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Ilya Kovalchuk

#17 · Left wing · Washington Capitals

Born Apr 15, 1983 in Tver, RUS · 6'3", 222 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 1st overall in 2001 by ATL (round 1)

Trophy case

Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy Top Goal Scorer 2003-04

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.

Dean McAmmond CGY · 51 P in 73 GP Robert Reichel TOR · 51 P in 78 GP John LeClair PHI · 51 P in 82 GP Mariusz Czerkawski NYI · 51 P in 82 GP Robert Lang PIT · 50 P in 62 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: 51 points5101-022002-03: 67 points6702-032003-04: 87 points8703-042005-06: 98 points9805-062006-07: 76 points7606-072007-08: 87 points8707-082008-09: 91 points9108-092009-10: 85 points8509-102010-11: 60 points6010-112011-12: 83 points8311-122012-13: 31 points3112-132018-19: 34 points3418-192019-20: 26 points2619-20

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 ATL 65 29 22 51 -19 28 184 34 0.78
2002-03 ATL 81 38 29 67 -24 57 257 19 0.83
2003-04 ATL 81 41 46 87 -10 63 341 49 1.07
2005-06 ATL 78 52 46 98 -6 68 323 66 1.26 $6.389M
2006-07 ATL 82 42 34 76 -2 66 336 72 0.93 $6.389M
2007-08 ATL 79 52 35 87 -12 52 283 40 1.10 $6.389M
2008-09 ATL 79 43 48 91 -12 50 275 43 1.15 $6.389M
2009-10 ATL 49 31 27 58 1 45 179 13 1.18 $6.389M
2009-10 NJD 27 10 17 27 9 8 111 17 1.00
2010-11 NJD 81 31 29 60 -26 28 245 28 0.74 $6.667M
2011-12 NJD 77 37 46 83 -9 33 310 27 1.08 $6.667M
2012-13 NJD 37 11 20 31 -6 20 123 13 0.84 $6.667M
2018-19 LAK 64 16 18 34 -26 10 141 28 0.53 $6.25M
2019-20 LAK 17 3 6 9 -10 12 35 12 0.53 $700K
2019-20 MTL 22 6 7 13 6 2 62 28 0.59
2019-20 WSH 7 1 3 4 0 4 18 12 0.57
13 seasons Career 926 443 433 876 -146 546 3223 501 0.95

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 ATL 4 1 1 2 -1 19 12 6 0.50
2009-10 NJD 5 2 4 6 0 6 19 8 1.20
2011-12 NJD 23 8 11 19 -7 6 70 20 0.83
2019-20 WSH 5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 15 0.00
4 seasons Playoffs 37 11 16 27 -9 31 102 49 0.73

2001-02 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
65 29 22 51 -19 28 184 34 0.78 15.8 18:32

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2019-20 to 2019-20 $700K
2018-19 to 2018-19 $6.25M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $6.667M
2010-11 to 2024-25 $6.667M
2005-06 to 2009-10 $6.389M

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
Mar 10, 2002 @ NYI L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 04:43
Mar 8, 2002 vs BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 20:14
Mar 6, 2002 vs ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:37
Mar 4, 2002 @ MTL L 3-5 1 1 2 -2 0 2 0 18:15
Mar 2, 2002 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 23:43
Mar 1, 2002 vs NYI W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:11
Feb 26, 2002 vs BUF W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 20:27
Feb 12, 2002 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 18:20
Feb 11, 2002 @ TOR L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:12
Feb 8, 2002 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 18:20
Feb 7, 2002 @ NJD T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 23:40
Feb 5, 2002 vs EDM W 3-2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 18:17
Jan 30, 2002 vs TOR L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 18:10
Jan 28, 2002 vs PHX L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 18:39
Jan 26, 2002 @ PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 18:43
Jan 24, 2002 vs NJD W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 15:22
Jan 22, 2002 vs WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 20:33
Jan 19, 2002 @ FLA W 6-1 1 4 5 2 0 4 1 17:22
Jan 17, 2002 @ PHI L 3-6 1 0 1 -3 0 5 0 18:16
Jan 15, 2002 @ TOR W 3-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 19:07
Jan 13, 2002 vs TBL T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 15:26
Jan 11, 2002 vs CGY W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 18:04
Jan 9, 2002 vs OTT W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 19:05
Jan 8, 2002 @ PHI L 4-7 2 0 2 -1 0 4 0 15:40
Jan 6, 2002 vs NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 22:23
Jan 3, 2002 @ PHX L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 19:01
Jan 2, 2002 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:19
Dec 31, 2001 @ FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:49
Dec 28, 2001 vs TOR W 5-4 2 1 3 3 0 2 1 18:30
Dec 26, 2001 vs FLA T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 20:10
Dec 23, 2001 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 21:05
Dec 21, 2001 @ CAR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:48
Dec 19, 2001 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 18:23
Dec 18, 2001 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 19:26
Dec 15, 2001 @ WSH L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 18:14
Dec 14, 2001 vs CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 26:17
Dec 12, 2001 vs MTL T 3-3 (OT) 1 2 3 1 2 9 0 26:59
Dec 10, 2001 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:32
Dec 8, 2001 @ PIT L 3-6 0 1 1 -2 2 1 0 19:16
Dec 6, 2001 vs WSH T 3-3 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 6 1 20:45
Dec 4, 2001 vs BOS L 2-3 1 1 2 0 0 5 1 19:40
Dec 1, 2001 @ FLA W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18:05
Nov 29, 2001 @ TBL L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 16:39
Nov 27, 2001 @ MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:32
Nov 24, 2001 @ OTT W 6-3 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 18:04
Nov 22, 2001 vs MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 21:04
Nov 19, 2001 vs BUF W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 19:33
Nov 18, 2001 @ NYR L 2-6 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 21:56
Nov 16, 2001 vs NSH T 4-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 18:57
Nov 13, 2001 @ MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 21:23
Nov 10, 2001 @ WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 25:35
Nov 8, 2001 @ BUF L 0-8 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 15:35
Nov 7, 2001 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:42
Nov 3, 2001 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 10:21
Nov 1, 2001 @ SJS L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:09
Oct 30, 2001 vs OTT L 3-6 1 0 1 -2 2 1 3 17:30
Oct 27, 2001 vs TBL W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:20
Oct 26, 2001 vs WSH W 1-0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 14:19
Oct 23, 2001 vs PIT L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 20:15
Oct 20, 2001 @ CAR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:57
Oct 19, 2001 vs NYR L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 19:30
Oct 16, 2001 vs PHI T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 16:53
Oct 13, 2001 vs CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 16:28
Oct 6, 2001 @ BOS L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -2 0 4 1 19:53
Oct 4, 2001 @ BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 16:21