Position: C ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11 ▪ Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: January 10, 1985 in Calgary, Alberta
Draft: NY Islanders, 1st round (15th overall), 2003 NHL Entry
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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 |
| 2005-06 | 21 | NYI | NHL | 53 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 7 | -6 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 70 | 8.6 | 629 | 11:52 |
| 2006-07 | 22 | EDM | NHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | 69 | 17:21 |
| 2007-08 | 23 | EDM | NHL | 71 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 102 | 9.8 | 989 | 13:56 |
| 2008-09 | 24 | EDM | NHL | 64 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 77 | 11.7 | 972 | 15:11 |
| 2009-10 | 25 | EDM | NHL | 60 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 10 | -17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 104 | 10.6 | 885 | 14:45 |
| Career | NHL | 252 | 37 | 81 | 118 | 41 | -15 | 90 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 23 | 361 | 10.2 | 3544 | 14:04 | ||
| 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 |
| 2005-06 | 21 | NYI | NHL | 53 | 0.11 | 0.26 | 0.38 | 0.13 | 0.49 | 1.32 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 33 | 10 | 29 | 0 | -6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| 2006-07 | 22 | EDM | NHL | 4 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.13 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2007-08 | 23 | EDM | NHL | 71 | 0.14 | 0.44 | 0.58 | 0.19 | 0.31 | 1.44 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 15 | 52 | 11 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 4.2 |
| 2008-09 | 24 | EDM | NHL | 64 | 0.14 | 0.31 | 0.45 | 0.16 | 0.41 | 1.20 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 52 | 16 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| 2009-10 | 25 | EDM | NHL | 60 | 0.18 | 0.27 | 0.45 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 1.73 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 38 | 11 | 44 | 0 | -17 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| Career | NHL | 252 | 0.15 | 0.32 | 0.47 | 0.16 | 0.36 | 1.43 | 39 | 83 | 122 | 44 | 178 | 49 | 144 | 0 | -15 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 9.5 | ||
| Scoring Stats | Goals | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Age | Team | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
| 2000-01 | 16 | Leksands IF Jr. | Swe-Jr. | 23 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 26 | ||||||||||
| 2000-01 | 16 | Leksands IF U18 | Swe-U18 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2000-01 | 16 | Sweden | WJ18-A | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2001-02 | 17 | Leksands IF Jr. | Swe-Jr. | 21 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 2001-02 | 17 | Leksands IF | Sweden-2 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2001-02 | 17 | Sweden | WJ18-A | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2002-03 | 18 | Leksands IF | Sweden | 41 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 2002-03 | 18 | Sweden | WJC-A | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2003-04 | 19 | Leksands IF Jr. | Swe-Jr. | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2003-04 | 19 | Leksands IF | Sweden | 34 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2003-04 | 19 | HC Fribourg-Gotteron | Swiss | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2003-04 | 19 | Sweden | WJC-A | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2004-05 | 20 | Djurgardens IF Stockholm Jr. | Swe-Jr. | 8 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 2004-05 | 20 | Djurgardens IF Stockholm | Sweden | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2004-05 | 20 | Sweden | WJC-A | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2004-05 | 20 | 2 Teams | Sweden-2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2004-05 | 20 | Almtuna IS Uppsala | Sweden-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2004-05 | 20 | Hammarby IF Stockholm | Sweden-2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2005-06 | 21 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 29 | 8 | 20 | 28 | -1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 2006-07 | 22 | 2 Teams | AHL | 69 | 18 | 48 | 66 | -4 | 48 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 2006-07 | 22 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 50 | 12 | 34 | 46 | -2 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2006-07 | 22 | Wilkes-Barre Penguins | AHL | 19 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 2007-08 | 23 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2007-08 | 23 | Sweden | WC-A | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2010-11 | 26 | Salavat Yulayev Ufa | KHL | 41 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 28 | ||||||||||
| 2010-11 | 26 | Sweden | WC-A | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2011-12 | 27 | 2 Teams | KHL | 50 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 2011-12 | 27 | Salavat Yulayev Ufa | KHL | 15 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2011-12 | 27 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | KHL | 35 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Career | 3 Seasons | AHL | 103 | 28 | 70 | 98 | -1 | 64 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | KHL | 91 | 17 | 39 | 56 | 64 | |||||||||||
| Career | 4 Seasons | Swe-Jr. | 56 | 37 | 58 | 95 | 66 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | Swe-U18 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Career | 3 Seasons | Sweden | 98 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | Sweden-2 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | Swiss | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | WC-A | 18 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | WJ18-A | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Career | 3 Seasons | WJC-A | 18 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 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 |
| 2000-01 | 16 | Leksands IF Jr. | Swe-Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2000-01 | 16 | Leksands IF U18 | Swe-U18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2001-02 | 17 | Leksands IF Jr. | Swe-Jr. | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2002-03 | 18 | Leksands IF | Sweden | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2002-03 | 18 | Leksands IF Jr. | Swe-Jr. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2003-04 | 19 | HC Fribourg-Gotteron | Swiss | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2004-05 | 20 | Djurgardens IF Stockholm | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2005-06 | 21 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2006-07 | 22 | Wilkes-Barre Penguins | AHL | 11 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 2010-11 | 26 | Salavat Yulayev Ufa | KHL | 21 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2011-12 | 27 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | KHL | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | AHL | 18 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | KHL | 34 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Career | 3 Seasons | Swe-Jr. | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | Swe-U18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | Sweden | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | Swiss | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Thru 5 Years | Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Robert Nilsson | 4.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.1 | |
| Jim Peplinski | 93.9 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 |
| Terry Ruskowski | 89.3 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| Brian Lawton | 89.0 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.1 |
| Jannik Hansen | 88.2 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 | -0.1 |
| Kevin LaVallee | 88.1 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
| Eric Messier | 87.8 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| Floyd Curry | 87.8 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.2 | -0.3 |
| Stan Weir | 87.8 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 | -0.2 |
| Norm Dussault | 86.2 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | |
| Chris Kelly | 86.0 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.3 | -0.2 |
| Career | Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| Robert Nilsson | 4.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.1 | |||||
| Jannik Hansen | 88.2 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 | -0.1 | |||
| Norm Dussault | 86.2 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.0 | |||||
| Eric Messier | 83.6 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |
| Josh Bailey | 83.3 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.0 | ||||
| Ryan Jones | 82.7 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.4 | ||||
| David Oliver | 82.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 |
| Reg Kerr | 81.8 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | -0.2 | |||
| Norm Ferguson | 81.7 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | |||||
| Cal Clutterbuck | 81.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |||
| Jamie Hislop | 81.3 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 | ||||
February 27, 2007: Traded to Edmonton by NY Islanders with Ryan O'Marra and NY Islanders' 1st round choice (Alex Plante) in 2007 Entry Draft for Ryan Smyth, February 27, 2007.
July 26, 2010: Signed as a free agent by Ufa (KHL), July 26, 2010.
October 31, 2011: Signed as a free agent by Novgorod (KHL), October 31, 2011.
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