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Chris Higgins

LW · USA
+ 3 other teams
Status
Retired 9 yrs ago
Career
2006–2017 (11 yrs)
Age
43 (33 in 2017)
Vitals
6'0" · 205 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Trophy Case

Stanley Cup Stanley Cup
as League Champion
2014-15 TBL

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2006-07 EDM 81 27 33 60 0.74 -2 33 1 7 0 184 14.7% 55
2007-08 EDM 77 23 30 53 0.69 +2 16 4 3 1 181 12.7% 59
2008-09 EDM 82 25 25 50 0.61 +23 26 6 7 0 187 13.4% 54
2009-10 EDM 82 16 23 39 0.48 +23 50 1 10 0 125 12.8% 86
2010-11 EDM 64 6 2 8 0.13 -4 50 1 0 0 51 11.8% 65
2011-12 EDM 78 9 9 18 0.23 +11 64 1 0 0 83 10.8% 89
2012-13 EDM 82 12 15 27 0.33 -6 8 0 0 0 134 9.0% 34
2013-14 EDM 69 16 14 30 0.43 +5 18 2 4 1 132 12.1% 55
2014-15 TBL 82 15 27 42 0.51 +21 14 2 1 1 169 8.9% 50
2015-16 TBL / NYR 71 16 22 38 0.54 +10 30 3 1 0 112 14.3% 52
2016-17 MTL 82 9 8 17 0.21 -38 10 1 2 0 139 6.5% 22
CAREER 11 yrs 850 174 208 382 0.45 +45 319 22 35 3 -- 11.6% 621
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2006-07 EDM 5 1 2 3 0.60 0 4 1 0 0 10 10.0% 10
2007-08 EDM 10 1 3 4 0.40 -1 0 1 0 0 23 4.3% 23
2008-09 EDM 11 4 4 8 0.73 +3 8 2 2 0 37 10.8% 12
2009-10 EDM 11 1 4 5 0.45 +8 4 0 1 0 13 7.7% 15
2010-11 EDM 4 0 1 1 0.25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0% 1
2011-12 EDM 6 0 1 1 0.17 +1 0 0 0 0 10 0.0% 7
2012-13 EDM 6 1 2 3 0.50 0 0 1 0 0 11 9.1% 3
2013-14 EDM 7 1 2 3 0.43 -1 4 0 0 0 11 9.1% 9
2014-15 TBL 25 7 3 10 0.40 -3 2 1 0 0 46 15.2% 12
CAREER 9 app. 85 16 22 38 0.45 +7 22 6 3 0 -- 9.9% 92
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2003-04 MTL 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 - 6:18
2005-06 MTL 80 23 15 38 0.48 -1 26 3 7 12 15.5% 14:25
2006-07 MTL 61 22 16 38 0.62 -11 26 3 8 15 13.8% 17:54
2007-08 MTL 82 27 25 52 0.63 0 22 5 12 25 11.2% 17:57
2008-09 MTL 57 12 11 23 0.40 -1 22 1 2 4 7.9% 17:00
2009-10 NYR 55 6 8 14 0.25 -9 32 1 0 0 4.4% 17:55
2009-10 CGY 12 2 1 3 0.25 0 0 0 0 0 7.1% 15:52
2010-11 FLA 48 11 12 23 0.48 5 10 0 0 0 8.7% 16:39
2010-11 VAN 14 2 3 5 0.36 0 6 0 1 1 5.9% 15:07
2011-12 VAN 71 18 25 43 0.61 11 16 4 1 8 10.9% 16:19
2012-13 VAN 41 10 5 15 0.37 -4 10 1 0 0 13.0% 16:25
2013-14 VAN 78 17 22 39 0.50 -14 30 4 2 3 7.9% 19:10
2014-15 VAN 77 12 24 36 0.47 8 16 1 3 5 7.0% 15:47
2015-16 VAN 33 3 1 4 0.12 -14 4 0 0 0 5.9% 13:47
Career NHL 711 165 168 333 0.47 -30 220 23 36 73 9.7% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Forwards, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2006-07 23 LW EDM - - 76 74 66 76 75 - - 69 75 66 - 48 49 74
2007-08 24 LW EDM - - 85 79 66 78 75 - - 69 74 72 - 54 60 76
2008-09 25 LW EDM 68 50 84 83 74 - 84 79 46 72 82 77 - 64 75 -
2009-10 26 LW EDM 78 40 81 87 76 - 82 68 54 68 68 73 - 66 77 69
2010-11 27 LW EDM 83 40 77 87 76 - 82 65 54 65 65 77 - 68 79 69
2011-12 28 LW EDM 72 40 86 75 76 86 81 73 54 73 72 76 71 64 64 71
2012-13 29 LW EDM 56 37 83 76 71 65 73 73 43 68 67 73 63 64 66 67
2013-14 30 LW EDM 59 38 83 73 71 66 75 71 47 60 72 73 82 72 66 66
2014-15 31 LW TBL 61 39 82 75 71 79 85 72 41 66 71 71 77 74 66 68
2015-16 32 LW NYR 60 38 83 74 71 69 84 73 35 70 66 72 81 76 66 68
2016-17 33 LW MTL 65 42 95 83 74 60 83 63 34 53 59 79 73 77 81 66
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2006-07 23 LW EDM - - 76 74 66 76 75 - - 69 75 66 - 48 49 74
2007-08 24 LW EDM - - +9 +5 · +2 · - - · −1 +6 - +6 +11 +2
2008-09 25 LW EDM 68 50 −1 +4 +8 - +9 79 46 +3 +8 +5 - +10 +15 -
2009-10 26 LW EDM +10 −10 −3 +4 +2 - −2 −11 +8 −4 −14 −4 - +2 +2 69
2010-11 27 LW EDM +5 · −4 · · - · −3 · −3 −3 +4 - +2 +2 ·
2011-12 28 LW EDM −11 · +9 −12 · 86 −1 +8 · +8 +7 −1 71 −4 −15 +2
2012-13 29 LW EDM −16 −3 −3 +1 −5 −21 −8 · −11 −5 −5 −3 −8 · +2 −4
2013-14 30 LW EDM +3 +1 · −3 · +1 +2 −2 +4 −8 +5 · +19 +8 · −1
2014-15 31 LW TBL +2 +1 −1 +2 · +13 +10 +1 −6 +6 −1 −2 −5 +2 · +2
2015-16 32 LW NYR −1 −1 +1 −1 · −10 −1 +1 −6 +4 −5 +1 +4 +2 · ·
2016-17 33 LW MTL +5 +4 +12 +9 +3 −9 −1 −10 −1 −17 −7 +7 −8 +1 +15 −2
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2006-07 EDM $850,000 3 yr 2.2% 23 ELC Rookie
2009-10 EDM $1,400,000 1 yr 2.5% 26 RFA
2010-11 EDM $1,100,000 1 yr 1.9% 27 RFA
2011-12 EDM $1,800,000 3 yr 2.8% 28 RFA
2014-15 TBL $4,250,000 4 yr 6.2% 31 UFA
2005-06
Apr 4 2006
2005-06
to OILERS
to CANADIENS
2015-16
Dec 22 2015
2015-16
to RANGERS
  • Chris Higgins 68
to LIGHTNING
  • $100,000
2016-17
Oct 18 2016
2016-17
to CANADIENS
to RANGERS

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