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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 2003-04. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Joe Sakic COL · 87 P in 81 GP Markus Naslund VAN · 84 P in 78 GP Marian Hossa OTT · 82 P in 81 GP Patrik Elias NJD · 81 P in 82 GP Cory Stillman TBL · 80 P in 81 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

2003-04 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 41 46 87 -10 63 341 49 1.07 12.0 23:06

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 2003-04 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 3, 2004 @ TBL W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 28:20
Apr 2, 2004 vs PIT L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 14 1 17:03
Mar 29, 2004 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 23:12
Mar 27, 2004 @ FLA W 3-0 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 22:04
Mar 26, 2004 vs NJD L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 22:30
Mar 24, 2004 vs WSH W 3-2 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 19:17
Mar 20, 2004 @ WSH T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 25:16
Mar 19, 2004 vs FLA W 3-2 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 20:09
Mar 17, 2004 vs BUF L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 4 4 2 17:41
Mar 15, 2004 vs CAR W 1-0 (OT) 0 1 1 1 7 2 2 20:12
Mar 13, 2004 vs WSH W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 22:33
Mar 12, 2004 @ CAR L 2-4 0 2 2 -1 2 5 0 24:52
Mar 9, 2004 vs NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 15:06
Mar 6, 2004 @ BOS T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 23:25
Mar 5, 2004 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 4 4 1 29:36
Mar 2, 2004 @ NYR W 4-3 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 23:12
Feb 29, 2004 vs NYR W 3-2 2 0 2 2 0 8 1 18:56
Feb 25, 2004 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 20:53
Feb 21, 2004 @ PHI L 4-5 1 2 3 2 10 7 0 25:58
Feb 19, 2004 @ OTT W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 22:53
Feb 17, 2004 @ MTL W 4-1 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 22:12
Feb 16, 2004 @ BUF L 2-7 1 0 1 -2 2 4 0 28:24
Feb 13, 2004 @ VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:13
Feb 11, 2004 @ EDM L 1-5 0 0 0 -4 0 4 0 19:15
Feb 10, 2004 @ CGY L 2-5 2 0 2 -1 0 4 0 23:55
Feb 5, 2004 vs PHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:04
Feb 3, 2004 @ BOS L 4-5 1 1 2 1 0 6 1 20:38
Jan 31, 2004 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24:47
Jan 30, 2004 vs TOR L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 18:21
Jan 28, 2004 vs STL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 24:17
Jan 25, 2004 @ NJD L 2-3 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 26:08
Jan 24, 2004 vs NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 8 3 28:53
Jan 22, 2004 vs COL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 15:43
Jan 20, 2004 vs BUF W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 6 3 28:40
Jan 18, 2004 @ CAR W 5-2 1 2 3 0 0 4 0 20:31
Jan 16, 2004 vs CAR L 3-4 2 0 2 -1 0 5 0 28:48
Jan 14, 2004 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 26:44
Jan 11, 2004 @ PHX T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 24:40
Jan 10, 2004 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 5 1 23:19
Jan 8, 2004 @ DAL L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 27:36
Jan 3, 2004 @ MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 8 0 25:45
Dec 31, 2003 @ DET L 5-6 (OT) 1 2 3 1 0 3 0 23:08
Dec 29, 2003 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 23:43
Dec 28, 2003 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 26:37
Dec 26, 2003 vs TBL W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 22:21
Dec 21, 2003 vs PHI W 4-1 1 1 2 3 0 7 0 24:43
Dec 20, 2003 @ PIT W 7-4 2 3 5 0 0 8 0 24:09
Dec 18, 2003 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 20:54
Dec 16, 2003 vs WSH L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 23:36
Dec 13, 2003 @ NYI L 0-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 22:24
Dec 12, 2003 vs PIT W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 18:36
Dec 10, 2003 vs LAK W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 5 1 25:20
Dec 6, 2003 @ FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 4 1 26:59
Dec 5, 2003 vs ANA W 6-2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 20:48
Dec 3, 2003 vs BOS L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 21:33
Dec 1, 2003 @ PIT L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 20:26
Nov 29, 2003 vs TBL W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 23:45
Nov 27, 2003 vs TOR L 1-3 1 0 1 -2 0 8 1 27:05
Nov 25, 2003 vs OTT L 3-6 1 0 1 -3 2 2 0 20:31
Nov 23, 2003 vs PHX W 1-0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 22:32
Nov 21, 2003 @ FLA W 6-3 1 1 2 0 4 4 0 17:25
Nov 19, 2003 vs BOS W 5-4 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 22:53
Nov 16, 2003 vs FLA W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 7 1 19:12
Nov 15, 2003 @ PHI L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 25:44
Nov 13, 2003 @ CAR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:52
Nov 11, 2003 vs OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 23:28
Nov 8, 2003 @ NYI W 4-3 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 22:14
Nov 7, 2003 @ CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 23:26
Nov 5, 2003 @ BUF W 7-4 1 2 3 2 0 5 1 23:38
Nov 2, 2003 vs SJS T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 28:23
Oct 31, 2003 @ WSH L 1-2 0 1 1 0 2 6 1 26:37
Oct 30, 2003 @ MIN L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 24:22
Oct 27, 2003 @ TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 28:12
Oct 25, 2003 vs FLA L 2-3 1 1 2 -1 2 10 0 26:54
Oct 23, 2003 vs NSH W 4-2 3 0 3 2 0 5 1 21:09
Oct 21, 2003 @ TBL L 2-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 28:40
Oct 18, 2003 vs CHI W 7-2 3 0 3 0 2 10 0 26:15
Oct 16, 2003 @ NYR T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 24:55
Oct 14, 2003 vs NYI T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 26:08
Oct 11, 2003 @ WSH W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 18:03
Oct 9, 2003 vs CBJ W 2-1 1 1 2 0 0 6 3 23:25