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David Legwand

#17 · Centre · Buffalo Sabres

Born Aug 17, 1980 in Detroit, Michigan, USA · 6'2", 207 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 2nd overall in 1998 by NSH (round 1)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2001-02. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Wes Walz MIN · 30 P in 64 GP Radim Vrbata COL · 30 P in 52 GP Kirk Muller DAL · 30 P in 78 GP Kris Draper DET · 30 P in 82 GP Daniel Cleary EDM · 29 P in 65 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.

02040601998-99: 0 points098-991999-00: 28 points282000-01: 41 points4100-012001-02: 30 points302002-03: 48 points4802-032003-04: 47 points472005-06: 26 points2605-062006-07: 63 points632007-08: 44 points4407-082008-09: 42 points422009-10: 38 points3809-102010-11: 41 points412011-12: 53 points5311-122012-13: 25 points252013-14: 51 points5113-142014-15: 27 points272015-16: 14 points1415-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1998-99 NSH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
1999-00 NSH 71 13 15 28 -6 30 111 48 0.39
2000-01 NSH 81 13 28 41 1 38 172 50 0.51
2001-02 NSH 63 11 19 30 1 54 121 43 0.48
2002-03 NSH 64 17 31 48 -2 34 167 4 0.75
2003-04 NSH 82 18 29 47 9 46 165 24 0.57
2005-06 NSH 44 7 19 26 3 34 109 6 0.59 $1.349M
2006-07 NSH 78 27 36 63 23 44 153 15 0.81 $1.875M
2007-08 NSH 65 15 29 44 -4 38 144 7 0.68 $1.875M
2008-09 NSH 73 20 22 42 -3 32 175 25 0.58 $4.5M
2009-10 NSH 82 11 27 38 -5 24 151 38 0.46 $4.5M
2010-11 NSH 64 17 24 41 13 24 130 36 0.64 $4.5M
2011-12 NSH 78 19 34 53 3 26 140 31 0.68 $4.5M
2012-13 NSH 48 12 13 25 -6 20 78 20 0.52 $4.5M
2013-14 NSH 62 10 30 40 -8 30 107 30 0.65 $4.5M
2013-14 DET 21 4 7 11 -9 31 39 19 0.52
2014-15 OTT 80 9 18 27 1 32 91 43 0.34 $3M
2015-16 BUF 79 5 9 14 -4 14 61 28 0.18 $3M
17 seasons Career 1136 228 390 618 7 551 2116 467 0.54

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 NSH 5 0 1 1 -1 8 11 0 0.20
2006-07 NSH 5 0 3 3 -2 2 14 1 0.60
2007-08 NSH 3 1 0 1 0 2 10 1 0.33
2009-10 NSH 6 2 5 7 5 8 16 5 1.17
2010-11 NSH 12 6 3 9 1 8 31 10 0.75
2011-12 NSH 10 3 3 6 3 10 25 16 0.60
2013-14 DET 5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 8 0.00
2014-15 OTT 3 0 0 0 -3 0 1 4 0.00
8 seasons Playoffs 49 12 15 27 2 38 112 45 0.55

2001-02 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
63 11 19 30 1 54 121 43 0.48 9.1 16:25

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2014-15 to 2015-16 $3M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $4.5M
2008-09 to 2013-14 $4.5M
2006-07 to 2007-08 $1.875M
2005-06 to 2005-06 $1.349M

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
Mar 30, 2002 vs STL L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 14:12
Mar 28, 2002 @ DET T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 14:56
Mar 27, 2002 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:12
Mar 25, 2002 vs DET T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 18:18
Mar 23, 2002 vs MTL W 5-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 13:06
Mar 21, 2002 vs NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 16:49
Mar 19, 2002 @ STL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 18:15
Mar 17, 2002 vs COL L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:14
Mar 15, 2002 vs PHX L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 19:54
Jan 30, 2002 @ COL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 15:52
Jan 28, 2002 @ VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 12:53
Jan 26, 2002 vs ANA L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 16:29
Jan 24, 2002 @ PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 10:28
Jan 23, 2002 @ CAR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 13:07
Jan 21, 2002 vs PHX L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:28
Jan 19, 2002 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 14:51
Jan 17, 2002 vs TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:15
Jan 15, 2002 @ LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:07
Jan 14, 2002 @ ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:45
Jan 12, 2002 vs ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:29
Jan 10, 2002 vs MIN T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:41
Jan 8, 2002 @ TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 18:07
Jan 6, 2002 @ CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:46
Jan 4, 2002 @ MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:25
Jan 3, 2002 @ NJD W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:23
Jan 1, 2002 vs COL T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 21:20
Dec 30, 2001 @ STL L 2-7 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 16:57
Dec 29, 2001 vs DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:35
Dec 26, 2001 vs TBL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:48
Dec 23, 2001 vs SJS T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:32
Dec 20, 2001 vs VAN W 6-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 17:30
Dec 15, 2001 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14:36
Dec 12, 2001 @ NYR W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 4 2 0 17:32
Dec 11, 2001 vs LAK T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 4 4 2 17:36
Dec 8, 2001 vs EDM T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:27
Dec 6, 2001 vs OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 15:20
Dec 2, 2001 @ ANA L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:26
Dec 1, 2001 @ LAK L 2-4 1 0 1 0 2 4 3 14:53
Nov 29, 2001 @ PHX L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 19:09
Nov 27, 2001 @ SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:04
Nov 23, 2001 vs PIT W 5-0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 17:18
Nov 21, 2001 vs CHI W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 18:34
Nov 20, 2001 @ DET L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 4 2 1 16:41
Nov 17, 2001 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 19:54
Nov 16, 2001 @ ATL T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 20:21
Nov 13, 2001 vs BUF W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 17:37
Nov 10, 2001 @ OTT L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 16:34
Nov 8, 2001 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 15:24
Nov 3, 2001 vs DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 16:51
Nov 2, 2001 @ DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 15:48
Oct 31, 2001 @ MIN W 6-4 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 17:52
Oct 30, 2001 vs MIN L 2-4 0 1 1 -3 0 1 1 13:53
Oct 27, 2001 vs DET L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:52
Oct 25, 2001 @ CGY W 5-4 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 1 3 19:35
Oct 23, 2001 @ VAN L 2-4 2 0 2 1 2 4 0 15:50
Oct 22, 2001 @ EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:37
Oct 20, 2001 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:33
Oct 18, 2001 vs CHI L 3-5 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 14:55
Oct 16, 2001 @ BUF T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:01
Oct 13, 2001 vs EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 16:25
Oct 11, 2001 vs CGY W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 09:02
Oct 6, 2001 vs STL T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 20:59
Oct 5, 2001 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:28