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Alex Kovalev

#27 · Right wing · Florida Panthers

Born Feb 24, 1973 in Togliatti, RUS · 6'2", 222 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 15th overall in 1991 by NYR (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1993-94

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The forwards closest to him in points in 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Steve Rucchin ANA · 53 P in 72 GP Claude Lemieux COL · 53 P in 78 GP Craig Janney PHX · 53 P in 68 GP Martin Rucinsky MTL · 53 P in 78 GP Doug Gilmour NJD · 53 P in 63 GP

Career

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

0204060801992-93: 38 points3892-931993-94: 56 points561994-95: 28 points2894-951995-96: 58 points581996-97: 35 points3596-971997-98: 53 points531998-99: 53 points5398-991999-00: 66 points662000-01: 95 points9500-012001-02: 76 points762002-03: 77 points7702-032003-04: 45 points452005-06: 65 points6505-062006-07: 47 points472007-08: 84 points8407-082008-09: 65 points652009-10: 49 points4909-102010-11: 34 points342012-13: 5 points512-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1992-93 NYR 65 20 18 38 -10 79 134 0 0.58
1993-94 NYR 76 23 33 56 18 154 184 0 0.74
1994-95 NYR 48 13 15 28 -6 30 103 0 0.58
1995-96 NYR 81 24 34 58 5 98 206 0 0.72
1996-97 NYR 45 13 22 35 11 42 110 0 0.78
1997-98 NYR 73 23 30 53 -22 44 173 36 0.73
1998-99 NYR 14 3 4 7 -6 12 35 13 0.50
1998-99 PIT 63 20 26 46 8 37 156 82 0.73
1999-00 PIT 82 26 40 66 -3 94 254 90 0.80
2000-01 PIT 79 44 51 95 12 96 307 104 1.20
2001-02 PIT 67 32 44 76 2 80 266 76 1.13
2002-03 PIT 54 27 37 64 -11 50 212 7 1.19
2002-03 NYR 24 10 3 13 2 20 59 18 0.54
2003-04 NYR 66 13 29 42 -5 54 178 58 0.64
2003-04 MTL 12 1 2 3 -4 12 29 8 0.25
2005-06 MTL 69 23 42 65 -1 76 206 46 0.94
2006-07 MTL 73 18 29 47 -19 78 197 43 0.64
2007-08 MTL 82 35 49 84 18 70 230 88 1.02
2008-09 MTL 78 26 39 65 -5 74 209 56 0.83
2009-10 OTT 77 18 31 49 -8 54 165 34 0.64
2010-11 OTT 54 14 13 27 -9 28 123 10 0.50
2010-11 PIT 20 2 5 7 3 16 28 4 0.35
2012-13 FLA 14 2 3 5 -1 6 21 7 0.36
19 seasons Career 1316 430 599 1029 -31 1304 3585 780 0.78

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 NYR 23 9 12 21 5 18 71 0 0.91
1994-95 NYR 10 4 7 11 2 10 23 0 1.10
1995-96 NYR 11 3 4 7 0 14 31 0 0.64
1998-99 PIT 10 5 7 12 0 14 24 16 1.20
1999-00 PIT 11 1 5 6 -1 10 37 16 0.55
2000-01 PIT 18 5 5 10 -2 16 44 30 0.56
2003-04 MTL 11 6 4 10 2 8 29 14 0.91
2005-06 MTL 6 4 3 7 3 4 15 4 1.17
2007-08 MTL 12 5 6 11 -4 8 39 8 0.92
2008-09 MTL 4 2 1 3 0 2 12 6 0.75
2010-11 PIT 7 1 1 2 -3 10 16 3 0.29
11 seasons Playoffs 123 45 55 100 2 114 341 97 0.81

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
73 23 30 53 -22 44 173 36 0.73 13.3 17:28

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 18, 1998 @ PHI W 2-1 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 26:28
Apr 15, 1998 vs NYI W 4-2 1 2 3 3 0 2 0 18:34
Apr 14, 1998 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 24:44
Apr 11, 1998 @ DET L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 1 2 19:01
Apr 7, 1998 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20:32
Apr 5, 1998 @ CHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 23:20
Apr 4, 1998 @ NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 18:31
Apr 1, 1998 vs BOS L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 22:25
Mar 30, 1998 vs TBL L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 2 5 1 25:58
Mar 28, 1998 @ PIT T 2-2 (OT) 2 0 2 1 0 6 0 24:02
Mar 26, 1998 @ CAR L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 19:08
Mar 25, 1998 vs OTT L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 23:46
Mar 22, 1998 @ PHI L 4-5 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 6 0 22:36
Mar 21, 1998 vs DET L 3-4 2 0 2 -2 0 5 2 26:07
Mar 18, 1998 vs MTL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27:27
Mar 16, 1998 vs OTT W 5-4 2 2 4 4 0 2 1 16:31
Mar 14, 1998 @ BOS L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 14:43
Mar 12, 1998 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 16:43
Mar 11, 1998 vs SJS W 5-3 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 18:54
Mar 9, 1998 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 13:49
Mar 7, 1998 @ NJD L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 18:56
Mar 4, 1998 @ FLA W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:38
Mar 2, 1998 vs BUF L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:10
Feb 28, 1998 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 22:39
Feb 26, 1998 @ TOR W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 6 0 16:55
Jan 22, 1998 vs PHI L 3-4 1 1 2 0 2 4 2 19:20
Jan 20, 1998 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:54
Jan 14, 1998 @ NJD L 1-4 1 0 1 -2 2 4 2 24:03
Jan 12, 1998 vs TOR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 20:04
Jan 8, 1998 vs WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:44
Jan 6, 1998 vs CAR W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 06:53
Jan 3, 1998 @ WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:34
Dec 31, 1997 @ TBL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:41
Dec 28, 1997 vs BOS W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 11:09
Dec 26, 1997 @ BUF L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 10:58
Dec 21, 1997 vs BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 16:21
Dec 20, 1997 @ TBL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:09
Dec 17, 1997 @ FLA W 4-2 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 12:01
Dec 16, 1997 @ NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:06
Dec 12, 1997 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 08:03
Dec 10, 1997 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 2 21:15
Dec 8, 1997 vs PHX W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 20:31
Dec 6, 1997 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 22:56
Dec 5, 1997 vs PHI T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 21:25
Dec 2, 1997 vs WSH L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 17:38
Nov 30, 1997 vs FLA T 1-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 17:56
Nov 28, 1997 @ BUF T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:38
Nov 26, 1997 @ NYI L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1997 vs VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 21:24
Nov 22, 1997 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 19:19
Nov 21, 1997 @ CAR W 4-3 2 0 2 1 0 7 0 19:23
Nov 19, 1997 @ TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 22:04
Nov 18, 1997 @ FLA W 3-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 12:35
Nov 16, 1997 vs COL W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 16:51
Nov 14, 1997 vs PIT W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:06
Nov 12, 1997 vs NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 19:55
Nov 7, 1997 @ DAL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 05:56
Nov 5, 1997 @ COL W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12:51
Nov 3, 1997 vs EDM T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 18:11
Oct 30, 1997 @ NYI L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:04
Oct 28, 1997 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 18:04
Oct 26, 1997 vs ANA T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 14:14
Oct 24, 1997 vs TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 6 0 13:15
Oct 22, 1997 vs CHI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:16
Oct 20, 1997 vs CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 10:20
Oct 18, 1997 @ STL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:59
Oct 15, 1997 @ OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 -4 0 0 1 10:27
Oct 14, 1997 vs PIT L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 16:25
Oct 11, 1997 @ VAN W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:58
Oct 9, 1997 @ CGY T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 18:44
Oct 8, 1997 @ EDM T 3-3 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 17:46
Oct 5, 1997 vs LAK T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:00
Oct 3, 1997 vs NYI T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 19:32