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Sergei Gonchar

#55 · Defence · Montréal Canadiens

Born Apr 13, 1974 in Chelyabinsk, RUS · 6'2", 210 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 14th overall in 1992 by WSH (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2008-09

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dan Hamhuis VAN · 22 P in 79 GP Radko Gudas TBL · 22 P in 73 GP Thomas Hickey NYI · 22 P in 82 GP Alexander Edler VAN · 22 P in 63 GP Tyler Myers BUF · 22 P in 62 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02040601994-95: 7 points794-951995-96: 41 points411996-97: 30 points3096-971997-98: 21 points211998-99: 31 points3198-991999-00: 54 points542000-01: 57 points5700-012001-02: 59 points592002-03: 67 points6702-032003-04: 58 points582005-06: 58 points5805-062006-07: 67 points672007-08: 65 points6507-082008-09: 19 points192009-10: 50 points5009-102010-11: 27 points272011-12: 37 points3711-122012-13: 27 points272013-14: 22 points2213-142014-15: 14 points14

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1994-95 WSH 31 2 5 7 4 22 38 0 0.23
1995-96 WSH 78 15 26 41 25 60 139 0 0.53
1996-97 WSH 57 13 17 30 -11 36 129 0 0.53
1997-98 WSH 72 5 16 21 2 66 134 46 0.29
1998-99 WSH 53 21 10 31 1 57 180 72 0.58
1999-00 WSH 73 18 36 54 26 52 181 97 0.74
2000-01 WSH 76 19 38 57 12 70 241 88 0.75
2001-02 WSH 76 26 33 59 -1 58 216 63 0.78
2002-03 WSH 82 18 49 67 13 52 224 28 0.82
2003-04 WSH 56 7 42 49 -20 44 127 26 0.88
2003-04 BOS 15 4 5 9 6 12 34 8 0.60
2005-06 PIT 75 12 46 58 -13 100 192 58 0.77
2006-07 PIT 82 13 54 67 -5 72 191 64 0.82
2007-08 PIT 78 12 53 65 13 66 173 56 0.83
2008-09 PIT 25 6 13 19 6 26 71 25 0.76
2009-10 PIT 62 11 39 50 -4 49 138 65 0.81
2010-11 OTT 67 7 20 27 -15 20 107 54 0.40
2011-12 OTT 74 5 32 37 -4 55 131 48 0.50
2012-13 OTT 45 3 24 27 4 26 85 25 0.60 $5.5M
2013-14 DAL 76 2 20 22 -12 20 89 71 0.29 $5M
2014-15 DAL 3 0 1 1 -1 2 1 3 0.33 $5M
2014-15 MTL 45 1 12 13 7 16 45 42 0.29
20 seasons Career 1301 220 591 811 33 981 2866 939 0.62

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1994-95 WSH 7 2 2 4 8 2 15 0 0.57
1995-96 WSH 6 2 4 6 -1 4 29 0 1.00
1997-98 WSH 21 7 4 11 2 30 37 24 0.52
1999-00 WSH 5 1 0 1 -3 6 16 8 0.20
2000-01 WSH 6 1 3 4 0 2 14 10 0.67
2002-03 WSH 6 0 5 5 2 4 15 3 0.83
2003-04 BOS 7 1 4 5 -4 4 19 7 0.71
2006-07 PIT 5 1 3 4 -3 2 14 6 0.80
2007-08 PIT 20 1 13 14 0 8 40 26 0.70
2008-09 PIT 22 3 11 14 3 12 41 18 0.64
2009-10 PIT 13 2 10 12 4 4 24 9 0.92
2011-12 OTT 7 1 3 4 1 6 6 11 0.57
2012-13 OTT 10 0 6 6 -3 14 16 5 0.60
2013-14 DAL 6 0 0 0 -3 4 5 6 0.00
14 seasons Playoffs 141 22 68 90 3 102 291 133 0.64

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 2 20 22 -12 20 89 71 0.29 2.2 17:37

Contract

$5MCap hit2013-14
$227KCap dollars per point22 points in 76 games
-$940KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5.9MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 641 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2014-15 $5M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $5.5M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2013-14 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2013-14 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-2.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence-1.2Power play-0.2Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.3

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-3-2-10122010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

39.0Corsi for %46 attempts for, 72 against
-19.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
28.0Expected goals for %1.6 expected for, 4.1 against
-32.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
37.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
37.5Goals for %3 for, 5 against
103.3PDO15.8% shooting + 87.5% saves
11Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sergei Gonchar · Kevin Connauton428:3843.929.71-2
Sergei Gonchar · Jordie Benn59:1832.022.31-0
Sergei Gonchar · Brenden Dillon28:3357.152.80-1
Sergei Gonchar · Aaron Rome17:1318.242.60-1

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 6 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.16 expected goals per 60 minutes43rd
Shot quality 3.5% chance per attempt57th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 42 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 13, 2014 @ PHX L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 18:50
Apr 11, 2014 vs STL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:18
Apr 9, 2014 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:58
Apr 8, 2014 vs NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:37
Apr 6, 2014 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:50
Apr 5, 2014 @ TBL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 13:46
Apr 3, 2014 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:15
Apr 1, 2014 @ WSH W 5-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 15:39
Mar 29, 2014 @ STL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 11:11
Mar 28, 2014 vs NSH W 7-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 15:15
Mar 25, 2014 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:25
Mar 24, 2014 vs WPG W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 13:35
Mar 22, 2014 vs OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:39
Mar 20, 2014 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:55
Mar 18, 2014 @ PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:51
Mar 16, 2014 @ WPG L 2-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:42
Mar 14, 2014 vs CGY L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:55
Mar 11, 2014 @ STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:42
Mar 8, 2014 vs MIN W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:38
Mar 6, 2014 vs VAN W 6-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:08
Mar 4, 2014 @ CBJ L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:52
Mar 3, 2014 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:50
Mar 1, 2014 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:15
Feb 27, 2014 vs CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:41
Feb 8, 2014 vs PHX W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 16:01
Feb 5, 2014 @ SJS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:39
Feb 4, 2014 @ PHX W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:34
Feb 1, 2014 @ ANA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:27
Jan 30, 2014 vs NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:13
Jan 27, 2014 vs COL L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:22
Jan 25, 2014 vs PIT W 3-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 14:39
Jan 23, 2014 vs TOR W 7-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 18:23
Jan 21, 2014 vs MIN W 4-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 17:47
Jan 20, 2014 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:19
Jan 18, 2014 @ MIN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:26
Jan 16, 2014 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:39
Jan 14, 2014 vs EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:01
Jan 12, 2014 vs NYI L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 17:17
Jan 10, 2014 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:28
Jan 9, 2014 @ NJD L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:45
Jan 6, 2014 @ NYI L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 18:35
Dec 21, 2013 @ SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:30
Dec 19, 2013 vs VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 20:45
Dec 17, 2013 vs COL W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 21:14
Dec 16, 2013 @ COL L 2-6 0 1 1 -2 2 1 2 22:27
Dec 14, 2013 @ WPG W 6-4 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 20:19
Dec 12, 2013 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 20:08
Dec 10, 2013 vs CHI L 2-6 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 17:52
Dec 7, 2013 vs PHI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19:46
Dec 5, 2013 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 6 4 23:09
Dec 3, 2013 @ CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:33
Dec 1, 2013 vs EDM L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 21:00
Nov 29, 2013 vs CHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 21:42
Nov 26, 2013 vs ANA W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:24
Nov 23, 2013 @ STL L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 2 0 2 20:40
Nov 21, 2013 vs NYR L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 19:02
Nov 17, 2013 @ VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:25
Nov 14, 2013 @ CGY W 7-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 22:46
Nov 13, 2013 @ EDM W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:51
Nov 9, 2013 vs CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:01
Nov 7, 2013 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 18:53
Nov 5, 2013 @ BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:48
Nov 3, 2013 @ OTT W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:57
Nov 1, 2013 vs COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 14:49
Oct 29, 2013 @ MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 17:28
Oct 28, 2013 @ BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 16:41
Oct 26, 2013 vs WPG L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:09
Oct 24, 2013 vs CGY W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18:55
Oct 20, 2013 @ ANA L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:51
Oct 19, 2013 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:19
Oct 17, 2013 vs SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 16:21
Oct 15, 2013 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 23:06
Oct 12, 2013 @ MIN L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:15
Oct 11, 2013 @ WPG W 4-1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 21:42
Oct 5, 2013 vs WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:18
Oct 3, 2013 vs FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 20:54