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Richard Matvichuk

#24 · Defence · New Jersey Devils

Born Feb 5, 1973 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN · 6'3", 210 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 8th overall in 1991 by MNS (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1998-99

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.

Brad Werenka PIT · 18 P in 71 GP Gerald Diduck PHX · 18 P in 79 GP Petr Svoboda PHI · 18 P in 56 GP Jiri Slegr PIT · 17 P in 73 GP Adam Foote COL · 17 P in 77 GP

Career

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

05101520251992-93: 5 points592-931993-94: 3 points393-941994-95: 2 points294-951995-96: 22 points2295-961996-97: 12 points1296-971997-98: 18 points1897-981998-99: 12 points1298-991999-00: 25 points2599-002000-01: 20 points2000-012001-02: 21 points2101-022002-03: 6 points602-032003-04: 21 points2103-042005-06: 11 points1105-062006-07: 0 points006-07

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1992-93 MNS 53 2 3 5 -8 26 51 0 0.09
1993-94 DAL 25 0 3 3 1 22 18 0 0.12
1994-95 DAL 14 0 2 2 -7 14 21 0 0.14
1995-96 DAL 73 6 16 22 4 71 81 0 0.30
1996-97 DAL 57 5 7 12 1 87 83 0 0.21
1997-98 DAL 74 3 15 18 7 63 71 222 0.24
1998-99 DAL 64 3 9 12 23 51 54 186 0.19
1999-00 DAL 70 4 21 25 7 42 73 208 0.36
2000-01 DAL 78 4 16 20 5 62 85 233 0.26
2001-02 DAL 82 9 12 21 11 52 109 237 0.26
2002-03 DAL 68 1 5 6 1 58 59 38 0.09
2003-04 DAL 75 1 20 21 0 36 85 110 0.28
2005-06 NJD 62 1 10 11 2 40 43 81 0.18
2006-07 NJD 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0.00
14 seasons Career 796 39 139 178 46 624 833 1317 0.22

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1993-94 DAL 7 1 1 2 -2 12 14 0 0.29
1994-95 DAL 5 0 2 2 -3 4 6 0 0.40
1996-97 DAL 7 0 1 1 -1 20 8 0 0.14
1997-98 DAL 16 1 1 2 2 14 20 52 0.13
1998-99 DAL 22 1 5 6 4 20 26 63 0.27
1999-00 DAL 23 2 5 7 7 14 19 103 0.30
2000-01 DAL 10 0 0 0 -2 14 8 35 0.00
2002-03 DAL 12 0 3 3 1 8 12 22 0.25
2003-04 DAL 5 0 1 1 -4 8 5 11 0.20
2005-06 NJD 7 0 0 0 5 4 1 5 0.00
2006-07 NJD 9 0 0 0 -4 10 0 16 0.00
11 seasons Playoffs 123 5 19 24 3 128 119 307 0.20

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
74 3 15 18 7 63 71 222 0.24 4.2 22:14

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 18, 1998 vs CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 22:35
Apr 16, 1998 @ PHX L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:42
Apr 15, 1998 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 25:18
Apr 12, 1998 vs STL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 27:49
Apr 11, 1998 @ TBL W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 21:06
Apr 8, 1998 vs WSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 26:15
Apr 6, 1998 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 18:24
Apr 4, 1998 @ VAN L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23:45
Apr 3, 1998 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 21:36
Apr 1, 1998 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 26:51
Mar 29, 1998 vs NJD W 3-1 0 1 1 3 0 0 4 22:29
Mar 28, 1998 vs SJS L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 23:33
Mar 26, 1998 vs TOR L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 22:42
Mar 22, 1998 vs PIT T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 28:00
Mar 20, 1998 vs CAR W 6-1 0 1 1 3 0 2 4 22:52
Mar 18, 1998 @ SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 31:34
Mar 17, 1998 @ LAK W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 28:55
Mar 13, 1998 vs ANA W 6-3 0 1 1 1 2 0 4 22:11
Mar 12, 1998 @ PHX L 4-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1998 vs PHX T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 31:11
Mar 7, 1998 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 23:59
Mar 4, 1998 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 25:14
Mar 1, 1998 @ CHI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 21:16
Feb 28, 1998 vs PHX W 4-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 20:12
Feb 25, 1998 @ NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:20
Jan 14, 1998 @ STL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:16
Jan 12, 1998 @ SJS W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 21:23
Jan 11, 1998 @ ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 5 24:14
Jan 9, 1998 vs DET T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 21:16
Jan 7, 1998 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 20:50
Jan 5, 1998 @ NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 16:12
Jan 3, 1998 @ CAR W 6-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 21:03
Jan 2, 1998 vs NYI W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 20:17
Dec 31, 1997 vs LAK T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 7 18:11
Dec 29, 1997 @ DET T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 19:41
Dec 27, 1997 vs VAN T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 20:52
Dec 23, 1997 @ VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23:56
Dec 20, 1997 @ EDM W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 17:42
Dec 18, 1997 @ CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 22:20
Dec 15, 1997 vs BUF W 8-4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 20:15
Dec 12, 1997 vs SJS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 15:10
Dec 10, 1997 vs TBL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 25:17
Dec 8, 1997 @ TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 19:30
Dec 5, 1997 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 8 23:07
Dec 3, 1997 vs EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 21:06
Nov 29, 1997 vs PHX W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 22:33
Nov 27, 1997 @ PHX W 4-1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 23:45
Nov 26, 1997 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 20:57
Nov 24, 1997 vs ANA W 5-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 17:35
Nov 22, 1997 @ BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 26:00
Nov 21, 1997 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 17:06
Nov 19, 1997 vs EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 19:56
Nov 16, 1997 @ ANA W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 23:55
Nov 15, 1997 @ LAK W 5-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 21:12
Nov 12, 1997 vs BOS T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 26:26
Nov 10, 1997 vs STL L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 21:33
Nov 7, 1997 vs NYR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 26:03
Nov 5, 1997 @ PIT W 5-2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 24:00
Nov 3, 1997 @ MTL L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 20:37
Nov 2, 1997 @ PHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:52
Oct 29, 1997 @ WSH W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 25:39
Oct 28, 1997 @ NYR W 3-2 2 1 3 2 0 5 3 27:18
Oct 25, 1997 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 21:13
Oct 24, 1997 @ CHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 26:47
Oct 21, 1997 vs VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 23:06
Oct 19, 1997 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 5 23:47
Oct 18, 1997 @ TOR W 5-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 23:19
Oct 16, 1997 vs FLA W 4-0 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 20:45
Oct 14, 1997 vs CGY W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 21:43
Oct 10, 1997 vs CHI W 7-0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 26:31
Oct 8, 1997 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 23:58
Oct 7, 1997 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 21:05
Oct 4, 1997 vs STL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 4 0 3 22:20
Oct 1, 1997 @ COL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 21:07