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Chris Higgins

#20 · Left wing · Vancouver Canucks

Born Jun 2, 1983 in Smithtown, New York, USA · 6'0", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 14th overall in 2002 by MTL (round 1)

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.

Andrei Podkonicky WSH · 0 P in 2 GP Brett Lysak CAR · 0 P in 2 GP Colin Forbes WSH · 0 P in 2 GP Craig Darby NJD · 0 P in 2 GP Denis Shvidki FLA · 0 P in 2 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.

020402003-04: 0 points003-042005-06: 38 points3805-062006-07: 38 points3806-072007-08: 52 points5207-082008-09: 23 points2308-092009-10: 17 points1709-102010-11: 28 points2810-112011-12: 43 points4311-122012-13: 15 points1512-132013-14: 39 points3913-142014-15: 36 points3614-152015-16: 4 points415-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2003-04 MTL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2005-06 MTL 80 23 15 38 -1 26 148 67 0.48
2006-07 MTL 61 22 16 38 -11 26 159 35 0.62
2007-08 MTL 82 27 25 52 0 22 241 76 0.63 $1.7M
2008-09 MTL 57 12 11 23 -1 22 151 79 0.40 $1.7M
2009-10 NYR 55 6 8 14 -9 32 137 111 0.25 $2.25M
2009-10 CGY 12 2 1 3 0 0 28 19 0.25
2010-11 FLA 48 11 12 23 5 10 126 62 0.48 $1.6M
2010-11 VAN 14 2 3 5 0 6 34 18 0.36
2011-12 VAN 71 18 25 43 11 16 165 61 0.61 $1.9M
2012-13 VAN 41 10 5 15 -4 10 77 46 0.37 $1.9M
2013-14 VAN 78 17 22 39 -14 30 216 98 0.50 $2.5M
2014-15 VAN 77 12 24 36 8 16 171 73 0.47 $2.5M
2015-16 VAN 33 3 1 4 -14 4 51 15 0.12 $2.5M
12 seasons Career 711 165 168 333 -30 220 1704 760 0.47

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 MTL 6 1 3 4 -3 0 7 3 0.67
2007-08 MTL 12 3 2 5 1 2 34 23 0.42
2008-09 MTL 4 2 0 2 -1 2 8 7 0.50
2010-11 VAN 25 4 4 8 1 2 49 70 0.32
2011-12 VAN 5 0 0 0 -3 2 11 10 0.00
2012-13 VAN 4 0 0 0 -2 0 5 12 0.00
2014-15 VAN 6 1 1 2 0 2 15 6 0.33
7 seasons Playoffs 62 11 10 21 -7 10 129 131 0.34

2003-04 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 6:18

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2015-16 $2.5M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.9M
2011-12 to 2012-13 $1.9M
2010-11 to 2010-11 $1.6M
2009-10 to 2009-10 $2.25M
2007-08 to 2008-09 $1.7M

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
Oct 14, 2003 vs WSH W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:31
Oct 11, 2003 @ TOR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:05