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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)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2008-09

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.

Anders Eriksson DET · 21 P in 66 GP Janne Laukkanen OTT · 21 P in 60 GP Richard Smehlik BUF · 20 P in 72 GP Bruce Driver NYR · 20 P in 75 GP Darryl Shannon BUF · 22 P in 76 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

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
72 5 16 21 2 66 134 46 0.29 3.7 19:52

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 1997-98 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 19, 1998 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 22:20
Apr 14, 1998 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 22:32
Apr 13, 1998 @ NYI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 23:07
Apr 11, 1998 @ PHI L 3-4 0 1 1 -2 2 3 0 27:55
Apr 8, 1998 @ DAL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 30:16
Apr 6, 1998 vs MTL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 23:29
Apr 4, 1998 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:32
Apr 2, 1998 vs TBL W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 23:18
Mar 31, 1998 vs NYI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 25:48
Mar 28, 1998 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 23:31
Mar 26, 1998 @ CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 19:27
Mar 25, 1998 @ EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 18:39
Mar 21, 1998 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 17:51
Mar 20, 1998 vs NJD W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:33
Mar 18, 1998 vs CAR W 1-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 07:10
Mar 16, 1998 vs PHX W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 23:32
Mar 14, 1998 @ OTT L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 21:51
Mar 12, 1998 @ NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 21:01
Mar 9, 1998 vs CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 0 10 1 1 17:13
Mar 7, 1998 vs FLA W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 05:19
Mar 5, 1998 @ PHI L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23:23
Mar 3, 1998 vs BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 24:39
Mar 1, 1998 vs BUF L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 26:57
Feb 28, 1998 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 24:31
Feb 25, 1998 vs TBL L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 4 4 1 24:45
Feb 7, 1998 vs TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 16:03
Feb 4, 1998 @ PIT T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 31:19
Feb 1, 1998 vs DET L 2-4 1 0 1 2 0 7 0 29:02
Jan 31, 1998 @ PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 31:28
Jan 28, 1998 vs PIT T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 32:40
Jan 26, 1998 @ NYR T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 30:21
Jan 25, 1998 vs BOS W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 26:09
Jan 21, 1998 @ TBL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 28:15
Jan 15, 1998 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 21:27
Jan 13, 1998 vs OTT W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 20:54
Jan 11, 1998 @ DET L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 25:52
Jan 9, 1998 vs PHI W 4-1 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 28:26
Jan 8, 1998 @ NYR W 5-3 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 25:21
Jan 6, 1998 vs TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 22:14
Jan 3, 1998 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:09
Dec 29, 1997 vs STL W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 20:53
Dec 27, 1997 vs OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 23:51
Dec 26, 1997 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:15
Dec 23, 1997 vs NJD T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:28
Dec 20, 1997 @ CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:13
Dec 18, 1997 vs FLA L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 21:35
Dec 16, 1997 vs NYI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 18:58
Dec 13, 1997 @ LAK T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 22:34
Dec 12, 1997 @ ANA L 4-6 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 05:11
Dec 10, 1997 @ SJS T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:39
Dec 7, 1997 @ FLA L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 12:55
Dec 5, 1997 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:00
Dec 2, 1997 @ NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:35
Nov 29, 1997 @ BOS T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 11:40
Nov 27, 1997 @ OTT L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 17:43
Nov 26, 1997 vs MTL L 5-6 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 17:47
Nov 23, 1997 @ FLA W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 17:59
Nov 22, 1997 vs SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 20:08
Nov 18, 1997 vs COL T 6-6 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 14:12
Nov 15, 1997 @ MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:52
Nov 13, 1997 @ BUF W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:23
Nov 12, 1997 @ PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:25
Nov 9, 1997 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 05:23
Nov 6, 1997 @ BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:09
Nov 4, 1997 vs VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:58
Nov 1, 1997 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 20:51
Oct 31, 1997 vs PHI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:53
Oct 29, 1997 vs DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:50
Oct 23, 1997 @ PHX T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 10:59
Oct 18, 1997 @ MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:32
Oct 15, 1997 @ CHI W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 22:24
Oct 11, 1997 vs NYI W 3-1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 20:21