Goals

1998-99 NHL 7 (9)

Shooting Percentage

2003-04 NHL 21.2 (5)

Transactions

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July 21, 1992: Traded to Quebec by Philadelphia with Steve Duchesne, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, Ron Hextall, Philadelphia's 1st round choice (Jocelyn Thibault) in 1993 Entry Draft, $15,000,000 and future considerations (Chris Simon and Philadelphia's 1st round choice (later traded to Toronto - later traded to Washington - Washington selected Nolan Baumgartner) in 1994 Entry Draft, July 21, 1992) for Eric Lindros, June 30, 1992.

June 21, 1995: Transferred to Colorado after Quebec franchise relocated, June 21, 1995.

May 9, 2001: Missed entire 2001-02 regular season recovering from spleen (May 9, 2001 vs. Los Angeles) and ankle (January 10, 2002 in practive) injuries.

October 28, 2003: Missed majority of 2003-04 season recovering from groin (October 28, 2003 vs. Calgary) and hip (February 16, 2004 vs. Vancouver) injuries.

September 18, 2004: Signed as a free agent by MODO (Sweden), September 18, 2004.

August 3, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia, August 3, 2005.

February 15, 2007: Traded to Nashville by Philadelphia for Scottie Upshall, Ryan Parent and Nashville's 1st (later traded back to Nashville - Nashville selected Jonathon Blum) and 3rd (later traded to Washington - Washington selected Phil Desimone) round choices in 2007 Entry Draft, February 15, 2007.

February 25, 2008: Signed as a free agent by Colorado, February 25, 2008.