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Brian Gionta

#12 · Right wing · Boston Bruins

Born Jan 18, 1979 in Rochester, New York, USA · 5'7", 178 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 82nd overall in 1998 by NJD (round 3)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2002-03

Compare with a similar player

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

Byron Ritchie FLA · 11 P in 35 GP Daniel Corso STL · 11 P in 41 GP Marty Reasoner EDM · 11 P in 52 GP Greg Classen NSH · 11 P in 55 GP Stephane Matteau SJS · 11 P in 55 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.

0204060802001-02: 11 points1101-022002-03: 25 points252003-04: 29 points2903-042005-06: 89 points892006-07: 45 points4506-072007-08: 53 points532008-09: 60 points6008-092009-10: 46 points462010-11: 46 points4610-112011-12: 15 points152012-13: 26 points2612-132013-14: 40 points402014-15: 35 points3514-152015-16: 33 points332016-17: 35 points3516-172017-18: 7 points7

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2001-02 NJD 33 4 7 11 10 8 58 54 0.33
2002-03 NJD 58 12 13 25 5 23 129 15 0.43
2003-04 NJD 75 21 8 29 19 36 174 31 0.39
2005-06 NJD 82 48 41 89 18 46 291 47 1.09 $627K
2006-07 NJD 62 25 20 45 -3 36 194 30 0.73 $4M
2007-08 NJD 82 22 31 53 1 46 257 52 0.65 $4M
2008-09 NJD 81 20 40 60 12 32 248 44 0.74 $4M
2009-10 MTL 61 28 18 46 3 26 237 36 0.75 $5M
2010-11 MTL 82 29 17 46 3 24 298 87 0.56 $5M
2011-12 MTL 31 8 7 15 -7 16 75 35 0.48 $5M
2012-13 MTL 48 14 12 26 3 8 112 37 0.54 $5M
2013-14 MTL 81 18 22 40 1 22 184 46 0.49 $5M
2014-15 BUF 69 13 22 35 -13 18 153 61 0.51 $4.25M
2015-16 BUF 79 12 21 33 -5 12 169 46 0.42 $4.25M
2016-17 BUF 82 15 20 35 -11 22 149 54 0.43 $4.25M
2017-18 BOS 20 2 5 7 -1 2 42 17 0.35 $700K
16 seasons Career 1026 291 304 595 35 377 2770 692 0.58

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2001-02 NJD 6 2 2 4 -1 0 16 11 0.67
2002-03 NJD 24 1 8 9 5 6 59 11 0.38
2003-04 NJD 5 2 3 5 -2 0 9 6 1.00
2005-06 NJD 9 3 4 7 -1 2 29 6 0.78
2006-07 NJD 11 8 1 9 5 4 37 5 0.82
2007-08 NJD 5 1 0 1 -2 2 14 7 0.20
2008-09 NJD 7 2 3 5 0 4 23 4 0.71
2009-10 MTL 19 9 6 15 -6 14 70 26 0.79
2010-11 MTL 7 3 2 5 -6 0 35 13 0.71
2012-13 MTL 2 0 1 1 -2 0 5 4 0.50
2013-14 MTL 17 1 6 7 0 2 40 11 0.41
2017-18 BOS 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0.00
12 seasons Playoffs 113 32 36 68 -11 34 337 105 0.60

2001-02 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
33 4 7 11 10 8 58 54 0.33 6.9 13:25

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2017-18 to 2017-18 $700K
2014-15 to 2016-17 $4.25M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $5M
2009-10 to 2013-14 $5M
2006-07 to 2008-09 $4M
2005-06 to 2005-06 $627K

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 @ WSH W 4-3 (OT) 1 3 4 4 0 4 1 19:03
Apr 12, 2002 vs MTL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:51
Apr 10, 2002 vs PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 13:20
Apr 7, 2002 vs BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 14:30
Apr 5, 2002 @ ATL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 17:29
Apr 3, 2002 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 14:27
Apr 1, 2002 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 11:55
Mar 29, 2002 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:17
Mar 27, 2002 @ PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 15:36
Mar 25, 2002 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 17:50
Mar 23, 2002 vs CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 14:21
Mar 21, 2002 @ NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:59
Mar 20, 2002 @ CHI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 14:59
Mar 17, 2002 vs VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:55
Mar 16, 2002 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:29
Mar 13, 2002 vs NYI W 3-2 1 0 1 1 2 2 3 13:44
Mar 10, 2002 @ DAL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 13:30
Mar 8, 2002 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:17
Mar 5, 2002 @ PHX L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 12:58
Feb 27, 2002 vs PHI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:50
Feb 12, 2002 @ BUF T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:17
Feb 10, 2002 vs BUF W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 3 3 15:23
Feb 9, 2002 @ PIT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:58
Feb 7, 2002 vs ATL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 08:07
Feb 5, 2002 vs MTL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:51
Jan 30, 2002 vs CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 11:35
Jan 29, 2002 @ NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:10
Jan 26, 2002 @ MIN T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 11:00
Jan 24, 2002 @ ATL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:23
Jan 23, 2002 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:34
Jan 3, 2002 vs NSH L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 11:17
Jan 1, 2002 vs STL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:10
Dec 30, 2001 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:35