Gordie Howe

Player profile and career history

R · #9

Gordie Howe was a right wing. Born March 31, 1928 in Floral, Saskatchewan, Canada, he stood 6'0", weighed 205 lbs and shot right. In 1,767 NHL regular-season games he had 801 goals and 1,049 assists for 1,850 points.

NHL regular-season career

Games
1,767
Goals
801
Assists
1,049
Points
1,850
All supplied career statistics
Assists
1049
Game Winning Goals
121
Games Played
1767
Goals
801
Ot Goals
0
Pim
1685
Points
1850
Power Play Goals
211
Power Play Points
564
Shorthanded Goals
24
Shorthanded Points
36

NHL playoff career

Games
157
Goals
68
Assists
92
Points
160
All supplied career statistics
Assists
92
Game Winning Goals
11
Games Played
157
Goals
68
Ot Goals
0
Pim
220
Points
160
Power Play Goals
15
Power Play Points
56
Shorthanded Goals
4
Shorthanded Points
4

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game
0.45
Assists / game
0.59
Points / game
1.05
Shots / game
—

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
49
1952–53 · Detroit Red Wings
Assists
59
1968–69 · Detroit Red Wings
Points
103
1968–69 · Detroit Red Wings
Shots
357
1960–61 · Detroit Red Wings

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. 1997–98

    • DetroitIHL
  2. 1979–80

  3. 1978–79

    • New England WhalersWHA
  4. 1977–78

    • New England WhalersWHA
  5. 1976–77

    • Houston AerosWHA
  6. 1975–76

    • Houston AerosWHA
  7. 1974–75

    • CanadaSummit-72
    • Houston AerosWHA
  8. 1973–74

    • Houston AerosWHA
  9. 1970–71

  10. 1969–70

  11. 1968–69

  12. 1967–68

  13. 1966–67

  14. 1965–66

  15. 1964–65

  16. 1963–64

  17. 1962–63

  18. 1961–62

  19. 1960–61

  20. 1959–60

  21. 1958–59

  22. 1957–58

  23. 1956–57

  24. 1955–56

  25. 1954–55

  26. 1953–54

  27. 1952–53

  28. 1951–52

  29. 1950–51

  30. 1949–50

  31. 1948–49

  32. 1947–48

  33. 1946–47

  34. 1945–46

    • OmahaUSHL
  35. 1944–45

    • GaltOHA-Jr.
  36. 1943–44

    • Saskatoon LionsM-Cup
    • Saskatoon LionsSAHA
  37. 1942–43

    • King GeorgeHigh-SK

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.

Scroll across the table for all columns. Open “All stats” on any season for its complete supplied record.

SeasonLeagueTeamTypeGPGAPTSPIM+/−ShotsPPGPPPSHGSHPGWGOTG
1997–98IHLDetroitRegular10000————————
All stats
Assists
0
Games Played
1
Goals
0
Pim
0
Points
0
1979–80NHLHartford WhalersRegular8015264142994250000
All stats
Assists
26
Game Winning Goals
0
Games Played
80
Goals
15
Ot Goals
0
Pim
42
Plus Minus
9
Points
41
Power Play Goals
2
Power Play Points
5
Shooting Pctg
0.1596
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
Shots
94
1979–80NHLHartford WhalersPlayoffs31122-14000000
All stats
Assists
1
Game Winning Goals
0
Games Played
3
Goals
1
Ot Goals
0
Pim
2
Plus Minus
-1
Points
2
Power Play Goals
0
Power Play Points
0
Shooting Pctg
0.25
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
Shots
4
1978–79WHANew England WhalersRegular5819244351————————
All stats
Assists
24
Games Played
58
Goals
19
Pim
51
Points
43
1978–79WHANew England WhalersPlayoffs103144————————
All stats
Assists
1
Games Played
10
Goals
3
Pim
4
Points
4
1977–78WHANew England WhalersRegular7634629685————————
All stats
Assists
62
Games Played
76
Goals
34
Pim
85
Points
96
1977–78WHANew England WhalersPlayoffs14551015————————
All stats
Assists
5
Games Played
14
Goals
5
Pim
15
Points
10
1976–77WHAHouston AerosRegular6224446857————————
All stats
Assists
44
Games Played
62
Goals
24
Pim
57
Points
68
1976–77WHAHouston AerosPlayoffs1153811————————
All stats
Assists
3
Games Played
11
Goals
5
Pim
11
Points
8
1975–76WHAHouston AerosRegular78327010276————————
All stats
Assists
70
Games Played
78
Goals
32
Pim
76
Points
102
1975–76WHAHouston AerosPlayoffs17481231————————
All stats
Assists
8
Games Played
17
Goals
4
Pim
31
Points
12
1974–75Summit-72CanadaRegular73472————————
All stats
Assists
4
Games Played
7
Goals
3
Pim
2
Points
7
1974–75WHAHouston AerosRegular7534659984————————
All stats
Assists
65
Games Played
75
Goals
34
Pim
84
Points
99
1974–75WHAHouston AerosPlayoffs138122020————————
All stats
Assists
12
Games Played
13
Goals
8
Pim
20
Points
20
1973–74WHAHouston AerosRegular70316910046————————
All stats
Assists
69
Games Played
70
Goals
31
Pim
46
Points
100
1973–74WHAHouston AerosPlayoffs133141734————————
All stats
Assists
14
Games Played
13
Goals
3
Pim
34
Points
17
1970–71NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular6323295238-31957161130
All stats
Assists
29
Game Winning Goals
3
Games Played
63
Goals
23
Ot Goals
0
Pim
38
Plus Minus
-3
Points
52
Power Play Goals
7
Power Play Points
16
Shooting Pctg
0.1179
Shorthanded Goals
1
Shorthanded Points
1
Shots
195
1969–70NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular76314071582326811234450
All stats
Assists
40
Game Winning Goals
5
Games Played
76
Goals
31
Ot Goals
0
Pim
58
Plus Minus
23
Points
71
Power Play Goals
11
Power Play Points
23
Shooting Pctg
0.1157
Shorthanded Goals
4
Shorthanded Points
4
Shots
268
1969–70NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs42022-39110000
All stats
Assists
0
Game Winning Goals
0
Games Played
4
Goals
2
Ot Goals
0
Pim
2
Plus Minus
-3
Points
2
Power Play Goals
1
Power Play Points
1
Shooting Pctg
0.2222
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
Shots
9
1968–69NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular76445910358452849250060
All stats
Assists
59
Game Winning Goals
6
Games Played
76
Goals
44
Ot Goals
0
Pim
58
Plus Minus
45
Points
103
Power Play Goals
9
Power Play Points
25
Shooting Pctg
0.1549
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
Shots
284
1967–68NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular74394382531230110220040
All stats
Assists
43
Game Winning Goals
4
Games Played
74
Goals
39
Ot Goals
0
Pim
53
Plus Minus
12
Points
82
Power Play Goals
10
Power Play Points
22
Shooting Pctg
0.1296
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
Shots
301
1966–67NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular6925406553-32938221210
All stats
Assists
40
Game Winning Goals
1
Games Played
69
Goals
25
Ot Goals
0
Pim
53
Plus Minus
-3
Points
65
Power Play Goals
8
Power Play Points
22
Shooting Pctg
0.0853
Shorthanded Goals
1
Shorthanded Points
2
Shots
293
1965–66NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular7029467583192747240330
All stats
Assists
46
Game Winning Goals
3
Games Played
70
Goals
29
Ot Goals
0
Pim
83
Plus Minus
19
Points
75
Power Play Goals
7
Power Play Points
24
Shooting Pctg
0.1058
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
3
Shots
274
1965–66NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs12461012445150010
All stats
Assists
6
Game Winning Goals
1
Games Played
12
Goals
4
Ot Goals
0
Pim
12
Plus Minus
4
Points
10
Power Play Goals
1
Power Play Points
5
Shooting Pctg
0.0889
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
Shots
45
1964–65NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular702947761042234113333320
All stats
Assists
47
Game Winning Goals
2
Games Played
70
Goals
29
Ot Goals
0
Pim
104
Plus Minus
22
Points
76
Power Play Goals
13
Power Play Points
33
Shooting Pctg
0.085
Shorthanded Goals
3
Shorthanded Points
3
Shots
341
1964–65NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs742620-129241110
All stats
Assists
2
Game Winning Goals
1
Games Played
7
Goals
4
Ot Goals
0
Pim
20
Plus Minus
-1
Points
6
Power Play Goals
2
Power Play Points
4
Shooting Pctg
0.1379
Shorthanded Goals
1
Shorthanded Points
1
Shots
29
1963–64NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular6926477370-1034512291130
All stats
Assists
47
Game Winning Goals
3
Games Played
69
Goals
26
Ot Goals
0
Pim
70
Plus Minus
-10
Points
73
Power Play Goals
12
Power Play Points
29
Shooting Pctg
0.0754
Shorthanded Goals
1
Shorthanded Points
1
Shots
345
1963–64NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs149101916-274390000
All stats
Assists
10
Game Winning Goals
0
Games Played
14
Goals
9
Ot Goals
0
Pim
16
Plus Minus
-2
Points
19
Power Play Goals
3
Power Play Points
9
Shooting Pctg
0.1216
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
Shots
74
1962–63NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular703848861002335113310160
All stats
Assists
48
Game Winning Goals
6
Games Played
70
Goals
38
Ot Goals
0
Pim
100
Plus Minus
23
Points
86
Power Play Goals
13
Power Play Points
31
Shooting Pctg
0.1083
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
1
Shots
351
1962–63NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs11791622268170010
All stats
Assists
9
Game Winning Goals
1
Games Played
11
Goals
7
Ot Goals
0
Pim
22
Plus Minus
2
Points
16
Power Play Goals
1
Power Play Points
7
Shooting Pctg
0.1029
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
Shots
68
1961–62NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular70334477541234610232370
All stats
Assists
44
Game Winning Goals
7
Games Played
70
Goals
33
Ot Goals
0
Pim
54
Plus Minus
12
Points
77
Power Play Goals
10
Power Play Points
23
Shooting Pctg
0.0954
Shorthanded Goals
2
Shorthanded Points
3
Shots
346
1960–61NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular6423497230-53576232340
All stats
Assists
49
Game Winning Goals
4
Games Played
64
Goals
23
Ot Goals
0
Pim
30
Plus Minus
-5
Points
72
Power Play Goals
6
Power Play Points
23
Shooting Pctg
0.0644
Shorthanded Goals
2
Shorthanded Points
3
Shots
357
1960–61NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs114111510539061120
All stats
Assists
11
Game Winning Goals
2
Games Played
11
Goals
4
Ot Goals
0
Pim
10
Plus Minus
5
Points
15
Power Play Goals
0
Power Play Points
6
Shooting Pctg
0.1026
Shorthanded Goals
1
Shorthanded Points
1
Shots
39
1959–60NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular7028457346163545222350
All stats
Assists
45
Game Winning Goals
5
Games Played
70
Goals
28
Ot Goals
0
Pim
46
Plus Minus
16
Points
73
Power Play Goals
5
Power Play Points
22
Shooting Pctg
0.0791
Shorthanded Goals
2
Shorthanded Points
3
Shots
354
1959–60NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs61564133010000
All stats
Assists
5
Game Winning Goals
0
Games Played
6
Goals
1
Ot Goals
0
Pim
4
Plus Minus
1
Points
6
Power Play Goals
0
Power Play Points
1
Shooting Pctg
0.0303
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
Shots
33
1958–59NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular7032467857——8280150
All stats
Assists
46
Game Winning Goals
5
Games Played
70
Goals
32
Ot Goals
0
Pim
57
Points
78
Power Play Goals
8
Power Play Points
28
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
1
1957–58NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular6433447738——10243470
All stats
Assists
44
Game Winning Goals
7
Games Played
64
Goals
33
Ot Goals
0
Pim
38
Points
77
Power Play Goals
10
Power Play Points
24
Shorthanded Goals
3
Shorthanded Points
4
1957–58NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs41120——000000
All stats
Assists
1
Game Winning Goals
0
Games Played
4
Goals
1
Ot Goals
0
Pim
0
Points
2
Power Play Goals
0
Power Play Points
0
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
1956–57NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular7044458974——15310160
All stats
Assists
45
Game Winning Goals
6
Games Played
70
Goals
44
Ot Goals
0
Pim
74
Points
89
Power Play Goals
15
Power Play Points
31
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
1
1956–57NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs52576——020000
All stats
Assists
5
Game Winning Goals
0
Games Played
5
Goals
2
Ot Goals
0
Pim
6
Points
7
Power Play Goals
0
Power Play Points
2
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
1955–56NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular70384179100——14360180
All stats
Assists
41
Game Winning Goals
8
Games Played
70
Goals
38
Ot Goals
0
Pim
100
Points
79
Power Play Goals
14
Power Play Points
36
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
1
1955–56NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs1039128——040000
All stats
Assists
9
Game Winning Goals
0
Games Played
10
Goals
3
Ot Goals
0
Pim
8
Points
12
Power Play Goals
0
Power Play Points
4
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
1954–55NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular6429336268——7182250
All stats
Assists
33
Game Winning Goals
5
Games Played
64
Goals
29
Ot Goals
0
Pim
68
Points
62
Power Play Goals
7
Power Play Points
18
Shorthanded Goals
2
Shorthanded Points
2
1954–55NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs119112024——371130
All stats
Assists
11
Game Winning Goals
3
Games Played
11
Goals
9
Ot Goals
0
Pim
24
Points
20
Power Play Goals
3
Power Play Points
7
Shorthanded Goals
1
Shorthanded Points
1
1953–54NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular70334881109——15330080
All stats
Assists
48
Game Winning Goals
8
Games Played
70
Goals
33
Ot Goals
0
Pim
109
Points
81
Power Play Goals
15
Power Play Points
33
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
1953–54NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs1245931——020000
All stats
Assists
5
Game Winning Goals
0
Games Played
12
Goals
4
Ot Goals
0
Pim
31
Points
9
Power Play Goals
0
Power Play Points
2
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
1952–53NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular7049469557——11271160
All stats
Assists
46
Game Winning Goals
6
Games Played
70
Goals
49
Ot Goals
0
Pim
57
Points
95
Power Play Goals
11
Power Play Points
27
Shorthanded Goals
1
Shorthanded Points
1
1952–53NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs62572——110000
All stats
Assists
5
Game Winning Goals
0
Games Played
6
Goals
2
Ot Goals
0
Pim
2
Points
7
Power Play Goals
1
Power Play Points
1
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
1951–52NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular7047398678——52411100
All stats
Assists
39
Game Winning Goals
10
Games Played
70
Goals
47
Ot Goals
0
Pim
78
Points
86
Power Play Goals
5
Power Play Points
24
Shorthanded Goals
1
Shorthanded Points
1
1951–52NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs82572——130010
All stats
Assists
5
Game Winning Goals
1
Games Played
8
Goals
2
Ot Goals
0
Pim
2
Points
7
Power Play Goals
1
Power Play Points
3
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
1950–51NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular7043438674——5160090
All stats
Assists
43
Game Winning Goals
9
Games Played
70
Goals
43
Ot Goals
0
Pim
74
Points
86
Power Play Goals
5
Power Play Points
16
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
1950–51NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs64374——000010
All stats
Assists
3
Game Winning Goals
1
Games Played
6
Goals
4
Ot Goals
0
Pim
4
Points
7
Power Play Goals
0
Power Play Points
0
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
1949–50NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular7035336869——5170040
All stats
Assists
33
Game Winning Goals
4
Games Played
70
Goals
35
Ot Goals
0
Pim
69
Points
68
Power Play Goals
5
Power Play Points
17
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
1949–50NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs10007——000000
All stats
Assists
0
Game Winning Goals
0
Games Played
1
Goals
0
Ot Goals
0
Pim
7
Points
0
Power Play Goals
0
Power Play Points
0
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
1948–49NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular4012253757——260020
All stats
Assists
25
Game Winning Goals
2
Games Played
40
Goals
12
Ot Goals
0
Pim
57
Points
37
Power Play Goals
2
Power Play Points
6
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
1948–49NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs11831119——121110
All stats
Assists
3
Game Winning Goals
1
Games Played
11
Goals
8
Ot Goals
0
Pim
19
Points
11
Power Play Goals
1
Power Play Points
2
Shorthanded Goals
1
Shorthanded Points
1
1947–48NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular6016284463——161120
All stats
Assists
28
Game Winning Goals
2
Games Played
60
Goals
16
Ot Goals
0
Pim
63
Points
44
Power Play Goals
1
Power Play Points
6
Shorthanded Goals
1
Shorthanded Points
1
1947–48NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs1011211——120000
All stats
Assists
1
Game Winning Goals
0
Games Played
10
Goals
1
Ot Goals
0
Pim
11
Points
2
Power Play Goals
1
Power Play Points
2
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
1946–47NHLDetroit Red WingsRegular587152252——000000
All stats
Assists
15
Game Winning Goals
0
Games Played
58
Goals
7
Ot Goals
0
Pim
52
Points
22
Power Play Goals
0
Power Play Points
0
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
1946–47NHLDetroit Red WingsPlayoffs500018——000000
All stats
Assists
0
Game Winning Goals
0
Games Played
5
Goals
0
Ot Goals
0
Pim
18
Points
0
Power Play Goals
0
Power Play Points
0
Shorthanded Goals
0
Shorthanded Points
0
1945–46USHLOmahaRegular5122264853————————
All stats
Assists
26
Games Played
51
Goals
22
Pim
53
Points
48
1945–46USHLOmahaPlayoffs621315————————
All stats
Assists
1
Games Played
6
Goals
2
Pim
15
Points
3
1944–45OHA-Jr.GaltRegular—————————————
All stats
1943–44SAHASaskatoon LionsRegular565114————————
All stats
Assists
5
Games Played
5
Goals
6
Pim
4
Points
11
1943–44M-CupSaskatoon LionsPlayoffs2000600——————
All stats
Assists
0
Games Played
2
Goals
0
Pim
6
Plus Minus
0
Points
0
Shooting Pctg
0
Shots
0
1942–43High-SKKing GeorgeRegular—————————————
All stats

NHL game-by-game archive

This season’s game-log import is queued. The background archive fills gradually.

NHL source coverage only; missing records are not zero-stat appearances. Historical team abbreviations are retained.

Recent NHL games

DateOpponentGoalsAssistsPointsTime on ice
1980-04-11MTL000–
1980-04-09MTL112–
1980-04-08MTL000–
1980-04-06DET112–
1980-04-04QUE000–

Awards

Stanley Cup1954–55, 1953–54, 1951–52, 1949–50
Art Ross Trophy1962–63, 1956–57, 1953–54, 1952–53, 1951–52, 1950–51
Hart Memorial Trophy1962–63, 1959–60, 1957–58, 1956–57, 1952–53, 1951–52
Lester Patrick Trophy1966–67
NHL Lifetime Achievement Award2007–08

Career refresh is delayed. The last imported record is retained.

Profile updated Oct 15, 11:20 pm EDT. Missing stats are shown as –.

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