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Joel Ward

#42 · Right wing · San Jose Sharks

Born Dec 2, 1980 in North York, Ontario, CAN · 6'1", 225 lb · Shoots right

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.

Drew Stafford BUF · 34 P in 71 GP Patrick O'Sullivan EDM · 34 P in 73 GP Milan Michalek OTT · 34 P in 66 GP Daniel Cleary DET · 34 P in 64 GP Jason Chimera WSH · 34 P in 78 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.

0102030402006-07: 1 points106-072008-09: 35 points3508-092009-10: 34 points3409-102010-11: 29 points2910-112011-12: 18 points1811-122012-13: 20 points2012-132013-14: 49 points4913-142014-15: 34 points3414-152015-16: 43 points4315-162016-17: 29 points2916-172017-18: 12 points1217-18

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2006-07 MIN 11 0 1 1 0 0 12 17 0.09
2008-09 NSH 79 17 18 35 1 29 133 65 0.44 $500K
2009-10 NSH 71 13 21 34 -5 18 134 42 0.48 $1.5M
2010-11 NSH 80 10 19 29 -1 42 157 67 0.36 $1.5M
2011-12 WSH 73 6 12 18 12 20 79 75 0.25 $3M
2012-13 WSH 39 8 12 20 7 12 52 37 0.51 $3M
2013-14 WSH 82 24 25 49 7 32 133 54 0.60 $3M
2014-15 WSH 82 19 15 34 -4 30 138 53 0.41 $3M
2015-16 SJS 79 21 22 43 -15 28 138 68 0.54 $3.275M
2016-17 SJS 78 10 19 29 -2 30 105 61 0.37 $3.275M
2017-18 SJS 52 5 7 12 -2 20 40 35 0.23 $3.275M
11 seasons Career 726 133 171 304 -2 261 1121 574 0.42

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2009-10 NSH 6 2 2 4 1 2 12 9 0.67
2010-11 NSH 12 7 6 13 4 6 28 22 1.08
2011-12 WSH 14 1 4 5 3 6 12 28 0.36
2012-13 WSH 7 1 3 4 -1 6 8 10 0.57
2014-15 WSH 14 3 6 9 1 2 39 17 0.64
2015-16 SJS 24 7 6 13 2 16 35 36 0.54
2016-17 SJS 6 1 3 4 0 4 9 10 0.67
7 seasons Playoffs 83 22 30 52 10 42 143 132 0.63

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
71 13 21 34 -5 18 134 42 0.48 9.7 17:33

Contract

$1.5MCap hitends in 2011, then UFA
$44KCap dollars per point34 points in 71 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 2010-11, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2009-10 $1.5M
2010-11 $1.5M

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
2015-16 to 2017-18 $3.275M
2012-13 to 2014-15 $3M
2011-12 to 2014-15 $3M
2009-10 to 2010-11 $1.5M
2008-09 to 2008-09 $500K

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 STL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:10
Apr 7, 2010 @ PHX L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 16:43
Apr 3, 2010 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 16:18
Apr 1, 2010 vs STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:31
Mar 30, 2010 vs LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:00
Mar 21, 2010 @ STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 06:56
Mar 20, 2010 vs CBJ W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17:38
Mar 18, 2010 vs MIN W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:59
Mar 16, 2010 vs PHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:12
Mar 14, 2010 @ LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:21
Mar 12, 2010 @ ANA W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:58
Mar 11, 2010 @ SJS L 5-8 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 17:18
Mar 9, 2010 @ ATL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:24
Mar 7, 2010 vs VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 16:04
Mar 5, 2010 @ DET L 2-5 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 15:44
Mar 4, 2010 vs LAK W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:52
Mar 2, 2010 vs EDM W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14:18
Feb 14, 2010 @ PIT W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 19:19
Feb 12, 2010 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:15
Feb 10, 2010 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 1 4 3 1 17:14
Feb 9, 2010 @ NYI L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 18:40
Feb 6, 2010 vs SJS L 3-4 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 17:14
Feb 4, 2010 vs COL W 5-3 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 15:31
Feb 2, 2010 vs PHX L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:21
Jan 30, 2010 vs ATL W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 17:15
Jan 21, 2010 @ PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 5 1 14:21
Jan 18, 2010 vs TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 16:39
Jan 15, 2010 @ CGY W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:47
Jan 12, 2010 @ EDM W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:14
Jan 11, 2010 @ VAN W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 20:03
Jan 5, 2010 vs CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:24
Jan 2, 2010 vs ANA W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20:18
Dec 31, 2009 @ CBJ W 2-1 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 18:30
Dec 29, 2009 @ STL W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 19:15
Dec 27, 2009 @ CHI L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:32
Dec 26, 2009 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 16:27
Dec 22, 2009 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:18
Dec 19, 2009 @ CGY W 5-3 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 17:25
Dec 17, 2009 @ EDM W 6-3 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 14:40
Dec 15, 2009 vs TBL W 7-4 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 20:24
Dec 14, 2009 @ CBJ W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:36
Dec 12, 2009 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:26
Dec 10, 2009 vs CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 20:26
Dec 8, 2009 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:42
Dec 5, 2009 vs MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:45
Dec 4, 2009 @ CHI W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 20:53
Dec 2, 2009 @ MIN L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:01
Nov 30, 2009 vs CGY L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:15
Nov 28, 2009 vs FLA W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 18:43
Nov 27, 2009 vs STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:58
Nov 25, 2009 @ COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 19:24
Nov 23, 2009 vs DET W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 19:17
Nov 21, 2009 vs CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:13
Nov 19, 2009 vs NJD W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 20:08
Nov 17, 2009 vs SJS W 4-3 1 2 3 1 0 4 1 18:56
Nov 14, 2009 vs MTL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:18
Nov 12, 2009 @ STL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 15:23
Nov 10, 2009 @ SJS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:19
Nov 7, 2009 @ LAK W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 17:40
Nov 5, 2009 @ ANA L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 17:53
Oct 31, 2009 vs DAL W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 17:42
Oct 29, 2009 vs CHI W 2-0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 19:25
Oct 28, 2009 @ MIN W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18:03
Oct 24, 2009 @ CHI L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:40
Oct 22, 2009 @ OTT W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 17:44
Oct 21, 2009 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:37
Oct 17, 2009 @ WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:21
Oct 15, 2009 vs CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:57
Oct 14, 2009 @ DAL L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:57
Oct 12, 2009 vs EDM L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 16:32
Oct 10, 2009 vs BUF L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15:50