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Vladimir Sobotka

#17 · Centre · Buffalo Sabres

Born Jul 2, 1987 in Trebic, CZE · 5'11", 191 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 106th overall in 2005 by BOS (round 4)

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.

Brian Boyle LAK · 5 P in 28 GP Brad Richardson LAK · 5 P in 31 GP Cal O'Reilly NSH · 5 P in 11 GP Mike Iggulden NYI · 5 P in 11 GP Dan Hinote STL · 5 P in 51 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.

01020302007-08: 7 points707-082008-09: 5 points508-092009-10: 10 points1009-102010-11: 29 points2910-112011-12: 20 points2011-122012-13: 19 points1912-132013-14: 33 points3313-142016-17: 1 points116-172017-18: 31 points3117-182018-19: 13 points1318-192019-20: 3 points319-20

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 BOS 48 1 6 7 1 24 40 64 0.15
2008-09 BOS 25 1 4 5 -10 10 19 48 0.20
2009-10 BOS 61 4 6 10 -7 30 67 136 0.16
2010-11 STL 65 7 22 29 -4 69 75 137 0.45 $750K
2011-12 STL 73 5 15 20 12 42 117 152 0.27 $1.3M
2012-13 STL 48 8 11 19 -4 35 69 98 0.40 $1.3M
2013-14 STL 61 9 24 33 14 72 102 110 0.54 $1.3M
2016-17 STL 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.00 $2.725M
2017-18 STL 81 11 20 31 -6 50 136 127 0.38 $3.5M
2018-19 BUF 69 5 8 13 -20 26 71 87 0.19 $3.5M
2019-20 BUF 16 1 2 3 2 4 23 26 0.19 $3.5M
11 seasons Career 548 53 118 171 -22 362 721 985 0.31

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 BOS 6 2 0 2 0 0 5 13 0.33
2009-10 BOS 13 0 2 2 -10 15 13 40 0.15
2011-12 STL 9 1 1 2 0 15 4 27 0.22
2012-13 STL 6 0 3 3 4 0 6 32 0.50
2013-14 STL 6 0 3 3 2 4 13 22 0.50
2016-17 STL 11 2 4 6 4 2 13 21 0.55
6 seasons Playoffs 51 5 13 18 0 36 54 155 0.35

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
25 1 4 5 -10 10 19 48 0.20 5.3 10:33

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2019-20 $3.5M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $3.5M
2016-17 to 2016-17 $2.725M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $1.3M
2011-12 to 2013-14 $1.3M
2010-11 to 2010-11 $750K

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 12, 2009 @ NYI W 6-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 14:44
Apr 11, 2009 @ BUF L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 3 11:44
Feb 21, 2009 @ FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:33
Feb 17, 2009 @ CAR W 5-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 12:34
Feb 14, 2009 @ NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 12:38
Feb 13, 2009 @ NJD L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:10
Jan 21, 2009 @ TOR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 13:04
Jan 19, 2009 vs STL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 08:28
Jan 17, 2009 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 09:24
Jan 15, 2009 @ NYI W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 12:27
Jan 8, 2009 vs OTT W 6-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 09:48
Jan 3, 2009 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 10:02
Jan 1, 2009 vs PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 08:26
Dec 30, 2008 @ PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:46
Dec 28, 2008 @ ATL W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 10:58
Dec 27, 2008 @ CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:51
Dec 23, 2008 @ NJD W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:49
Dec 21, 2008 @ STL W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 11:53
Dec 20, 2008 vs CAR W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 10:45
Dec 13, 2008 vs ATL W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 10:30
Oct 23, 2008 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:02
Oct 21, 2008 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:07
Oct 20, 2008 vs PIT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:29
Oct 18, 2008 @ OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:33
Oct 15, 2008 @ MTL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:57