Vincent Lecavalier

Position: C ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-4 ▪ Weight: 208 lbs.
Born: April 21, 1980 in Ile Bizard, Quebec
Draft: Tampa Bay, 1st round (1st overall), 1998 NHL Entry
Contract: 11 years/$85,000,000
2012-13 Cap Hit: $7,727,272.73 (full contract info at capgeek.com)

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 19, 2013 10:25 PM

Skater Rank: #91. Joe Thornton… #92. Sidney Crosby… #93. Bill Barber… #94. VINCENT LECAVALIER… #95. Henrik Zetterberg… #96. Dave Andreychuk… #97. Phil Housley…

Skater Rank: #91. Joe Thornton… #92. Sidney Crosby… #93. Bill Barber… #94. VINCENT LECAVALIER… #95. Henrik Zetterberg… #96. Dave Andreychuk… #97. Phil Housley…

NHL Standard

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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
1998-99	18	TBL	NHL	82	13	15	28	11	-19	23	11	2	0	2	10	1	4	125	10.4	1121	13:40
1999-00	19	TBL	NHL	80	25	42	67	25	-25	43	19	6	0	3	20	0	22	166	15.1	1544	19:18
2000-01	20	TBL	NHL	68	23	28	51	20	-26	66	16	7	0	3	18	0	10	165	13.9	1356	19:57
2001-02	21	TBL	NHL	76	20	17	37	15	-18	61	15	5	0	3	8	0	9	164	12.2	1303	17:09
2002-03	22	TBL	NHL	80	33	45	78	29	0	39	20	11	2	3	32	0	13	274	12.0	1563	19:33
2003-04	23	TBL	NHL	81	32	34	66	27	24	52	25	5	2	6	25	0	9	242	13.2	1463	18:04
2005-06	25	TBL	NHL	80	35	40	75	29	0	90	20	13	2	7	20	1	19	309	11.3	1610	20:08
2006-07	26	TBL	NHL	82	52	56	108	43	2	44	31	16	5	7	32	4	20	339	15.3	1854	22:36
2007-08	27	TBL	NHL	81	40	52	92	35	-17	89	29	10	1	7	30	3	19	318	12.6	1859	22:57
2008-09	28	TBL	NHL	77	29	38	67	25	-9	54	18	10	1	6	23	1	14	291	10.0	1559	20:15
2009-10	29	TBL	NHL	82	24	46	70	25	-16	63	19	5	0	3	26	0	20	295	8.1	1623	19:47
2010-11	30	TBL	NHL	65	25	29	54	21	-5	43	13	12	0	5	13	0	16	210	11.9	1200	18:27
2011-12	31	TBL	NHL	64	22	27	49	19	-2	50	17	5	0	5	21	0	6	182	12.1	1212	18:56
2012-13	32	TBL	NHL	39	10	22	32	11	-5	29	5	5	0	0	18	0	4	86	11.6	697	17:53
Career			NHL	1037	383	491	874	337	-116	746	258	112	13	60	296	10	185	3166	12.1	19964	19:15

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
1998-99	18	TBL	NHL	82	0.16	0.18	0.34	0.14	0.28	1.52	15	17	32	13	44	12	51	0	-19	1.3	0.5	1.9
1999-00	19	TBL	NHL	80	0.31	0.53	0.84	0.31	0.54	2.08	27	45	72	27	90	39	79	3	-25	5.2	0.6	5.9
2000-01	20	TBL	NHL	68	0.34	0.41	0.75	0.30	0.97	2.43	25	30	55	22	74	33	69	2	-26	3.9	0.5	4.4
2001-02	21	TBL	NHL	76	0.26	0.22	0.49	0.20	0.80	2.16	23	19	42	18	56	20	54	0	-18	2.5	1.1	3.6
2002-03	22	TBL	NHL	80	0.41	0.56	0.98	0.37	0.49	3.43	37	50	87	34	105	43	71	9	0	7.4	1.9	9.3
2003-04	23	TBL	NHL	81	0.40	0.42	0.81	0.33	0.64	2.99	38	39	77	31	98	28	51	5	24	6.9	2.4	9.3
2005-06	25	TBL	NHL	80	0.44	0.50	0.94	0.36	1.13	3.86	35	38	73	29	118	53	75	10	0	6.0	2.0	8.1
2006-07	26	TBL	NHL	82	0.63	0.68	1.32	0.52	0.54	4.13	55	56	111	45	134	48	98	14	2	11.2	2.2	13.4
2007-08	27	TBL	NHL	81	0.49	0.64	1.14	0.44	1.10	3.93	44	56	100	39	123	44	105	9	-17	9.1	1.6	10.7
2008-09	28	TBL	NHL	77	0.38	0.49	0.87	0.33	0.70	3.78	31	39	70	28	93	35	81	14	-9	5.5	1.3	6.7
2009-10	29	TBL	NHL	82	0.29	0.56	0.85	0.31	0.77	3.60	26	48	74	27	95	44	71	4	-16	5.5	1.2	6.7
2010-11	30	TBL	NHL	65	0.38	0.45	0.83	0.32	0.66	3.23	28	31	59	24	76	32	51	2	-5	5.2	1.2	6.4
2011-12	31	TBL	NHL	64	0.34	0.42	0.77	0.30	0.78	2.84	25	30	55	22	74	18	59	1	-2	4.7	1.0	5.6
2012-13	32	TBL	NHL	39	0.26	0.56	0.82	0.28	0.74	2.21									-5	2.6	0.3	2.9
Career			NHL	1037	0.37	0.47	0.84	0.33	0.72	3.05	409	498	907	359	1180	449	915	73	-116	77.0	17.9	94.9

NHL Playoffs

						Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg		GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
2002-03	22	TBL	NHL		11	3	3	6	2	-2	22	2	1	0	1	32	9.4	249	22:36
2003-04	23	TBL	NHL	SC	23	9	7	16	7	-2	25	7	2	0	0	76	11.8	452	19:39
2005-06	25	TBL	NHL		5	1	3	4	1	0	7	0	1	0	0	17	5.9	111	22:17
2006-07	26	TBL	NHL		6	5	2	7	3	4	10	4	1	0	1	30	16.7	159	26:29
2010-11	30	TBL	NHL		18	6	13	19	7	6	16	3	3	0	3	56	10.7	358	19:52
Career			NHL	1	63	24	28	52	20	6	80	16	8	0	5	211	11.4	1328	21:05

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1995-96	15	Notre Dame Midget Hounds	SMHL	22	52	52	104
1996-97	16	Rimouski Oceanic	QMJHL	64	42	60	102		17	36	30	11	1	8
1997-98	17	Rimouski Oceanic	QMJHL	58	44	71	115		27	117	31	12	1	3
1997-98	17	Canada	WJC-A	7	1	1	2			4
2000-01	20	Canada	WC-A	7	3	2	5		3	29	1	2	0	2
2004-05	24	Canada	W-Cup	6	2	5	7		1	8
2004-05	24	Ak Bars Kazan	Russia	30	7	9	16			78
2005-06	25	Canada	Olympics	6	0	3	3		2	16	0	0	0	0
Career		1 Season	Olympics	6	0	3	3		2	16	0	0	0	0
Career		2 Seasons	QMJHL	122	86	131	217		44	153	61	23	2	11
Career		1 Season	Russia	30	7	9	16			78
Career		1 Season	SMHL	22	52	52	104
Career		1 Season	W-Cup	6	2	5	7		1	8
Career		1 Season	WC-A	7	3	2	5		3	29	1	2	0	2
Career		1 Season	WJC-A	7	1	1	2			4

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1996-97	16	Rimouski Oceanic	QMJHL	4	4	3	7		-4	2	4	0	0	0
1997-98	17	Rimouski Oceanic	QMJHL	18	15	26	41		4	46	10	5	0	1
2004-05	24	Ak Bars Kazan	Russia	4	1	0	1			6
Career		2 Seasons	QMJHL	22	19	29	48		0	48	14	5	0	1
Career		1 Season	Russia	4	1	0	1			6

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 14 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Vincent Lecavalier		13.4	10.7	9.3	9.3	8.1	6.7	6.7	6.4	5.9	5.6	4.4	3.6	2.9	1.9
Bernie Geoffrion	93.3	11.5	10.3	8.5	8.1	7.8	7.0	6.7	6.3	5.9	5.2	5.0	4.5	1.8
Alexei Yashin	93.1	12.0	10.5	9.5	8.7	8.3	6.6	6.0	5.8	5.2	4.4	4.1	3.3
Milan Hejduk	92.5	14.6	10.6	10.2	9.0	8.4	6.5	5.9	5.8	5.4	5.2	5.2	4.4	3.1
Michel Goulet	92.0	11.6	9.7	9.0	8.7	8.7	8.3	7.0	6.3	5.5	5.2	4.3	3.6	2.8
Patrick Marleau	91.7	11.4	9.4	9.2	8.8	8.5	6.8	6.1	6.0	5.4	5.3	4.5	3.6	3.1
Brendan Shanahan	91.4	11.6	10.7	10.5	9.5	8.9	6.9	6.7	5.9	5.7	5.6	4.4	3.4	0.3
Patrik Elias	91.2	12.5	11.8	9.4	9.4	7.7	7.6	7.1	6.5	5.6	5.2	4.6	0.1	-0.1
Pat LaFontaine	90.6	13.2	9.9	9.5	9.1	8.6	8.1	7.6	5.8	4.2	3.4	3.2	2.0	1.5
Mark Messier	90.6	11.3	9.9	9.0	8.9	8.8	8.0	7.1	7.0	6.7	5.0	3.8	3.7	0.9
Alexander Mogilny	90.1	13.4	12.2	10.6	8.3	8.3	7.8	6.6	6.5	5.2	5.1	5.0	4.3	2.9

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Vincent Lecavalier		13.4	10.7	9.3	9.3	8.1	6.7	6.7	6.4	5.9	5.6	4.4	3.6	2.9	1.9
Alexei Yashin	93.1	12.0	10.5	9.5	8.7	8.3	6.6	6.0	5.8	5.2	4.4	4.1	3.3
Pat LaFontaine	93.1	13.2	9.9	9.5	9.1	8.6	8.1	7.6	6.4	5.8	4.2	3.4	3.2	2.0	1.5	0.3
Milan Hejduk	92.5	14.6	10.6	10.2	9.0	8.4	6.5	5.9	5.8	5.4	5.2	5.2	4.4	3.1	0.7
Markus Naslund	91.8	13.5	11.9	11.4	9.5	7.8	7.5	6.4	6.4	6.1	4.9	4.7	3.2	3.0	0.1	-0.8
Jacques Lemaire	89.7	10.9	10.3	9.1	8.4	8.2	7.4	6.9	6.4	5.2	4.9	4.5	4.5
Yvan Cournoyer	89.6	10.4	10.0	9.3	8.6	8.3	7.2	6.7	6.5	6.0	5.3	5.1	3.9	2.4	0.7	0.7	0.4
Michel Goulet	89.4	11.6	9.7	9.0	8.7	8.7	8.3	7.0	6.3	5.5	5.2	4.3	3.8	3.6	2.8	2.5
Pavol Demitra	89.4	10.9	10.7	10.1	9.7	7.1	7.1	7.0	6.5	6.4	5.6	5.5	1.3	1.3	0.6	0.4	-0.2
Bernie Geoffrion	89.0	11.5	10.3	8.5	8.1	7.8	7.0	6.7	6.3	5.9	5.2	5.0	4.5	4.5	3.8	1.8	0.6
Frank Boucher	89.0	10.2	8.2	7.1	6.6	5.8	5.6	5.2	4.6	4.3	3.8	2.0	0.5	0.5	-0.4

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All-Star Games 2003 NHL 2007 NHL 2008 NHL 2009 NHL	Awards 2006-07 NHL Maurice Richard Trophy 2007-08 NHL King Clancy Memorial Trophy	Honors 2006-07 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)	Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 2004 Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL)
Games Played 1998-99 NHL 82 (2) 2006-07 NHL 82 (2) 2009-10 NHL 82 (2)	Goals 2006-07 NHL 52 (1) 2007-08 NHL 40 (9) Active 383 (9) Career NHL 383 (99)	Points 2006-07 NHL 108 (3) 2007-08 NHL 92 (6)	Goals Created 2006-07 NHL 42.8 (1) 2007-08 NHL 35.5 (6)
Even Strength Goals 2003-04 NHL 25 (4) 2006-07 NHL 31 (1) 2007-08 NHL 29 (7) Active 258 (10) Career NHL 258 (94)	Power Play Goals 2006-07 NHL 16 (9) 2010-11 NHL 12 (7)	Short-Handed Goals 2006-07 NHL 5 (2)	Game-Winning Goals Career NHL 60 (62)
Shots 2005-06 NHL 309 (9) 2006-07 NHL 339 (4) 2007-08 NHL 318 (7) 2008-09 NHL 291 (9) 2009-10 NHL 295 (8) Active 3166 (9) Career NHL 3166 (64)	Goals Per Game 2006-07 NHL 0.63 (1) 2007-08 NHL 0.49 (10)	Points Per Game 2006-07 NHL 1.32 (4)	Goals Created Per Game 2006-07 NHL 0.52 (2) 2007-08 NHL 0.44 (10)
Adjusted Goals 2006-07 NHL 55 (1) 2007-08 NHL 44 (9) Active 409 (10) Career NHL 409 (80)	Adjusted Points 2006-07 NHL 111 (3) 2007-08 NHL 100 (6) Career NHL 907 (96)	Adjusted Goals Created 2006-07 NHL 45.3 (1) 2007-08 NHL 39.3 (6) Career NHL 358.9 (94)	Total Goals On-Ice Against 2007-08 NHL 105 (6)
Offensive Point Shares 2006-07 NHL 11.2 (2) 2007-08 NHL 9.1 (9) Career NHL 77.0 (84)	Point Shares 2006-07 NHL 13.4 (8)

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November 4, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Kazan (Russia), November 4, 2004.

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