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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 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bruce Driver NYR · 20 P in 75 GP Doug Bodger NJD · 20 P in 77 GP Sergei Gonchar WSH · 21 P in 72 GP Tommy Albelin CGY · 19 P in 69 GP Anders Eriksson DET · 21 P in 66 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

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
72 3 17 20 11 62 90 87 0.28 3.3 22:44

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 19, 1998 vs OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:21
Apr 18, 1998 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:07
Apr 15, 1998 @ NJD L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 23:44
Apr 13, 1998 vs PHI W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 19:06
Apr 11, 1998 @ OTT T 4-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 28:44
Apr 10, 1998 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 23:55
Apr 8, 1998 vs CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 23:09
Apr 5, 1998 vs OTT L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 25:21
Apr 3, 1998 vs BOS W 5-4 0 0 0 3 4 1 2 19:48
Apr 1, 1998 vs LAK W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 21:13
Mar 29, 1998 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 1 4 2 4 23:35
Mar 27, 1998 @ EDM W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22:49
Mar 26, 1998 @ VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 21:30
Mar 24, 1998 @ CGY W 2-0 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 23:14
Mar 21, 1998 vs BOS L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:43
Mar 19, 1998 vs FLA W 6-1 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 17:44
Mar 17, 1998 vs CHI L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:58
Mar 15, 1998 vs PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 19:56
Mar 14, 1998 @ PIT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:51
Feb 25, 1998 vs TOR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 02:58
Feb 4, 1998 vs BOS T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 26:27
Feb 2, 1998 @ TBL W 7-3 1 1 2 6 0 2 0 21:31
Feb 1, 1998 @ FLA W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 23:42
Jan 27, 1998 vs STL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 19:36
Jan 23, 1998 vs TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 24:27
Jan 21, 1998 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:23
Jan 20, 1998 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 31:59
Jan 15, 1998 vs VAN W 6-2 1 0 1 3 16 1 1 16:58
Jan 14, 1998 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:24
Jan 10, 1998 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 21:28
Jan 8, 1998 @ LAK T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 30:18
Jan 7, 1998 @ ANA W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 26:02
Jan 2, 1998 vs COL T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 24:32
Dec 31, 1997 vs OTT W 3-0 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 24:24
Dec 29, 1997 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 24:33
Dec 27, 1997 @ CAR L 1-4 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 20:40
Dec 26, 1997 vs NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:30
Dec 23, 1997 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:06
Dec 21, 1997 @ NYR W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 26:17
Dec 19, 1997 vs MTL W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 26:02
Dec 17, 1997 @ NYI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:55
Dec 15, 1997 @ DAL L 4-8 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 22:35
Dec 12, 1997 vs CAR W 3-2 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 24:03
Dec 11, 1997 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 23:12
Dec 6, 1997 @ OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 21:52
Dec 5, 1997 vs TBL W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 25:15
Dec 3, 1997 vs ANA W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 24:16
Dec 1, 1997 @ PHI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30:30
Nov 28, 1997 vs NYR T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 27:05
Nov 26, 1997 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:08
Nov 24, 1997 @ PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 24:31
Nov 22, 1997 vs NYI W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 20:10
Nov 20, 1997 @ BOS W 5-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 21:47
Nov 15, 1997 vs NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 19:32
Nov 13, 1997 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 24:26
Nov 10, 1997 vs EDM T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 26:13
Nov 8, 1997 @ PIT T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 25:38
Nov 6, 1997 vs FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 21:39
Nov 1, 1997 @ FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22:37
Oct 31, 1997 @ CAR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 23:14
Oct 28, 1997 @ COL L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 22:35
Oct 26, 1997 @ PHX L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 19:44
Oct 22, 1997 vs CGY W 4-1 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 23:15
Oct 19, 1997 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 22:35
Oct 17, 1997 vs MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 23:40
Oct 15, 1997 @ CAR T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 24:28
Oct 11, 1997 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 25:55
Oct 9, 1997 vs WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 24:42
Oct 7, 1997 vs DAL L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 22:26
Oct 5, 1997 @ TBL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 23:37
Oct 3, 1997 @ WSH L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:48
Oct 1, 1997 @ STL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 27:22