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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 2009-10. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jason Arnott NSH · 46 P in 63 GP Brenden Morrow DAL · 46 P in 76 GP Steve Downie TBL · 46 P in 80 GP Alexander Steen STL · 47 P in 68 GP Tomas Holmstrom DET · 45 P in 68 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

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
61 28 18 46 3 26 237 36 0.75 11.8 20:45

Contract

$5MCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
$109KCap dollars per point46 points in 61 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 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2009-10 $5M
2010-11 $5M
2011-12 $5M
2012-13 $5M
2013-14 $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
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 2009-10 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 10, 2010 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 10 1 22:06
Apr 8, 2010 @ CAR L 2-5 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 21:22
Apr 6, 2010 @ NYI L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -2 0 5 1 16:25
Apr 3, 2010 vs BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 21:05
Apr 2, 2010 @ PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:51
Mar 31, 2010 vs CAR L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 20:23
Mar 27, 2010 vs NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 22:52
Mar 25, 2010 vs FLA W 4-1 2 0 2 3 0 4 0 18:49
Mar 24, 2010 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 22:03
Mar 22, 2010 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 23:07
Mar 20, 2010 @ TOR L 2-3 (SO) 2 0 2 1 0 6 1 19:04
Mar 16, 2010 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 19:58
Mar 13, 2010 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 19:43
Mar 11, 2010 vs EDM W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 24:04
Mar 9, 2010 vs TBL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:37
Mar 7, 2010 @ ANA W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 21:16
Mar 6, 2010 @ LAK W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 20:18
Mar 4, 2010 @ SJS L 2-3 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 21:44
Mar 2, 2010 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 18:13
Feb 13, 2010 vs PHI L 2-6 1 0 1 -2 0 7 2 20:43
Feb 12, 2010 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:14
Feb 10, 2010 vs WSH W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 25:38
Feb 7, 2010 vs BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:04
Feb 6, 2010 vs PIT W 5-3 2 1 3 -1 0 3 0 21:04
Feb 4, 2010 @ BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 22:04
Feb 2, 2010 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:47
Jan 30, 2010 @ OTT L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 21:29
Jan 27, 2010 @ TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 21:44
Jan 26, 2010 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:34
Jan 23, 2010 vs NYR W 6-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 18:40
Jan 22, 2010 @ NJD W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 20:36
Jan 20, 2010 vs STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 23:08
Jan 17, 2010 @ NYR L 2-6 1 0 1 -1 0 5 2 21:22
Jan 16, 2010 vs OTT L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 20:46
Jan 14, 2010 vs DAL W 5-3 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 20:12
Jan 9, 2010 vs NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 20:08
Jan 7, 2010 vs FLA W 2-0 1 0 1 2 0 6 0 20:14
Jan 5, 2010 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 19:52
Jan 3, 2010 vs BUF L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:36
Dec 31, 2009 @ FLA W 5-4 0 2 2 1 2 5 0 19:51
Dec 30, 2009 @ TBL W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 16:33
Dec 28, 2009 @ OTT L 2-4 0 1 1 0 2 6 1 16:34
Nov 12, 2009 @ PHX W 4-2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 19:21
Nov 10, 2009 vs CGY L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 22:44
Nov 7, 2009 vs TBL L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 22:33
Nov 5, 2009 @ BOS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:19
Nov 3, 2009 vs ATL L 4-5 2 0 2 1 0 6 0 21:29
Oct 31, 2009 vs TOR W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 21:43
Oct 30, 2009 @ CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 22:18
Oct 28, 2009 @ PIT L 1-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 16:14
Oct 26, 2009 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 20:12
Oct 24, 2009 vs NYR W 5-4 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 19:41
Oct 22, 2009 vs NYI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 17:13
Oct 20, 2009 vs ATL W 2-1 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 7 1 24:00
Oct 17, 2009 vs OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 20:40
Oct 15, 2009 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 23:23
Oct 10, 2009 @ EDM L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 20:17
Oct 7, 2009 @ VAN L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 19:40
Oct 6, 2009 @ CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 20:10
Oct 3, 2009 @ BUF W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 23:13
Oct 1, 2009 @ TOR W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 20:43