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Alex Goligoski

#33 · Defence · Minnesota Wild

Born Jul 30, 1985 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA · 5'11", 173 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 61st overall in 2004 by PIT (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2008-09

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2008-09. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Derek Morris NYR · 20 P in 75 GP Cory Sarich CGY · 20 P in 76 GP Zach Bogosian ATL · 19 P in 47 GP Brendan Bell OTT · 21 P in 53 GP Mark Giordano CGY · 19 P in 58 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.

0102030402007-08: 2 points207-082008-09: 20 points202009-10: 37 points3709-102010-11: 46 points462011-12: 30 points3011-122012-13: 27 points272013-14: 42 points4213-142014-15: 36 points362015-16: 37 points3715-162016-17: 36 points362017-18: 35 points3517-182018-19: 27 points272019-20: 32 points3219-202020-21: 22 points222021-22: 30 points3021-222022-23: 6 points62023-24: 10 points1023-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2007-08 PIT 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 0.67
2008-09 PIT 45 6 14 20 5 16 61 30 0.44
2009-10 PIT 69 8 29 37 7 22 98 50 0.54 $1.833M
2010-11 PIT 60 9 22 31 20 28 101 51 0.52 $1.833M
2010-11 DAL 23 5 10 15 0 12 61 24 0.65
2011-12 DAL 71 9 21 30 0 16 140 49 0.42 $1.833M
2012-13 DAL 47 3 24 27 4 18 80 56 0.57 $4.6M
2013-14 DAL 81 6 36 42 9 28 141 94 0.52 $4.6M
2014-15 DAL 81 4 32 36 0 24 122 100 0.44 $4.6M
2015-16 DAL 82 5 32 37 21 34 127 100 0.45 $4.6M
2016-17 ARI 82 6 30 36 -9 28 112 137 0.44 $5.475M
2017-18 ARI 78 12 23 35 -31 26 119 114 0.45 $5.475M
2018-19 ARI 76 3 24 27 -7 16 102 79 0.36 $5.475M
2019-20 ARI 70 4 28 32 8 24 101 91 0.46 $5.475M
2020-21 ARI 56 3 19 22 2 14 72 76 0.39 $5.475M
2021-22 MIN 72 2 28 30 41 34 80 56 0.42 $5M
2022-23 MIN 46 2 4 6 -9 16 63 33 0.13 $2M
2023-24 MIN 36 0 10 10 -8 18 32 27 0.28 $2M
17 seasons Career 1078 87 388 475 55 376 1614 1168 0.44

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 PIT 2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 0.50
2009-10 PIT 13 2 7 9 4 2 28 7 0.69
2013-14 DAL 6 1 3 4 7 8 8 16 0.67
2015-16 DAL 13 4 3 7 -6 6 22 23 0.54
2019-20 ARI 9 0 0 0 -5 2 7 15 0.00
2021-22 MIN 4 0 0 0 -3 2 2 6 0.00
6 seasons Playoffs 47 7 14 21 -4 20 68 69 0.45

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
45 6 14 20 5 16 61 30 0.44 9.8 18:18

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2023-24 $2M
2021-22 to 2021-22 $5M
2020-21 to 2020-21 $5.475M
2018-19 to 2020-21 $5.475M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $5.475M
2012-13 to 2015-16 $4.6M
2009-10 to 2011-12 $1.833M

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
Mar 5, 2009 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:56
Feb 3, 2009 @ MTL L 2-4 0 1 1 -3 0 0 3 20:12
Jan 31, 2009 @ TOR L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:11
Jan 16, 2009 vs ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 16:09
Jan 14, 2009 vs WSH L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:36
Jan 13, 2009 @ PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:09
Jan 8, 2009 @ NSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 10:21
Jan 3, 2009 vs FLA L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:15
Jan 1, 2009 @ BOS L 2-4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 16:44
Dec 30, 2008 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 10:46
Dec 27, 2008 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:33
Dec 26, 2008 @ NJD W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:50
Dec 23, 2008 vs TBL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:04
Dec 22, 2008 @ BUF W 4-3 (OT) 2 1 3 1 0 3 1 16:42
Dec 20, 2008 vs TOR L 3-7 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 20:27
Dec 18, 2008 @ ATL W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:45
Dec 13, 2008 @ PHI L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 20:28
Dec 11, 2008 vs NYI W 9-2 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 17:04
Dec 10, 2008 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:36
Dec 8, 2008 vs BUF L 3-4 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 19:59
Dec 6, 2008 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:33
Dec 4, 2008 @ CAR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:15
Dec 3, 2008 @ NYR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:08
Nov 29, 2008 vs NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:51
Nov 28, 2008 @ BUF L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:38
Nov 26, 2008 @ NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 16:14
Nov 22, 2008 vs VAN L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 19:22
Nov 20, 2008 @ ATL W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 19:18
Nov 18, 2008 vs MIN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:54
Nov 15, 2008 vs BUF W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 22:18
Nov 13, 2008 vs PHI W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 23:51
Nov 11, 2008 @ DET W 7-6 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 28:12
Nov 8, 2008 @ NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 20:38
Nov 6, 2008 vs EDM W 5-4 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 17:11
Nov 1, 2008 @ STL W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 17:29
Oct 30, 2008 @ PHX L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 21:55
Oct 28, 2008 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:35
Oct 25, 2008 @ NYR L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:04
Oct 23, 2008 vs CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:42
Oct 20, 2008 @ BOS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:57
Oct 18, 2008 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 17:13
Oct 16, 2008 vs WSH L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 18:43
Oct 14, 2008 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18:35
Oct 11, 2008 vs NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:03
Oct 5, 2008 vs OTT L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 21:26