Rostislav Klesla's NHL career
Defenceman Rostislav Klesla was drafted 4th overall by Columbus Blue Jackets in 2000. He played 13 seasons for 2 clubs, 2000-2014. That came to 659 games and 159 points, 48 goals and 111 assists.
Below: the whole of Rostislav Klesla's career, season by season.
- Year 20002000 NHL Draft
Rostislav Klesla is drafted 4 overall by Columbus Blue Jackets
First off the board- 1Rick DiPietroNYI
- 2Dany HeatleyATL
- 3Marian GaborikMIN
Swedes from the same draft
Niklas Kronwall953 GP · 432 P- Henrik Lundqvist887 GP · 0 P
- Niclas Wallin614 GP · 79 P
- 3 months and 13 days later · 1 season2000-2001 seasonNHL debut
Rostislav Klesla makes his NHL debut in 3–5 loss against Chicago Blackhawks
Rostislav was 18 years old ·
Nationwide Arena, USASwedes on the ice:
Anders Eriksson, Michael Nylander and Mattias Timander.Season2000-2001
Rostislav Klesla's first NHL season: 2 points
Events74games missedThe whole season2000-2001Points2NHL#697Games8 of 8210%Goals2NHL#522Assists0NHL#750P/GP0.25+/--1NHL#428 - Year 2002Season
2001-2002
Rostislav Klesla scores 16 points
The whole season2001-2002Points16NHL#389Games75 of 8291%Goals8NHL#276Assists8NHL#434P/GP0.21NHL#435+/--6NHL#679 - Year 2003Season
2002-2003
Rostislav Klesla scores 16 points
EventsCareer bestHis best assist seasonThe whole season2002-2003Points16NHL#384Games72 of 8288%Goals2NHL#530Assists14NHL#306P/GP0.22NHL#432+/--22NHL#867 - Year 2004Season
2003-2004
Rostislav Klesla plays only 47 games for 13 points
Events35games missedThe whole season2003-2004Points13NHL#429Games47 of 8257%Goals2NHL#517Assists11NHL#379P/GP0.28NHL#377+/--16NHL#865 - Year 2006Season
2005-2006
Rostislav Klesla scores 19 points
Events31games missedThe whole season2005-2006Points19NHL#398Games51 of 8262%Goals6NHL#370Assists13NHL#377P/GP0.37NHL#330+/--4NHL#605 - Year 2007Season
2006-2007
Rostislav Klesla scores 22 points — the best season of his career
EventsCareer bestHis best points seasonThe whole season2006-2007Points22NHL#340Games75 of 8291%Goals9NHL#289Assists13NHL#359P/GP0.29NHL#378+/--13NHL#778 - Year 2008Season
2007-2008
Rostislav Klesla scores 18 points
The whole season2007-2008Points18NHL#356Games82 of 82100%Goals6NHL#348Assists12NHL#363P/GP0.22NHL#445+/-+7NHL#125 - Year 2009Season
2008-2009
Rostislav Klesla plays only 34 games for 9 points
Events48games missedThe whole season and the playoff run2008-2009Points9NHL#531Games34 of 8241%Goals1NHL#594Assists8NHL#461P/GP0.26NHL#410+/-+2NHL#233PlayoffsEliminated by Detroit Red Wings4 games1 points0 G · 1 AFirst roundDETDetroit Red Wings0–4 - Season
2009-2010
Rostislav Klesla plays only 26 games for 8 points
Events56games missedThe whole season2009-2010Points8NHL#551Games26 of 8232%Goals2NHL#527Assists6NHL#523P/GP0.31+/--7NHL#713 - Year 2011Season
2010-2011
Rostislav Klesla scores 11 points
Events21games missedThe whole season and the playoff run2010-2011Points11NHL#482Games61 of 8274%Goals4NHL#419Assists7NHL#487P/GP0.18NHL#502+/-+4NHL#197PlayoffsEliminated by Detroit Red Wings4 games0 pointsFirst roundDETDetroit Red Wings0–4 - Year 2012Season
2011-2012
Rostislav Klesla scores 13 points
Events17games missedThe whole season and the playoff run2011-2012Points13NHL#438Games65 of 8279%Goals3NHL#459Assists10NHL#404P/GP0.20NHL#473+/-+13NHL#69PlayoffsEliminated by Los Angeles Kings15 of 16 games8 points2 G · 6 AFirst roundCHIChicago Blackhawks4–2Second roundNSHNashville Predators4–1Conference finalLAKLos Angeles Kings1–4 - Year 2013Season
2012-2013
Rostislav Klesla scores 8 points
Events10games missedThe whole season2012-2013Points8NHL#425Games38 of 4879%Goals2NHL#437Assists6NHL#377P/GP0.21NHL#466+/-0NHL#331 - Year 2014Season
2013-2014
Rostislav Klesla's last season: 4 points
Events57games missedThe whole season2013-2014Points4NHL#630Games25 of 8230%Goals1NHL#606Assists3NHL#610P/GP0.16+/--3NHL#556 - The career
Rostislav Klesla played his last NHL game in 2014
The career ended after 13 seasons, the last of them with Phoenix Coyotes.