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Jan 25, 1997 · Compare Players: Check out the head-to-head stats of Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux including their awards, honors, championships, playoff and regular season stats, and much more on Stathead.com.
Mario Lemieux vs Wayne Gretzky Stats. During his pro hockey career, Mario Lemieux has accumulated 1,723 pts during his 915 matchups played. With a shooting rate of 19.0%, Mario Lemieux has attempted a shot at the opposing net 3,633 times during his NHL career.
Mario Lemieux had 690 goals, 1,033 assists and a plus-minus of +114 in 915 games in his career.
Wayne Gretzky had 894 goals, 1,963 assists and a plus-minus of +520 in 1,487 games in his career.
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From the 1984-85 season through 1998-99, Lemieux’s first and Gretzky’s last, Gretzky’s teams and the Pittsburgh Penguins played each other 44 times. However, at least one of them was absent for 43 percent of the games and they faced each other just 25 times, all in the regular season. Injury absences included two games when neither were in the line...
Lemieux appeared in 27 of the possible 44 games and missed the final nine meetings before Gretzky retired as Lemieux had retired following the 1997 playoffs. In the 44 games between the Penguins and Gretzky’s teams, the Penguins won just 12 times and only eight of the 27 Lemieux appeared in. These wins included only one of the six matchups during P...
The more durable of the two, Gretzky played in 40 of the 44 matchups. His teams won 27 of the 44 games including 25 of the 40 Gretzky laced-up for. By team, the wins breakdown is: 13 by the Kings, 8 by the Edmonton Oilers, and 6 by the Rangers. The Kings also won one of the two games that neither played in and one of the two when only Lemieux playe...
Although Gretzky had six scoreless games and Lemieux had five, neither of them went pointless in the same game. At the opposite end, there were seven games when each player registered at least two points. On two occasions they combined for eight points, once when Lemieux had his seven-point game (listed above) and Gretzky had one point and a second...
Gretzky is widely regarded as the greatest player in NHL history and holds nearly every possible offensive record. Lemieux has the second-highest points-per-game rate in history and appeared in less than 1,000 games but remains one of the best to ever play. It’s not surprising that both played at a high level against each other when their teams wer...
Oct 11, 2023 · Both legends left an indelible mark on the sport, redefining what it meant to be a hockey superstar. In this article, we will compare and contrast the careers of Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, examining their remarkable statistics and the impact they had on the game.
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Wayne Gretzky had 894 goals, 1,963 assists and a plus-minus of +520 in 1,487 games in his career.
