Nashville Predators' 1st round choice (6th overall) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
Player Notes:
* Scored a goal in Game 4.
* Led the team with six hits in Game 3.
Playoffs
* Making his second trip to the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs.
* Appeared in all six of Nashville's 2004 playoff games and tied for the team lead in points (1g-2a-3pts). Registered an assist on Nashville's first-ever playoff goal, 16 seconds into its first-ever playoff game (April 7 at Detroit). Tied for second on the club in plus/minus (+3). Scored his first career playoff goal in Game 3 vs. Detroit. Additional stats: 11 shots, 15:37.
2005-06 Highlights
* Posted career-highs in goals (25), GWGs (8), PPGs (10) and points (48) this season; Had 10 PPGs and 7 GWGs in in his first 291 career games.
* His eight game-winners this season tied him for eighth in the NHL and is a franchise record.
* Ranked third on the club in goals.
* Tied for the team lead in shorthanded points (2g-2a-4pts)
* Finished second on the club in shots (211).
* Posted nine multi-point games this season.
* Is the first player drafted by Nashville to record a 25-goal season and just the second to notch a 20-goal campaign (Denis Arkhipov had 20 in 2001-02).
* Became the first Nashville draft pick to record a hat trick in a 6-0 win vs. Chicago (2/4). It also was his first career four-point game (3g-1a).
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