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

Nicklas Lidstrom DET · 59 P in 78 GP Rob Blake COL · 56 P in 75 GP Brian Leetch NYR · 55 P in 82 GP Sandis Ozolinsh FLA · 52 P in 83 GP Teppo Numminen PHX · 48 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

2001-02 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 26 33 59 -1 58 216 63 0.78 12.0 23:38

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 2001-02 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, 2002 vs NJD L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 0 3 1 23:13
Apr 12, 2002 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:47
Apr 9, 2002 vs CHI W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 23:14
Apr 6, 2002 @ NYI L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 29:59
Apr 5, 2002 vs OTT T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 26:41
Apr 3, 2002 vs TBL W 4-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 18:50
Mar 21, 2002 @ TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 2 4 2 3 23:00
Mar 19, 2002 @ COL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 21:43
Mar 16, 2002 @ EDM L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 25:01
Mar 15, 2002 @ SJS L 4-5 1 0 1 1 2 5 2 28:27
Mar 12, 2002 vs DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 16:08
Mar 10, 2002 vs EDM W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20:14
Mar 8, 2002 @ CAR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 28:20
Mar 6, 2002 vs CGY W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 24:51
Mar 4, 2002 vs TOR L 2-3 1 0 1 0 2 4 1 26:03
Mar 2, 2002 @ OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 26:24
Feb 28, 2002 vs SJS L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 2 2 0 24:11
Feb 26, 2002 vs FLA W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 22:28
Feb 11, 2002 vs TBL W 3-1 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 23:58
Feb 9, 2002 @ TBL W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 21:43
Feb 8, 2002 @ NSH T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 23:10
Feb 6, 2002 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:17
Jan 30, 2002 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 4 1 1 24:00
Jan 27, 2002 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:12
Jan 26, 2002 @ NYR L 3-6 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 26:05
Jan 23, 2002 vs MTL L 3-5 0 1 1 -3 0 6 0 26:00
Jan 22, 2002 @ ATL W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 22:38
Jan 19, 2002 vs VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 26:00
Jan 18, 2002 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 26:53
Jan 16, 2002 @ MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 27:57
Jan 14, 2002 vs BOS W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 26:56
Jan 12, 2002 @ FLA W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 30:00
Jan 11, 2002 vs TOR T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 29:41
Jan 9, 2002 vs CBJ W 6-3 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 22:59
Jan 7, 2002 vs FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 7 0 21:42
Jan 5, 2002 @ BOS L 4-7 0 1 1 -4 0 2 1 21:38
Jan 3, 2002 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 25:30
Jan 1, 2002 vs NYI W 3-2 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 21:14
Dec 30, 2001 vs CAR T 5-5 (OT) 2 0 2 1 0 7 1 27:19
Dec 28, 2001 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 18:36
Dec 26, 2001 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:13
Dec 22, 2001 vs PIT T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 29:56
Dec 21, 2001 @ PIT L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 2 4 0 24:13
Dec 19, 2001 @ FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 2 1 0 25:10
Dec 15, 2001 vs ATL W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 9 0 20:13
Dec 13, 2001 vs BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 21:30
Dec 11, 2001 vs PIT T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23:15
Dec 8, 2001 @ NJD L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 21:08
Dec 6, 2001 @ ATL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 24:27
Dec 4, 2001 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:35
Dec 2, 2001 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 24:44
Nov 30, 2001 vs CAR W 6-2 1 2 3 2 2 3 0 18:13
Nov 27, 2001 @ NYI T 5-5 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 14:00
Nov 24, 2001 @ MTL L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 20:43
Nov 23, 2001 vs NYR W 6-2 0 2 2 -1 0 5 1 24:38
Nov 21, 2001 vs TBL W 3-2 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 25:45
Nov 17, 2001 vs ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 22:23
Nov 15, 2001 @ PHI L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 21:39
Nov 13, 2001 vs OTT L 5-11 2 1 3 -2 0 5 3 24:24
Nov 10, 2001 vs ATL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 26:04
Nov 8, 2001 vs CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 28:14
Nov 6, 2001 @ TOR L 2-4 1 0 1 0 2 5 2 25:52
Nov 3, 2001 @ STL L 1-4 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 11:26
Nov 2, 2001 vs PHX T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 28:55
Oct 30, 2001 vs PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 26:59
Oct 26, 2001 @ ATL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 31:05
Oct 24, 2001 @ FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 26:07
Oct 23, 2001 @ TBL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:05
Oct 20, 2001 @ PHI L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 2 2 2 22:05
Oct 19, 2001 vs MTL W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 22:00
Oct 16, 2001 @ LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:35
Oct 13, 2001 @ PHX L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 2 3 2 23:15
Oct 12, 2001 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:30
Oct 10, 2001 @ NYR W 5-2 2 1 3 -2 4 4 0 19:34
Oct 8, 2001 @ BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 4 3 0 23:37
Oct 6, 2001 vs NJD W 6-1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 22:05