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Petr Sykora

Position: RW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: November 19, 1976 in Plzen, Czechoslovakia

Drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 1st round (18th overall) of the 1995 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 9:59AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #237. Ron Ellis… #238. Trevor Linden… #239. Busher Jackson… #239. Reed Larson… #239. PETR SYKORA… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1995-96 19 NJD NHL 63 18 24 42 17 7 32 10 8 0 3 128 14.1
1996-97 20 NJD NHL 19 1 2 3 1 -8 4 1 0 0 0 26 3.8
1997-98 21 NJD NHL 58 16 20 36 14 0 22 12 3 1 4 130 12.3
1998-99 22 NJD NHL 80 29 43 72 27 16 22 14 15 0 7 222 13.1 1299 16:14
1999-00 23 NJD NHL 79 25 43 68 25 24 26 19 5 1 4 222 11.3 1351 17:06
2000-01 24 NJD NHL 73 35 46 81 31 36 32 24 9 2 3 249 14.1 1295 17:44
2001-02 25 NJD NHL 73 21 27 48 19 12 44 17 4 0 4 194 10.8 1303 17:51
2002-03 26 MDA NHL 82 34 25 59 25 -7 24 18 15 1 5 299 11.4 1515 18:29
2003-04 27 MDA NHL 81 23 29 52 20 -9 34 17 6 0 2 277 8.3 1455 17:57
2005-06 29 TOT NHL 74 23 28 51 20 6 50 15 8 0 0 230 10.0 1191 16:06
2005-06 29 MDA NHL 34 7 13 20 7 1 28 6 1 0 0 118 5.9 584 17:11
2005-06 29 NYR NHL 40 16 15 31 13 5 22 9 7 0 0 112 14.3 607 15:11
2006-07 30 EDM NHL 82 22 31 53 20 -20 40 16 6 0 6 206 10.7 1366 16:40
2007-08 31 PIT NHL 81 28 35 63 24 1 41 13 15 0 4 201 13.9 1365 16:51
2008-09 32 PIT NHL 76 25 21 46 19 3 36 12 13 0 10 180 13.9 1238 16:17
2009-10 33 MIN NHL 14 2 1 3 1 -7 8 2 0 0 0 13 15.4 168 11:59
2011-12 35 NJD NHL 55 12 15 27 11 2 32 11 1 0 4 124 9.7 901 16:23
Career NHL 990 314 390 704 273 56 447 201 108 5 56 2701 11.6 14446 16:60

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
1995-96 19 NJD NHL 63 0.29 0.38 0.67 0.26 0.51 2.03 17 23 40 16 62 25 30 0 7 2.8 1.3 4.2
1996-97 20 NJD NHL 19 0.05 0.11 0.16 0.06 0.21 1.37 1 2 3 1 8 3 13 0 -8 -0.4 0.0 -0.4
1997-98 21 NJD NHL 58 0.28 0.34 0.62 0.24 0.38 2.24 18 23 41 16 50 22 33 5 0 3.1 0.8 4.0
1998-99 22 NJD NHL 80 0.36 0.54 0.90 0.34 0.28 2.78 33 49 82 31 94 36 44 2 16 6.8 1.9 8.7
1999-00 23 NJD NHL 79 0.32 0.54 0.86 0.31 0.33 2.81 27 47 74 28 24 5.7 2.4 8.1
2000-01 24 NJD NHL 73 0.48 0.63 1.11 0.42 0.44 3.41 38 49 87 34 108 38 42 8 36 8.2 2.4 10.6
2001-02 25 NJD NHL 73 0.29 0.37 0.66 0.25 0.60 2.66 24 31 55 22 78 49 24 7 12 3.8 2.1 5.9
2002-03 26 MDA NHL 82 0.41 0.30 0.72 0.30 0.29 3.65 39 28 67 29 79 37 54 5 -7 5.7 1.8 7.5
2003-04 27 MDA NHL 81 0.28 0.36 0.64 0.25 0.42 3.42 27 33 60 24 77 35 51 0 -9 4.3 1.6 5.9
2005-06 29 TOT NHL 74 0.31 0.38 0.69 0.27 0.68 3.11 23 26 49 20 78 38 35 1 6 3.8 1.6 5.4
2005-06 29 MDA NHL 34 0.21 0.38 0.59 0.21 0.82 3.47 7 12 19 7 32 16 16 1 1 1.0 0.7 1.7
2005-06 29 NYR NHL 40 0.40 0.38 0.78 0.31 0.55 2.80 16 14 30 13 46 22 19 0 5 2.9 0.9 3.7
2006-07 30 EDM NHL 82 0.27 0.38 0.65 0.24 0.49 2.51 23 31 54 21 80 42 58 0 -20 3.7 1.2 4.9
2007-08 31 PIT NHL 81 0.35 0.43 0.78 0.30 0.51 2.48 31 37 68 27 96 49 48 2 1 5.9 1.4 7.3
2008-09 32 PIT NHL 76 0.33 0.28 0.61 0.25 0.47 2.37 26 21 47 20 83 36 44 0 3 3.9 1.3 5.2
2009-10 33 MIN NHL 14 0.14 0.07 0.21 0.10 0.57 0.93 2 1 3 1 4 1 10 0 -7 0.1 -0.1 0.0
2011-12 35 NJD NHL 55 0.22 0.27 0.49 0.19 0.58 2.25 20 24 44 17 2 1.9 1.3 3.2
Career NHL 990 0.32 0.39 0.71 0.28 0.45 2.73 349 425 774 306 897 411 486 30 56 59.4 21.1 80.4

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1996-97 20 NJD NHL 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 10 0.0
1997-98 21 NJD NHL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
1998-99 22 NJD NHL 7 3 3 6 -3 4 3 0 0 1 12 25.0 127 18:11
1999-00 23 NJD NHL SC 23 9 8 17 8 10 8 1 0 3 45 20.0 353 15:20
2000-01 24 NJD NHL 25 10 12 22 15 12 6 2 2 2 71 14.1 467 18:40
2001-02 25 NJD NHL 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 72 17:57
2002-03 26 MDA NHL 21 4 9 13 3 12 3 1 0 2 58 6.9 392 18:39
2005-06 29 NYR NHL 4 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 71 17:45
2007-08 31 PIT NHL 20 6 3 9 2 16 4 2 0 1 42 14.3 299 14:57
2008-09 32 PIT NHL SC 7 0 1 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 83 11:55
Career NHL 2 115 32 37 69 19 56 24 6 2 9 265 12.1 1864 16:47

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1991-92 15 HC Skoda Plzen Jr. Czech-Jr. 30 50 50 100
1992-93 16 HC Skoda Plzen Czech 19 12 5 17
1992-93 16 Czechoslovakia EJC-A 6 6 0 6 20
1993-94 17 HC Skoda Plzen CzRep 37 10 16 26
1993-94 17 Czech Republic WJC-A 7 6 2 8 6
1993-94 17 Czech Republic EJC-A 5 5 4 9 4
1993-94 17 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 13 4 5 9 8
1994-95 18 Detroit Vipers IHL 29 12 17 29 16
1994-95 18 Czech Republic WJC-A 3 0 0 0 0
1995-96 19 Albany River Rats AHL 5 4 1 5 0
1996-97 20 Czech Republic W-Cup 2 0 1 1 0
1996-97 20 Albany River Rats AHL 43 20 25 45 48
1997-98 21 Albany River Rats AHL 2 4 1 5 0
1997-98 21 Czech Republic WC-A 6 0 2 2 2
1998-99 22 Czech Republic WC-A 8 1 5 6 14
2001-02 25 Czech Republic Olympics 4 1 0 1 -3 0 1 0 0 0
2004-05 28 Czech Republic W-Cup 3 0 1 1 -1 2
2004-05 28 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Russia 45 18 13 31 46
2004-05 28 Czech Republic WC-A 9 2 1 3 4
2006-07 30 Czech Republic WC-A 7 2 3 5 4
2010-11 34 HC Plzen 1929 CzRep 13 5 8 13 14
2010-11 34 Dynamo Minsk Rus-KHL 28 8 8 16 58
Career 3 Seasons AHL 50 28 27 55 48
Career 1 Season Czech 19 12 5 17
Career 1 Season Czech-Jr. 30 50 50 100
Career 2 Seasons CzRep 50 15 24 39 14
Career 2 Seasons EJC-A 11 11 4 15 24
Career 2 Seasons IHL 42 16 22 38 24
Career 1 Season Olympics 4 1 0 1 -3 0 1 0 0 0
Career 1 Season Rus-KHL 28 8 8 16 58
Career 1 Season Russia 45 18 13 31 46
Career 2 Seasons W-Cup 5 0 2 2 -1 2
Career 4 Seasons WC-A 30 5 11 16 24
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 10 6 2 8 6

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1993-94 17 HC Skoda Plzen CzRep 4 0 1 1
1996-97 20 Albany River Rats AHL 4 1 4 5 2
2004-05 28 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Russia 5 2 3 5 8
2010-11 34 Dynamo Minsk Rus-KHL 7 1 1 2 4
Career 1 Season AHL 4 1 4 5 2
Career 1 Season CzRep 4 0 1 1
Career 1 Season Rus-KHL 7 1 1 2 4
Career 1 Season Russia 5 2 3 5 8

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 14 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Petr Sykora 10.6 8.7 8.1 7.5 7.3 5.9 5.9 5.4 5.2 4.9 4.2 4.0 0.0 -0.4
Doug Weight 90.7 9.0 8.5 8.3 7.8 7.2 6.6 5.9 5.7 5.4 4.1 3.0 2.6 2.5 1.4
Rod Gilbert 90.5 11.6 8.4 8.1 7.6 6.8 6.5 5.9 5.6 5.1 4.3 1.8 1.5 0.1 0.0
Owen Nolan 90.4 10.4 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.5 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.1 3.8 0.4 -0.8
Jacques Lemaire 90.3 10.9 10.3 9.1 8.4 8.2 7.4 6.9 6.4 5.2 4.9 4.5 4.5
Miroslav Satan 90.0 10.0 9.1 8.3 8.3 7.1 6.8 6.3 5.3 5.0 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.1 1.9
Alex Tanguay 90.0 10.5 9.3 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.1 6.1 5.3 5.2 5.0 2.8
Rick Tocchet 90.0 10.2 7.9 7.5 7.0 6.2 5.5 5.5 5.4 4.3 3.7 3.5 2.6 1.8 1.7
Steve Larmer 89.6 10.6 8.4 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 6.6 6.5 6.5 5.7 5.6 5.3 0.0 -0.1
Frank Mahovlich 89.4 10.7 10.4 8.5 8.4 7.8 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.4 4.9 3.9 3.4 3.3 0.1
Rod Brind'Amour 89.2 9.0 8.2 8.2 7.3 6.8 6.5 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.1 3.5 3.3 3.1 1.4
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Petr Sykora 10.6 8.7 8.1 7.5 7.3 5.9 5.9 5.4 5.2 4.9 4.2 4.0 0.0 -0.4
Jacques Lemaire 90.2 10.9 10.3 9.1 8.4 8.2 7.4 6.9 6.4 5.2 4.9 4.5 4.5
Miroslav Satan 90.2 10.0 9.1 8.3 8.3 7.1 6.8 6.3 5.3 5.0 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.1 1.9
Alex Tanguay 89.9 10.5 9.3 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.1 6.1 5.3 5.2 5.0 2.8
Bill Barber 88.8 12.3 7.8 7.5 7.3 7.2 7.2 6.9 6.7 5.9 4.6 4.6 3.4
Bill Cowley 88.8 7.4 6.3 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.1 5.0 5.0 3.3 3.3 2.6 2.1 0.4
Dave Taylor 88.1 10.4 9.3 9.2 7.5 7.5 5.0 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.1 2.8 1.3 0.2 0.0
Gary Roberts 88.1 10.0 9.7 8.1 6.9 6.5 6.4 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.0 4.1 4.0 3.6 3.4 3.3 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.3 0.1
Bernie Federko 88.1 8.4 8.0 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.1 6.0 5.7 5.6 4.7 4.3 3.3 2.3 2.1
Yvan Cournoyer 88.0 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
Doug Weight 88.0 9.0 8.5 8.3 7.8 7.2 6.6 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.3 4.1 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4 1.4 0.9 0.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Honors

1995-96 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

2000 New Jersey Devils (NHL)
2009 Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)

Games Played

2002-03 NHL 82 (4)
2006-07 NHL 82 (2)

Plus/Minus

2000-01 NHL 36 (4)

Power Play Goals

1998-99 NHL 15 (5)
2002-03 NHL 15 (6)
2007-08 NHL 15 (8)

Game-Winning Goals

1998-99 NHL 7 (9)
2008-09 NHL 10 (3)
Career NHL 56 (81)

Shots

2002-03 NHL 299 (4)
2003-04 NHL 277 (6)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

2001-02 NHL 49 (7)

Transactions

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July 6, 2002: Traded to Anaheim by New Jersey with Mike Commodore, Jean-Francois Damphousse and Igor Pohanka for Jeff Friesen, Oleg Tverdovsky and Maxim Balmochnykh, July 6, 2002.

August 12, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Magnitogorsk (Russia), August 12, 2004.

January 8, 2006: Traded to NY Rangers by Anaheim with NY Rangers' 4th round choice (previously acquired, later traded to Washington - Washington selected Brett Bruneteau) in 2007 Entry Draft for Maxim Kondratiev, January 8, 2006.

August 11, 2006: Signed as a free agent by Edmonton, August 11, 2006.

July 2, 2007: Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh, July 2, 2007.

September 17, 2009: Signed as a free agent by Minnesota, September 17, 2009.

November 7, 2009: Missed majority of 2009-10 due to concussion vs. Dallas, November 7, 2009.

October 5, 2010: Signed as a free agent by Plzen (CzRep), October 5, 2010.

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