Playing career

Sandström was selected 36th overall by the New York Rangers in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft. Sandstöm played 983 career NHL games, scoring 394 goals and 462 assists for 856 points, and also registered 1,193 career penalty minutes. Sandstöm won the Stanley Cup in 1997 with the Detroit Red Wings, assisting on Darren McCarty's game-winning goal in Game 4 of the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals against the Philadelphia Flyers.

A skilled power forward, he was effective when healthy but his career was marred by injuries due to his physical style of play.

After being acquired by the Wayne Gretzky-led Los Angeles Kings in a January 1990 trade for former 70 goal scorer Bernie Nicholls, Sandström formed a deadly one-two punch with Gretzky over the next three seasons. Sandström's time with the Kings, however, was marred by several serious injuries that included a 1990 fight that left him with a scratched cornea and broken cheekbone and a broken leg in the 1991 Smythe Division Finals.

Sandström was a key component of the Kings' run to the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals, after missing most of the regular season with a broken jaw. Sandström finished third in playoff scoring after Gretzky and Toronto's Doug Gilmour.

Today, Sandström works as a firefighter in Skanör, Sweden.

Transactions

• June 7, 1982 - New York Rangers' 2nd round draft choice (36th overall) in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft.
• January 20, 1990 - Traded by the New York Rangers, along with Tony Granato, to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Bernie Nicholls.
• February 16, 1994 - Traded by the Los Angeles Kings, along with Shawn McEachern, to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Marty McSorley and Jim Paek.
• January 27, 1997 - Traded by the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Greg Johnson.
• October 20, 1997 - Signed as a free agent with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

Achievements

• All-Star Selection, Forward, 1983 IIHF world junior hockey championships
• Named to the 1985 NHL All-Rookie Team.
• Ranked No. 70 on the all-time list of New York Rangers in the book 100 Ranger Greats (John Wiley & Sons, 2009).

Sandström also holds the distinction of being one of the only wingers to play with both Mario Lemieux (while in Pittsburgh) and Wayne Gretzky (while in LA).

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1984-85	New York Rangers	NHL		74	29	30	59	51		3	0	2	2	0
1985-86	New York Rangers	NHL		73	25	29	54	109		16	4	6	10	20
1986-87	New York Rangers	NHL		64	40	34	74	60		6	1	2	3	20
1987-88	New York Rangers	NHL		69	28	40	68	95		—	—	—	—	—
1988-89	New York Rangers	NHL		79	32	56	88	148		4	3	2	5	12
1989-90	New York Rangers	NHL		48	19	19	38	100		—	—	—	—	—
1989-90	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		28	13	20	33	28		10	5	4	9	19
1990-91	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		68	45	44	89	106		10	4	4	8	14
1991-92	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		49	17	22	39	70		6	0	3	3	8
1992-93	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		39	25	27	52	57		24	8	17	25	12
1993-94	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		51	17	24	41	59		—	—	—	—	—
1993-94	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		27	6	11	17	24		6	0	0	0	4
1994-95	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		47	21	23	44	42		12	3	3	6	16
1994-95	Malmö IF	SEL		12	10	5	15	14		—	—	—	—	—
1995-96	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		58	35	35	70	69		18	4	2	6	30
1996-97	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		40	9	15	24	33		—	—	—	—	—
1996-97	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		34	9	9	18	36		20	0	4	4	24
1997-98	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL		77	9	8	17	64		—	—	—	—	—
1998-99	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL		58	15	17	32	42		4	0	0	0	4
1999-00	Malmö IF	SEL		42	16	13	29	28		—	—	—	—	—
2000-01	Malmö IF	SEL		50	17	9	26	90		8	3	3	6	60
2001-02	Malmö IF	SEL		37	8	7	15	40		5	0	1	1	6
NHL totals				983	394	463	857	1193		139	32	49	81	183

[ Source: Wikipedia ]