Position: LW ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0 ▪ Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: June 2, 1983 in Smithtown, New York
Draft: Montreal, 1st round (14th overall), 2002 NHL Entry
Contract: 2 years/$3,800,000
2012-13 Cap Hit: $1,900,000.00 (full contract info at capgeek.com)
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| Scoring Stats | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Age | Tm | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | SH | PP | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
| 2003-04 | 20 | MTL | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6:18 | |
| 2005-06 | 22 | MTL | NHL | 80 | 23 | 15 | 38 | 16 | -1 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 148 | 15.5 | 1153 | 14:25 |
| 2006-07 | 23 | MTL | NHL | 61 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 16 | -11 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 159 | 13.8 | 1092 | 17:54 |
| 2007-08 | 24 | MTL | NHL | 82 | 27 | 25 | 52 | 21 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 241 | 11.2 | 1472 | 17:57 |
| 2008-09 | 25 | MTL | NHL | 57 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 10 | -1 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 7.9 | 969 | 16:60 |
| 2009-10 | 26 | TOT | NHL | 67 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 7 | -9 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 165 | 4.8 | 1175 | 17:33 |
| 2009-10 | 26 | NYR | NHL | 55 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | -9 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 4.4 | 985 | 17:55 |
| 2009-10 | 26 | CGY | NHL | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 | 190 | 15:52 |
| 2010-11 | 27 | TOT | NHL | 62 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 8.1 | 1011 | 16:18 |
| 2010-11 | 27 | FLA | NHL | 48 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 8.7 | 799 | 16:39 |
| 2010-11 | 27 | VAN | NHL | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5.9 | 212 | 15:07 |
| 2011-12 | 28 | VAN | NHL | 71 | 18 | 25 | 43 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 165 | 10.9 | 1158 | 16:19 |
| 2012-13 | 29 | VAN | NHL | 41 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 7 | -4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 13.0 | 673 | 16:25 |
| Career | NHL | 523 | 133 | 121 | 254 | 104 | -10 | 170 | 93 | 31 | 9 | 18 | 84 | 2 | 35 | 1266 | 10.5 | 8716 | 16:40 | ||
| 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 |
| 2003-04 | 20 | MTL | NHL | 2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2005-06 | 22 | MTL | NHL | 80 | 0.29 | 0.19 | 0.48 | 0.21 | 0.33 | 1.85 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 16 | 49 | 14 | 52 | 16 | -1 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| 2006-07 | 23 | MTL | NHL | 61 | 0.36 | 0.26 | 0.62 | 0.27 | 0.43 | 2.61 | 23 | 16 | 39 | 17 | 75 | 38 | 62 | 14 | -11 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| 2007-08 | 24 | MTL | NHL | 82 | 0.33 | 0.30 | 0.63 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 2.94 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 24 | 78 | 36 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 5.9 |
| 2008-09 | 25 | MTL | NHL | 57 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.40 | 0.17 | 0.39 | 2.65 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 10 | 39 | 7 | 45 | 12 | -1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 2009-10 | 26 | TOT | NHL | 67 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.25 | 0.10 | 0.48 | 2.46 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 32 | 4 | 48 | 11 | -9 | -0.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| 2009-10 | 26 | NYR | NHL | 55 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.10 | 0.58 | 2.49 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 40 | 8 | -9 | -0.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| 2009-10 | 26 | CGY | NHL | 12 | 0.17 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 2.33 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 2010-11 | 27 | TOT | NHL | 62 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.45 | 0.18 | 0.26 | 2.58 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 12 | 38 | 2 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| 2010-11 | 27 | FLA | NHL | 48 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.48 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 2.63 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
| 2010-11 | 27 | VAN | NHL | 14 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 0.36 | 0.13 | 0.43 | 2.43 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| 2011-12 | 28 | VAN | NHL | 71 | 0.25 | 0.35 | 0.61 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 2.32 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 18 | 66 | 16 | 45 | 6 | 11 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 5.2 |
| 2012-13 | 29 | VAN | NHL | 41 | 0.24 | 0.12 | 0.37 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 1.88 | -4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.5 | ||||||||
| Career | NHL | 523 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.49 | 0.20 | 0.33 | 2.42 | 132 | 120 | 252 | 105 | 377 | 117 | 341 | 75 | -10 | 16.5 | 9.5 | 26.0 | ||
| Scoring Stats | Goals | Ice Time | |||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Age | Tm | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | |
| 2005-06 | 22 | MTL | NHL | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | 102 | 17:04 | |
| 2007-08 | 24 | MTL | NHL | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8.8 | 221 | 18:27 | |
| 2008-09 | 25 | MTL | NHL | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 | 70 | 17:35 | |
| 2010-11 | 27 | VAN | NHL | 25 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 8.2 | 429 | 17:09 | |
| 2011-12 | 28 | VAN | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 78 | 15:34 | |
| 2012-13 | 29 | VAN | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 67 | 16:41 | |
| Career | NHL | 56 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 8 | -7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 114 | 8.8 | 967 | 17:16 | |||
| Scoring Stats | Goals | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Age | Team | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
| 1999-00 | 16 | Avon Old Farms | High-CT | 27 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 2000-01 | 17 | Avon Old Farms | High-CT | 24 | 22 | 14 | 36 | 29 | ||||||||||
| 2001-02 | 18 | Yale University Bulldogs | ECAC | 27 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| 2001-02 | 18 | United States | WJC-A | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 2002-03 | 19 | Yale University Bulldogs | ECAC | 28 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 2002-03 | 19 | United States | WJC-A | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 2003-04 | 20 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 67 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 2004-05 | 21 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 76 | 28 | 23 | 51 | 9 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 6 | |||||
| 2008-09 | 25 | United States | WC-A | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | AHL | 143 | 49 | 50 | 99 | 9 | 51 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | ECAC | 55 | 34 | 38 | 72 | 73 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | High-CT | 51 | 41 | 34 | 75 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | WC-A | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | WJC-A | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Scoring Stats | Goals | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Age | Team | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
| 2003-04 | 20 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2004-05 | 21 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | AHL | 14 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Thru 9 Years | Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| Chris Higgins | 5.9 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
| Matthew Lombardi | 91.2 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 0.5 | -0.1 | |
| George Armstrong | 91.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 0.4 | -0.1 | |
| Orest Kindrachuk | 91.0 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.5 | -0.1 | |
| Don Raleigh | 90.9 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 0.9 | -0.4 | |
| Johnny Wilson | 90.7 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | |
| Richard Zednik | 90.7 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Tim Connolly | 90.4 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | |
| Jonas Hoglund | 89.9 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| Rejean Houle | 89.5 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | -0.2 | |
| Mike Johnson | 89.4 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | |
| Career | Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Chris Higgins | 5.9 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | ||
| Matthew Lombardi | 91.2 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -0.1 | |
| Jonas Hoglund | 89.9 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 1.3 | |||
| Jan Hrdina | 88.9 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.7 | |||
| Orest Kindrachuk | 88.7 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
| Stephan Lebeau | 88.7 | 7.0 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | |||
| Jim McFadden | 88.4 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | |||
| Pat Elynuik | 88.2 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 | |
| Tyler Arnason | 88.1 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | |||
| Harold Darragh | 87.9 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | -0.1 | ||
| Jim Lorentz | 87.8 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | -0.1 |
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Games Played |
Short-Handed Goals |
June 30, 2009: Traded to NY Rangers by Montreal with Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko for Scott Gomez, Tom Pyatt and Michael Busto, June 30, 2009.
February 2, 2010: Traded to Calgary by NY Rangers with Ales Kotalik for Olli Jokinen and Brandon Prust, February 2, 2010.
July 2, 2010: Signed as a free agent by Florida, July 2, 2010.
February 28, 2011: Traded to Vancouver by Florida for Evan Oberg and Vancouver's 3rd round choice in 2013 Entry Draft, February 28, 2011.
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