Derek Sanderson

C · #16

Derek Sanderson was a center. Born June 16, 1946 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, he stood 6'0", weighed 185 lbs and shot left. In 598 NHL regular-season games he had 202 goals and 250 assists for 452 points.

NHL regular-season career

Games

598

Goals

202

Assists

250

Points

452

NHL playoff career

Games

56

Goals

18

Assists

12

Points

30

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game

0.34

Assists / game

0.42

Points / game

0.76

Shots / game

2.60

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

29

1970–71 · Boston Bruins

Assists

43

1975–76 · St. Louis Blues

Points

67

1975–76 · St. Louis Blues

Shots

217

1970–71 · Boston Bruins

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. 1977–78

   • Kansas CityCHL
   • TulsaCHL
   • Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL

2. 1976–77

   • Kansas CityCHL
   • St. Louis BluesNHL
   • Vancouver CanucksNHL

3. 1975–76

   • New York RangersNHL
   • St. Louis BluesNHL

4. 1974–75

   • New York RangersNHL

5. 1973–74

   • BostonAHL
   • Boston BruinsNHL

6. 1972–73

   • Boston BruinsNHL
   • Philadelphia BlazersWHA

7. 1971–72

   • Boston BruinsNHL

8. 1970–71

   • Boston BruinsNHL

9. 1969–70

   • Boston BruinsNHL

10. 1968–69

    • Boston BruinsNHL

11. 1967–68

    • Boston BruinsNHL

12. 1966–67

    • Oklahoma CityCPHL
    • Boston BruinsNHL
    • Niagara FallsOHA-Jr.

13. 1965–66

    • Oklahoma CityCPHL
    • Niagara FallsM-Cup
    • Boston BruinsNHL
    • Niagara FallsOHA-Jr.

14. 1964–65

    • Niagara FallsOHA-Jr.

15. 1963–64

    • Niagara FallsOHA-Jr.

16. 1962–63

    • Niagara FallsM-Cup
    • Niagara FallsOHA-B
    • Niagara FallsOHA-Jr.

17. 1961–62

    • Niagara FallsOHA-B

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
1977–78	CHL	Kansas City	Regular	4	1	3	4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 4 Goals 1 Pim 0 Points 4
1977–78	CHL	Tulsa	Regular	4	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 0
1977–78	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Regular	13	3	1	4	0	-6	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 13 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -6 Points 4 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.2727 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 11
1976–77	CHL	Kansas City	Regular	8	4	3	7	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 8 Goals 4 Pim 6 Points 7
1976–77	NHL	St. Louis Blues	Regular	32	8	13	21	26	-8	53	3	9	0	0	2	0	All stats Assists 13 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 32 Goals 8 Ot Goals 0 Pim 26 Plus Minus -8 Points 21 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 9 Shooting Pctg 0.1509 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 53
1976–77	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	Regular	16	7	9	16	30	5	21	2	5	2	2	1	0	All stats Assists 9 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 16 Goals 7 Ot Goals 0 Pim 30 Plus Minus 5 Points 16 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 5 Shooting Pctg 0.3333 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 21
1975–76	NHL	New York Rangers	Regular	8	0	0	0	4	-8	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 8 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus -8 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 29
1975–76	NHL	St. Louis Blues	Regular	65	24	43	67	59	13	171	6	18	6	9	1	0	All stats Assists 43 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 65 Goals 24 Ot Goals 0 Pim 59 Plus Minus 13 Points 67 Power Play Goals 6 Power Play Points 18 Shooting Pctg 0.1404 Shorthanded Goals 6 Shorthanded Points 9 Shots 171
1975–76	NHL	St. Louis Blues	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	0	-2	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 3 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -2 Points 1 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.1667 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 6
1974–75	NHL	New York Rangers	Regular	75	25	25	50	106	10	187	3	5	2	2	3	0	All stats Assists 25 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 75 Goals 25 Ot Goals 0 Pim 106 Plus Minus 10 Points 50 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 5 Shooting Pctg 0.1337 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 187
1974–75	NHL	New York Rangers	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	-3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 3 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -3 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 5
1973–74	AHL	Boston	Regular	3	4	3	7	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 3 Goals 4 Pim 2 Points 7
1973–74	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	29	8	12	20	48	16	64	0	1	0	2	1	0	All stats Assists 12 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 29 Goals 8 Ot Goals 0 Pim 48 Plus Minus 16 Points 20 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.125 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 64
1972–73	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	25	5	10	15	38	11	41	0	0	2	6	0	0	All stats Assists 10 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 25 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 38 Plus Minus 11 Points 15 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.122 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 6 Shots 41
1972–73	WHA	Philadelphia Blazers	Regular	8	3	3	6	69	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 8 Goals 3 Pim 69 Points 6
1972–73	NHL	Boston Bruins	Playoffs	5	1	2	3	13	-2	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 13 Plus Minus -2 Points 3 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0588 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 17
1971–72	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	78	25	33	58	108	25	198	0	0	7	12	2	0	All stats Assists 33 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 78 Goals 25 Ot Goals 0 Pim 108 Plus Minus 25 Points 58 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.1263 Shorthanded Goals 7 Shorthanded Points 12 Shots 198
1971–72	NHL	Boston Bruins	Playoffs	11	1	1	2	44	-3	16	0	0	1	2	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 11 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 44 Plus Minus -3 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0625 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 16
1970–71	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	71	29	34	63	130	39	217	1	1	6	12	0	0	All stats Assists 34 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 71 Goals 29 Ot Goals 0 Pim 130 Plus Minus 39 Points 63 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.1336 Shorthanded Goals 6 Shorthanded Points 12 Shots 217
1970–71	NHL	Boston Bruins	Playoffs	7	2	1	3	13	-5	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 7 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 13 Plus Minus -5 Points 3 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.1 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 20
1969–70	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	50	18	23	41	118	8	179	5	10	5	7	2	0	All stats Assists 23 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 50 Goals 18 Ot Goals 0 Pim 118 Plus Minus 8 Points 41 Power Play Goals 5 Power Play Points 10 Shooting Pctg 0.1006 Shorthanded Goals 5 Shorthanded Points 7 Shots 179
1969–70	NHL	Boston Bruins	Playoffs	14	5	4	9	72	10	41	1	1	2	2	0	0	All stats Assists 4 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 14 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 72 Plus Minus 10 Points 9 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.122 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 41
1968–69	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	61	26	22	48	146	26	194	1	3	3	3	3	0	All stats Assists 22 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 61 Goals 26 Ot Goals 0 Pim 146 Plus Minus 26 Points 48 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.134 Shorthanded Goals 3 Shorthanded Points 3 Shots 194
1968–69	NHL	Boston Bruins	Playoffs	9	8	2	10	36	8	35	0	0	3	5	2	0	All stats Assists 2 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 9 Goals 8 Ot Goals 0 Pim 36 Plus Minus 8 Points 10 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.2286 Shorthanded Goals 3 Shorthanded Points 5 Shots 35
1967–68	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	71	24	25	49	98	11	187	4	5	1	1	6	0	All stats Assists 25 Game Winning Goals 6 Games Played 71 Goals 24 Ot Goals 0 Pim 98 Plus Minus 11 Points 49 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 5 Shooting Pctg 0.1283 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 187
1967–68	NHL	Boston Bruins	Playoffs	4	0	2	2	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 9 Plus Minus 0 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 2
1966–67	CPHL	Oklahoma City	Regular	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats
1966–67	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	2	0	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -1 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 2
1966–67	OHA-Jr.	Niagara Falls	Regular	47	41	60	101	193	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 60 Games Played 47 Goals 41 Pim 193 Points 101
1966–67	CPHL	Oklahoma City	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 0
1966–67	OHA-Jr.	Niagara Falls	Playoffs	13	8	17	25	70	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 17 Games Played 13 Goals 8 Pim 70 Points 25
1965–66	CPHL	Oklahoma City	Regular	2	1	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 2 Goals 1 Pim 0 Points 1
1965–66	M-Cup	Niagara Falls	Regular	11	7	6	13	78	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 6 Games Played 11 Goals 7 Pim 78 Points 13
1965–66	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 0 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 0
1965–66	OHA-Jr.	Niagara Falls	Regular	48	33	43	76	238	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 43 Games Played 48 Goals 33 Pim 238 Points 76
1965–66	CPHL	Oklahoma City	Playoffs	4	0	4	4	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Pim 5 Points 4
1965–66	M-Cup	Niagara Falls	Playoffs	11	7	6	13	78	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 6 Games Played 11 Goals 7 Pim 78 Points 13
1965–66	OHA-Jr.	Niagara Falls	Playoffs	6	6	0	6	72	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 6 Goals 6 Pim 72 Points 6
1964–65	OHA-Jr.	Niagara Falls	Regular	55	19	46	65	128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 46 Games Played 55 Goals 19 Pim 128 Points 65
1964–65	OHA-Jr.	Niagara Falls	Playoffs	11	9	8	17	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 8 Games Played 11 Goals 9 Pim 26 Points 17
1963–64	OHA-Jr.	Niagara Falls	Regular	42	12	15	27	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 15 Games Played 42 Goals 12 Pim 42 Points 27
1963–64	OHA-Jr.	Niagara Falls	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 1
1962–63	M-Cup	Niagara Falls	Regular	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 1 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 0
1962–63	OHA-B	Niagara Falls	Regular	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats
1962–63	OHA-Jr.	Niagara Falls	Regular	2	0	0	0	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Pim 10 Points 0
1962–63	M-Cup	Niagara Falls	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 1 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 0
1961–62	OHA-B	Niagara Falls	Regular	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats

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