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Ilya Kovalchuk

Position: LW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-3    Weight: 230 lbs.
Born: April 15, 1983 in Tver, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 4, 2012, 8:02AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #136. Rene Robert… #137. Syl Apps… #137. ILYA KOVALCHUK… #139. Dave Taylor… 

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2001-02 18 ATL NHL 65 29 22 51 22 -19 28 22 7 0 4 184 15.8 1205 18:32
2002-03 19 ATL NHL 81 38 29 67 29 -24 57 29 9 0 3 257 14.8 1575 19:27
2003-04 20 ATL NHL 81 41 46 87 34 -10 63 24 16 1 6 341 12.0 1919 23:41
2005-06 22 ATL NHL 78 52 46 98 40 -6 68 25 27 0 7 323 16.1 1746 22:23
2006-07 23 ATL NHL 82 42 34 76 32 -2 66 24 18 0 7 336 12.5 1765 21:32
2007-08 24 ATL NHL 79 52 35 87 38 -12 52 34 16 2 4 283 18.4 1699 21:30
2008-09 25 ATL NHL 79 43 48 91 36 -12 50 31 12 0 6 275 15.6 1723 21:48
2009-10 26 TOT NHL 76 41 44 85 33 10 53 29 12 0 4 290 14.1 1675 22:02
2009-10 26 ATL NHL 49 31 27 58 24 1 45 21 10 0 3 179 17.3 1090 22:14
2009-10 26 NJD NHL 27 10 17 27 10 9 8 8 2 0 1 111 9.0 585 21:40
2010-11 27 NJD NHL 81 31 29 60 25 -26 28 22 9 0 9 245 12.7 1828 22:34
2011-12 28 NJD NHL 45 20 24 44 17 -9 16 12 6 2 3 183 10.9 1121 24:55
Career NHL 747 389 357 746 309 -110 481 252 132 5 53 2717 14.3 16255 21:46

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 18 ATL NHL 65 0.45 0.34 0.78 0.35 0.43 2.83 33 25 58 25 73 25 68 1 -19 5.6 0.5 6.1
2002-03 19 ATL NHL 81 0.47 0.36 0.83 0.36 0.70 3.17 43 32 75 32 110 48 88 2 -24 7.2 0.6 7.8
2003-04 20 ATL NHL 81 0.51 0.57 1.07 0.42 0.78 4.21 48 53 101 41 121 55 84 8 -10 8.9 1.7 10.6
2005-06 22 ATL NHL 78 0.67 0.59 1.26 0.52 0.87 4.14 52 44 96 40 136 82 63 3 -6 9.8 1.4 11.2
2006-07 23 ATL NHL 82 0.51 0.41 0.93 0.39 0.80 4.10 44 34 78 33 116 57 62 1 -2 7.3 1.7 9.0
2007-08 24 ATL NHL 79 0.66 0.44 1.10 0.49 0.66 3.58 58 37 95 42 114 47 82 3 -12 10.7 1.3 12.0
2008-09 25 ATL NHL 79 0.54 0.61 1.15 0.46 0.63 3.48 46 49 95 38 127 55 85 1 -12 9.3 0.9 10.3
2009-10 26 TOT NHL 76 0.54 0.58 1.12 0.44 0.70 3.82 45 46 91 37 114 44 60 0 10 8.7 2.3 11.0
2009-10 26 ATL NHL 49 0.63 0.55 1.18 0.48 0.92 3.65 34 28 62 26 73 30 42 0 1 6.4 1.1 7.5
2009-10 26 NJD NHL 27 0.37 0.63 1.00 0.37 0.30 4.11 11 18 29 11 41 14 18 0 9 2.3 1.2 3.5
2010-11 27 NJD NHL 81 0.38 0.36 0.74 0.30 0.35 3.02 34 31 65 27 79 27 78 0 -26 4.9 1.9 6.8
2011-12 28 NJD NHL 45 0.44 0.53 0.98 0.39 0.36 4.07 37 43 80 32 -9 4.1 1.2 5.3
Career NHL 747 0.52 0.48 1.00 0.41 0.64 3.64 440 394 834 347 990 440 670 19 -110 76.6 13.4 90.0

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2006-07 23 ATL NHL 4 1 1 2 -1 19 1 0 0 0 12 8.3 75 18:42
2009-10 26 NJD NHL 5 2 4 6 0 6 1 1 0 0 19 10.5 118 23:38
Career NHL 9 3 5 8 -1 25 2 1 0 0 31 9.7 193 21:26

Other Standard

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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 Spartak Moscow Russia-2 49 12 5 17 75
1999-00 16 Spartak Moscow 2 Russia-3 2 2 1 3 14
1999-00 16 Russia WJ18-A 6 2 3 5 5 6 2 0 0 0
2000-01 17 Spartak Moscow Russia-2 40 28 18 46 78
2000-01 17 Russia WJC-A 7 4 2 6 0 37 3 1 0 0
2000-01 17 Russia WJ18-A 6 11 4 15 12 26 7 2 2 2
2001-02 18 Russia Olympics 6 1 2 3 -1 14 1 0 0 0
2002-03 19 Russia WC-A 7 4 0 4 6
2003-04 20 Russia WC-A 6 3 1 4 6
2004-05 21 Russia W-Cup 4 1 0 1 -4 4
2004-05 21 Ak Bars Kazan Russia 53 19 23 42 72
2004-05 21 Russia WC-A 9 3 3 6 4
2005-06 22 Russia Olympics 8 4 1 5 3 31 4 0 0 0
2006-07 23 Russia WC-A 9 2 5 7 10
2007-08 24 Russia WC-A 8 2 6 8 -1 52 1 1 0 0
2008-09 25 Russia WC-A 9 5 9 14 8 4 5 0 0 1
2009-10 26 Russia Olympics 4 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0
2009-10 26 Russia WC-A 9 2 10 12 2
2010-11 27 Russia WC-A 9 3 5 8 -1 6 3 0 0 1
Career 3 Seasons Olympics 18 6 5 11 3 45 6 0 0 0
Career 1 Season Russia 53 19 23 42 72
Career 2 Seasons Russia-2 89 40 23 63 153
Career 1 Season Russia-3 2 2 1 3 14
Career 1 Season W-Cup 4 1 0 1 -4 4
Career 8 Seasons WC-A 66 24 39 63 6 90 9 1 0 2
Career 2 Seasons WJ18-A 12 13 7 20 17 32 9 2 2 2
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 4 2 6 0 37 3 1 0 0

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2000-01 17 Spartak Moscow Russia-2 12 14 4 18 38
2004-05 21 Ak Bars Kazan Russia 4 0 1 1 0
Career 1 Season Russia 4 0 1 1 0
Career 1 Season Russia-2 12 14 4 18 38

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 9 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ilya Kovalchuk 12.0 11.2 11.0 10.6 10.3 9.0 7.8 6.8 6.1
Cy Denneny 94.3 9.2 9.1 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.5 5.2 3.0 2.3
Peter Forsberg 93.5 13.6 11.0 10.8 10.1 10.0 10.0 7.4 5.4 5.0
Bryan Trottier 93.2 13.6 12.9 11.2 10.3 10.0 8.7 8.6 7.6 7.0
Jari Kurri 92.2 14.0 11.8 10.4 10.1 9.1 9.0 8.3 6.4 6.1
Luc Robitaille 90.8 11.8 9.8 9.4 9.2 9.0 8.2 8.1 6.8 4.6
Marcel Dionne 90.7 13.6 13.3 12.8 11.0 8.7 8.6 7.6 7.2 6.0
Dany Heatley 90.5 13.4 12.9 11.6 11.0 10.6 8.8 7.3 6.8 2.9
Pavel Datsyuk 90.4 12.6 11.5 10.5 9.8 8.6 8.4 7.3 5.7 3.4
Peter Stastny 90.4 10.4 9.8 9.6 9.5 9.2 8.6 7.6 6.3 5.4
Bobby Clarke 90.1 11.7 11.2 10.3 9.4 9.1 8.3 8.1 6.4 3.4
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Ilya Kovalchuk 12.0 11.2 11.0 10.6 10.3 9.0 7.8 6.8 6.1
Cy Denneny 92.0 9.2 9.1 6.5 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.5 5.2 3.0 2.3 0.2 -0.2
Dany Heatley 90.5 13.4 12.9 11.6 11.0 10.6 8.8 7.3 6.8 2.9
Pavel Datsyuk 90.3 12.6 11.5 10.5 9.8 8.6 8.4 7.3 5.7 3.4
Ziggy Palffy 88.8 12.1 12.0 11.4 11.1 8.9 8.1 7.8 5.7 5.7 3.8 1.8 -0.3
Martin St. Louis 87.9 13.2 11.8 11.3 9.9 8.7 8.4 7.6 6.1 4.3 3.9 0.5 0.0
Peter Forsberg 84.6 13.6 11.0 10.8 10.1 10.0 10.0 8.0 7.4 5.4 5.4 5.0 1.6 -0.2
Marty Barry 84.4 7.5 7.0 6.8 6.4 6.3 6.1 5.7 4.8 4.2 2.4 0.6 -0.2
Marian Hossa 84.3 12.4 11.1 10.8 10.2 9.9 9.0 8.6 7.2 7.0 7.0 6.9 4.0 -0.1
Pavel Bure 83.5 13.5 12.9 12.3 11.9 11.4 8.1 5.7 4.9 4.3 4.2 2.7 1.1
Bill Cook 83.2 12.5 9.3 9.2 8.6 8.2 7.6 6.9 5.1 3.3 1.8 0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

2004 NHL
2008 NHL
2009 NHL

Awards

2003-04 NHL Maurice Richard Trophy

Honors

2001-02 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)
2003-04 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Games Played

2006-07 NHL 82 (2)

Goals

2002-03 NHL 38 (7)
2003-04 NHL 41 (1)
 2005-06 NHL 52 (3)
2006-07 NHL 42 (8)
2007-08 NHL 52 (2)
2008-09 NHL 43 (4)
2009-10 NHL 41 (6)
Active 389 (7)
Career NHL 389 (96)

Points

2003-04 NHL 87 (2)
2005-06 NHL 98 (8)
2007-08 NHL 87 (10)
2008-09 NHL 91 (6)

Goals Created

2003-04 NHL 34.4 (2)
2005-06 NHL 40.5 (5)
2007-08 NHL 38.4 (4)
2008-09 NHL 36.5 (4)
2009-10 NHL 33.4 (9)

Even Strength Goals

2002-03 NHL 29 (4)
2003-04 NHL 24 (6)
2005-06 NHL 25 (7)
2007-08 NHL 34 (3)
2008-09 NHL 31 (2)
2009-10 NHL 29 (4)
Active 252 (7)
Career NHL 252 (100)

Power Play Goals

2003-04 NHL 16 (3)
2005-06 NHL 27 (1)
 2006-07 NHL 18 (3)
2007-08 NHL 16 (6)
Active 132 (8)
Career NHL 132 (66)

Short-Handed Goals

2011-12 NHL 2 (7)

Game-Winning Goals

2010-11 NHL 9 (4)
Career NHL 53 (95)

Shots

2003-04 NHL 341 (1)
 2005-06 NHL 323 (6)
2006-07 NHL 336 (5)
2007-08 NHL 283 (10)
2009-10 NHL 290 (9)
2011-12 NHL 183 (5)

Shooting Percentage

2007-08 NHL 18.4 (5)

Goals Per Game

2003-04 NHL 0.51 (2)
2005-06 NHL 0.67 (2)
2007-08 NHL 0.66 (2)
2008-09 NHL 0.54 (6)
2009-10 NHL 0.54 (6)
Active 0.52 (2)
Career NHL 0.52 (17)

Points Per Game

2003-04 NHL 1.07 (7)
2005-06 NHL 1.26 (7)
2008-09 NHL 1.15 (6)
Active 1.00 (8)
Career NHL 1.00 (54)

Goals Created Per Game

2003-04 NHL 0.42 (3)
2005-06 NHL 0.52 (3)
2007-08 NHL 0.49 (5)
2008-09 NHL 0.46 (5)
2009-10 NHL 0.44 (9)
Active 0.41 (5)
Career NHL 0.41 (39)

Adjusted Goals

2002-03 NHL 43 (7)
2003-04 NHL 48 (1)
 2005-06 NHL 52 (3)
2006-07 NHL 44 (8)
2007-08 NHL 58 (2)
2008-09 NHL 46 (4)
2009-10 NHL 45 (6)
Active 440 (7)
Career NHL 440 (60)

Adjusted Points

2003-04 NHL 101 (2)
2005-06 NHL 96 (8)
2007-08 NHL 95 (10)
2008-09 NHL 95 (6)

Adjusted Goals Created

2003-04 NHL 40.6 (2)
2005-06 NHL 40.4 (5)
2007-08 NHL 41.7 (4)
2008-09 NHL 38.5 (4)
2009-10 NHL 37.1 (8)

Total Goals On-Ice For

2003-04 NHL 121 (4)
2008-09 NHL 127 (9)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

2003-04 NHL 55 (6)
2005-06 NHL 82 (2)
2008-09 NHL 55 (8)

Offensive Point Shares

2003-04 NHL 8.9 (4)
2005-06 NHL 9.8 (6)
2007-08 NHL 10.7 (4)
2008-09 NHL 9.3 (5)
2009-10 NHL 8.7 (10)
Career NHL 76.6 (82)
    

Transactions

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August 22, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Kazan (Russia) August 22, 2004.

February 4, 2010: Traded to New Jersey by Atlanta with Anssi Salmela and Atlanta's 2nd round choice (Jonathon Merrill) in 2010 Entry Draft for Johnny Oduya, Niclas Bergfors, Patrice Cormier and New Jersey's 1st (later traded to Chicago - Chicago selected Kevin Hayes) and 2nd (later traded to Chicago - Chicago selected Justin Holl) round choices in 2010 Entry Draft, February 4, 2010.

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