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Alexei Ponikarovsky

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-4    Weight: 226 lbs.
Born: April 9, 1980 in Kiev, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 4th round (87th overall) of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2000-01 20 TOR NHL 22 1 3 4 1 -1 14 1 0 0 0 21 4.8 188 8:32
2001-02 21 TOR NHL 8 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 8 25.0 64 8:03
2002-03 22 TOR NHL 13 0 3 3 1 4 11 0 0 0 0 13 0.0 139 10:43
2003-04 23 TOR NHL 73 9 19 28 10 14 44 8 1 0 2 110 8.2 847 11:36
2005-06 25 TOR NHL 81 21 17 38 16 15 68 15 2 4 3 157 13.4 1142 14:06
2006-07 26 TOR NHL 71 21 24 45 18 8 63 15 6 0 1 198 10.6 1214 17:06
2007-08 27 TOR NHL 66 18 17 35 14 3 36 17 1 0 1 150 12.0 1054 15:58
2008-09 28 TOR NHL 82 23 38 61 22 6 38 18 5 0 3 185 12.4 1294 15:47
2009-10 29 TOT NHL 77 21 29 50 19 -1 61 16 5 0 1 184 11.4 1268 16:28
2009-10 29 TOR NHL 61 19 22 41 16 5 44 15 4 0 1 147 12.9 1026 16:50
2009-10 29 PIT NHL 16 2 7 9 3 -6 17 1 1 0 0 37 5.4 241 15:05
2010-11 30 LAK NHL 61 5 10 15 5 1 36 4 1 0 1 94 5.3 769 12:36
2011-12 31 TOT NHL 56 9 12 21 8 -8 30 5 4 0 1 107 8.4 829 14:48
2011-12 31 CAR NHL 49 7 8 15 6 -12 26 3 4 0 0 98 7.1 729 14:52
2011-12 31 NJD NHL 7 2 4 6 2 4 4 2 0 0 1 9 22.2 100 14:16
Career NHL 610 130 172 302 115 43 401 101 25 4 14 1227 10.6 8808 14:26

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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
2000-01 20 TOR NHL 22 0.05 0.14 0.18 0.06 0.64 0.95 1 3 4 1 6 0 7 0 -1 0.0 0.2 0.1
2001-02 21 TOR NHL 8 0.25 0.00 0.25 0.14 0.00 1.00 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0.3 0.1 0.4
2002-03 22 TOR NHL 13 0.00 0.23 0.23 0.06 0.85 1.00 0 3 3 1 6 0 2 0 4 -0.1 0.3 0.2
2003-04 23 TOR NHL 73 0.12 0.26 0.38 0.14 0.60 1.51 11 22 33 12 39 1 32 8 14 1.7 1.4 3.1
2005-06 25 TOR NHL 81 0.26 0.21 0.47 0.19 0.84 1.94 21 16 37 16 54 8 48 17 15 2.4 1.9 4.3
2006-07 26 TOR NHL 71 0.30 0.34 0.63 0.25 0.89 2.79 22 24 46 19 73 19 52 6 8 3.3 1.3 4.6
2007-08 27 TOR NHL 66 0.27 0.26 0.53 0.21 0.55 2.27 20 18 38 16 60 16 47 6 3 2.7 1.1 3.8
2008-09 28 TOR NHL 82 0.28 0.46 0.74 0.27 0.46 2.26 24 39 63 24 84 20 71 13 6 5.0 1.4 6.4
2009-10 29 TOT NHL 77 0.27 0.38 0.65 0.25 0.79 2.39 23 30 53 21 75 20 60 4 -1 4.0 1.2 5.2
2009-10 29 TOR NHL 61 0.31 0.36 0.67 0.26 0.72 2.41 21 23 44 18 63 14 48 4 5 3.5 1.2 4.8
2009-10 29 PIT NHL 16 0.13 0.44 0.56 0.18 1.06 2.31 2 7 9 3 12 6 12 0 -6 0.5 0.0 0.5
2010-11 30 LAK NHL 61 0.08 0.16 0.25 0.09 0.59 1.54 5 11 16 6 25 6 20 2 1 0.0 1.1 1.0
2011-12 31 TOT NHL 56 0.16 0.21 0.38 0.15 0.54 1.91 15 20 35 14 -8 1.1 0.6 1.7
2011-12 31 CAR NHL 49 0.14 0.16 0.31 0.12 0.53 2.00 12 13 25 10 -12 0.5 0.3 0.8
2011-12 31 NJD NHL 7 0.29 0.57 0.86 0.31 0.57 1.29 3 7 10 4 4 0.6 0.3 0.9
Career NHL 610 0.21 0.28 0.50 0.19 0.66 2.01 144 186 330 129 424 90 339 56 43 20.4 10.5 31.0

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2001-02 21 TOR NHL 10 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 83 8:15
2003-04 23 TOR NHL 13 1 3 4 -1 8 1 0 0 1 23 4.3 186 14:20
2009-10 29 PIT NHL 11 1 4 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 20 5.0 145 13:13
2010-11 30 LAK NHL 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 20.0 41 10:11
Career NHL 38 3 7 10 0 16 3 0 0 1 55 5.5 455 11:58

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1996-97 16 Dynamo Moscow 2 Russia-3 62 12 15 27 32
1997-98 17 Dynamo Moscow Russia 24 1 2 3 30
1998-99 18 Krylja Sovetov Moscow Russia 13 2 1 3 2
1999-00 19 THK Tver Russia-2 29 8 14 22 26
1999-00 19 Dynamo Moscow Russia 19 1 0 1 8
1999-00 19 Dynamo Moscow EuroHL 2 0 2 2 0
2000-01 20 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 49 12 24 36 11 44 9 3 0 1 126 9.5
2001-02 21 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 72 21 27 48 4 74 16 4 1 2
2001-02 21 Ukraine Olympics 4 1 1 2 0 6 0 1 0 0
2002-03 22 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 63 24 22 46 18 68 17 5 2 2 162 14.8
2004-05 24 Khimik Moscow Region (Voskresensk) Russia 19 1 5 6 16
Career 3 Seasons AHL 184 57 73 130 33 186 42 12 3 5 288 12.5
Career 1 Season EuroHL 2 0 2 2 0
Career 1 Season Olympics 4 1 1 2 0 6 0 1 0 0
Career 4 Seasons Russia 75 5 8 13 56
Career 1 Season Russia-2 29 8 14 22 26
Career 1 Season Russia-3 62 12 15 27 32

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1998-99 18 Dynamo Moscow Russia 3 0 0 0 2
1999-00 19 Dynamo Moscow Russia 1 0 0 0 0
2000-01 20 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
2001-02 21 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 5 2 1 3 8 1 0 1 0
Career 2 Seasons AHL 9 2 1 3 12 1 0 1 0
Career 2 Seasons Russia 4 0 0 0 2

Similarity Scores

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Thru 10 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Alexei Ponikarovsky 6.4 5.2 4.6 4.3 3.8 3.1 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.1
Brent Ashton 92.8 6.3 5.1 4.9 4.1 4.0 3.3 1.2 1.0 0.8 -0.6
Ryan Malone 91.2 6.2 5.2 4.8 4.1 3.7 3.0 2.9
Dave Creighton 90.8 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.6 3.3 2.8 1.4 0.7 0.1 -0.3
Stephen Weiss 90.8 6.4 6.1 4.9 4.5 4.3 2.9 1.7 0.7 0.1
Ales Kotalik 90.4 6.2 4.5 4.4 4.3 3.1 3.0 1.8 0.3 0.2
Antoine Vermette 89.7 7.0 5.5 4.3 4.0 3.4 3.3 1.3
Jarret Stoll 89.7 6.4 5.1 4.5 4.2 4.1 2.0 2.0 -0.1
Todd White 88.7 7.4 5.6 4.3 4.3 3.1 2.7 1.0 0.9 0.1 0.0
Mikael Samuelsson 88.3 6.9 5.9 5.5 4.4 3.6 3.5 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.0
Paul Gardner 88.1 5.9 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.7 3.6 1.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Alexei Ponikarovsky 6.4 5.2 4.6 4.3 3.8 3.1 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.1
Ryan Malone 90.8 6.2 5.2 4.8 4.1 3.7 3.0 2.9
Dave Creighton 90.7 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.6 3.3 2.8 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.1 -0.3
Stephen Weiss 90.4 6.4 6.1 4.9 4.5 4.3 2.9 1.7 0.7 0.1
Ales Kotalik 90.1 6.2 4.5 4.4 4.3 3.1 3.0 1.8 0.3 0.2
Jarret Stoll 89.3 6.4 5.1 4.5 4.2 4.1 2.0 2.0 -0.1
Antoine Vermette 89.3 7.0 5.5 4.3 4.0 3.4 3.3 1.3
Mikael Samuelsson 88.3 6.9 5.9 5.5 4.4 3.6 3.5 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.0
Paul Gardner 87.8 5.9 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.7 3.6 1.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.1
Orest Kindrachuk 87.7 6.2 5.3 4.2 3.8 3.4 2.8 1.5 0.8 -0.1 -0.1
Marc Tardif 87.6 5.9 5.8 4.7 4.6 4.2 3.6 2.7 0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

2008-09 NHL 82 (2)
2011-12 NHL 56 (1)

Short-Handed Goals

2005-06 NHL 4 (8)

Transactions

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November 13, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Voskresensk (Russia), November 13, 2004.

March 2, 2010: Traded to Pittsburgh by Toronto for Martin Skoula and Luca Caputi, March 2, 2010.

July 27, 2010: Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles, July 27, 2010.

July 1, 2011: Signed as a free agent by Carolina, July 1, 2011.

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