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Patrik Elias

#26 · Centre · New Jersey Devils

Born Apr 13, 1976 in Trebic, CZE · 6'1", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 51st overall in 1994 by NJD (round 2)

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×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2002-03, 1999-00

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ed Ronan BUF · 5 P in 18 GP Denis Chasse OTT · 5 P in 22 GP Craig Darby PHI · 5 P in 9 GP Barry Potomski LAK · 5 P in 26 GP Ville Peltonen SJS · 5 P in 28 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.

0204060801995-96: 0 points095-961996-97: 5 points51997-98: 37 points3797-981998-99: 50 points501999-00: 72 points7299-002000-01: 96 points962001-02: 61 points6101-022002-03: 57 points572003-04: 81 points8103-042005-06: 45 points452006-07: 69 points6906-072007-08: 55 points552008-09: 78 points7808-092009-10: 48 points482010-11: 62 points6210-112011-12: 78 points782012-13: 36 points3612-132013-14: 53 points532014-15: 34 points3414-152015-16: 8 points8

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1995-96 NJD 1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0.00
1996-97 NJD 17 2 3 5 -4 2 23 0 0.29
1997-98 NJD 74 18 19 37 18 28 147 39 0.50
1998-99 NJD 74 17 33 50 19 34 157 86 0.68
1999-00 NJD 72 35 37 72 16 58 183 112 1.00
2000-01 NJD 82 40 56 96 45 51 220 85 1.17
2001-02 NJD 75 29 32 61 4 36 199 70 0.81
2002-03 NJD 82 28 29 57 17 22 255 20 0.70
2003-04 NJD 82 38 43 81 26 44 300 36 0.99
2005-06 NJD 38 16 29 45 11 20 142 22 1.18 $4.18M
2006-07 NJD 75 21 48 69 1 38 267 45 0.92 $6M
2007-08 NJD 74 20 35 55 10 38 263 51 0.74 $6M
2008-09 NJD 77 31 47 78 18 32 247 51 1.01 $6M
2009-10 NJD 58 19 29 48 18 40 145 30 0.83 $6M
2010-11 NJD 81 21 41 62 -4 16 204 62 0.77 $6M
2011-12 NJD 81 26 52 78 -8 16 164 61 0.96 $6M
2012-13 NJD 48 14 22 36 5 22 118 20 0.75 $6M
2013-14 NJD 65 18 35 53 -4 30 116 26 0.82 $5.5M
2014-15 NJD 69 13 21 34 -20 12 114 23 0.49 $5.5M
2015-16 NJD 16 2 6 8 5 10 21 10 0.50 $5.5M
20 seasons Career 1241 408 617 1025 172 549 3287 849 0.83

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1996-97 NJD 8 2 3 5 0 4 18 0 0.63
1997-98 NJD 4 0 1 1 -2 0 9 5 0.25
1998-99 NJD 7 0 5 5 0 6 14 21 0.71
1999-00 NJD 23 7 13 20 9 9 60 44 0.87
2000-01 NJD 25 9 14 23 11 10 58 34 0.92
2001-02 NJD 6 2 4 6 -1 6 16 12 1.00
2002-03 NJD 24 5 8 13 5 26 59 14 0.54
2003-04 NJD 5 3 2 5 -3 2 18 4 1.00
2005-06 NJD 9 6 10 16 5 4 32 20 1.78
2006-07 NJD 10 1 9 10 3 4 48 14 1.00
2007-08 NJD 5 4 2 6 -5 4 18 8 1.20
2008-09 NJD 7 1 2 3 -1 2 25 6 0.43
2009-10 NJD 5 0 4 4 -2 2 12 2 0.80
2011-12 NJD 24 5 3 8 -3 10 57 36 0.33
14 seasons Playoffs 162 45 80 125 16 89 444 220 0.77

1996-97 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
17 2 3 5 -4 2 23 0 0.29 8.7 0:00

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2015-16 to 2015-16 $5.5M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $5.5M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $6M
2006-07 to 2012-13 $6M
2005-06 to 2005-06 $4.18M

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
Jan 10, 1997 vs CHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1997 vs COL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1997 vs STL L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1997 @ OTT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1997 vs PIT L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1996 @ BUF L 5-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1996 vs ANA W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1996 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1996 vs BUF T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1996 @ EDM W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1996 @ CGY W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1996 vs MTL T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1996 @ BOS W 7-4 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1996 @ TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1996 vs PHX L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1996 vs CGY W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1996 vs FLA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00