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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 2002-03. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Tanguay COL · 67 P in 82 GP Geoff Sanderson CBJ · 67 P in 82 GP Cory Stillman STL · 67 P in 79 GP Jarome Iginla CGY · 67 P in 75 GP Doug Weight STL · 67 P in 70 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

2002-03 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 38 29 67 -24 57 257 19 0.83 14.8 19:27

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 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 6, 2003 vs TBL W 6-2 1 2 3 2 0 7 0 22:46
Apr 5, 2003 @ NYI W 3-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 17:30
Apr 2, 2003 @ BUF L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 22:25
Mar 31, 2003 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 19:44
Mar 29, 2003 @ NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 7 0 15:08
Mar 28, 2003 vs NJD T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 21:37
Mar 26, 2003 vs CAR W 5-1 1 0 1 1 4 3 1 17:48
Mar 24, 2003 @ PHI L 2-6 1 1 2 -2 2 4 0 17:47
Mar 22, 2003 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:33
Mar 21, 2003 vs OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 22:48
Mar 19, 2003 vs DAL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 21:11
Mar 17, 2003 vs CBJ W 3-2 1 0 1 2 0 7 0 24:43
Mar 15, 2003 vs BUF W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 20:45
Mar 13, 2003 vs MTL L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 22:28
Mar 11, 2003 @ NJD W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 17:51
Mar 9, 2003 vs MIN L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 11:37
Mar 7, 2003 vs FLA L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 17:18
Mar 6, 2003 @ WSH T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 20:23
Mar 2, 2003 @ ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:50
Mar 1, 2003 @ LAK L 1-4 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 20:09
Feb 27, 2003 @ COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 19:52
Feb 25, 2003 @ VAN L 0-8 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 20:16
Feb 23, 2003 @ EDM T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:03
Feb 19, 2003 @ TBL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 21:36
Feb 17, 2003 vs BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 6 2 23:13
Feb 15, 2003 vs DET L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 20:01
Feb 14, 2003 vs TBL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 21:54
Feb 12, 2003 vs WSH L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 20:15
Feb 8, 2003 @ OTT L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 22:43
Feb 7, 2003 @ NJD W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:12
Feb 4, 2003 @ MTL W 4-3 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 17:47
Jan 30, 2003 vs TOR L 2-5 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 20:19
Jan 28, 2003 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 19:32
Jan 25, 2003 @ NYR W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 17:09
Jan 23, 2003 vs OTT T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 6 0 22:43
Jan 21, 2003 vs STL W 8-4 2 1 3 0 0 5 0 19:36
Jan 19, 2003 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 19:06
Jan 17, 2003 vs BOS W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 18:19
Jan 15, 2003 vs MTL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:23
Jan 13, 2003 @ PHI W 7-4 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 17:29
Jan 11, 2003 @ NYI L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:56
Jan 9, 2003 @ TBL W 3-2 (OT) 2 0 2 2 0 6 0 19:21
Jan 7, 2003 vs CAR T 3-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 2 7 0 23:46
Jan 5, 2003 vs PHI L 4-5 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 20:34
Jan 3, 2003 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 19:12
Jan 2, 2003 @ OTT L 1-8 0 0 0 -6 0 1 0 13:11
Dec 30, 2002 @ PIT W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 17:24
Dec 28, 2002 vs BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:51
Dec 27, 2002 @ CAR W 5-3 2 2 4 2 0 2 0 17:34
Dec 23, 2002 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 22:10
Dec 20, 2002 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 2 6 0 19:40
Dec 18, 2002 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 21:55
Dec 16, 2002 vs TOR W 1-0 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 13:59
Dec 14, 2002 @ STL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 21:38
Dec 13, 2002 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 22:08
Dec 11, 2002 @ PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 20:32
Dec 8, 2002 vs EDM L 0-3 0 0 0 0 9 3 0 21:31
Dec 6, 2002 @ WSH L 6-7 (OT) 3 1 4 0 2 9 0 19:35
Dec 5, 2002 @ BOS L 3-4 (OT) 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 21:12
Dec 1, 2002 vs WSH W 5-4 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 17:59
Nov 28, 2002 vs NYR W 7-4 1 1 2 3 0 5 1 20:34
Nov 26, 2002 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 23:39
Nov 23, 2002 @ WSH L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 22:20
Nov 22, 2002 vs PIT L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 19:34
Nov 19, 2002 vs FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 09:56
Nov 17, 2002 vs ANA L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 17:22
Nov 15, 2002 vs PHX L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 20:30
Nov 13, 2002 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 22:52
Nov 11, 2002 vs CGY W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 16:51
Nov 9, 2002 @ BUF W 6-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 10:33
Nov 7, 2002 @ CHI L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 23:11
Nov 2, 2002 @ FLA W 3-1 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 14:27
Oct 29, 2002 vs LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 16:37
Oct 26, 2002 @ BOS L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 18:06
Oct 23, 2002 vs NJD L 1-2 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 21:48
Oct 21, 2002 @ FLA L 2-3 1 0 1 -2 2 1 0 19:03
Oct 19, 2002 vs NYI L 4-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 21:45
Oct 18, 2002 @ TBL L 5-8 1 1 2 -2 2 6 0 18:19
Oct 16, 2002 @ PIT L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 20:29
Oct 12, 2002 vs FLA L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 19:33
Oct 11, 2002 @ CAR L 3-5 1 0 1 -2 2 7 0 20:34