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Career profile Last roster: 2019-20 BUF
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Matt Niskanen

D · USA
+ 6 other teams
Status
Retired 6 yrs ago
Career
2007–2020 (13 yrs)
Age
39 (33 in 2020)
Vitals
6'1" · 203 lb
Drafted
2005 Rd 3 (#80) MTL

Career Regular Season

13 seasons (2007–2020)
Games 919
Goals 84
Assists 334
Points 418
+/- +19
P/GP 0.45
SHT% 7.9
PiM 736

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2007-08 VAN 17 2 8 10 0.59 0 4 0 0 0 27 7.4% 20
2008-09 VAN 82 6 31 37 0.45 -14 46 0 5 0 112 5.4% 69
2009-10 NYR / ANH 12 0 1 1 0.08 -5 16 0 0 0 7 0.0% 17
2010-11 LAK 82 9 36 45 0.55 -11 101 1 5 0 95 9.5% 87
2011-12 NSH 82 6 19 25 0.30 -5 89 1 3 0 85 7.1% 109
2012-13 NSH 82 2 12 14 0.17 -12 24 0 1 0 46 4.3% 57
2013-14 NSH 82 11 18 29 0.35 +27 37 3 6 0 78 14.1% 104
2014-15 NSH 82 6 28 34 0.41 -13 90 0 2 0 97 6.2% 172
2015-16 NSH 82 9 26 35 0.43 -5 39 0 3 0 74 12.2% 76
2016-17 NSH 78 7 44 51 0.65 +20 108 0 3 0 115 6.1% 197
2017-18 NSH 79 7 38 45 0.57 +23 69 3 5 0 88 8.0% 193
2018-19 CAR 77 9 39 48 0.62 -20 42 1 4 0 131 6.9% 112
2019-20 BUF 82 10 34 44 0.54 +34 71 0 3 0 112 8.9% 135
CAREER 13 yrs 919 84 334 418 0.45 +19 736 9 40 0 -- 7.9% 1348
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2013-14 NSH 19 1 2 3 0.16 +1 2 0 0 0 15 6.7% 31
2014-15 NSH 5 0 0 0 0.00 -1 2 0 0 0 7 0.0% 7
2015-16 NSH 24 4 9 13 0.54 -5 10 1 1 0 26 15.4% 26
2016-17 NSH 21 2 14 16 0.76 +7 39 1 1 0 31 6.5% 54
2017-18 NSH 7 2 1 3 0.43 -2 8 0 2 0 7 28.6% 14
2019-20 BUF 23 2 9 11 0.48 +2 12 1 0 0 34 5.9% 37
CAREER 6 app. 99 11 35 46 0.46 +2 73 3 4 0 -- 9.2% 169
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2007-08 DAL 78 7 19 26 0.33 +22 36 0 2 8 7.1% 20:30
2008-09 DAL 80 6 29 35 0.44 -11 52 0 2 10 5.4% 19:58
2009-10 DAL 74 3 12 15 0.20 -15 18 2 0 6 2.7% 18:16
2010-11 DAL 45 0 6 6 0.13 -1 30 0 0 4 0.0% 15:44
2010-11 PIT 18 1 3 4 0.22 -2 20 0 0 1 3.8% 18:31
2011-12 PIT 75 4 17 21 0.28 +9 47 0 3 8 3.4% 17:56
2012-13 PIT 40 4 10 14 0.35 +4 12 2 0 2 6.0% 20:21
2013-14 PIT 81 10 36 46 0.57 +33 51 6 3 15 6.2% 21:18
2014-15 WSH 82 4 27 31 0.38 +7 47 0 2 10 3.4% 22:21
2015-16 WSH 82 5 27 32 0.39 +10 38 3 2 16 3.3% 24:40
2016-17 WSH 78 5 34 39 0.50 +20 32 2 1 9 3.2% 22:11
2017-18 WSH 68 7 22 29 0.43 +24 36 1 0 0 5.8% 22:36
2018-19 WSH 80 8 17 25 0.31 -3 41 1 1 2 5.6% 21:56
2019-20 PHL 68 8 25 33 0.49 +15 29 0 4 13 6.3% 21:54
Career NHL 949 72 284 356 0.38 +112 489 17 20 104 4.6% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Defensemen, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2007-08 21 D VAN - - 74 72 61 64 78 - - 67 51 73 - 40 40 70
2008-09 22 D VAN 57 50 85 83 72 - 81 61 25 75 65 74 - 57 55 -
2009-10 23 D LAK 72 44 76 74 72 - 80 78 40 79 69 71 - 59 57 68
2010-11 24 D LAK 78 44 86 74 72 - 82 71 40 71 66 67 - 63 61 67
2011-12 25 D NSH 79 49 80 75 72 88 95 66 40 67 64 73 57 60 60 71
2012-13 26 D NSH 67 44 70 70 70 63 78 60 30 56 51 70 59 64 64 64
2013-14 27 D NSH 62 40 78 71 72 69 76 59 30 55 55 71 57 66 64 65
2014-15 28 D NSH 64 42 75 79 72 75 87 65 30 67 61 74 59 68 64 69
2015-16 29 D NSH 65 43 76 71 72 81 93 56 30 64 53 79 54 70 64 68
2016-17 30 D NSH 84 45 86 84 73 86 99 78 25 68 51 92 42 76 80 78
2017-18 31 D NSH 84 45 87 82 73 85 97 78 25 72 48 85 25 78 83 76
2018-19 32 D CAR 82 45 84 82 73 86 90 66 25 66 50 89 53 80 85 75
2019-20 33 D BUF 84 55 85 79 74 85 91 68 25 62 53 90 53 81 87 75
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2007-08 21 D VAN - - 74 72 61 64 78 - - 67 51 73 - 40 40 70
2008-09 22 D VAN 57 50 +11 +11 +11 - +3 61 25 +8 +14 +1 - +17 +15 -
2009-10 23 D LAK +15 −6 −9 −9 · - −1 +17 +15 +4 +4 −3 - +2 +2 68
2010-11 24 D LAK +6 · +10 · · - +2 −7 · −8 −3 −4 - +4 +4 −1
2011-12 25 D NSH +1 +5 −6 +1 · 88 +13 −5 · −4 −2 +6 57 −3 −1 +4
2012-13 26 D NSH −12 −5 −10 −5 −2 −25 −17 −6 −10 −11 −13 −3 +2 +4 +4 −7
2013-14 27 D NSH −5 −4 +8 +1 +2 +6 −2 −1 · −1 +4 +1 −2 +2 · +1
2014-15 28 D NSH +2 +2 −3 +8 · +6 +11 +6 · +12 +6 +3 +2 +2 · +4
2015-16 29 D NSH +1 +1 +1 −8 · +6 +6 −9 · −3 −8 +5 −5 +2 · −1
2016-17 30 D NSH +19 +2 +10 +13 +1 +5 +6 +22 −5 +4 −2 +13 −12 +6 +16 +10
2017-18 31 D NSH · · +1 −2 · −1 −2 · · +4 −3 −7 −17 +2 +3 −2
2018-19 32 D CAR −2 · −3 · · +1 −7 −12 · −6 +2 +4 +28 +2 +2 −1
2019-20 33 D BUF +2 +10 +1 −3 +1 −1 +1 +2 · −4 +3 +1 · +1 +2 ·
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2007-08 VAN $765,000 3 yr 1.5% 21 ELC Rookie
2010-11 LAK $800,000 2 yr 1.3% 24 RFA
2012-13 NSH $2,400,000 2 yr 3.4% 26 RFA
2014-15 NSH $5,250,000 4 yr 7.6% 28 RFA
2018-19 CAR $6,100,000 4 yr 7.7% 32 UFA
2007-08
Dec 5 2007
2007-08
to CANUCKS
to CANADIENS
2009-10
Sep 19 2009
2009-10
to RANGERS
Oct 5 2009
2009-10
to RANGERS
Mar 28 2010
2009-10
to KINGS
to DUCKS
2011-12
Sep 4 2011
2011-12
to PREDATORS
to KINGS
2019-20
Jul 16 2019
2019-20
to SABRES
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