Jörgen Pettersson's NHL career

Jörgen Pettersson makes his NHL debut in 2–⁠1 win against New York Rangers

Jörgen was 24 years old · Madison Square Garden, USA

Other Swedes on the ice: Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nilsson.

1980-1981

Jörgen Pettersson's first NHL season: 73 points

Points

73

#2NHL#41

Games

62 of 80

78%

Goals

37

#2NHL#24

Assists

36

#7NHL#89

P/GP

1.18

#2NHL#21

+/-

+14

#4NHL#72

PlayoffsEliminated by New York Rangers

11 games7 points4 G · 3 A

Preliminary roundPITPittsburgh Penguins3–2QuarterfinalNYRNew York Rangers2–4

Jörgen Pettersson's career in total through 1980-1981

62

Games

#22

73

Points

#19

37

Goals

#17

36

Assists

#21

+14

+/-

#7

1981-1982

Jörgen Pettersson scores 38 goals — his best goal-scoring season

Points

69

#2NHL#69

Games

77 of 80

96%

Goals

38

#1NHL#27

Assists

31

#5NHL#128

P/GP

0.90

#3NHL#87

+/-

-4

#19NHL#368

PlayoffsEliminated by Chicago Blackhawks

7 of 10 games3 points1 G · 2 A

First roundWINWinnipeg Jets3–1Second roundCHIChicago Blackhawks2–4

Jörgen Pettersson's career in total through 1981-1982

139

Games

#20

142

Points

#16

75

Goals

#10

67

Assists

#17

+10

+/-

#10

1982-1983

Jörgen Pettersson scores 73 points — the best season of his career

Points

73

#3NHL#53

Games

74 of 80

93%

Goals

35

#2NHL#30

Assists

38

#5NHL#77

P/GP

0.99

#3NHL#48

+/-

-10

#20NHL#483

PlayoffsEliminated by Chicago Blackhawks

4 games2 points1 G · 1 A

First roundCHIChicago Blackhawks1–3

Jörgen Pettersson's career in total through 1982-1983

213

Games

#17

215

Points

#10

110

Goals

#8

105

Assists

#12

0

+/-

#17

1983-1984

Jörgen Pettersson scores 62 points

Points

62

#8NHL#78

Games

77 of 80

96%

Goals

28

#7NHL#66

Assists

34

#10NHL#103

P/GP

0.81

#8NHL#98

+/-

-2

#16NHL#327

PlayoffsEliminated by Minnesota North Stars

11 games10 points7 G · 3 A

First roundDETDetroit Red Wings3–1Second roundMNSMinnesota North Stars3–4

Jörgen Pettersson's career in total through 1983-1984

290

Games

#15

277

Points

#9

138

Goals

#6

139

Assists

#10

-2

+/-

#26

Jörgen Pettersson is traded from St. Louis Blues to Hartford Whalers

Here he joins fellow Swede Ulf Samuelsson.

1984-1985

Jörgen Pettersson scores 55 points

Points

55

#8NHL#106

Games

75 of 80

94%

Goals

23

#7NHL#80

Assists

32

#9NHL#116

P/GP

0.73

#10NHL#119

+/-

+7

#6NHL#133

PlayoffsEliminated by Minnesota North Stars

3 games2 points1 G · 1 A

First roundMNSMinnesota North Stars0–3

Jörgen Pettersson's career in total through 1984-1985

365

Games

#14

332

Points

#9

161

Goals

#5

171

Assists

#9

+5

+/-

#17

Jörgen Pettersson is traded from Hartford Whalers to Washington Capitals

Here he joins Swedes Peter Andersson and Bengt-Åke Gustafsson.

1985-1986

Jörgen Pettersson's last season: 34 points

Points

34

#12NHL#213

Games

70 of 80

88%

Goals

13

#13NHL#208

Assists

21

#13NHL#215

P/GP

0.49

#14NHL#238

+/-

-15

#27NHL#548

PlayoffsEliminated by New York Rangers

8 of 9 games3 points1 G · 2 A

First roundNYINew York Islanders3–0Second roundNYRNew York Rangers2–4

Jörgen Pettersson's career in total through 1985-1986

435

Games

#11

366

Points

#9

174

Goals

#4

192

Assists

#10

-10

+/-

#39

Jörgen Pettersson played his last NHL game in 1986

The career ended after 6 seasons, the last of them with Washington Capitals.