Ales Kotalik vs Wayne Simmonds

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Ales Kotalik and Wayne Simmonds compared on their NHL careers: Ales Kotalik played 9 seasons, 2001-02 to 2010-11, Wayne Simmonds 15 seasons, 2008-09 to 2022-23.

Who has the better career numbers?

Wayne Simmonds leads in 5 of the 7 lines, Ales Kotalik in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Ales Kotalik and Wayne Simmonds career totals

542	GP	1,037
136	G	263
148	A	263, better
284	PTS	526, better
-46, better	+/-	-92
348, better	PIM	1,313
46	PPG	102, better
0	SHG	3, better
22	GWG	44, better
—	TOI/G	—

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Ales Kotalik and Wayne Simmonds postseason

34	GP	53
6	G	8
9	A	14, better
15	PTS	22, better
1, better	+/-	-9
16, better	PIM	122
0	PPG	4, better
0	SHG	0
3, better	GWG	0
—	TOI/G	—

Where each stands all time

Ales Kotalik and Wayne Simmonds all-time places

—	Goals	239th (263), better
—	Power-play goals	145th (102), better
—	Game-winning goals	201st (44), better

Among the NHL players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Neither has a championship or an award on file.

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Ales Kotalik and Wayne Simmonds season by season

1st	2001-02	2008-09
2nd	2002-03	2009-10
3rd	2003-04	2010-11
4th	2005-06	2011-12
5th	2006-07	2012-13
6th	2007-08	2013-14
7th	2008-09	2014-15
8th	2009-10	2015-16
9th	2010-11	2016-17
10th	—	2017-18
11th	—	2018-19
12th	—	2019-20
13th	—	2020-21
14th	—	2021-22
15th	—	2022-23