Ron Francis

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Ron Francis was a center. Born March 1, 1963 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, he stood 6'3", weighed 200 lbs and shot left. He was drafted in 1981 (round 1, 4th overall) by the HFD. In 1,731 NHL regular-season games he had 549 goals and 1,249 assists for 1,798 points.

NHL regular-season career

Games

1,731

Goals

549

Assists

1,249

Points

1,798

NHL playoff career

Games

171

Goals

46

Assists

97

Points

143

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game

0.32

Assists / game

0.72

Points / game

1.04

Shots / game

2.17

Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.

NHL season record highs

Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.

Goals

32

1989–90 · Hartford Whalers

Assists

92

1995–96 · Pittsburgh Penguins

Points

119

1995–96 · Pittsburgh Penguins

Shots

216

1993–94 · Pittsburgh Penguins

Teams & leagues through the years

Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.

1. 2003–04

   • Carolina HurricanesNHL
   • Toronto Maple LeafsNHL

2. 2002–03

   • Carolina HurricanesNHL

3. 2001–02

   • Carolina HurricanesNHL

4. 2000–01

   • Carolina HurricanesNHL

5. 1999–00

   • Carolina HurricanesNHL

6. 1998–99

   • Carolina HurricanesNHL

7. 1997–98

   • Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL

8. 1996–97

   • Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL

9. 1995–96

   • Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL

10. 1994–95

    • Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL

11. 1993–94

    • Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL

12. 1992–93

    • Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL

13. 1991–92

    • Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL

14. 1990–91

    • Hartford WhalersNHL
    • Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL

15. 1989–90

    • Hartford WhalersNHL

16. 1988–89

    • Hartford WhalersNHL

17. 1987–88

    • Hartford WhalersNHL

18. 1986–87

    • Hartford WhalersNHL

19. 1985–86

    • Hartford WhalersNHL

20. 1984–85

    • Hartford WhalersNHL
    • CanadaWEC-A

21. 1983–84

    • Hartford WhalersNHL

22. 1982–83

    • Hartford WhalersNHL

23. 1981–82

    • Hartford WhalersNHL
    • Sault Ste. MarieOHL

24. 1980–81

    • Sault Ste. MarieOMJHL

25. 1979–80

    • Soo LegionNOHA

Coverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.

Season-by-season history

All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.

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Season	League	Team	Type	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/−	Shots	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG
2003–04	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Regular	68	10	20	30	14	-12	79	5	16	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 20 Avg Toi 16:12 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5614 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 68 Goals 10 Ot Goals 0 Pim 14 Plus Minus -12 Points 30 Power Play Goals 5 Power Play Points 16 Shooting Pctg 0.1266 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 79
2003–04	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	Regular	12	3	7	10	0	3	12	2	4	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 7 Avg Toi 13:44 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5649 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 12 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 3 Points 10 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.25 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 12
2003–04	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	Playoffs	12	0	4	4	2	0	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 4 Avg Toi 15:28 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4651 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 12 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 0 Points 4 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 14
2002–03	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Regular	82	22	35	57	30	-22	156	8	23	1	1	1	0	All stats Assists 35 Avg Toi 19:43 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.525 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 82 Goals 22 Ot Goals 0 Pim 30 Plus Minus -22 Points 57 Power Play Goals 8 Power Play Points 23 Shooting Pctg 0.141 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 156
2001–02	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Regular	80	27	50	77	18	4	165	14	42	0	1	5	1	All stats Assists 50 Avg Toi 20:41 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5889 Game Winning Goals 5 Games Played 80 Goals 27 Ot Goals 1 Pim 18 Plus Minus 4 Points 77 Power Play Goals 14 Power Play Points 42 Shooting Pctg 0.1636 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 165
2001–02	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Playoffs	23	6	10	16	6	-2	51	4	10	0	0	3	1	All stats Assists 10 Avg Toi 21:03 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5455 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 23 Goals 6 Ot Goals 1 Pim 6 Plus Minus -2 Points 16 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 10 Shooting Pctg 0.1176 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 51
2000–01	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Regular	82	15	50	65	32	-15	130	7	33	0	0	4	1	All stats Assists 50 Avg Toi 20:15 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5751 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 82 Goals 15 Ot Goals 1 Pim 32 Plus Minus -15 Points 65 Power Play Goals 7 Power Play Points 33 Shooting Pctg 0.1154 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 130
2000–01	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	-2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 13:21 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 3 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -2 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 5
1999–00	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Regular	78	23	50	73	18	10	150	7	29	0	0	4	0	All stats Assists 50 Avg Toi 21:58 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5332 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 78 Goals 23 Ot Goals 0 Pim 18 Plus Minus 10 Points 73 Power Play Goals 7 Power Play Points 29 Shooting Pctg 0.1533 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 150
1998–99	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Regular	82	21	31	52	34	-2	133	8	18	0	0	2	0	All stats Assists 31 Avg Toi 21:55 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5154 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 82 Goals 21 Ot Goals 0 Pim 34 Plus Minus -2 Points 52 Power Play Goals 8 Power Play Points 18 Shooting Pctg 0.1579 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 133
1998–99	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 16:27 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5714 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 3 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 1 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 4
1997–98	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Regular	81	25	62	87	20	12	189	7	32	0	0	5	0	All stats Assists 62 Avg Toi 23:03 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5479 Game Winning Goals 5 Games Played 81 Goals 25 Ot Goals 0 Pim 20 Plus Minus 12 Points 87 Power Play Goals 7 Power Play Points 32 Shooting Pctg 0.1323 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 189
1997–98	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Playoffs	6	1	5	6	2	5	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 5 Avg Toi 25:05 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5593 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 5 Points 6 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.0526 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 19
1996–97	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Regular	81	27	63	90	20	7	183	10	34	1	2	2	0	All stats Assists 63 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 81 Goals 27 Ot Goals 0 Pim 20 Plus Minus 7 Points 90 Power Play Goals 10 Power Play Points 34 Shooting Pctg 0.1475 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 183
1996–97	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Playoffs	5	1	2	3	2	-7	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -7 Points 3 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.1667 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 6
1995–96	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Regular	77	27	92	119	56	25	158	12	54	1	2	4	0	All stats Assists 92 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 77 Goals 27 Ot Goals 0 Pim 56 Plus Minus 25 Points 119 Power Play Goals 12 Power Play Points 54 Shooting Pctg 0.1709 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 158
1995–96	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Playoffs	11	3	6	9	4	3	23	2	5	0	1	1	0	All stats Assists 6 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 11 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus 3 Points 9 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 5 Shooting Pctg 0.1304 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 23
1994–95	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Regular	44	11	48	59	18	30	94	3	21	0	1	1	0	All stats Assists 48 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 44 Goals 11 Ot Goals 0 Pim 18 Plus Minus 30 Points 59 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 21 Shooting Pctg 0.117 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 94
1994–95	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Playoffs	12	6	13	19	4	3	30	2	5	0	1	0	0	All stats Assists 13 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 12 Goals 6 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus 3 Points 19 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 5 Shooting Pctg 0.2 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 30
1993–94	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Regular	82	27	66	93	62	-3	216	8	41	0	3	2	1	All stats Assists 66 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 82 Goals 27 Ot Goals 1 Pim 62 Plus Minus -3 Points 93 Power Play Goals 8 Power Play Points 41 Shooting Pctg 0.125 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 3 Shots 216
1993–94	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Playoffs	6	0	2	2	6	-2	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus -2 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 9
1992–93	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Regular	84	24	76	100	68	6	215	9	50	2	9	4	0	All stats Assists 76 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 84 Goals 24 Ot Goals 0 Pim 68 Plus Minus 6 Points 100 Power Play Goals 9 Power Play Points 50 Shooting Pctg 0.1116 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 9 Shots 215
1992–93	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Playoffs	12	6	11	17	19	5	26	1	6	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 11 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 12 Goals 6 Ot Goals 0 Pim 19 Plus Minus 5 Points 17 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 6 Shooting Pctg 0.2308 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 26
1991–92	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Regular	70	21	33	54	30	-7	121	5	14	1	4	2	0	All stats Assists 33 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 70 Goals 21 Ot Goals 0 Pim 30 Plus Minus -7 Points 54 Power Play Goals 5 Power Play Points 14 Shooting Pctg 0.1736 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 4 Shots 121
1991–92	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Playoffs	21	8	19	27	6	8	58	2	12	0	1	2	1	All stats Assists 19 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 21 Goals 8 Ot Goals 1 Pim 6 Plus Minus 8 Points 27 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 12 Shooting Pctg 0.1379 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 58
1990–91	NHL	Hartford Whalers	Regular	67	21	55	76	51	-2	149	10	28	1	1	6	0	All stats Assists 55 Game Winning Goals 6 Games Played 67 Goals 21 Ot Goals 0 Pim 51 Plus Minus -2 Points 76 Power Play Goals 10 Power Play Points 28 Shooting Pctg 0.1409 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 149
1990–91	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Regular	14	2	9	11	21	0	25	0	1	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 9 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 14 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 21 Plus Minus 0 Points 11 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.08 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 25
1990–91	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Playoffs	24	7	10	17	24	13	48	0	2	0	1	4	0	All stats Assists 10 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 24 Goals 7 Ot Goals 0 Pim 24 Plus Minus 13 Points 17 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.1458 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 48
1989–90	NHL	Hartford Whalers	Regular	80	32	69	101	73	13	170	15	43	1	1	5	0	All stats Assists 69 Game Winning Goals 5 Games Played 80 Goals 32 Ot Goals 0 Pim 73 Plus Minus 13 Points 101 Power Play Goals 15 Power Play Points 43 Shooting Pctg 0.1882 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 170
1989–90	NHL	Hartford Whalers	Playoffs	7	3	3	6	8	2	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 3 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 7 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus 2 Points 6 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.1429 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 21
1988–89	NHL	Hartford Whalers	Regular	69	29	48	77	36	4	156	8	29	0	0	4	0	All stats Assists 48 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 69 Goals 29 Ot Goals 0 Pim 36 Plus Minus 4 Points 77 Power Play Goals 8 Power Play Points 29 Shooting Pctg 0.1859 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 156
1988–89	NHL	Hartford Whalers	Playoffs	4	0	2	2	0	-2	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -2 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 10
1987–88	NHL	Hartford Whalers	Regular	80	25	50	75	87	-8	172	11	36	1	1	3	0	All stats Assists 50 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 80 Goals 25 Ot Goals 0 Pim 87 Plus Minus -8 Points 75 Power Play Goals 11 Power Play Points 36 Shooting Pctg 0.1453 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 172
1987–88	NHL	Hartford Whalers	Playoffs	6	2	5	7	2	5	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 5 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 5 Points 7 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.25 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 8
1986–87	NHL	Hartford Whalers	Regular	75	30	63	93	45	11	189	7	29	0	0	7	1	All stats Assists 63 Game Winning Goals 7 Games Played 75 Goals 30 Ot Goals 1 Pim 45 Plus Minus 11 Points 93 Power Play Goals 7 Power Play Points 29 Shooting Pctg 0.1587 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 189
1986–87	NHL	Hartford Whalers	Playoffs	6	2	2	4	6	-1	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus -1 Points 4 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.1333 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 15
1985–86	NHL	Hartford Whalers	Regular	53	24	53	77	24	5	120	7	32	1	2	4	0	All stats Assists 53 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 53 Goals 24 Ot Goals 0 Pim 24 Plus Minus 5 Points 77 Power Play Goals 7 Power Play Points 32 Shooting Pctg 0.2 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 120
1985–86	NHL	Hartford Whalers	Playoffs	10	1	2	3	4	-1	27	0	2	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 10 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus -1 Points 3 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.037 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 27
1984–85	NHL	Hartford Whalers	Regular	80	24	57	81	64	-24	199	4	31	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 57 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 80 Goals 24 Ot Goals 0 Pim 64 Plus Minus -24 Points 81 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 31 Shooting Pctg 0.1206 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 199
1984–85	WEC-A	Canada	Regular	10	2	5	7	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 10 Goals 2 Pim 2 Points 7
1983–84	NHL	Hartford Whalers	Regular	72	23	60	83	45	-12	202	5	36	0	0	5	0	All stats Assists 60 Game Winning Goals 5 Games Played 72 Goals 23 Ot Goals 0 Pim 45 Plus Minus -12 Points 83 Power Play Goals 5 Power Play Points 36 Shooting Pctg 0.1139 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 202
1982–83	NHL	Hartford Whalers	Regular	79	31	59	90	60	-26	210	4	25	2	3	4	0	All stats Assists 59 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 79 Goals 31 Ot Goals 0 Pim 60 Plus Minus -26 Points 90 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 25 Shooting Pctg 0.1476 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 3 Shots 210
1981–82	NHL	Hartford Whalers	Regular	59	25	43	68	51	-15	163	12	26	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 43 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 59 Goals 25 Ot Goals 0 Pim 51 Plus Minus -15 Points 68 Power Play Goals 12 Power Play Points 26 Shooting Pctg 0.1534 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 163
1981–82	OHL	Sault Ste. Marie	Regular	25	18	30	48	46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 30 Games Played 25 Goals 18 Pim 46 Points 48
1980–81	OMJHL	Sault Ste. Marie	Regular	64	26	43	69	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 43 Games Played 64 Goals 26 Pim 33 Points 69
1980–81	OMJHL	Sault Ste. Marie	Playoffs	19	7	8	15	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 8 Games Played 19 Goals 7 Pim 34 Points 15
1979–80	NOHA	Soo Legion	Regular	45	57	92	149	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 92 Games Played 45 Goals 57 Points 149

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