Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← All players

Photo of Sergei Gonchar

Sergei Gonchar

#55 · Defence · Montréal Canadiens

Born Apr 13, 1974 in Chelyabinsk, RUS · 6'2", 210 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 14th overall in 1992 by WSH (round 1)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2008-09

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.

Richard Smehlik BUF · 30 P in 62 GP Steve Chiasson HFD · 30 P in 65 GP Vladimir Malakhov MTL · 30 P in 65 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. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02040601994-95: 7 points794-951995-96: 41 points411996-97: 30 points3096-971997-98: 21 points211998-99: 31 points3198-991999-00: 54 points542000-01: 57 points5700-012001-02: 59 points592002-03: 67 points6702-032003-04: 58 points582005-06: 58 points5805-062006-07: 67 points672007-08: 65 points6507-082008-09: 19 points192009-10: 50 points5009-102010-11: 27 points272011-12: 37 points3711-122012-13: 27 points272013-14: 22 points2213-142014-15: 14 points14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1994-95 WSH 31 2 5 7 4 22 38 0 0.23
1995-96 WSH 78 15 26 41 25 60 139 0 0.53
1996-97 WSH 57 13 17 30 -11 36 129 0 0.53
1997-98 WSH 72 5 16 21 2 66 134 46 0.29
1998-99 WSH 53 21 10 31 1 57 180 72 0.58
1999-00 WSH 73 18 36 54 26 52 181 97 0.74
2000-01 WSH 76 19 38 57 12 70 241 88 0.75
2001-02 WSH 76 26 33 59 -1 58 216 63 0.78
2002-03 WSH 82 18 49 67 13 52 224 28 0.82
2003-04 WSH 56 7 42 49 -20 44 127 26 0.88
2003-04 BOS 15 4 5 9 6 12 34 8 0.60
2005-06 PIT 75 12 46 58 -13 100 192 58 0.77
2006-07 PIT 82 13 54 67 -5 72 191 64 0.82
2007-08 PIT 78 12 53 65 13 66 173 56 0.83
2008-09 PIT 25 6 13 19 6 26 71 25 0.76
2009-10 PIT 62 11 39 50 -4 49 138 65 0.81
2010-11 OTT 67 7 20 27 -15 20 107 54 0.40
2011-12 OTT 74 5 32 37 -4 55 131 48 0.50
2012-13 OTT 45 3 24 27 4 26 85 25 0.60 $5.5M
2013-14 DAL 76 2 20 22 -12 20 89 71 0.29 $5M
2014-15 DAL 3 0 1 1 -1 2 1 3 0.33 $5M
2014-15 MTL 45 1 12 13 7 16 45 42 0.29
20 seasons Career 1301 220 591 811 33 981 2866 939 0.62

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1994-95 WSH 7 2 2 4 8 2 15 0 0.57
1995-96 WSH 6 2 4 6 -1 4 29 0 1.00
1997-98 WSH 21 7 4 11 2 30 37 24 0.52
1999-00 WSH 5 1 0 1 -3 6 16 8 0.20
2000-01 WSH 6 1 3 4 0 2 14 10 0.67
2002-03 WSH 6 0 5 5 2 4 15 3 0.83
2003-04 BOS 7 1 4 5 -4 4 19 7 0.71
2006-07 PIT 5 1 3 4 -3 2 14 6 0.80
2007-08 PIT 20 1 13 14 0 8 40 26 0.70
2008-09 PIT 22 3 11 14 3 12 41 18 0.64
2009-10 PIT 13 2 10 12 4 4 24 9 0.92
2011-12 OTT 7 1 3 4 1 6 6 11 0.57
2012-13 OTT 10 0 6 6 -3 14 16 5 0.60
2013-14 DAL 6 0 0 0 -3 4 5 6 0.00
14 seasons Playoffs 141 22 68 90 3 102 291 133 0.64

1996-97 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
57 13 17 30 -11 36 129 0 0.53 10.1 0:00

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2014-15 $5M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $5.5M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 1996-97 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 13, 1997 @ BUF W 8-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 12, 1997 vs NYI W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 10, 1997 vs MTL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 6, 1997 vs FLA T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1997 @ OTT L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1997 vs NJD L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1997 vs PHI L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1997 @ CHI L 3-5 1 1 2 0 0 8 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1997 vs STL W 3-2 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1997 @ TOR W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1997 vs BOS T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1997 @ HFD L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1997 vs OTT L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1997 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1997 vs TBL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1997 @ VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1997 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1997 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1997 vs PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1997 vs EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1997 vs DAL L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1997 vs NYR L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1997 @ BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1996 vs FLA T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1996 @ DET L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1996 @ TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1996 @ BOS L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1996 vs SJS W 3-2 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1996 @ PHX L 3-4 1 1 2 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1996 @ LAK T 4-4 (OT) 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1996 @ ANA L 4-5 0 1 1 -2 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1996 @ SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1996 @ NYI L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1996 vs PIT L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1996 vs DET L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1996 @ MTL W 2-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1996 vs NYI L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1996 vs OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1996 vs NJD W 4-3 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1996 @ NJD W 5-1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1996 @ FLA W 4-2 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1996 vs MTL W 3-1 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1996 @ PHI W 5-2 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1996 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1996 vs NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1996 @ TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1996 @ NYI L 1-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1996 vs PIT W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1996 vs PHI W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1996 @ COL L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1996 @ STL W 6-4 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1996 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1996 @ PIT L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1996 vs BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1996 vs LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1996 vs TBL W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 5, 1996 vs CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00