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Ben Lovejoy

#21 · Defence · Dallas Stars

Born Feb 20, 1984 in Concord, New Hampshire, USA · 6'1", 205 lb · Shoots right

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2015-16

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2009-10. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Cory Murphy NJD · 3 P in 12 GP Grant Clitsome CBJ · 3 P in 11 GP Staffan Kronwall CGY · 3 P in 11 GP Radek Martinek NYI · 3 P in 16 GP Brian Lee OTT · 3 P in 23 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.

0510152008-09: 0 points008-092009-10: 3 points309-102010-11: 17 points1710-112011-12: 5 points511-122012-13: 10 points1012-132013-14: 18 points1813-142014-15: 14 points1414-152015-16: 10 points1015-162016-17: 7 points716-172017-18: 8 points817-182018-19: 9 points918-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2008-09 PIT 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00
2009-10 PIT 12 0 3 3 8 2 14 14 0.25 $500K
2010-11 PIT 47 3 14 17 11 48 60 44 0.36 $525K
2011-12 PIT 34 1 4 5 3 13 48 30 0.15 $525K
2012-13 PIT 3 0 0 0 -2 0 7 2 0.00 $525K
2012-13 ANA 32 0 10 10 6 29 51 74 0.31
2013-14 ANA 78 5 13 18 21 39 107 215 0.23 $1.1M
2014-15 ANA 40 1 10 11 3 17 50 99 0.28 $1.1M
2014-15 PIT 20 1 2 3 -7 8 36 71 0.15
2015-16 PIT 66 4 6 10 9 30 90 154 0.15 $1.1M
2016-17 NJD 82 1 6 7 -7 39 84 82 0.09 $2.667M
2017-18 NJD 57 2 6 8 7 25 74 84 0.14 $2.667M
2018-19 NJD 51 2 5 7 1 33 70 59 0.14 $2.667M
2018-19 DAL 20 0 2 2 -2 4 25 17 0.10
11 seasons Career 544 20 81 101 51 287 717 946 0.19

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 PIT 7 0 2 2 0 4 8 1 0.29
2011-12 PIT 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 0.00
2012-13 ANA 7 0 2 2 4 0 13 16 0.29
2013-14 ANA 13 2 0 2 1 8 13 37 0.15
2014-15 PIT 5 0 2 2 -3 0 10 6 0.40
2015-16 PIT 24 2 4 6 5 12 29 45 0.25
2017-18 NJD 5 1 0 1 1 2 8 6 0.20
2018-19 DAL 13 0 1 1 -7 0 6 14 0.08
8 seasons Playoffs 76 5 11 16 -1 26 87 127 0.21

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
12 0 3 3 8 2 14 14 0.25 0.0 16:37

Contract

$500KCap hitends in 2010, then RFA
$167KCap dollars per point3 points in 12 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, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2009-10 $500K

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
2016-17 to 2018-19 $2.667M
2013-14 to 2015-16 $1.1M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $525K
2010-11 to 2012-13 $525K
2009-10 to 2009-10 $500K

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 2009-10 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
Jan 16, 2010 @ VAN L 2-6 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17:21
Jan 14, 2010 @ EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:07
Jan 13, 2010 @ CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11:40
Jan 11, 2010 @ MIN L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 13:10
Nov 27, 2009 @ NYI L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 19:31
Nov 25, 2009 vs MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:31
Nov 23, 2009 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 19:10
Nov 21, 2009 @ ATL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:12
Nov 19, 2009 @ OTT L 2-6 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 20:27
Nov 16, 2009 vs ANA W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18:30
Nov 14, 2009 vs BOS W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 15:32
Nov 12, 2009 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:13