Riley Sheahan's NHL career
Centre Riley Sheahan was drafted 21th overall by Detroit Red Wings in 2010. He played 12 seasons for 6 clubs, 2011-2022. That came to 637 games and 194 points, 74 goals and 120 assists.
Below: the whole of Riley Sheahan's career, season by season.
- Year 20102010 NHL Draft
Riley Sheahan is drafted 21 overall by Detroit Red Wings
Selected21 overall, round 1
Swedes drafted19 selectedFirst Swede off the boardLudvig Rensfeldt#35First off the board- 1Taylor HallEDM
- 2Tyler SeguinBOS
- 3Erik GudbransonFLA
Swedes from the same draft- Calle Järnkrok774 GP · 316 P
- Jesper Fast703 GP · 248 P
- John Klingberg700 GP · 443 P
- 1 year, 9 months and 13 days later · 2 seasonsYear 2012NHL debut
Riley Sheahan makes his NHL debut in 2–3 loss against Chicago Blackhawks
Riley was 20 years old ·
Joe Louis Arena, USASwedes on the ice:
Marcus Krüger, Viktor Stålberg, Johnny Oduya, among others.Season2011-2012
Riley Sheahan's first NHL season: 0 points
Events81games missedThe whole season and the playoff run2011-2012Points0NHL#784Games1 of 821%Goals0NHL#708Assists0NHL#752P/GP0.00+/-0NHL#350PlayoffsEliminated by Nashville Predators0 of 5 games0 pointsFirst roundNSHNashville Predators1–4 - Year 2013Season
2012-2013
Riley Sheahan plays only 1 game for 0 points
Events47games missedThe whole season and the playoff run2012-2013Points0NHL#732Games1 of 482%Goals0NHL#626Assists0NHL#700P/GP0.00+/-0NHL#331PlayoffsEliminated by Chicago Blackhawks0 of 14 games0 pointsFirst roundANAAnaheim Ducks4–3Second roundCHIChicago Blackhawks3–4 - Year 2014Season
2013-2014
Riley Sheahan plays only 42 games for 24 points
Events40games missedThe whole season and the playoff run2013-2014Points24NHL#299Games42 of 8251%Goals9NHL#259Assists15NHL#296P/GP0.57NHL#134+/-+8NHL#137PlayoffsEliminated by Boston Bruins5 games0 pointsFirst roundBOSBoston Bruins1–4 - Year 2015Season
2014-2015
Riley Sheahan scores 36 points — the best season of his career
EventsCareer bestHis best points seasonThe whole season and the playoff run2014-2015Points36NHL#180Games79 of 8296%Goals13NHL#185Assists23NHL#174P/GP0.46NHL#227+/--3NHL#573PlayoffsEliminated by Tampa Bay Lightning7 games3 points2 G · 1 AFirst roundTBLTampa Bay Lightning3–4 - Year 2016Season
2015-2016
Riley Sheahan scores 14 goals — his best goal-scoring season
EventsCareer bestHis best goal-scoring seasonThe whole season and the playoff run2015-2016Points25NHL#280Games81 of 8299%Goals14NHL#159Assists11NHL#370P/GP0.31NHL#329+/--8NHL#751PlayoffsEliminated by Tampa Bay Lightning5 games1 points0 G · 1 AFirst roundTBLTampa Bay Lightning1–4 - Year 2017Season
2016-2017
Riley Sheahan scores 13 points
The whole season2016-2017Points13NHL#447Games80 of 8298%Goals2NHL#536Assists11NHL#380P/GP0.16NHL#539+/--29NHL#884 - Year 2018Season
2017-2018
Riley Sheahan scores 32 points
The whole season and the playoff run2017-2018Points32NHL#240Games81 of 8299%Goals11NHL#253Assists21NHL#220P/GP0.40NHL#300+/-+4NHL#217PlayoffsEliminated by Washington Capitals12 games3 points1 G · 2 AFirst roundPHIPhiladelphia Flyers4–2Second roundWSHWashington Capitals2–4 - Year 2019Season
2018-2019
Riley Sheahan scores 19 points
The whole season2018-2019Points19NHL#401Games82 of 82100%Goals9NHL#294Assists10NHL#437P/GP0.23NHL#496+/--9NHL#749 - Year 2020Season
2019-2020
Riley Sheahan scores 15 points
The whole season and the playoff run2019-2020Points15NHL#408Games66 of 7193%Goals8NHL#278Assists7NHL#465P/GP0.23NHL#483+/--13NHL#826PlayoffsEliminated by Chicago Blackhawks4 games0 pointsQualifying roundCHIChicago Blackhawks1–3 - Year 2021Season
2020-2021
Riley Sheahan scores 13 points
The whole season2020-2021Points13NHL#381Games53 of 5695%Goals4NHL#386Assists9NHL#347P/GP0.25NHL#474+/--8NHL#761 - Year 2022Season
2021-2022
Riley Sheahan scores 17 points
The whole season2021-2022Points17NHL#455Games69 of 8284%Goals4NHL#490Assists13NHL#395P/GP0.25NHL#500+/-+6NHL#196 - Season
2022-2023
Riley Sheahan's last season: 0 points
Events80games missedThe whole season2022-2023Points0NHL#846Games2 of 822%Goals0NHL#760Assists0NHL#810P/GP0.00+/--2NHL#523 - The career
Riley Sheahan played his last NHL game in 2022
The career ended after 12 seasons, the last of them with Buffalo Sabres.