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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 2001-02. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Luke Richardson PHI · 9 P in 72 GP Jiri Slegr DET · 9 P in 46 GP Ricard Persson OTT · 9 P in 34 GP Brian Pothier ATL · 9 P in 33 GP Mark Eaton NSH · 8 P in 58 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

2001-02 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
60 3 6 9 -9 22 52 73 0.15 5.8 20:22

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 13, 2002 @ MTL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:40
Apr 10, 2002 @ PIT T 4-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 21:38
Apr 7, 2002 @ TBL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20:59
Apr 5, 2002 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 19:03
Apr 3, 2002 vs NYI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20:55
Apr 1, 2002 vs PHI W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 20:59
Mar 30, 2002 @ PHI W 3-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 20:26
Mar 1, 2002 vs BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:13
Feb 26, 2002 @ ATL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 19:39
Feb 12, 2002 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:42
Feb 10, 2002 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 26:02
Feb 8, 2002 vs OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 17:19
Feb 5, 2002 @ BOS T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:56
Jan 23, 2002 vs STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 18:46
Jan 21, 2002 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:18
Jan 19, 2002 @ PHX W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:31
Jan 17, 2002 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 17:36
Jan 16, 2002 @ ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 22:17
Jan 12, 2002 vs NJD W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 23:54
Jan 10, 2002 vs PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 20:35
Jan 8, 2002 vs VAN W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 25:00
Jan 6, 2002 @ MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:49
Jan 3, 2002 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 22:28
Dec 31, 2001 vs CAR L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 19:07
Dec 29, 2001 @ CBJ T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 22:42
Dec 26, 2001 vs MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:52
Dec 22, 2001 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:55
Dec 21, 2001 vs TOR T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:49
Dec 19, 2001 vs CHI L 5-6 0 0 0 -5 0 1 0 19:32
Dec 15, 2001 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:37
Dec 14, 2001 vs CAR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 19:16
Dec 12, 2001 @ DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:04
Dec 8, 2001 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 18:44
Dec 7, 2001 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:08
Dec 4, 2001 @ CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 19:38
Dec 1, 2001 @ NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:25
Nov 28, 2001 @ WSH W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 24:53
Nov 27, 2001 vs NYR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:18
Nov 24, 2001 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16:30
Nov 23, 2001 vs CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:50
Nov 21, 2001 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:41
Nov 19, 2001 @ ATL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:52
Nov 17, 2001 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 3 19:09
Nov 16, 2001 vs FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 21:41
Nov 13, 2001 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 24:34
Nov 12, 2001 @ FLA W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23:17
Nov 10, 2001 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 19:31
Nov 8, 2001 vs ATL W 8-0 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 22:44
Nov 3, 2001 @ OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 17:31
Nov 2, 2001 vs TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 23:09
Oct 30, 2001 vs PHX L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:06
Oct 20, 2001 @ MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:40
Oct 19, 2001 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 22:18
Oct 16, 2001 vs NSH T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 22:17
Oct 14, 2001 vs PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:09
Oct 12, 2001 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:45
Oct 10, 2001 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:43
Oct 7, 2001 @ NYR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:12
Oct 6, 2001 vs OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 22:31
Oct 4, 2001 vs ATL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:25