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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 2008-09. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alexander Semin WSH · 79 P in 62 GP Mike Richards PHI · 80 P in 79 GP Patrik Elias NJD · 78 P in 77 GP Martin St. Louis TBL · 80 P in 82 GP Mike Ribeiro DAL · 78 P in 82 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

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 40 39 79 11 52 263 71 1.01 15.2 21:10

Contract

$5.4MCap hitends in 2010, then UFA
$68KCap dollars per point79 points in 78 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 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
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 2008-09 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, 2009 vs MIN L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 19:27
Apr 10, 2009 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 20:04
Apr 8, 2009 @ CHI W 4-3 (SO) 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 22:45
Apr 5, 2009 vs CHI L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 24:10
Apr 4, 2009 @ NSH L 4-5 (SO) 2 0 2 0 0 6 0 23:15
Mar 31, 2009 vs NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:55
Mar 29, 2009 vs STL L 2-5 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 19:20
Mar 28, 2009 @ STL L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 22:55
Mar 26, 2009 vs CGY W 5-0 0 4 4 2 0 2 0 18:46
Mar 24, 2009 @ TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 22:03
Mar 21, 2009 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:56
Mar 18, 2009 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 22:10
Mar 15, 2009 vs DET L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 19:27
Mar 13, 2009 @ CHI W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 19:19
Mar 12, 2009 vs PIT W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 23:53
Mar 10, 2009 vs BOS W 2-0 1 0 1 1 2 5 1 20:40
Mar 7, 2009 @ DET W 8-2 3 0 3 3 0 4 2 20:30
Mar 5, 2009 @ NSH L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 23:56
Mar 3, 2009 vs LAK W 5-4 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 19:04
Mar 1, 2009 @ VAN L 1-3 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 21:57
Feb 26, 2009 @ EDM W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 18:39
Feb 24, 2009 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:06
Feb 21, 2009 vs ANA L 2-5 1 1 2 0 0 4 1 23:24
Feb 19, 2009 @ TOR W 4-3 (SO) 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 21:41
Feb 18, 2009 vs STL W 4-3 1 1 2 0 0 4 1 20:39
Feb 16, 2009 vs DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 6 3 23:39
Feb 14, 2009 @ CAR W 5-1 0 3 3 1 2 1 0 19:31
Feb 13, 2009 vs DET W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:16
Feb 10, 2009 vs COL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 20:20
Feb 7, 2009 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 19:31
Feb 6, 2009 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 21:53
Feb 3, 2009 vs STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 4 1 23:15
Jan 31, 2009 vs DAL L 3-7 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 23:09
Jan 30, 2009 vs OTT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 24:08
Jan 27, 2009 vs DET W 3-2 (OT) 3 0 3 2 0 5 2 22:39
Jan 21, 2009 @ CGY L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 25:40
Jan 20, 2009 @ EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:41
Jan 18, 2009 @ VAN W 6-5 (SO) 1 2 3 0 2 3 0 23:43
Jan 6, 2009 @ DET L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:46
Jan 3, 2009 @ STL L 2-5 0 2 2 1 2 5 0 20:11
Jan 2, 2009 @ COL W 6-1 1 3 4 4 0 4 1 18:34
Dec 31, 2008 @ ANA W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 25:49
Dec 29, 2008 @ LAK W 2-0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 19:19
Dec 27, 2008 vs PHI W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 20:18
Dec 23, 2008 vs LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 20:17
Dec 20, 2008 @ PHX L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:32
Dec 18, 2008 @ DAL L 5-6 (SO) 2 1 3 1 0 4 2 24:30
Dec 17, 2008 vs SJS W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 4 2 3 21:42
Dec 14, 2008 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 21:10
Dec 13, 2008 vs NYI W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 20:00
Dec 11, 2008 vs NSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 22:40
Dec 7, 2008 @ ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 5 4 22:29
Dec 6, 2008 @ LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 -3 2 4 2 21:49
Dec 4, 2008 @ SJS L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 20:16
Dec 1, 2008 vs VAN W 3-2 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 21:46
Nov 29, 2008 vs WSH W 3-0 2 0 2 2 0 4 1 19:31
Nov 28, 2008 @ DET L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 20:40
Nov 26, 2008 vs PHX L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 4 2 24:35
Nov 22, 2008 @ ATL W 2-0 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 18:07
Nov 18, 2008 vs EDM L 2-7 1 1 2 -1 2 2 0 18:59
Nov 15, 2008 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 17:54
Nov 14, 2008 @ BUF W 6-1 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 17:32
Nov 12, 2008 vs PHX L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 0 2 1 19:49
Nov 8, 2008 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 20:18
Nov 7, 2008 vs MTL W 4-3 (SO) 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 22:45
Nov 5, 2008 vs EDM W 5-4 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 19:09
Nov 3, 2008 @ NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 23:34
Nov 1, 2008 vs CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 9 1 24:10
Oct 30, 2008 @ COL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 20:20
Oct 27, 2008 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:13
Oct 25, 2008 @ MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:39
Oct 24, 2008 vs NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 4 2 3 22:05
Oct 21, 2008 vs VAN W 4-2 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 22:54
Oct 18, 2008 @ NSH L 3-6 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 21:02
Oct 17, 2008 vs NSH W 5-3 2 0 2 0 0 6 1 23:28
Oct 14, 2008 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 9 0 20:54
Oct 11, 2008 @ PHX L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 22:26
Oct 10, 2008 @ DAL W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 24:43