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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)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2008-09. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Milan Lucic BOS · 42 P in 72 GP Chuck Kobasew BOS · 42 P in 68 GP Wojtek Wolski COL · 42 P in 79 GP Erik Cole CAR · 42 P in 80 GP Niklas Hagman TOR · 42 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

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
73 20 22 42 -3 32 175 25 0.58 11.4 19:27

Contract

$4.5MCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
$107KCap dollars per point42 points in 73 games

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2013-14, with 5 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2008-09 $4.5M
2009-10 $4.5M
2010-11 $4.5M
2011-12 $4.5M
2012-13 $4.5M
2013-14 $4.5M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

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 2008-09 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 24, 2009 vs ANA L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 22:39
Mar 19, 2009 @ SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 23:38
Mar 18, 2009 @ ANA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 23:01
Mar 16, 2009 @ LAK W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 23:32
Mar 14, 2009 @ PHX W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 23:32
Mar 12, 2009 vs NYR L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 26:23
Mar 10, 2009 vs WSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 26:27
Mar 7, 2009 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:55
Mar 5, 2009 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 22:21
Mar 3, 2009 vs EDM W 6-5 (OT) 2 0 2 2 0 8 0 23:55
Feb 28, 2009 vs DET W 8-0 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 19:50
Feb 26, 2009 vs PHX W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 20:16
Feb 24, 2009 vs CHI W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 23:13
Feb 21, 2009 @ STL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:29
Feb 19, 2009 vs STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 21:57
Feb 18, 2009 @ DET L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:43
Feb 16, 2009 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 23:25
Feb 14, 2009 vs BOS W 3-2 (SO) 2 0 2 2 0 6 0 22:37
Feb 12, 2009 vs STL W 4-3 (SO) 0 2 2 -1 0 1 0 23:08
Feb 10, 2009 vs DET L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 22:13
Feb 8, 2009 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 17:05
Feb 6, 2009 @ MIN W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 21:28
Feb 5, 2009 vs ANA W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 18:33
Feb 3, 2009 vs PHX W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:56
Feb 1, 2009 @ EDM W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22:03
Jan 30, 2009 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:08
Jan 28, 2009 @ VAN W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 20:17
Jan 19, 2009 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20:30
Jan 17, 2009 vs ATL L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:48
Jan 15, 2009 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:43
Jan 13, 2009 @ TOR W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 19:05
Jan 11, 2009 @ CHI L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 19:50
Jan 10, 2009 vs CHI W 4-1 2 0 2 2 0 5 1 20:48
Jan 8, 2009 vs PIT W 5-3 1 1 2 0 0 5 1 18:08
Jan 6, 2009 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 18:27
Jan 3, 2009 vs CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 16:38
Jan 1, 2009 vs VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:27
Dec 29, 2008 @ COL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 16:44
Dec 28, 2008 @ EDM L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:12
Dec 26, 2008 vs DET W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 20:27
Dec 23, 2008 @ FLA L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:49
Dec 20, 2008 vs NYI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:04
Dec 18, 2008 @ PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:53
Dec 13, 2008 vs DAL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 16:38
Dec 11, 2008 @ CBJ L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 19:23
Dec 9, 2008 vs VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:39
Dec 8, 2008 @ STL L 3-6 0 1 1 -2 4 2 0 17:46
Dec 6, 2008 vs MIN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:55
Dec 4, 2008 vs COL W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 19:05
Dec 1, 2008 @ BUF W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:53
Nov 29, 2008 vs MIN L 2-6 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 16:56
Nov 28, 2008 @ ATL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:04
Nov 25, 2008 vs STL L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:37
Nov 23, 2008 @ CAR W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 14:48
Nov 21, 2008 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16:08
Nov 17, 2008 vs SJS L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 17:06
Nov 15, 2008 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:01
Nov 14, 2008 @ ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:10
Nov 11, 2008 @ SJS W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 17:39
Nov 8, 2008 @ COL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16:39
Nov 6, 2008 @ CGY L 6-7 1 2 3 1 2 2 0 17:14
Nov 4, 2008 @ VAN L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:14
Nov 1, 2008 vs FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 20:17
Oct 30, 2008 vs EDM W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:12
Oct 28, 2008 @ WSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:39
Oct 25, 2008 vs LAK W 5-4 0 1 1 0 6 2 0 17:37
Oct 23, 2008 vs CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 20:14
Oct 18, 2008 vs CBJ W 6-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 18:19
Oct 17, 2008 @ CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:46
Oct 15, 2008 @ DAL L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:17
Oct 13, 2008 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:37
Oct 11, 2008 vs DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 18:14
Oct 10, 2008 @ STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:54