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Jeff Carter

#77 · Centre · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Jan 1, 1985 in London, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 219 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 11th overall in 2003 by PHI (round 1)

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×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2013-14, 2011-12

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.

Tony Amonte CGY · 42 P in 80 GP Jochen Hecht BUF · 42 P in 64 GP Ziggy Palffy PIT · 42 P in 42 GP Brian Willsie WSH · 41 P in 82 GP Martin Gelinas FLA · 41 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.

0204060802005-06: 42 points4205-062006-07: 37 points372007-08: 53 points5307-082008-09: 84 points842009-10: 61 points6109-102010-11: 66 points662011-12: 34 points3411-122012-13: 33 points332013-14: 50 points5013-142014-15: 62 points622015-16: 62 points6215-162016-17: 66 points662017-18: 22 points2217-182018-19: 33 points332019-20: 27 points2719-202020-21: 30 points302021-22: 45 points4521-222022-23: 29 points292023-24: 15 points1523-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 PHI 81 23 19 42 10 40 189 55 0.52
2006-07 PHI 62 14 23 37 -17 48 215 44 0.60
2007-08 PHI 82 29 24 53 6 55 260 52 0.65
2008-09 PHI 82 46 38 84 23 68 342 54 1.02 $5M
2009-10 PHI 74 33 28 61 2 38 319 60 0.82 $5M
2010-11 PHI 80 36 30 66 27 39 335 65 0.83 $5M
2011-12 CBJ 39 15 10 25 -11 14 130 8 0.64 $5.273M
2011-12 LAK 16 6 3 9 -1 2 54 8 0.56
2012-13 LAK 48 26 7 33 0 16 133 25 0.69 $5.273M
2013-14 LAK 72 27 23 50 8 44 256 68 0.69 $5.273M
2014-15 LAK 82 28 34 62 7 28 218 76 0.76 $5.273M
2015-16 LAK 77 24 38 62 18 20 242 89 0.81 $5.273M
2016-17 LAK 82 32 34 66 2 41 250 86 0.80 $5.273M
2017-18 LAK 27 13 9 22 4 2 85 27 0.81 $5.273M
2018-19 LAK 76 13 20 33 -20 42 174 80 0.43 $5.273M
2019-20 LAK 60 17 10 27 -21 36 182 66 0.45 $5.273M
2020-21 LAK 40 8 11 19 -6 22 117 36 0.48 $5.273M
2020-21 PIT 14 9 2 11 9 0 37 5 0.79
2021-22 PIT 76 19 26 45 -8 38 200 99 0.59 $5.273M
2022-23 PIT 79 13 16 29 -16 30 139 80 0.37 $3.125M
2023-24 PIT 72 11 4 15 -7 12 90 83 0.21 $3.125M
19 seasons Career 1321 442 409 851 9 635 3967 1166 0.64

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 PHI 6 0 0 0 -4 10 10 7 0.00
2007-08 PHI 17 6 5 11 0 12 72 20 0.65
2008-09 PHI 6 1 0 1 -2 8 30 3 0.17
2009-10 PHI 12 5 2 7 -5 2 51 26 0.58
2010-11 PHI 6 1 1 2 -3 2 18 6 0.33
2011-12 LAK 20 8 5 13 0 4 54 22 0.65
2012-13 LAK 18 6 7 13 6 14 56 18 0.72
2013-14 LAK 26 10 15 25 5 4 73 41 0.96
2015-16 LAK 5 2 0 2 -5 4 13 20 0.40
2017-18 LAK 4 0 0 0 0 2 11 10 0.00
2020-21 PIT 6 4 1 5 0 4 17 14 0.83
2021-22 PIT 7 4 1 5 -6 6 23 14 0.71
12 seasons Playoffs 133 47 37 84 -14 72 428 201 0.63

2005-06 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 23 19 42 10 40 189 55 0.52 12.2 12:04

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2023-24 $3.125M
2020-21 to 2021-22 $5.273M
2018-19 to 2021-22 $5.273M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $5.273M
2011-12 to 2021-22 $5.273M
2008-09 to 2010-11 $5M

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 @ NYI W 4-1 1 0 1 1 2 3 4 13:21
Apr 16, 2006 @ NJD L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 4 1 0 13:31
Apr 15, 2006 vs NYR W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 12:43
Apr 13, 2006 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:44
Apr 11, 2006 vs PIT W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 14:16
Apr 8, 2006 vs TOR L 2-5 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 13:41
Apr 7, 2006 @ BUF W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:30
Apr 4, 2006 @ NYR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:49
Apr 2, 2006 @ NYI W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 12:46
Apr 1, 2006 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:26
Mar 28, 2006 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 12:04
Mar 25, 2006 vs OTT W 6-3 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 11:29
Mar 22, 2006 @ NYR W 6-3 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 10:58
Mar 21, 2006 vs NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 11:43
Mar 18, 2006 @ ATL W 4-2 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 10:10
Mar 17, 2006 @ TBL L 3-6 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 10:46
Mar 15, 2006 @ FLA W 4-0 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 07:03
Mar 12, 2006 @ PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:08
Mar 11, 2006 vs BUF L 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:14
Mar 8, 2006 vs CAR W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 12:06
Mar 6, 2006 vs MTL W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 11:57
Mar 4, 2006 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:39
Mar 2, 2006 vs NYR L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 12:47
Mar 1, 2006 @ NJD L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:47
Feb 11, 2006 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 17:05
Feb 10, 2006 vs WSH W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 17:35
Feb 8, 2006 vs NYI W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 10:28
Feb 5, 2006 @ MTL L 0-5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13:19
Feb 4, 2006 vs NYR L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 15:49
Feb 2, 2006 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 11:50
Jan 30, 2006 @ NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 08:45
Jan 28, 2006 vs TBL L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:24
Jan 25, 2006 vs MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 13:02
Jan 23, 2006 vs PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:52
Jan 21, 2006 @ PIT W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 12:11
Jan 19, 2006 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 13:05
Jan 17, 2006 vs CAR L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:21
Jan 14, 2006 vs COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:11
Jan 12, 2006 @ DET L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 11:06
Jan 11, 2006 @ CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11:34
Jan 9, 2006 @ NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:37
Jan 6, 2006 @ WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:59
Jan 5, 2006 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 13:27
Jan 2, 2006 @ BOS W 1-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 10:45
Dec 31, 2005 @ WSH L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 09:51
Dec 29, 2005 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 10:10
Dec 28, 2005 @ ATL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 12:09
Dec 26, 2005 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 13:40
Dec 23, 2005 @ PIT W 5-4 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 13:57
Dec 22, 2005 vs OTT W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 10:34
Dec 19, 2005 vs BUF L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 13:30
Dec 15, 2005 vs VAN L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 07:42
Dec 13, 2005 @ CBJ W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 14:03
Dec 10, 2005 vs MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:31
Dec 8, 2005 vs EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 17:16
Dec 6, 2005 vs CGY W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 13:52
Dec 3, 2005 @ NSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 14:21
Nov 30, 2005 vs NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 13:26
Nov 29, 2005 @ NYI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:15
Nov 26, 2005 vs NYI L 2-4 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 17:22
Nov 25, 2005 @ BOS W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:16
Nov 22, 2005 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 18:18
Nov 19, 2005 @ PIT W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 13:05
Nov 18, 2005 vs ATL L 5-6 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 12:18
Nov 16, 2005 vs PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:26
Nov 14, 2005 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:22
Nov 12, 2005 vs FLA W 5-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 12:50
Nov 10, 2005 vs NYI W 3-2 1 2 3 3 0 2 0 09:31
Nov 8, 2005 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 12:57
Nov 5, 2005 vs ATL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 07:55
Nov 3, 2005 vs WSH W 8-1 2 0 2 1 2 4 2 13:18
Oct 30, 2005 @ OTT W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 09:29
Oct 28, 2005 @ CAR L 6-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:31
Oct 27, 2005 vs FLA W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 05:24
Oct 25, 2005 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:54
Oct 22, 2005 @ TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:37
Oct 15, 2005 vs NYI W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 09:04
Oct 14, 2005 vs PIT W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 05:09
Oct 11, 2005 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 06:38
Oct 7, 2005 vs NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:46
Oct 5, 2005 vs NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:26