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Alexei Ponikarovsky

#12 · Left wing · New Jersey Devils

Born Apr 9, 1980 in Kiev, UKR · 6'4", 225 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 87th overall in 1998 by TOR (round 4)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2002-03. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andy Hilbert BOS · 3 P in 14 GP Lee Goren BOS · 3 P in 14 GP Andre Savage PHI · 3 P in 16 GP Jeff Heerema CAR · 3 P in 10 GP Miroslav Zalesak SJS · 3 P in 10 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.

02040602000-01: 4 points400-012001-02: 2 points201-022002-03: 3 points302-032003-04: 28 points2803-042005-06: 38 points3805-062006-07: 45 points4506-072007-08: 35 points3507-082008-09: 61 points6108-092009-10: 50 points5009-102010-11: 15 points1510-112011-12: 33 points3311-122012-13: 9 points912-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2000-01 TOR 22 1 3 4 -1 14 21 18 0.18
2001-02 TOR 8 2 0 2 2 0 8 4 0.25
2002-03 TOR 13 0 3 3 4 11 13 7 0.23
2003-04 TOR 73 9 19 28 14 44 110 75 0.38
2005-06 TOR 81 21 17 38 15 68 157 133 0.47
2006-07 TOR 71 21 24 45 8 63 198 133 0.63
2007-08 TOR 66 18 17 35 3 36 150 77 0.53
2008-09 TOR 82 23 38 61 6 38 185 104 0.74
2009-10 TOR 61 19 22 41 5 44 147 114 0.67
2009-10 PIT 16 2 7 9 -6 17 37 32 0.56
2010-11 LAK 61 5 10 15 1 36 94 139 0.25
2011-12 CAR 49 7 8 15 -12 26 98 94 0.31
2011-12 NJD 33 7 11 18 9 8 58 49 0.55
2012-13 WPG 12 2 0 2 -2 6 10 14 0.17 $1.8M
2012-13 NJD 30 2 5 7 1 8 41 67 0.23
12 seasons Career 678 139 184 323 47 419 1327 1060 0.48

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 TOR 10 0 0 0 0 4 7 15 0.00
2003-04 TOR 13 1 3 4 -1 8 23 24 0.31
2009-10 PIT 11 1 4 5 0 4 20 30 0.45
2010-11 LAK 4 1 0 1 1 0 5 11 0.25
2011-12 NJD 24 1 8 9 8 12 26 50 0.38
5 seasons Playoffs 62 4 15 19 8 28 81 130 0.31

2002-03 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
13 0 3 3 4 11 13 7 0.23 0.0 10:43

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.8M

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 2002-03 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 5, 2003 vs OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:05
Apr 3, 2003 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:38
Apr 1, 2003 @ NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 08:18
Mar 29, 2003 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:10
Mar 28, 2003 @ NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 11:05
Mar 10, 2003 @ EDM W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 09:47
Mar 8, 2003 vs VAN T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:53
Mar 6, 2003 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 09:08
Jan 11, 2003 @ BOS L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 10:31
Jan 9, 2003 @ PIT W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10:56
Jan 7, 2003 vs BOS W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 12:06
Jan 4, 2003 vs NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:54
Jan 3, 2003 @ NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:54