Tampa Bay Lightning's 1st round choice (1st overall) in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.
Player Notes:
Series Notes:
- Recorded his second assist of the series in Game 4 4/27
- Recorded his first assist of the playoffs on the Lightning's fourth goal in Game 3
- Scored the first goal of the series, the 13th post season goal of his career, in Game 1 4/21 at OTT.
Regular Season vs. OTT:
- Scored the first goal of the game and a power play goal against Ray Emery 3/14 at OTT ... Also won 10 of 17 faceoffs in the game.
- Scored a goal 11/3 to tie the game, goal scored on Hasek in the third period.
2005-06 Regular Season: His 35 goals this season were a personal best and ranked third most in franchise history ... Reached the 400 career point mark with an assist in the first period 4/14 at CAR becoming the first Lightning player to reach that milestone ... Tied Dino Ciccarelli (1996-97) for the third most goals in a season in franchise history with his 35th 4/8 vs. PIT ... With the same goal he tied the franchise record for game winning goals in a season with seven, originally set by Martin St. Louis in 2003-04 ... Established a new career high for goals in a season with his 33rd and 34th tallies of the season 4/3 vs. FLA ... His previous best was 33 during the 2002-03 season ... Dished out an assist on the game winning goal with four shots on goal 3/30 vs. ATL ... Recorded an assist on the game winning goal in overtime and won 14 of 22 faceoffs 3/23 vs. WSH ... Scored his 31st goal of the season and recorded an assist for his 14th multi-point game of the season and had five shots on goal 3/17 vs. PHI ... Has scored at least 30 goals in three consecutive seasons including 2005-06 ... Netted his 29th and 30th goals of the season and won 10 of 17 faceoffs 3/14 at OTT ... Scored the game winning goal in overtime 2/6 at NYI ... Had a goal and an assist for his 10th multi-point game of the season 1/17 at LAK ... Netted his 16th goal of the season on a penalty shot and won 10 of 18 faceoffs 1/2 at NYI ... Served a one-game suspension 12/23 vs. BUF ... Scored his first shorthanded goal of the season and recorded six shots 12/15 at PHX ... Recorded two assists, the 200th and 201st of his career, and had five shots on goal 12/14 at ANA ... Recorded three assists in a game for the fifth time in his career 11/14 vs. PHI ... Scored a goal with an assist and had a team-high seven shots on goal 11/5 at TOR ... Had a goal and two assists and tied Brian Bradley for second on the all-time Lightning assists list with 189 10/28 vs. WSH ... Scored a goal and added an assist, both in the third period, and had seven shots on goal 10/26 at NJ ... Skated 21:50 minutes of ice time, won 16 of 19 faceoffs but had his four-game point and goal streak snapped 10/21 vs. OTT ... Tallied a goal and added three assists, including one on the game winner, for a four-point night 10/20 at ATL to extend his point streak to four games ... Scored a goal in his third consecutive game 10/16 at WSH ... The power play goal tied him with Brian Bradley for first on the all-time Lightning power play goals list with 37 and was his 150th career NHL goal ... Became the first Lightning player to score in a shootout (Kolzig) ... Had a three point night (1-2-3) and recorded a season high five shots on goal 10/15 at PIT ... Scored his first goal of the season in the second period 10/5 vs. CAR.
2006 Olympics: Recorded three assists in six games with Canada.
Career in Post Season: 37 GP, 13-11-24, 54 PIM
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