Ruslan Salei

Position: D ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1 ▪ Weight: 212 lbs.
Born: November 2, 1974 in Minsk, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Died: September 7, 2011
Draft: Anaheim, 1st round (9th overall), 1996 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
1996-97	22	MDA	NHL	30	0	1	1	0	-8	37	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	0.0
1997-98	23	MDA	NHL	66	5	10	15	6	7	70	4	1	0	0	6	0	4	104	4.8
1998-99	24	MDA	NHL	74	2	14	16	5	1	65	1	1	0	0	6	0	8	123	1.6	1632	22:03
1999-00	25	MDA	NHL	71	5	5	10	4	3	94	4	1	0	0	3	0	2	116	4.3	1444	20:21
2000-01	26	MDA	NHL	50	1	5	6	2	-14	70	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	73	1.4	1033	20:40
2001-02	27	MDA	NHL	82	4	7	11	4	-10	97	4	0	0	1	6	0	1	96	4.2	1757	21:25
2002-03	28	MDA	NHL	61	4	8	12	4	2	78	4	0	0	0	8	0	0	93	4.3	1335	21:53
2003-04	29	MDA	NHL	82	4	11	15	5	-1	110	3	0	1	2	11	0	0	145	2.8	1943	23:42
2005-06	31	MDA	NHL	78	1	18	19	5	17	114	1	0	0	0	11	1	6	108	0.9	1756	22:31
2006-07	32	FLA	NHL	82	6	26	32	10	-13	102	4	2	0	0	8	0	18	148	4.1	1913	23:20
2007-08	33	TOT	NHL	82	6	24	30	10	-4	98	5	1	0	1	16	1	7	111	5.4	1841	22:27
2007-08	33	FLA	NHL	65	3	20	23	7	-5	75	2	1	0	0	12	1	7	81	3.7	1513	23:17
2007-08	33	COL	NHL	17	3	4	7	3	1	23	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	30	10.0	328	19:17
2008-09	34	COL	NHL	70	4	17	21	7	-4	72	3	1	0	0	11	0	6	93	4.3	1477	21:06
2009-10	35	COL	NHL	14	1	5	6	2	-1	10	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	22	4.5	263	18:46
2010-11	36	DET	NHL	75	2	8	10	3	0	48	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	75	2.7	1347	17:58
Career			NHL	917	45	159	204	67	-25	1065	37	7	1	4	105	2	52	1321	3.4	17742	21:37

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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
1996-97	22	MDA	NHL	30	0.00	0.03	0.03	0.01	1.23	0.47	0	1	1	0	12	1	20	1	-8	-0.5	0.7	0.3
1997-98	23	MDA	NHL	66	0.08	0.15	0.23	0.09	1.06	1.58	6	11	17	6	53	12	49	15	7	0.7	3.1	3.9
1998-99	24	MDA	NHL	74	0.03	0.19	0.22	0.07	0.88	1.66	2	16	18	5	63	18	73	29	1	0.2	3.8	4.1
1999-00	25	MDA	NHL	71	0.07	0.07	0.14	0.06	1.32	1.63	5	5	10	4	53	5	77	32	3	0.0	3.4	3.4
2000-01	26	MDA	NHL	50	0.02	0.10	0.12	0.04	1.40	1.46	1	5	6	2	27	4	55	18	-14	-0.4	1.5	1.2
2001-02	27	MDA	NHL	82	0.05	0.09	0.13	0.05	1.18	1.17	5	8	13	5	50	1	81	22	-10	-0.2	4.0	3.8
2002-03	28	MDA	NHL	61	0.07	0.13	0.20	0.07	1.28	1.52	5	9	14	5	54	3	62	13	2	0.3	3.6	4.0
2003-04	29	MDA	NHL	82	0.05	0.13	0.18	0.06	1.34	1.77	5	13	18	6	56	5	78	26	-1	-0.1	4.8	4.7
2005-06	31	MDA	NHL	78	0.01	0.23	0.24	0.07	1.46	1.38	1	17	18	5	81	14	79	29	17	-0.1	5.0	4.9
2006-07	32	FLA	NHL	82	0.07	0.32	0.39	0.13	1.24	1.80	6	26	32	10	89	34	95	27	-13	1.7	2.4	4.1
2007-08	33	TOT	NHL	82	0.07	0.29	0.37	0.12	1.20	1.35	6	25	31	10	75	18	79	18	-4	1.8	3.5	5.4
2007-08	33	FLA	NHL	65	0.05	0.31	0.35	0.11	1.15	1.25	3	21	24	7	61	16	67	17	-5	1.1	2.8	3.9
2007-08	33	COL	NHL	17	0.18	0.24	0.41	0.15	1.35	1.76	3	4	7	3	14	2	12	1	1	0.7	0.8	1.5
2008-09	34	COL	NHL	70	0.06	0.24	0.30	0.10	1.03	1.33	4	17	21	7	67	16	69	14	-4	0.9	3.6	4.5
2009-10	35	COL	NHL	14	0.07	0.36	0.43	0.13	0.71	1.57	1	5	6	2	11	1	16	5	-1	0.4	0.4	0.8
2010-11	36	DET	NHL	75	0.03	0.11	0.13	0.04	0.64	1.00	2	9	11	4	43	0	63	20	0	-0.3	2.4	2.1
Career			NHL	917	0.05	0.17	0.22	0.07	1.16	1.44	49	167	216	72	734	132	896	269	-25	4.6	42.4	47.0

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
1998-99	24	MDA	NHL	3	0	0	0	0	-4	4	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	47	15:40
2002-03	28	MDA	NHL	21	2	3	5	2	3	26	2	0	0	1	33	6.1	548	26:05
2005-06	31	MDA	NHL	16	3	2	5	2	10	18	3	0	0	1	27	11.1	354	22:08
2007-08	33	COL	NHL	10	1	4	5	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	10	10.0	209	20:52
2009-10	35	COL	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		22	21:54
2010-11	36	DET	NHL	11	1	0	1	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	17	5.9	183	16:40
Career			NHL	62	7	9	16	6	15	52	6	1	0	2	92	7.6	1363	21:59

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
1992-93	18	Dynamo Moscow	CIS	9	1	0	1			10
1993-94	19	Tivali Minsk	CIS	39	2	3	5			50
1993-94	19	Belarus	WC-C	6	1	1	2			10
1994-95	20	Tivali Minsk	CIS	51	4	2	6			44
1994-95	20	Belarus	WC-C	4	0	1	1			4
1995-96	21	Las Vegas Thunder	IHL	76	7	23	30			123
1996-97	22	Baltimore Bandits	AHL	12	1	4	5			12
1996-97	22	Las Vegas Thunder	IHL	8	0	2	2			24
1997-98	23	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks	AHL	6	3	6	9		1	14	1	2	0	0	11	27.3
1997-98	23	Belarus	Olympics	7	1	0	1			4
1997-98	23	Belarus	WC-A	2	1	0	1			2
1999-00	25	Belarus	WC-A	6	0	1	1		-6	4	0	0	0	0
2000-01	26	Belarus	WC-A	6	0	1	1		-1	31	0	0	0	0
2001-02	27	Belarus	Olympics	6	2	1	3		-6	4	1	1	0	0
2003-04	29	Belarus	WC-B	5	3	4	7		0	2	1	2	0	0
2004-05	30	Ak Bars Kazan	Russia	35	8	12	20			36
2004-05	30	Belarus	Oly-Q	2	1	0	1		-1	2	0	1	0	0
2007-08	33	Belarus	WC-A	5	0	2	2		3	6	0	0	0	0
2009-10	35	Belarus	Olympics	4	1	0	1		2	0	0	1	0	1
2009-10	35	Belarus	WC-A	6	1	1	2		-1	8	0	1	0	0
Career		2 Seasons	AHL	18	4	10	14		1	26	1	2	0	0	11	27.3
Career		3 Seasons	CIS	99	7	5	12			104
Career		2 Seasons	IHL	84	7	25	32			147
Career		1 Season	Oly-Q	2	1	0	1		-1	2	0	1	0	0
Career		3 Seasons	Olympics	17	4	1	5		-4	8	1	2	0	1
Career		1 Season	Russia	35	8	12	20			36
Career		5 Seasons	WC-A	25	2	5	7		-5	51	0	1	0	0
Career		1 Season	WC-B	5	3	4	7		0	2	1	2	0	0
Career		2 Seasons	WC-C	10	1	2	3			14

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
1995-96	21	Las Vegas Thunder	IHL	15	3	7	10			18
1996-97	22	Las Vegas Thunder	IHL	3	2	1	3			6
2004-05	30	Ak Bars Kazan	Russia	4	0	0	0			2
Career		2 Seasons	IHL	18	5	8	13			24
Career		1 Season	Russia	4	0	0	0			2

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
Ruslan Salei		5.4	4.9	4.7	4.5	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.4	2.1	1.2	0.8	0.3
Don Awrey	95.0	5.2	5.0	4.9	4.7	4.5	4.3	4.1	4.0	3.7	2.6	1.7	1.4	0.6	0.3
Bob Rouse	94.1	5.2	4.8	4.5	4.3	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.2	3.0	3.0	2.2	1.4	0.0
Greg Smith	93.7	5.8	5.1	5.0	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.1	3.9	3.6	3.1	1.9	1.8	0.1
Jason Smith	92.8	5.7	5.1	4.8	4.8	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.3	3.3	2.9	2.1	1.8	1.3	-0.1
Warren Godfrey	92.4	5.0	4.7	4.7	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	3.9	3.7	1.6	1.4	0.6	0.1
Rick Green	92.2	5.0	4.6	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.3	2.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	0.1
Lee Fogolin	92.1	5.7	5.0	5.0	4.8	4.6	4.2	3.6	3.2	3.1	2.9	2.7	1.7	0.9
Garth Butcher	92.0	5.2	4.6	4.1	4.1	3.9	3.9	3.5	3.4	2.7	2.6	2.1	1.1	0.6	0.4
Bret Hedican	91.6	5.2	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.7	4.3	3.8	3.7	3.1	2.8	2.5	2.3	2.1	0.3
Curt Giles	91.2	5.7	5.2	5.1	4.8	4.8	4.4	4.0	4.0	3.8	3.7	2.0	1.6	1.4	0.4

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ruslan Salei		5.4	4.9	4.7	4.5	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.4	2.1	1.2	0.8	0.3
Greg Smith	93.7	5.8	5.1	5.0	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.1	3.9	3.6	3.1	1.9	1.8	0.1
Don Awrey	92.7	5.2	5.0	4.9	4.7	4.5	4.3	4.1	4.0	3.7	2.8	2.6	1.7	1.4	1.0	0.6	0.3
Rick Green	92.2	5.0	4.6	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.3	2.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	0.1	0.0
Warren Godfrey	92.2	5.0	4.7	4.7	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	3.9	3.7	1.6	1.4	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.0
Lee Fogolin	92.1	5.7	5.0	5.0	4.8	4.6	4.2	3.6	3.2	3.1	2.9	2.7	1.7	0.9
Garth Butcher	92.0	5.2	4.6	4.1	4.1	3.9	3.9	3.5	3.4	2.7	2.6	2.1	1.1	0.6	0.4
Jason Smith	92.0	5.7	5.1	4.8	4.8	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.3	3.3	2.9	2.1	1.8	1.4	1.3	-0.1
Curt Giles	91.2	5.7	5.2	5.1	4.8	4.8	4.4	4.0	4.0	3.8	3.7	2.0	1.6	1.4	0.4
Jeff Beukeboom	90.6	5.5	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.4	4.1	3.0	2.5	2.3	1.9	1.5	1.3	0.7
Steve Konroyd	90.4	5.6	5.5	4.3	4.2	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	2.9	2.9	2.7	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

Games Played 2001-02 NHL 82 (2) 2003-04 NHL 82 (3) 2006-07 NHL 82 (2) 2007-08 NHL 82 (3)	Power Play Goals On-Ice Against 1999-00 NHL 32 (7)

Games Played

2001-02 NHL 82 (2)
2003-04 NHL 82 (3)
2006-07 NHL 82 (2)
2007-08 NHL 82 (3)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1999-00 NHL 32 (7)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

October 20, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Kazan (Russia), October 20, 2004.

July 2, 2006: Signed as a free agent by Florida, July 2, 2006.

February 26, 2008: Traded to Colorado by Florida for Karlis Skrastins and Colorado's 3rd round choice (Adam Comrie) in 2008 Entry Draft, February 26, 2008.

October 8, 2009: Missed majority of 2009-10 due to back injury at Nashville, October 8, 2009.

August 9, 2010: Signed as a free agent by Detroit, August 9, 2010.

July 5, 2011: Signed as a free agent by Yaroslavl (KHL), July 5, 2011.

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