NHL CAREER: Has scored at least 25 goals in nine of 12 NHL seasons … Has scored more than 30 goals four times, including career-high 40 with Buffalo in 1998-99 … Has topped 60 points six times, including career-high 75 with Buffalo in 2002-03 … Had 66 points (35+31) in first season with Islanders in 2005-06 … Closing in on 350 career goals, 350 assists, 700 points and 1,100 games … Remarkably durable, has played 809 of a possible 820 regular season games over past 10 seasons … Has had two streaks of at least 250 consecutive games played – 305 (ended March 24, 2007) and 256 (ended November, 2002) … Played in NHL All-Star Game in 2000 and 2003.

INTERNATIONAL: Represented Slovakia eight times at World Championships – 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005… Served as team captain in 2003 and 2004, leading team to a gold medal in 2003 and bronze in 2004 … Played for Slovakia at World Cup of Hockey in 1996 and 2004 and also served as team captain at 2004 World Cup … Played for Slovakia at Olympic Games in 1994, 2002 and 2006. Scored nine goals in eight games, including two hat tricks, at 1994 Olympics.