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Brian Gionta

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-7    Weight: 173 lbs.
Born: January 18, 1979 in Rochester, New York

Drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 3rd round (82nd overall) of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 9:02AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #453. Gerard Gallant… #453. Ron Sutter… #455. Gus Mortson… #455. Martin Rucinsky… #455. BRIAN GIONTA… #455. Eddie Shack… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2001-02 23 NJD NHL 33 4 7 11 4 10 8 4 0 0 0 58 6.9 443 13:25
2002-03 24 NJD NHL 58 12 13 25 10 5 23 10 2 0 3 129 9.3 858 14:48
2003-04 25 NJD NHL 75 21 8 29 13 19 36 21 0 0 8 174 12.1 1105 14:44
2005-06 27 NJD NHL 82 48 41 89 36 18 46 23 24 1 10 291 16.5 1625 19:49
2006-07 28 NJD NHL 62 25 20 45 18 -3 36 14 11 0 4 194 12.9 1167 18:49
2007-08 29 NJD NHL 82 22 31 53 20 1 46 13 8 1 4 257 8.6 1498 18:16
2008-09 30 NJD NHL 81 20 40 60 21 12 32 14 3 3 1 248 8.1 1374 16:58
2009-10 31 MTL NHL 61 28 18 46 20 3 26 18 10 0 3 237 11.8 1266 20:45
2010-11 32 MTL NHL 82 29 17 46 20 3 24 20 7 2 6 298 9.7 1609 19:37
2011-12 33 MTL NHL 31 8 7 15 6 -7 16 6 2 0 0 75 10.7 602 19:26
Career NHL 647 217 202 419 169 61 293 143 67 7 39 1961 11.1 11547 17:51

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
2001-02 23 NJD NHL 33 0.12 0.21 0.33 0.12 0.24 1.76 5 8 13 5 16 0 8 2 10 0.4 1.0 1.4
2002-03 24 NJD NHL 58 0.21 0.22 0.43 0.17 0.40 2.22 14 14 28 11 38 6 28 1 5 1.6 1.3 2.8
2003-04 25 NJD NHL 75 0.28 0.11 0.39 0.18 0.48 2.32 25 9 34 16 54 8 31 4 19 2.5 2.2 4.6
2005-06 27 NJD NHL 82 0.59 0.50 1.09 0.44 0.56 3.55 48 39 87 37 123 51 62 8 18 8.5 2.9 11.4
2006-07 28 NJD NHL 62 0.40 0.32 0.73 0.29 0.58 3.13 26 20 46 20 69 34 39 1 -3 3.6 1.7 5.3
2007-08 29 NJD NHL 82 0.27 0.38 0.65 0.24 0.56 3.13 24 33 57 22 71 31 44 5 1 3.8 2.1 5.9
2008-09 30 NJD NHL 81 0.25 0.49 0.74 0.26 0.40 3.06 21 41 62 23 77 19 57 11 12 4.3 2.0 6.3
2009-10 31 MTL NHL 61 0.46 0.30 0.75 0.33 0.43 3.89 31 19 50 22 72 22 57 10 3 4.5 1.7 6.2
2010-11 32 MTL NHL 82 0.35 0.21 0.56 0.25 0.29 3.63 32 18 50 22 78 26 61 12 3 3.7 2.2 5.8
2011-12 33 MTL NHL 31 0.26 0.23 0.48 0.20 0.52 2.42 13 11 24 10 -7 0.9 0.4 1.3
Career NHL 647 0.34 0.31 0.65 0.26 0.45 3.03 239 212 451 188 598 197 387 54 61 33.7 17.3 51.0

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2001-02 23 NJD NHL 6 2 2 4 -1 0 1 0 1 2 16 12.5 103 17:08
2002-03 24 NJD NHL SC 24 1 8 9 5 6 1 0 0 0 59 1.7 349 14:31
2003-04 25 NJD NHL 5 2 3 5 -2 0 1 1 0 0 9 22.2 78 15:41
2005-06 27 NJD NHL 9 3 4 7 -1 2 1 1 1 2 29 10.3 181 20:06
2006-07 28 NJD NHL 11 8 1 9 5 4 5 3 0 1 37 21.6 212 19:15
2007-08 29 NJD NHL 5 1 0 1 -2 2 1 0 0 0 14 7.1 89 17:52
2008-09 30 NJD NHL 7 2 3 5 0 4 2 0 0 0 23 8.7 125 17:49
2009-10 31 MTL NHL 19 9 6 15 -6 14 5 4 0 1 70 12.9 422 22:11
2010-11 32 MTL NHL 7 3 2 5 -6 0 2 1 0 2 35 8.6 158 22:36
Career NHL 1 93 31 29 60 -8 32 19 10 2 8 292 10.6 1716 18:27

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1994-95 16 Rochester Jr. Americans EmJHL 28 52 37 89
1995-96 17 Niagara Scenic ON-Jr.A 51 47 44 91 59
1996-97 18 Niagara Scenic ON-Jr.A 50 57 70 127 101
1997-98 19 Boston College Eagles H-East 40 30 32 62 44
1998-99 20 Boston College Eagles H-East 39 27 33 60 46
1998-99 20 United States WJC-A 6 6 5 11 6
1999-00 21 Boston College Eagles H-East 42 33 23 56 66
1999-00 21 United States WC-A 7 2 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 13 15.4
2000-01 22 Boston College Eagles H-East 43 33 21 54 47
2000-01 22 United States WC-A 9 2 0 2 -1 6 2 0 0 0
2001-02 23 Albany River Rats AHL 37 9 16 25 0 18 8 1 0 0
2004-05 26 Albany River Rats AHL 15 5 7 12 0 10 3 2 0 2
2004-05 26 United States WC-A 7 2 1 3 1 6 1 1 0 0
2005-06 27 United States Olympics 6 4 0 4 -1 2 1 3 0 0
Career 2 Seasons AHL 52 14 23 37 0 28 11 3 0 2
Career 1 Season EmJHL 28 52 37 89
Career 4 Seasons H-East 164 123 109 232 203
Career 1 Season Olympics 6 4 0 4 -1 2 1 3 0 0
Career 2 Seasons ON-Jr.A 101 104 114 218 160
Career 3 Seasons WC-A 23 6 2 8 0 14 4 2 0 0 13 15.4
Career 1 Season WJC-A 6 6 5 11 6

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1996-97 18 Niagara Scenic ON-Jr.A 6 6 11 17 21
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.A 6 6 11 17 21

Similarity Scores

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Thru 9 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Brian Gionta 11.4 6.3 6.2 5.9 5.8 5.3 4.6 2.8 1.4
Dennis Maruk 89.4 11.0 8.2 7.0 6.9 6.1 5.4 5.3 2.9 2.2
Alex Zhamnov 88.2 7.5 6.4 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.6 5.4 5.2 3.8
Johnny Gottselig 88.1 5.7 5.3 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.0 3.0 0.8
Alex Kovalev 87.5 10.5 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.2 4.9 3.6 2.5 2.5
Normie Himes 87.2 7.1 4.6 3.9 3.9 3.7 2.6 2.4 2.1 1.0
Brenden Morrow 87.1 9.8 7.1 6.4 5.8 5.3 4.1 3.7 3.7 1.2
Ray Sheppard 87.1 10.1 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.5 4.4 2.8 0.4
Ken Randall 86.9 6.4 4.4 3.8 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.0 1.0
Milt Schmidt 86.8 7.5 6.6 4.6 4.4 3.8 3.5 2.6 2.6 0.8
Owen Nolan 86.2 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.5 5.7 5.1 3.8 0.4 -0.8
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Brian Gionta 11.4 6.3 6.2 5.9 5.8 5.3 4.6 2.8 1.4
Normie Himes 87.1 7.1 4.6 3.9 3.9 3.7 2.6 2.4 2.1 1.0
Ken Randall 86.6 6.4 4.4 3.8 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.0 1.0 0.1
Kristian Huselius 85.9 9.4 7.8 6.6 5.6 5.1 4.6 4.5 2.8 2.1
Eric Daze 85.7 9.7 7.2 6.0 5.7 5.3 4.1 3.9 3.8 0.8 0.2 -0.1
Mike Ribeiro 85.5 10.5 7.9 7.1 7.1 6.3 5.2 4.1 1.4 1.2 0.0 -0.2
Brian Sutter 85.1 7.3 6.7 6.1 5.8 5.7 5.4 4.6 2.7 1.5 0.4 0.2 -0.2
Danny Grant 85.0 8.7 6.8 6.4 6.3 5.7 5.5 3.5 2.3 1.6 1.1 0.3 0.0 -0.8
Bill Goldsworthy 84.6 8.4 7.1 6.7 6.4 5.8 5.5 3.4 2.7 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.1
Jason Blake 84.2 8.3 6.7 6.2 5.8 5.7 4.2 3.3 3.1 1.7 0.5 0.3 0.2
Sid Smith 84.0 8.1 7.0 6.8 5.5 4.9 4.7 3.8 1.5 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

2003 New Jersey Devils (NHL)

Games Played

2005-06 NHL 82 (3)
2007-08 NHL 82 (3)
2010-11 NHL 82 (3)

Goals

2005-06 NHL 48 (6)

Goals Created

2005-06 NHL 36.1 (10)

Power Play Goals

2005-06 NHL 24 (2)

Game-Winning Goals

2003-04 NHL 8 (8)
2005-06 NHL 10 (2)

Shots

2010-11 NHL 298 (7)

Goals Per Game

2005-06 NHL 0.59 (7)

Adjusted Goals

2005-06 NHL 48 (6)

Adjusted Goals Created

2005-06 NHL 36.8 (10)
    

Transactions

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July 1, 2009: Signed as a free agent by Montreal, July 1, 2009.

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