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Player Statistics. Player Connections. Not Activated Sections. Preferred Equipment. Injury Records. Player Description. Raffi began the —04 season in the NHL, earning a roster spot with the Oilers.
The following month, Raffi missed two contests due to an ankle injury. He recovered to finish the season with 20 goals and 34 points over 80 games.
With the NHL set to resume play for the —06 season, Raffi re-signed with the Oilers to a two-year deal on August 16, Returning to the Oilers, he scored a career-high 27 goals and 41 points.
The Oilers entered the playoffs as the eighth and final seed in the Western Conference. During the Western Conference Finals against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, he missed games two and three due to the flu. Following his return the lineup, Raffi scored the series-clinching goal in game five, a win, to advance the Oilers into the Stanley Cup Finals. Against the Carolina Hurricanes, the Oilers faced a 3—1 series deficit before forcing a game seven.
They were defeated in the deciding contest to lose the Stanley Cup. Raffi notched four goals and 11 points over 22 post-season games.
In —07, he recorded 15 goals and 34 points. The Oilers did not, however, qualify for the playoffs. The following season, he missed the last 49 games of the campaign to an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
Limited to 32 contests, he recorded 11 points. He missed 10 games to begin the —09 campaign with a separated right shoulder. A month later, on December 2, , Raffi underwent surgery for an injured knee and missed an additional 19 games. With an injury-shortened season for the second consecutive year, he recorded 12 goals and 20 points over 51 games. In the playoffs, he added two assists as Columbus was swept in four games by the Detroit Red Wings.
The following season, on March 3, , Raffi was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for defenceman Nathan Paetsch and a second-round draft pick. He had recorded 19 goals and 31 points over 60 games with Columbus before the trade.
In 14 games with Buffalo, he notched five assists. The Sabres entered the playoffs as the third seed in the Eastern Conference. They were eliminated in the first round by the Boston Bruins. Raffi's play struggled against the Bruins and he was benched for the final two games of the series. He recorded two assists over four playoff games.
He scored his first goal as a Canuck on October 13, in a 4—3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks. The following month, Raffi registered his first NHL career hat trick on November 2, during a game against the Edmonton Oilers, marking the first time in Oilers history that a former player scored a hat trick against the club. Sign up today to get the best features and analysis from the NHL and beyond.
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