Brian Rolston

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Brian Rolston was a left wing. Born February 21, 1973 in Flint, Michigan, the United States, he stood 6'2", weighed 215 lbs and shot left. He was drafted in 1991 (round 1, 11th overall) by the New Jersey Devils. In 1,256 NHL regular-season games he had 342 goals and 419 assists for 761 points.

NHL regular-season career

Games

1,256

Goals

342

Assists

419

Points

761

NHL playoff career

Games

77

Goals

20

Assists

14

Points

34

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game

0.27

Assists / game

0.33

Points / game

0.61

Shots / game

3.05

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

34

2005–06 · Minnesota Wild

Assists

45

2005–06 · Minnesota Wild

Points

79

2005–06 · Minnesota Wild

Shots

331

2001–02 · 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. 2011–12

   • Boston BruinsNHL
   • New York IslandersNHL

2. 2010–11

   • New Jersey DevilsNHL

3. 2009–10

   • New Jersey DevilsNHL

4. 2008–09

   • New Jersey DevilsNHL

5. 2007–08

   • Minnesota WildNHL

6. 2006–07

   • Minnesota WildNHL

7. 2005–06

   • Minnesota WildNHL
   • USAOlympics

8. 2004–05

   • USAWCup

9. 2003–04

   • Boston BruinsNHL
   • USAW-Cup
   • USAWCup

10. 2002–03

    • Boston BruinsNHL

11. 2001–02

    • Boston BruinsNHL
    • USAOlympics

12. 2000–01

    • Boston BruinsNHL

13. 1999–00

    • Boston BruinsNHL
    • Colorado AvalancheNHL
    • New Jersey DevilsNHL

14. 1998–99

    • New Jersey DevilsNHL

15. 1997–98

    • New Jersey DevilsNHL

16. 1996–97

    • New Jersey DevilsNHL
    • USAW-Cup

17. 1995–96

    • New Jersey DevilsNHL
    • USAWC-A

18. 1994–95

    • AlbanyAHL
    • New Jersey DevilsNHL

19. 1993–94

    • AlbanyAHL
    • USANat-Tm
    • USAOlympics

20. 1992–93

    • Lake SuperiorCCHA
    • USAWJC-A

21. 1991–92

    • Lake SuperiorCCHA
    • USAWJC-A

22. 1990–91

    • Det. CompuwareNAHL
    • USAWJC-A

23. 1989–90

    • Det. CompuwareNAHL

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
2011–12	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	21	3	12	15	8	7	39	1	3	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 12 Avg Toi 14:33 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5098 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 21 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus 7 Points 15 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.0769 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 39
2011–12	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	49	4	5	9	6	-12	112	0	1	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 5 Avg Toi 14:10 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4231 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 49 Goals 4 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus -12 Points 9 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.0357 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 112
2011–12	NHL	Boston Bruins	Playoffs	7	1	2	3	0	-2	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Avg Toi 14:49 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4286 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -2 Points 3 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0588 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 17
2010–11	NHL	New Jersey Devils	Regular	65	14	20	34	34	-6	168	6	11	0	1	4	0	All stats Assists 20 Avg Toi 17:36 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.3852 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 65 Goals 14 Ot Goals 0 Pim 34 Plus Minus -6 Points 34 Power Play Goals 6 Power Play Points 11 Shooting Pctg 0.0833 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 168
2009–10	NHL	New Jersey Devils	Regular	80	20	17	37	22	2	232	7	13	0	0	3	0	All stats Assists 17 Avg Toi 16:56 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5079 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 80 Goals 20 Ot Goals 0 Pim 22 Plus Minus 2 Points 37 Power Play Goals 7 Power Play Points 13 Shooting Pctg 0.0862 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 232
2009–10	NHL	New Jersey Devils	Playoffs	5	2	1	3	0	-1	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 14:48 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.8 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -1 Points 3 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.1667 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 12
2008–09	NHL	New Jersey Devils	Regular	64	15	17	32	30	2	174	8	16	0	0	3	1	All stats Assists 17 Avg Toi 15:06 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4611 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 64 Goals 15 Ot Goals 1 Pim 30 Plus Minus 2 Points 32 Power Play Goals 8 Power Play Points 16 Shooting Pctg 0.0862 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 174
2008–09	NHL	New Jersey Devils	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	4	2	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 14:09 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4194 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus 2 Points 2 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.0556 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 18
2007–08	NHL	Minnesota Wild	Regular	81	31	28	59	53	-1	289	11	28	1	1	8	0	All stats Assists 28 Avg Toi 20:04 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4061 Game Winning Goals 8 Games Played 81 Goals 31 Ot Goals 0 Pim 53 Plus Minus -1 Points 59 Power Play Goals 11 Power Play Points 28 Shooting Pctg 0.1073 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 289
2007–08	NHL	Minnesota Wild	Playoffs	6	2	4	6	8	4	31	0	1	1	2	0	0	All stats Assists 4 Avg Toi 22:27 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4545 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus 4 Points 6 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.0645 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 31
2006–07	NHL	Minnesota Wild	Regular	78	31	33	64	46	6	305	13	34	1	2	6	0	All stats Assists 33 Avg Toi 21:16 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4542 Game Winning Goals 6 Games Played 78 Goals 31 Ot Goals 0 Pim 46 Plus Minus 6 Points 64 Power Play Goals 13 Power Play Points 34 Shooting Pctg 0.1016 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 305
2006–07	NHL	Minnesota Wild	Playoffs	5	1	1	2	4	-2	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 20:25 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.3158 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus -2 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.0435 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 23
2005–06	NHL	Minnesota Wild	Regular	82	34	45	79	50	14	293	15	32	5	5	7	0	All stats Assists 45 Avg Toi 20:21 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.464 Game Winning Goals 7 Games Played 82 Goals 34 Ot Goals 0 Pim 50 Plus Minus 14 Points 79 Power Play Goals 15 Power Play Points 32 Shooting Pctg 0.116 Shorthanded Goals 5 Shorthanded Points 5 Shots 293
2005–06	Olympics	USA	Regular	6	3	1	4	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 6 Goals 3 Pim 4 Points 4
2004–05	WCup	USA	Regular	2	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 0
2003–04	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	82	19	29	48	40	9	257	3	15	2	3	3	1	All stats Assists 29 Avg Toi 19:38 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5071 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 82 Goals 19 Ot Goals 1 Pim 40 Plus Minus 9 Points 48 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 15 Shooting Pctg 0.0739 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 3 Shots 257
2003–04	WCup	USA	Regular	2	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 0
2003–04	NHL	Boston Bruins	Playoffs	7	1	0	1	8	-5	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 16:33 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5055 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus -5 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0714 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 14
2003–04	W-Cup	USA	Other	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	—	0	—	—	0	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 1 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 2
2002–03	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	81	27	32	59	32	1	281	6	21	5	7	5	2	All stats Assists 32 Avg Toi 20:28 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4756 Game Winning Goals 5 Games Played 81 Goals 27 Ot Goals 2 Pim 32 Plus Minus 1 Points 59 Power Play Goals 6 Power Play Points 21 Shooting Pctg 0.0961 Shorthanded Goals 5 Shorthanded Points 7 Shots 281
2002–03	NHL	Boston Bruins	Playoffs	5	0	2	2	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Avg Toi 18:39 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.557 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -1 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 6
2001–02	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	82	31	31	62	30	11	331	6	17	9	10	7	1	All stats Assists 31 Avg Toi 20:24 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4655 Game Winning Goals 7 Games Played 82 Goals 31 Ot Goals 1 Pim 30 Plus Minus 11 Points 62 Power Play Goals 6 Power Play Points 17 Shooting Pctg 0.0937 Shorthanded Goals 9 Shorthanded Points 10 Shots 331
2001–02	Olympics	USA	Regular	6	0	3	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 6 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 3
2001–02	NHL	Boston Bruins	Playoffs	6	4	1	5	0	-1	33	1	1	1	2	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 20:37 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5306 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 4 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -1 Points 5 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.1212 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 33
2000–01	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	77	19	39	58	28	6	286	5	23	0	4	4	1	All stats Assists 39 Avg Toi 19:19 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4565 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 77 Goals 19 Ot Goals 1 Pim 28 Plus Minus 6 Points 58 Power Play Goals 5 Power Play Points 23 Shooting Pctg 0.0664 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 4 Shots 286
1999–00	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	16	5	4	9	6	-4	66	3	4	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 4 Avg Toi 22:13 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4113 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 16 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus -4 Points 9 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.0758 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 66
1999–00	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	Regular	50	8	10	18	12	-6	107	1	4	0	0	3	0	All stats Assists 10 Avg Toi 16:18 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4154 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 50 Goals 8 Ot Goals 0 Pim 12 Plus Minus -6 Points 18 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.0748 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 107
1999–00	NHL	New Jersey Devils	Regular	11	3	1	4	0	-2	33	1	2	0	0	2	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 19:09 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.3784 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 11 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -2 Points 4 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.0909 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 33
1998–99	NHL	New Jersey Devils	Regular	82	24	33	57	14	11	210	5	14	5	5	3	0	All stats Assists 33 Avg Toi 18:49 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.451 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 82 Goals 24 Ot Goals 0 Pim 14 Plus Minus 11 Points 57 Power Play Goals 5 Power Play Points 14 Shooting Pctg 0.1143 Shorthanded Goals 5 Shorthanded Points 5 Shots 210
1998–99	NHL	New Jersey Devils	Playoffs	7	1	0	1	2	-1	15	0	0	1	1	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 17:36 Faceoff Winning Pctg 1 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -1 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0667 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 15
1997–98	NHL	New Jersey Devils	Regular	76	16	14	30	16	7	185	0	3	2	2	1	0	All stats Assists 14 Avg Toi 17:41 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5616 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 76 Goals 16 Ot Goals 0 Pim 16 Plus Minus 7 Points 30 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.0865 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 185
1997–98	NHL	New Jersey Devils	Playoffs	6	1	0	1	2	2	14	0	0	1	1	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 18:54 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 2 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0714 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 14
1996–97	NHL	New Jersey Devils	Regular	81	18	27	45	20	6	237	2	9	2	2	3	0	All stats Assists 27 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 81 Goals 18 Ot Goals 0 Pim 20 Plus Minus 6 Points 45 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 9 Shooting Pctg 0.0759 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 237
1996–97	W-Cup	USA	Regular	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 1 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 0
1996–97	NHL	New Jersey Devils	Playoffs	10	4	1	5	6	0	45	1	1	2	2	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 10 Goals 4 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus 0 Points 5 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.0889 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 45
1995–96	NHL	New Jersey Devils	Regular	58	13	11	24	8	9	139	3	7	1	1	4	0	All stats Assists 11 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 58 Goals 13 Ot Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus 9 Points 24 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 7 Shooting Pctg 0.0935 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 139
1995–96	WC-A	USA	Regular	8	3	4	7	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 8 Goals 3 Pim 4 Points 7
1994–95	AHL	Albany	Regular	18	9	11	20	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 11 Games Played 18 Goals 9 Pim 10 Points 20
1994–95	NHL	New Jersey Devils	Regular	40	7	11	18	17	5	92	2	3	0	0	3	0	All stats Assists 11 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 40 Goals 7 Ot Goals 0 Pim 17 Plus Minus 5 Points 18 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.0761 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 92
1994–95	NHL	New Jersey Devils	Playoffs	6	2	1	3	4	6	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus 6 Points 3 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.1667 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 12
1993–94	AHL	Albany	Regular	17	5	5	10	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 17 Goals 5 Pim 8 Points 10
1993–94	Nat-Tm	USA	Regular	41	20	28	48	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 28 Games Played 41 Goals 20 Pim 36 Points 48
1993–94	Olympics	USA	Regular	8	7	0	7	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 8 Goals 7 Pim 8 Points 7
1993–94	AHL	Albany	Playoffs	5	1	2	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 5 Goals 1 Pim 0 Points 3
1992–93	CCHA	Lake Superior	Regular	39	33	31	64	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 31 Games Played 39 Goals 33 Pim 20 Points 64
1992–93	WJC-A	USA	Regular	7	6	2	8	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 7 Goals 6 Pim 2 Points 8
1991–92	CCHA	Lake Superior	Regular	37	14	23	37	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 23 Games Played 37 Goals 14 Pim 14 Points 37
1991–92	WJC-A	USA	Regular	7	3	3	6	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 7 Goals 3 Pim 2 Points 6
1990–91	NAHL	Det. Compuware	Regular	36	49	46	95	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 46 Games Played 36 Goals 49 Pim 14 Points 95
1990–91	WJC-A	USA	Regular	8	1	5	6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 8 Goals 1 Pim 0 Points 6
1989–90	NAHL	Det. Compuware	Regular	40	36	37	73	57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 37 Games Played 40 Goals 36 Pim 57 Points 73

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