Career profile Last roster: 2018-19 TBL
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Niklas Kronwall

D · SWE
+ 7 other teams
Status
Retired 7 yrs ago
Career
2004–2019 (15 yrs)
Age
45 (37 in 2019)
Vitals
6'0" · 194 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2004-05 STL 50 0 3 3 0.06 -10 14 0 0 0 10 0.0% 9
2005-06 STL 71 1 4 5 0.07 -13 48 0 0 0 34 2.9% 26
2006-07 STL 82 6 16 22 0.27 +1 108 1 1 0 110 5.5% 113
2007-08 STL / VAN 70 8 14 22 0.31 -2 59 0 1 1 84 9.5% 134
2008-09 VAN / CAR 86 13 33 46 0.53 -12 78 1 8 0 116 11.2% 114
2009-10 CAR / NYR / TOR 83 19 48 67 0.81 +8 128 3 14 0 157 12.1% 138
2010-11 TOR 82 15 35 50 0.61 -27 143 2 9 0 122 12.3% 157
2011-12 TBL 78 6 23 29 0.37 0 93 1 4 0 103 5.8% 149
2012-13 TBL 82 16 26 42 0.51 +2 99 3 4 0 142 11.3% 170
2013-14 CHI 80 12 33 45 0.56 +15 92 1 5 0 117 10.3% 142
2014-15 OTT / STL 77 7 45 52 0.68 +1 82 0 5 0 82 8.5% 171
2015-16 STL 82 13 35 48 0.59 +4 91 1 5 0 130 10.0% 112
2016-17 STL 82 11 33 44 0.54 -5 63 3 9 0 82 13.4% 101
2017-18 STL 67 3 12 15 0.22 -8 32 1 1 0 55 5.5% 74
2018-19 TBL 82 2 21 23 0.28 -5 33 0 1 0 58 3.4% 106
CAREER 15 yrs 1154 132 381 513 0.44 -51 1163 17 67 1 -- 9.4% 1716
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2008-09 CAR 4 0 2 2 0.50 0 8 0 0 0 6 0.0% 2
2011-12 TBL 4 0 0 0 0.00 -3 2 0 0 0 3 0.0% 6
2012-13 TBL 7 2 2 4 0.57 -1 4 0 1 0 17 11.8% 15
2013-14 CHI 5 0 2 2 0.40 -4 6 0 0 0 3 0.0% 7
2014-15 STL 11 1 11 12 1.09 +7 7 0 1 0 13 7.7% 22
2016-17 STL 10 0 3 3 0.30 -2 4 0 0 0 6 0.0% 13
CAREER 6 app. 41 3 20 23 0.56 -3 31 0 2 0 -- 6.3% 65
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2003-04 DET 20 1 4 5 0.25 5 16 1 0 0 5.6% 13:51
2005-06 DET 27 1 8 9 0.33 11 28 0 1 2 3.6% 20:31
2006-07 DET 68 1 21 22 0.32 0 54 0 1 6 1.0% 20:39
2007-08 DET 65 7 28 35 0.54 25 44 0 0 8 6.5% 21:06
2008-09 DET 80 6 45 51 0.64 2 50 1 4 22 5.0% 22:54
2009-10 DET 48 7 15 22 0.46 5 32 0 3 8 10.3% 21:55
2010-11 DET 77 11 26 37 0.48 5 36 3 5 13 8.4% 22:52
2011-12 DET 82 15 21 36 0.44 -2 38 4 7 14 10.6% 22:52
2012-13 DET 48 5 24 29 0.60 -5 44 2 2 16 7.5% 24:22
2013-14 DET 79 8 41 49 0.62 0 44 0 5 25 7.3% 24:19
2014-15 DET 80 9 35 44 0.55 -4 40 1 3 23 8.9% 23:50
2015-16 DET 64 3 23 26 0.41 -21 30 2 0 14 4.9% 22:01
2016-17 DET 57 2 11 13 0.23 -7 32 0 0 6 3.0% 19:27
2017-18 DET 79 4 23 27 0.34 -14 36 0 2 15 5.3% 18:31
2018-19 DET 79 3 24 27 0.34 -5 40 0 1 8 4.2% 19:57
Career NHL 953 83 349 432 0.45 -5 564 14 34 180 6.5% -

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
2004-05 23 D STL - - 67 59 62 78 79 - - 53 46 65 - 40 44 64
2005-06 24 D STL - - 67 67 62 78 79 - - 56 46 65 - 40 44 66
2006-07 25 D STL - - 67 75 62 78 74 - - 71 49 71 - 43 44 71
2007-08 26 D VAN - - 63 75 62 79 66 - - 68 52 73 - 46 44 72
2008-09 27 D CAR 79 50 80 81 69 - 87 73 25 82 69 80 - 76 74 -
2009-10 28 D TOR 74 40 82 87 69 - 87 87 40 88 72 83 - 78 76 76
2010-11 29 D TOR 84 40 76 87 69 - 87 79 40 79 72 83 - 82 80 76
2011-12 30 D TBL 79 40 80 77 71 89 83 75 40 77 72 86 65 65 70 75
2012-13 31 D TBL 69 41 80 76 68 88 95 69 30 59 69 82 69 74 73 72
2013-14 32 D CHI 63 39 71 78 68 92 97 69 30 67 61 82 63 76 76 73
2014-15 33 D STL 64 40 76 81 68 92 94 68 30 72 59 82 61 78 77 73
2015-16 34 D STL 65 40 78 79 69 91 95 66 30 69 58 83 59 80 79 73
2016-17 35 D STL 80 44 86 81 70 80 89 80 25 70 51 79 42 78 84 74
2017-18 36 D STL 79 44 83 79 70 78 78 75 25 55 48 70 25 80 86 69
2018-19 37 D TBL 75 43 86 77 70 76 85 77 25 64 48 63 53 82 88 68
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 23 D STL - - 67 59 62 78 79 - - 53 46 65 - 40 44 64
2005-06 24 D STL - - · +8 · · · - - +3 · · - · · +2
2006-07 25 D STL - - · +8 · · −5 - - +15 +3 +6 - +3 · +5
2007-08 26 D VAN - - −4 · · +1 −8 - - −3 +3 +2 - +3 · +1
2008-09 27 D CAR 79 50 +17 +6 +7 - +21 73 25 +14 +17 +7 - +30 +30 -
2009-10 28 D TOR −5 −10 +2 +6 · - · +14 +15 +6 +3 +3 - +2 +2 76
2010-11 29 D TOR +10 · −6 · · - · −8 · −9 · · - +4 +4 ·
2011-12 30 D TBL −5 · +4 −10 +2 89 −4 −4 · −2 · +3 65 −17 −10 −1
2012-13 31 D TBL −10 +1 · −1 −3 −1 +12 −6 −10 −18 −3 −4 +4 +9 +3 −3
2013-14 32 D CHI −6 −2 −9 +2 · +4 +2 · · +8 −8 · −6 +2 +3 +1
2014-15 33 D STL +1 +1 +5 +3 · · −3 −1 · +5 −2 · −2 +2 +1 ·
2015-16 34 D STL +1 · +2 −2 +1 −1 +1 −2 · −3 −1 +1 −2 +2 +2 ·
2016-17 35 D STL +15 +4 +8 +2 +1 −11 −6 +14 −5 +1 −7 −4 −17 −2 +5 +1
2017-18 36 D STL −1 · −3 −2 · −2 −11 −5 · −15 −3 −9 −17 +2 +2 −5
2018-19 37 D TBL −4 −1 +3 −2 · −2 +7 +2 · +9 · −7 +28 +2 +2 −1
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2004-05 STL $600,000 1 yr 1.2% 23 RFA Rookie
2005-06 STL $1,200,000 4 yr 2.4% 24 RFA Rookie
2006-07 STL $1,104,000 3 yr 2.8% 25 RFA
2008-09 VAN $3,750,000 5 yr 6.6% 27 RFA
2013-14 CHI $6,000,000 5 yr 9.3% 32 UFA
2018-19 TBL $4,000,000 2 yr 5.0% 37 UFA
2004-05
Jul 13 2004
2004-05
to BLUES
  • Niklas Kronwall 64
to RED WINGS
Jul 26 2004
2004-05
to DUCKS
Oct 18 2004
2004-05
to BLUES
2007-08
Nov 11 2007
2007-08
to CANUCKS
2008-09
Dec 27 2008
2008-09
to HURRICANES
2009-10
Oct 24 2009
2009-10
to RANGERS
Dec 10 2009
2009-10
to MAPLE LEAFS
2011-12
Aug 23 2011
2011-12
to LIGHTNING
  • Niklas Kronwall 75
to MAPLE LEAFS
2014-15
Jul 2 2014
2014-15
to SENATORS
to BLACKHAWKS
Mar 6 2015
2014-15
to BLUES
2019-20
Jul 7 2019
2019-20
to BLUES
  • Niklas Kronwall
to LIGHTNING

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