2013-14 MEDIA GUIDE

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HEIGHT: 6-1
WEIGHT: 195 LBS.
SHOOTS: LEFT
BORN: 04/13/1976
TrEBic, cZEcH rEP.
SEASON: 16TH nHL/
16TH nJ
DRAFTED: nEW
JErSEy’S 2nd
cHoicE, 51ST
ovEraLL, in 1994
EnTry draFT
26 • PATrIK eLIAs • Lw
LAST SEASON: one of six players in devils’ lineup – and one of just four forwards –
to see action in all 48 games; appeared in every game for third time in 15-season
nHL career…Led squad for sixth time with 22 assists/eighth time with 36 points,
while finishing second with 14 goals (d. clarkson, 15)…recorded points in seasonhigh
four straight games Feb. 10-16 (1g-5a-6pts); three straight mar. 5-9 (3g)/Jan.
25-29 (2g-4a-6pts); and in back-to-back games three times, most recently apr.
23-25 (1g-2a-3pts)…Led squad with nine multiple-point games, including four
season-high three-point efforts over an 11-game span Jan. 27-Feb. 15…Total
included 1g-2a Feb. 15 vs. Philadelphia, 1g-2a Jan. 27 at montreal; and back-toback
3pt efforts with 1g-2a Feb. 7 vs. Tampa Bay and 3a Feb. 5 vs. ny
rangers…Two-point outings included 2g apr. 20 vs. Florida; three 1g-1a matches,
most recently mar. 13 vs. Philadelphia; and 2a apr. 25 vs. Pittsburgh…Second
assist Jan. 27 marked his 900th career nHL point; notched 100th career power
play tally Jan. 25 vs. Washington, extending own franchise record…re-signed with
club July 4, 2013.
CAreer
Franchise’s all-time leader with 375 goals/555 assists/930 points; also first with 104
power play goals and 234 multiple-point games...a member of new Jersey’s
2000/03 Stanley cup championship teams…continues as club’s all-time playoff
leader with 45g/80a/125pts, 21 PPg and six game-winning goals (tie)…2011-12:
Led devils/finished seventh in nHL with 52a; second on team (i. Kovalchuk,
83)/tenth in league (tie, E. Karlsson, ott.) with 78pts and fourth on club with
26g...reached the 25-goal mark for seventh time/50-assist mark for second
time…Tied for tenth in league with 13g-31a-44pts in 45 games during the 2012
calendar year...recorded points in team season-high (tie, a. Henrique & Z. Parise)
seven straight games on three occasions: Jan. 24-Feb. 9 (2g-6a-8pts), Jan. 6-19
(4g-7a-11pts) and oct. 29-nov. 12 (2g-6a-8pts)…Posted 17 multiple-point games,
including two season-high 1g-2a-3pt efforts: Jan. 17 vs. Winnipeg and Jan. 6 vs.
Florida...Became third player to appear in 1,000 games for new Jersey during Jan.
6 contest (K. daneyko, 1,283 & m. Brodeur, 1,184)…With 2g dec. 17 at montreal,
equaled/established franchise goal-scoring mark (J. macLean, 347)…With 2a
dec. 28 vs. Buffalo, reached 500a mark in nHL career…With PP tally nov. 2 vs.
Toronto, became team's all-time PPg leader (macLean, 92)...Scored gamedeciding
goals Feb. 17 vs. anaheim and nov. 3 at Philadelphia…unsuccessful on
penalty shot attempt Jan. 14 at Winnipeg (o. Pavelec)…2010-11: voted devils’
most valuable Player by his teammates; was honored at apr. 7 awards
Luncheon…Finished first on devils with 41a/62pts; second with 21g (Kovalchuk,
31), 7 PPg (Kovalchuk, 9) and 5 gW tallies (Kovalchuk, 9)…Eighty-one games
played were his most since 2003-04 (82); missed contest nov. 27 vs. Philadelphia
due to the birth of his daughter…Passed S. Stevens (956) into sole possession of
third place on club’s all-time games-played list apr. 2 vs. montreal; also passed S.
niedermayer (892) nov. 1 at vancouver and J. macLean (934) 1 vs. San
Jose…recorded season-high seven-game point-scoring streak Jan. 17-Feb. 3 (3g-
5a-8pts); notched points in nine of 10 games played Jan. 9-Feb. 3 (5g-7a-
12pts)…Posted 14 multiple-point games, including three three-point outings:
franchise-record eighth career hat trick apr. 1 vs. Philadelphia, 3a Feb. 19 at
carolina and 1g-2a Jan. 9 vs. Tampa Bay…reached 800pt mark in nHL career
Feb. 19; played in his 900th game nov. 20 at St. Louis…represented new Jersey in
his first all-Star game appearance since 2002; posted 1g-1a-2pts…recorded 4g-
5a-9pts for Bronze medal-winning czech republic at World
championships…2009-10: Saw action in 58 of 69 games overall after making
season debut nov. 6 vs. ny islanders…recorded points in season-high eight
straight contests dec. 7-21 (5g-5a-10pts)…Posted 13 multiple-point games,
including team season-high (tie) 2g-2a-4pts nov. 28 vs. ny islanders…Total showed
two season-high 3a games: mar. 23 vs. columbus and Jan. 2 at minnesota…Two-
point games included 2g apr. 10 vs. ny islanders/Jan. 5 vs. dallas/dec. 12 vs.
Philadelphia…reached/surpassed 300g mark dec. 12…Tied for second on team with 4 gWg (Z. Parise,
5)…Posted 2 gdg: Jan. 12 at ny rangers and dec. 5 vs. detroit…missed 10 games Jan. 18-Feb. 5
(concussion symptomatic); also missed first 13 games of campaign due to groin injury…Served czech
republic as captain at 2010 olympic Winter games; posted 2g-2a-4pts in 5 games…2008-09: completed
campaign with 295g-411a-706pts; passed macLean (701) as team’s all-time scoring leader with assist mar.
17 vs. chicago…Became club’s all-time leader in assists, passing niedermayer (364) oct. 18 at
Washington…With 1g-1a-2pts dec. 27 at ny rangers, passed macLean’s franchise mark of 169 career
multiple-point games…reached 30g mark for fourth time in career; four 30g seasons are third-most in team
history (macLean & Parise, 5)…Second on devils with 31g (Parise, 45), 47a (Parise, 49), 78pts (Parise, 94) and
career-high 12 PPg (Parise, 14)…Tied m. Sundin and J. Jagr for then-nHL record with 15th career overtime
tally dec. 4 at Philadelphia (since tied, S. Fedorov/since surpassed, 17, Jagr)…appeared in 800th career nHL
game Feb. 11 vs. ny islanders, recorded 400th assist Feb. 6 at atlanta and posted 700th point with goal mar.
14 at montreal…recorded points in team season-high ten straight games nov. 29-dec. 21 (8g-9a-
7pts)…assists in five straight contests Feb. 3-11 (6a) were also a team season high…recorded 23 multi-point
games, including season-high 2g-2a-4pts dec. 19 vs. ottawa…Totaled four 3pt games: 3a Jan. 4 vs. ottawa,
1g-2a dec. 12 vs. ny rangers, 3a nov. 23 at Tampa Bay and 2g-1a nov. 15 vs. Washington…notched gdg
Feb. 19 at Tampa Bay…missed five of 8 games mar. 23-apr. 7 with lower body injury…named nHL’s Third Star
of the Week for period ending dec. 21 with a league-high 3g-5a-8pts…represented czech republic at
World championship; posted 2g in three appearances…2007-08: Finished tied for team lead (Parise) with 8
gWg…Passed macLean (57) for the most gWg in team history dec. 5 vs. Boston…Finished second on squad
with 263 shots (Parise, 266) and 20g-35a-55pts overall (Parise, 65pts)…Tied niedermayer for the most assists in
franchise history apr. 1 at ny islanders…recorded points in season-high four straight games twice: Feb. 18-24
(1g-5a-6pts) and Jan. 4-10 (2g-3a-5pts)…Total included 14th career oT tally mar. 7 vs. Tampa Bay, as well as
13th career oT tally/lone goal of contest dec. 23 at calgary…Had four season-high 3pt games: 1g-2a Feb. 4
vs. Pittsburgh, 2g-1a Jan. 22 at Philadelphia, 2g-1a dec. 5 vs. Boston and 2g-1a oct. 13 at
atlanta…recorded gdg apr. 6 vs. ny rangers and Jan. 8 vs. Buffalo…Played in his 700th career nHL game
dec. 13 at Boston; missed 2 games dec. 29-Jan. 2 (sore groin), as well as five contests due to illness…Led
squad with 4g-2a-6pts during Eastern conference Quarterfinals vs. ny rangers; recorded at least 1pt in all 5
games…2006-07: Led devils with 21g-48a-69pts overall; was fourth with 21g and first with 48a…also led
Vs. NHL
GP G A PTS PIM
ANA 17 4 2 6 6
BOS 57 23 20 43 24
BUF 54 10 28 38 22
CGY 16 6 3 9 6
CAR 51 21 31 52 18
CHI 20 7 8 15 14
COL 19 6 7 13 0
CBJ 11 3 6 9 0
DAL 19 5 17 22 10
DET 15 2 4 6 8
GP G A PTS PIM
EDM 16 7 8 15 8
FLA 54 25 23 48 18
LA 16 6 8 14 2
MIN 11 4 4 8 0
MTL 58 24 25 49 42
NSH 16 5 11 16 16
NJ - - - - -
NYI 82 32 49 81 29
NYR 78 20 49 69 27
OTT 53 11 22 33 20
GP G A PTS PIM
PHI 81 35 45 80 58
PHX 19 6 9 15 4
PIT 80 23 46 69 38
SJ 17 8 10 18 6
STL 16 5 9 14 2
TB 49 17 31 48 12
TOR 51 14 18 32 33
VAN 15 7 6 13 2
WSH 55 21 33 54 32
WPG 44 18 23 41 40
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYOFFS
YEAR TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW GT S GP G A PTS PIM
1992–93 Poldi Kladno cze. 2 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
1993–94 Poldi Kladno cze. rep. 15 1 2 3 - - - - - - - 11 2 2 4 -
czech republic EJc-a 5 2 5 7 - 2 - - - - - - - - - -
1994–95 Poldi Kladno cze. rep. 28 4 3 7 - 37 - - - - - 7 1 2 3 12
1995–96 albany aHL 74 27 36 63 - 83 - - - - - 4 1 1 2 2
dEviLS nHL 1 0 0 0 1- 0 0 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1996–97 albany aHL 57 24 43 67 - 76 - - - - - 6 1 2 3 8
dEviLS nHL 17 2 3 5 4- 2 0 0 0 0 23 8 2 3 5 4
1997–98 dEviLS nHL 74 18 19 37 18 28 5 0 6 1 147 4 0 1 1 0
albany aHL 3 3 0 3 - 2 - - - - - - - - - -
czech republic Wc-a 3 1 0 1 - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
1998–99 dEviLS nHL 74 17 33 50 19 34 3 0 2 0 157 7 0 5 5 6
1999–00 SK Trebic cze.-2 2 2 1 3 - 2 - - - - - - - - - -
Hc Pardubice cze. rep. 5 1 4 5 - 31 - - - - - - - - - -
dEviLS nHL 72 35 37 72 16 58 9 0 9 1 183 23 7 *13 20 9
2000–01 dEviLS nHL 82 40 56 96 *45 51 8 3 6 1 220 25 9 14 23 10
2001–02 dEviLS nHL 75 29 32 61 4 36 8 1 8 0 199 6 2 4 6 6
czech republic olym. 4 1 1 2 - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
2002–03 dEviLS nHL 81 28 29 57 17 22 6 0 4 1 255 24 5 8 13 26
2003–04 dEviLS nHL 82 38 43 81 26 44 9 3 9 0 300 5 3 2 5 2
2004–05 czech republic W cup 5 3 2 5 - 10 - - - - - - - - - -
Znojmo cze. rep. 28 8 20 28 - 65 - - - - - - - - - -
magnitogorsk rus. 17 5 9 14 - 28 - - - - - - - - - -
2005–06 dEviLS nHL 38 16 29 45 11 20 6 0 3 - 142 9 6 10 16 4
czech republic olym. 1 0 0 0 - 2 - - - - - - - - - -
2006–07 dEviLS nHL 75 21 48 69 1 38 8 0 5 - 267 10 1 9 10 4
2007–08 dEviLS nHL 74 20 35 55 10 38 7 0 8 - 263 5 4 2 6 4
czech republic Wc-a 7 6 3 9 - 6 - - - - - - - - - -
2008–09 dEviLS nHL 77 31 47 78 18 32 12 2 6 - 247 7 1 2 3 2
czech republic Wc-a 3 2 0 2 - 2 - - - - - - - - - -
2009–10 dEviLS nHL 58 19 29 48 18 40 3 1 4 - 145 5 0 4 4 2
czech republic olym. 5 2 2 4 - 2 - - - - - - - - - -
2010–11 dEviLS nHL 81 21 41 62 4- 16 7 1 5 - 204 - - - - -
czech republic Wc-a 9 4 5 9 - 6 - - - - - - - - - -
2011–12 dEviLS nHL 81 26 52 78 8- 16 8 2 3 - 164 24 5 3 8 10
2012–13 dEviLS nHL 48 14 22 36 5 22 5 1 0 - 118 - - - - -
DEVILS TOTALS 1090 375 555 930 191 497 104 14 78 4 3036 162 45 80 125 89
NHL TOTALS 1090 375 555 930 191 497 104 14 78 4 3036 162 45 80 125 89
EJc-a all-Star Team (1994) • Played in aHL all-Star game (1997) • nHL all-rookie Team (1998) • Played in nHL all-Star game (2000, 2002, 2011) • nHL
First all-Star Team (2001) • co-Winner Bud Light Plus/minus award (2001)
*Led League
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