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Richard Smehlik

#2 · Defence · New Jersey Devils

Born Jan 23, 1970 in Ostrava, CZE · 6'3", 230 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 97th overall in 1990 by BUF (round 5)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2002-03

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Steve Chiasson HFD · 30 P in 65 GP Vladimir Malakhov MTL · 30 P in 65 GP Sergei Gonchar WSH · 30 P in 57 GP Bruce Driver NYR · 30 P in 79 GP Wade Redden OTT · 30 P in 82 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0102030401992-93: 31 points3192-931993-94: 41 points4193-941994-95: 11 points1194-951996-97: 30 points3096-971997-98: 20 points2097-981998-99: 14 points1498-991999-00: 11 points1199-002000-01: 15 points1500-012001-02: 9 points901-022002-03: 13 points1302-03

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1992-93 BUF 80 4 27 31 9 59 82 0 0.39
1993-94 BUF 84 14 27 41 22 69 106 0 0.49
1994-95 BUF 39 4 7 11 5 46 49 0 0.28
1996-97 BUF 62 11 19 30 19 43 100 0 0.48
1997-98 BUF 72 3 17 20 11 62 90 87 0.28
1998-99 BUF 72 3 11 14 -9 44 61 107 0.19
1999-00 BUF 64 2 9 11 13 50 67 65 0.17
2000-01 BUF 56 3 12 15 6 4 40 86 0.27
2001-02 BUF 60 3 6 9 -9 22 52 73 0.15
2002-03 ATL 43 2 9 11 -4 16 38 19 0.26
2002-03 NJD 12 0 2 2 -1 0 11 7 0.17
10 seasons Career 644 49 146 195 62 415 696 444 0.30

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1992-93 BUF 8 0 4 4 3 2 11 0 0.50
1993-94 BUF 7 0 2 2 -1 10 2 0 0.29
1994-95 BUF 5 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 0.00
1996-97 BUF 12 0 2 2 0 4 17 0 0.17
1997-98 BUF 15 0 2 2 3 6 12 20 0.13
1998-99 BUF 21 0 3 3 -4 10 20 73 0.14
1999-00 BUF 5 1 0 1 0 0 6 3 0.20
2000-01 BUF 10 0 1 1 3 4 7 13 0.10
2002-03 NJD 5 0 0 0 -2 2 2 3 0.00
9 seasons Playoffs 88 1 14 15 1 40 80 112 0.17

1996-97 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
62 11 19 30 19 43 100 0 0.48 11.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 1997 @ HFD L 2-4 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1997 @ CHI L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1997 @ DET L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1997 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1997 @ FLA L 2-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1997 @ WSH W 4-1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1997 @ PIT L 3-5 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1997 vs BOS W 5-1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1997 @ PHI W 7-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1997 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1997 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1997 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1997 vs PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1997 @ OTT W 3-1 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1997 vs BOS W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1997 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1997 vs CGY T 5-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1997 vs SJS W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 7 2 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1997 vs MTL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1997 vs OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1997 @ TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1997 vs FLA T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1997 @ PHI T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1997 vs WSH T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1997 vs DAL W 3-1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1997 vs PIT W 3-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1997 @ PHX W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1997 @ ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1997 @ LAK L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1997 @ SJS T 1-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1997 vs PHX W 5-1 1 0 1 2 2 4 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1997 vs STL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1996 vs NJD W 6-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1996 @ PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1996 vs HFD W 5-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1996 @ NJD T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1996 @ OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1996 vs LAK W 6-2 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1996 vs TBL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1996 @ BOS W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1996 vs NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 6 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1996 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 3 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1996 @ HFD L 4-6 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1996 vs ANA T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1996 @ TOR L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1996 vs COL W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1996 @ PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1996 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1996 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1996 @ COL T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1996 @ STL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1996 @ DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1996 @ NYR L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1996 vs HFD W 6-3 2 1 3 1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1996 vs MTL W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1996 @ WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1996 vs PIT W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1996 vs TBL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1996 vs DET L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1996 @ VAN W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 6, 1996 @ CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 4, 1996 @ EDM L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00