Career profile Last roster: 2020-21 VAN
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Ilya Kovalchuk

LW · RUS
+ 9 other teams
Status
Retired 5 yrs ago
Career
2004–2021 (11 yrs)
Age
43 (38 in 2021)
Vitals
6'3" · 230 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2004-05 ATL 81 34 32 66 0.81 +9 93 1 8 0 238 14.3% 175
2005-06 BUF 83 25 35 60 0.72 -6 117 3 9 1 214 11.7% 195
2006-07 WSH 81 35 23 58 0.72 +18 67 10 5 2 229 15.3% 156
2007-08 ATL 76 23 44 67 0.88 +24 63 4 6 1 215 10.7% 134
2008-09 SJS 82 46 47 93 1.13 +43 32 14 18 1 348 13.2% 43
2009-10 TOR 79 34 46 80 1.01 +6 81 5 15 1 259 13.1% 39
2010-11 PHX 82 44 46 90 1.10 +5 38 3 13 0 304 14.5% 60
2011-12 PHX 74 40 42 82 1.11 +13 62 4 10 0 323 12.4% 109
2012-13 PHX 72 37 33 70 0.97 +10 21 4 4 0 286 12.9% 45
2019-20 DET / PHL 81 6 14 20 0.25 +4 8 1 0 0 136 4.4% 33
2020-21 PIT / VAN 76 11 19 30 0.39 -19 18 0 3 0 174 6.3% 76
CAREER 11 yrs 867 335 381 716 0.83 +107 600 49 91 6 -- 12.3% 1065
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2006-07 WSH 9 1 4 5 0.56 +2 5 0 0 0 23 4.3% 23
2007-08 ATL 5 1 1 2 0.40 -1 10 0 0 0 10 10.0% 9
2008-09 SJS 18 6 13 19 1.06 0 24 0 3 0 85 7.1% 9
2020-21 VAN 17 1 2 3 0.18 -3 2 0 1 0 30 3.3% 12
CAREER 4 app. 49 9 20 29 0.59 -2 41 0 4 0 -- 6.1% 53
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2001-02 ATL 65 29 22 51 0.78 -19 28 4 7 15 15.8% 18:32
2002-03 ATL 81 38 29 67 0.83 -24 57 3 9 22 14.8% 19:27
2003-04 ATL 81 41 46 87 1.07 -10 63 6 16 33 12.0% 23:41
2005-06 ATL 78 52 46 98 1.26 -6 68 7 27 56 16.1% 22:23
2006-07 ATL 82 42 34 76 0.93 -2 66 7 18 32 12.5% 21:32
2007-08 ATL 79 52 35 87 1.10 -12 52 4 16 30 18.4% 21:30
2008-09 ATL 79 43 48 91 1.15 -12 50 6 12 36 15.6% 21:48
2009-10 ATL 49 31 27 58 1.18 1 45 3 10 19 17.3% 22:14
2009-10 NJD 27 10 17 27 1.00 9 8 1 2 8 9.0% 21:40
2010-11 NJD 81 31 29 60 0.74 -26 28 9 9 21 12.7% 22:34
2011-12 NJD 77 37 46 83 1.08 -9 33 5 10 29 11.9% 24:26
2012-13 NJD 37 11 20 31 0.84 -6 20 5 2 14 8.9% 24:44
2018-19 LAK 64 16 18 34 0.53 -26 10 1 4 9 11.3% 16:14
2019-20 LAK 17 3 6 9 0.53 -10 12 0 1 3 8.6% 15:25
2019-20 MTL 22 6 7 13 0.59 6 2 3 1 2 9.7% 18:54
2019-20 WSH 7 1 3 4 0.57 0 4 0 0 0 5.6% 14:40
Career NHL 926 443 433 876 0.95 -146 546 64 144 329 13.7% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Forwards, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 21 LW ATL - - 67 78 77 90 89 - - 80 86 64 - 50 52 83
2005-06 22 LW BUF - - 67 78 77 90 89 - - 80 86 64 - 50 52 83
2006-07 23 LW WSH - - 69 80 77 90 88 - - 80 86 65 - 54 54 84
2007-08 24 LW ATL - - 71 83 77 90 88 - - 81 85 59 - 63 56 84
2008-09 25 LW SJS 56 52 71 95 87 - 91 91 60 78 96 64 - 72 84 -
2009-10 26 LW TOR 57 45 81 93 90 - 94 92 42 89 92 56 - 74 86 79
2010-11 27 LW PHX 56 45 83 95 90 - 94 92 40 88 93 58 - 76 88 80
2011-12 28 LW PHX 53 45 87 92 78 90 95 85 60 80 86 51 86 77 77 76
2012-13 29 LW PHX 50 37 84 84 84 98 94 81 37 80 87 64 94 70 78 76
2019-20 36 LW PHL 63 43 94 78 85 73 76 80 40 73 76 58 78 82 84 70
2020-21 37 LW VAN 76 45 88 75 85 74 72 78 36 77 73 58 78 84 86 70
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 21 LW ATL - - 67 78 77 90 89 - - 80 86 64 - 50 52 83
2005-06 22 LW BUF - - · · · · · - - · · · - · · ·
2006-07 23 LW WSH - - +2 +2 · · −1 - - · · +1 - +4 +2 +1
2007-08 24 LW ATL - - +2 +3 · · · - - +1 −1 −6 - +9 +2 ·
2008-09 25 LW SJS 56 52 · +12 +10 - +3 91 60 −3 +11 +5 - +9 +28 -
2009-10 26 LW TOR +1 −7 +10 −2 +3 - +3 +1 −18 +11 −4 −8 - +2 +2 79
2010-11 27 LW PHX −1 · +2 +2 · - · · −2 −1 +1 +2 - +2 +2 +1
2011-12 28 LW PHX −3 · +4 −3 −12 90 +1 −7 +20 −8 −7 −7 86 +1 −11 −4
2012-13 29 LW PHX −3 −8 −3 −8 +6 +8 −1 −4 −23 · +1 +13 +8 −7 +1 ·
2019-20 36 LW PHL +13 +6 +10 −6 +1 −25 −18 −1 +3 −7 −11 −6 −16 +12 +6 −6
2020-21 37 LW VAN +13 +2 −6 −3 · +1 −4 −2 −4 +4 −3 · · +2 +2 ·
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2004-05 ATL $1,130,000 1 yr 2.3% 21 RFA
2005-06 BUF $3,000,000 4 yr 6.0% 22 RFA
2006-07 WSH $2,760,000 3 yr 7.1% 23 RFA
2009-10 TOR $7,800,000 1 yr 13.7% 26 RFA
2010-11 PHX $10,000,000 5 yr 16.8% 27 RFA
2019-20 DET $6,250,000 3 yr 7.7% 36 UFA Rookie
2006-07
Feb 4 2007
2006-07
2007-08
Feb 27 2008
2007-08
to THRASHERS
to CAPITALS
2008-09
Oct 25 2008
2008-09
2009-10
Aug 22 2009
2009-10
to MAPLE LEAFS
2010-11
Aug 7 2010
2010-11
to COYOTES
2019-20
Mar 6 2020
2019-20
to FLYERS
  • Ilya Kovalchuk 70
2020-21
Jun 24 2020
2020-21
to OILERS
Sep 28 2020
2020-21
to PENGUINS
to OILERS
Apr 18 2021
2020-21
to CANUCKS
  • Ilya Kovalchuk 70

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