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1999-00 to 2010-11 TOP CHEDDAR HOCKEY #28 BRIAN RAFALSKI New Jersey Devils · Defense
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Brian Rafalski in action
28 D Defense
98 OVR
Brian Rafalski New Jersey Devils
11 NHL seasons · 1999-00 to 2010-11
2010-11

Career Report

10 Gem Mint 10

Graded on the Game Score of their best 5 seasons, ranked among retired defense.

Season Team GP P OVR Grade
2000-01 NJD 78 52 99 9
2010-11 DET 63 48 98 9
2007-08 DET 73 55 98 10
2001-02 NJD 76 47 98 10
2008-09 DET 78 59 97 9

Trophy case

  • Stanley Cup 1999-00 · 2002-03 · 2007-08

Connections

Every goal of his career he scored or set up, from the play-by-play.

Set up most by

C 97OVR Patrik Elias Devils 16 of his goals C 97OVR Henrik Zetterberg Red Wings 13 of his goals C 89OVR Scott Gomez Devils 12 of his goals C 98OVR Pavel Datsyuk Red Wings 11 of his goals

Set up most

C 97OVR Patrik Elias Devils Set up 46 goals C 97OVR Henrik Zetterberg Red Wings Set up 31 goals C 89OVR Scott Gomez Devils Set up 26 goals C 98OVR Pavel Datsyuk Red Wings Set up 26 goals

Most time together

D 64OVR Jonathan Ericsson Red Wings 690 min together R 91OVR Todd Bertuzzi Canucks 275 min together C 97OVR Henrik Zetterberg Red Wings 275 min together R 90OVR Jiri Hudler Red Wings 270 min together

Best with

R 90OVR Jiri Hudler Red Wings 11–5 in goals together R 84OVR Daniel Cleary Red Wings 15–7 in goals together L 72OVR Justin Abdelkader Red Wings 12–6 in goals together L 88OVR Tomas Holmstrom Red Wings 10–7 in goals together
Scored on most
Mike Richter 6 goals Cristobal Huet 5 goals Olie Kolzig 3 goals
Best game
January 06, 2001 vs NYR: 2G · 1A

Rivals

His fights, hit rivals, and faceoff duels across his career, from the play-by-play (hits and faceoffs from 2009-10 on).

Hit most

C 85OVR Stephen Weiss Panthers Hit him 3 times L 96OVR Steve Sullivan Blackhawks Hit him 2 times C 94OVR Brad Richards Lightning Hit him 2 times R 91OVR Martin Erat Predators Hit him 2 times

Hit most by

C 63OVR Samuel Pahlsson Ducks Hit by him 7 times C 54OVR Jerred Smithson Predators Hit by him 7 times L 74OVR Bryan Bickell Blackhawks Hit by him 7 times R 92OVR Shane Doan Unsigned Hit by him 6 times