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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 2009-10. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Daniel Sedin VAN · 85 P in 63 GP Marian Gaborik NYR · 86 P in 76 GP Alexander Semin WSH · 84 P in 73 GP Patrick Marleau SJS · 83 P in 82 GP Zach Parise NJD · 82 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

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 41 44 85 10 53 290 30 1.12 14.1 22:02

Contract

$6.389MCap hitends in 2010, then UFA
$75KCap dollars per point85 points in 76 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 2009-10, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2009-10 $6.389M

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
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 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 11, 2010 vs BUF W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 20:24
Apr 10, 2010 vs NYI W 7-1 1 2 3 1 0 6 0 22:18
Apr 8, 2010 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 21:39
Apr 6, 2010 @ ATL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:07
Apr 3, 2010 @ CAR W 4-0 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 17:18
Apr 2, 2010 vs CHI L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 18:00
Mar 30, 2010 vs BOS L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:02
Mar 28, 2010 @ PHI L 1-5 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 23:59
Mar 27, 2010 @ MTL W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 3 2 20:52
Mar 25, 2010 vs NYR L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 22:57
Mar 23, 2010 vs CBJ W 6-3 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 21:47
Mar 20, 2010 vs STL L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 21:50
Mar 18, 2010 @ TOR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 23:51
Mar 17, 2010 vs PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 18:00
Mar 15, 2010 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:52
Mar 13, 2010 @ NYI L 2-4 1 0 1 -1 2 4 2 22:42
Mar 12, 2010 vs PIT W 3-1 1 2 3 2 0 7 1 20:55
Mar 10, 2010 vs NYR W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:23
Mar 7, 2010 @ EDM L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 21:25
Mar 5, 2010 @ CGY L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 20:51
Mar 2, 2010 @ SJS W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 20:39
Feb 13, 2010 @ CAR L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 23:30
Feb 12, 2010 vs NSH W 5-2 1 1 2 3 0 7 0 21:51
Feb 10, 2010 vs PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 26:26
Feb 8, 2010 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 24:42
Feb 6, 2010 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 4 8 3 25:05
Feb 5, 2010 vs TOR W 4-3 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 21:43
Feb 2, 2010 vs TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 24:52
Jan 30, 2010 @ NSH L 3-4 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 22:35
Jan 28, 2010 @ PHI W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 21:40
Jan 26, 2010 vs ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 20:31
Jan 23, 2010 @ TBL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 26:07
Jan 21, 2010 vs CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 26:38
Jan 19, 2010 vs TOR W 4-3 2 1 3 2 0 8 1 23:41
Jan 18, 2010 @ FLA L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:09
Jan 16, 2010 @ CAR W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 22:06
Jan 14, 2010 vs BUF L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 22:10
Jan 12, 2010 vs OTT W 6-1 1 2 3 3 0 5 0 18:05
Jan 9, 2010 vs WSH L 1-8 0 0 0 -3 0 7 0 21:15
Jan 7, 2010 vs NYR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 23:13
Jan 5, 2010 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 2 3 1 20:59
Jan 2, 2010 @ NYI L 5-6 (SO) 1 3 4 3 0 1 0 26:00
Jan 1, 2010 @ BUF L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 23:25
Dec 30, 2009 @ BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:20
Dec 28, 2009 @ NJD L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 24:03
Dec 26, 2009 @ TBL L 3-4 1 1 2 1 0 7 0 23:57
Dec 23, 2009 @ BOS L 4-6 1 1 2 1 2 6 0 23:03
Dec 21, 2009 vs MTL L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 22:18
Dec 19, 2009 vs NJD L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 21:03
Dec 17, 2009 vs DAL W 6-5 (OT) 1 1 2 -2 0 3 0 22:33
Dec 16, 2009 @ FLA L 3-4 1 1 2 0 0 4 1 23:34
Dec 14, 2009 @ NYR W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 23:46
Dec 12, 2009 vs MTL W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 26:58
Dec 10, 2009 @ VAN L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 12 3 2 27:03
Dec 9, 2009 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 24:26
Dec 7, 2009 @ TOR L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 19:32
Dec 5, 2009 @ FLA W 2-1 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 26:33
Dec 3, 2009 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 6 0 20:27
Nov 30, 2009 vs FLA W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 7 1 19:42
Nov 28, 2009 vs PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:48
Nov 27, 2009 @ CAR W 6-4 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 18:27
Nov 25, 2009 @ DET W 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 23:10
Nov 22, 2009 vs TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 7 0 22:38
Nov 21, 2009 vs PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 19 1 1 18:51
Nov 19, 2009 vs BOS L 3-4 (SO) 1 2 3 1 0 4 0 24:48
Nov 15, 2009 vs EDM W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 23:18
Nov 13, 2009 vs LAK W 7-0 2 2 4 3 0 3 0 18:20
Nov 12, 2009 @ NYR W 5-3 1 2 3 1 0 6 0 22:22
Oct 24, 2009 vs SJS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 03:54
Oct 22, 2009 vs WSH L 4-5 2 0 2 -1 0 7 0 22:18
Oct 20, 2009 @ MTL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 22:44
Oct 17, 2009 @ BUF W 4-2 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 21:48
Oct 16, 2009 @ NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 19:24
Oct 10, 2009 @ OTT L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 22:20
Oct 8, 2009 @ STL W 4-2 2 0 2 -1 2 5 0 20:45
Oct 3, 2009 vs TBL W 6-3 2 1 3 2 4 2 0 26:55