Vincent Lecavalier

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-4 Weight: 208 lbs.
Born: April 21, 1980 in Ile Bizard, Quebec

Drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 4, 2012, 8:06AM

All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #101. Borje Salming… #102. Rick Martin… #102. Mark Recchi… #102. VINCENT LECAVALIER…

All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #101. Borje Salming… #102. Rick Martin… #102. Mark Recchi… #102. VINCENT LECAVALIER…

NHL Standard

Glossary ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Game Finder

Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1998-99	18	TBL	NHL	82	13	15	28	11	-19	23	11	2	0	2	125	10.4	1121	13:40
1999-00	19	TBL	NHL	80	25	42	67	25	-25	43	19	6	0	3	166	15.1	1544	19:18
2000-01	20	TBL	NHL	68	23	28	51	20	-26	66	16	7	0	3	165	13.9	1356	19:57
2001-02	21	TBL	NHL	76	20	17	37	15	-18	61	15	5	0	3	164	12.2	1303	17:09
2002-03	22	TBL	NHL	80	33	45	78	29	0	39	20	11	2	3	274	12.0	1563	19:33
2003-04	23	TBL	NHL	81	32	34	66	27	24	52	25	5	2	6	242	13.2	1463	18:04
2005-06	25	TBL	NHL	80	35	40	75	29	0	90	20	13	2	7	309	11.3	1610	20:08
2006-07	26	TBL	NHL	82	52	56	108	43	2	44	31	16	5	7	339	15.3	1854	22:36
2007-08	27	TBL	NHL	81	40	52	92	35	-17	89	29	10	1	7	318	12.6	1859	22:57
2008-09	28	TBL	NHL	77	29	38	67	25	-9	54	18	10	1	6	291	10.0	1559	20:15
2009-10	29	TBL	NHL	82	24	46	70	25	-16	63	19	5	0	3	295	8.1	1623	19:47
2010-11	30	TBL	NHL	65	25	29	54	21	-5	43	13	12	0	5	210	11.9	1200	18:27
2011-12	31	TBL	NHL	50	19	21	40	16	1	44	14	5	0	5	150	12.7	949	18:59
Career			NHL	984	370	463	833	323	-108	711	250	107	13	60	3048	12.1	19003	19:19

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	50	0.38	0.42	0.80	0.32	0.88	3.00	35	37	72	29					1	3.9	0.8	4.8
Career			NHL	984	0.38	0.47	0.85	0.33	0.72	3.10	419	505	924	366	1106	431	856	72	-108	73.7	17.4	91.1

NHL Playoffs

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

Other Standard

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW
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

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW
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 2010-11)

Thru 12 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Vincent Lecavalier		13.4	10.7	9.3	9.3	8.1	6.7	6.7	6.4	5.9	4.4	3.6	1.9
Brendan Shanahan	93.1	11.6	10.7	9.5	8.9	6.9	6.7	5.9	5.7	5.6	4.4	3.4	0.3
Alexei Yashin	93.0	12.0	10.5	9.5	8.7	8.3	6.6	6.0	5.8	5.2	4.4	4.1	3.3
Bernie Geoffrion	92.7	11.5	10.3	8.5	8.1	7.8	7.0	6.7	6.3	5.9	5.2	5.0	1.8
Michel Goulet	91.5	11.6	9.7	9.0	8.7	8.7	8.3	7.0	6.3	5.2	4.3	3.6	2.8
Frank Boucher	91.4	10.2	8.2	7.1	6.6	5.8	5.6	5.2	4.6	4.3	3.8	2.0	0.5
Mark Messier	91.3	11.3	9.0	8.9	8.8	8.0	7.1	7.0	6.7	5.0	3.8	3.7	0.9
Milan Hejduk	91.0	14.6	10.6	10.2	9.0	8.4	6.5	5.9	5.8	5.4	5.2	5.2	4.4
Adam Oates	90.6	12.2	10.5	9.6	8.9	7.6	7.6	6.9	5.0	4.5	3.8	2.9	0.5
Pat LaFontaine	90.5	13.2	9.9	9.5	8.6	8.1	7.6	5.8	4.2	3.4	3.2	2.0	1.5
Alexander Mogilny	89.9	13.4	12.2	10.6	8.3	8.3	7.8	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	4.4	3.6	1.9
Alexei Yashin	92.9	12.0	10.5	9.5	8.7	8.3	6.6	6.0	5.8	5.2	4.4	4.1	3.3
Frank Boucher	90.8	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
Milan Hejduk	90.8	14.6	10.6	10.2	9.0	8.4	6.5	5.9	5.8	5.4	5.2	5.2	4.4
Steve Shutt	90.6	13.4	10.4	9.7	9.4	7.8	6.5	6.1	4.7	4.5	2.7	2.1	1.7	0.4
Pat LaFontaine	89.9	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
Markus Naslund	89.8	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	89.2	10.9	10.3	9.1	8.4	8.2	7.4	6.9	6.4	5.2	4.9	4.5	4.5
Pavol Demitra	88.5	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
Patrick Marleau	88.2	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
Lanny McDonald	86.6	10.0	9.8	9.2	8.6	8.4	6.8	6.6	5.9	4.8	4.4	3.1	2.5	1.7	1.3	0.7	0.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

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 370 (10)	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 250 (8)	Power Play Goals 2006-07 NHL 16 (9) 2010-11 NHL 12 (7)	Short-Handed Goals 2006-07 NHL 5 (2)	Game-Winning Goals 2011-12 NHL 5 (9) Career NHL 60 (59)
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) Career NHL 3048 (79)	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 419 (9) Career NHL 419 (72)	Adjusted Points 2006-07 NHL 111 (3) 2007-08 NHL 100 (6) Career NHL 924 (89)	Adjusted Goals Created 2006-07 NHL 45.3 (1) 2007-08 NHL 39.3 (6) Career NHL 366.3 (89)	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 73.7 (89)	Point Shares 2006-07 NHL 13.4 (8)

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