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Rick Nash

#61 · Left wing · Boston Bruins

Born Jun 16, 1984 in Brampton, Ontario, CAN · 6'4", 211 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 1st overall in 2002 by CBJ (round 1)

Trophy case

NHL Foundation Player Award Community Service 2008-09
Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy Top Goal Scorer 2003-04

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2005-06. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Frolov LAK · 54 P in 69 GP Nikolay Zherdev CBJ · 54 P in 73 GP Freddy Modin TBL · 54 P in 77 GP Mike Johnson PHX · 54 P in 80 GP Martin Rucinsky NYR · 55 P in 52 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.

02040602002-03: 39 points3902-032003-04: 57 points572005-06: 54 points5405-062006-07: 57 points572007-08: 69 points6907-082008-09: 79 points792009-10: 67 points6709-102010-11: 66 points662011-12: 59 points5911-122012-13: 42 points422013-14: 39 points3913-142014-15: 69 points692015-16: 36 points3615-162016-17: 38 points382017-18: 34 points3417-18

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2002-03 CBJ 74 17 22 39 -27 78 154 31 0.53
2003-04 CBJ 80 41 16 57 -35 87 269 75 0.71
2005-06 CBJ 54 31 23 54 5 51 170 43 1.00 $5.4M
2006-07 CBJ 75 27 30 57 -8 73 228 71 0.76 $5.4M
2007-08 CBJ 80 38 31 69 2 95 329 67 0.86 $5.4M
2008-09 CBJ 78 40 39 79 11 52 263 71 1.01 $5.4M
2009-10 CBJ 76 33 34 67 -2 58 254 121 0.88 $5.4M
2010-11 CBJ 75 32 34 66 2 34 305 91 0.88 $7.8M
2011-12 CBJ 82 30 29 59 -19 40 306 104 0.72 $7.8M
2012-13 NYR 44 21 21 42 16 26 176 46 0.95 $7.8M
2013-14 NYR 65 26 13 39 10 36 258 11 0.60 $7.8M
2014-15 NYR 79 42 27 69 29 36 304 45 0.87 $7.8M
2015-16 NYR 60 15 21 36 8 30 183 69 0.60 $7.8M
2016-17 NYR 67 23 15 38 9 26 195 63 0.57 $7.8M
2017-18 NYR 60 18 10 28 -8 24 189 45 0.47 $7.8M
2017-18 BOS 11 3 3 6 -4 4 41 6 0.55
15 seasons Career 1060 437 368 805 -11 750 3624 959 0.76

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 CBJ 4 1 2 3 -4 2 13 10 0.75
2012-13 NYR 12 1 4 5 3 0 42 18 0.42
2013-14 NYR 25 3 7 10 -1 8 83 45 0.40
2014-15 NYR 19 5 9 14 8 4 69 40 0.74
2015-16 NYR 5 2 2 4 0 4 10 11 0.80
2016-17 NYR 12 3 2 5 1 4 44 17 0.42
2017-18 BOS 12 3 2 5 -7 10 39 11 0.42
7 seasons Playoffs 89 18 28 46 0 32 300 152 0.52

2005-06 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
54 31 23 54 5 51 170 43 1.00 18.2 18:16

Contract

$5.4MCap hitends in 2010, then UFA
$100KCap dollars per point54 points in 54 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, with 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2005-06 $5.4M
2006-07 $5.4M
2007-08 $5.4M
2008-09 $5.4M
2009-10 $5.4M

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
2012-13 to 2017-18 $7.8M
2010-11 to 2017-18 $7.8M
2005-06 to 2009-10 $5.4M

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 2005-06 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 18, 2006 vs DAL W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 17:59
Apr 16, 2006 @ CHI L 3-4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 15:43
Apr 15, 2006 vs CHI W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 18:30
Apr 13, 2006 vs STL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:48
Apr 11, 2006 @ DAL L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:31
Apr 8, 2006 vs DET L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 21:02
Apr 7, 2006 @ DET L 5-6 (SO) 3 0 3 0 0 10 1 21:01
Apr 3, 2006 @ NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 19:22
Apr 1, 2006 vs CHI W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 18:43
Mar 31, 2006 @ STL W 4-2 2 0 2 1 2 3 0 16:28
Mar 28, 2006 vs SJS W 4-1 2 0 2 1 0 5 2 15:18
Mar 25, 2006 @ DET W 5-4 (SO) 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 19:17
Mar 24, 2006 vs CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 17:48
Mar 21, 2006 vs PHX L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 18:00
Mar 19, 2006 vs ANA L 3-4 1 1 2 -1 0 2 1 20:43
Mar 17, 2006 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 19:18
Mar 15, 2006 @ CHI L 2-3 1 1 2 0 2 3 2 21:59
Mar 13, 2006 @ STL L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 18:32
Mar 11, 2006 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 20:46
Mar 9, 2006 vs PHX W 5-4 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 17:50
Mar 7, 2006 vs CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 18:45
Mar 5, 2006 @ ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 23:21
Mar 4, 2006 @ LAK L 2-3 0 1 1 1 2 4 2 18:31
Mar 2, 2006 @ COL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 18:39
Feb 11, 2006 @ NSH L 2-5 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 17:29
Feb 10, 2006 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 20:09
Feb 8, 2006 vs LAK W 7-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 17:17
Feb 6, 2006 @ VAN L 4-7 2 0 2 1 0 7 0 16:37
Feb 2, 2006 @ EDM W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:22
Feb 1, 2006 @ CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21:18
Jan 28, 2006 vs NSH W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 12:37
Jan 27, 2006 vs MIN W 4-3 1 0 1 1 2 5 0 19:07
Jan 24, 2006 vs VAN W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 6 2 1 17:05
Jan 21, 2006 @ NSH L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 15:40
Jan 20, 2006 vs STL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:29
Jan 18, 2006 vs DET L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 19:32
Jan 16, 2006 vs NYR W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 15:06
Jan 14, 2006 @ FLA W 5-4 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 19:09
Jan 13, 2006 @ TBL L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 2 2 0 17:44
Jan 11, 2006 vs PIT W 6-1 1 2 3 2 9 2 1 14:53
Jan 8, 2006 @ PHX W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 14:18
Jan 7, 2006 @ COL L 2-3 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 6 1 18:40
Jan 5, 2006 @ SJS L 3-6 2 0 2 -2 0 6 1 18:49
Dec 31, 2005 @ DET L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 17:21
Dec 30, 2005 @ CHI W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 16:45
Dec 28, 2005 vs ANA W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 24:12
Dec 26, 2005 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 18:33
Dec 23, 2005 vs NSH L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 2 6 1 21:37
Dec 21, 2005 vs DAL L 3-5 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 21:59
Dec 20, 2005 @ DET L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 4 4 0 17:54
Dec 17, 2005 @ NSH L 3-7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 14:37
Nov 3, 2005 @ CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 17:08
Nov 1, 2005 @ EDM L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:26
Oct 5, 2005 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 08:24