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Scott Niedermayer

#27 · Defence · Anaheim Ducks · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Aug 31, 1973 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN · 6'1", 194 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 3rd overall in 1991 by NJD (round 1)

Trophy case

×4 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2006-07, 2002-03, 1999-00, 1994-95
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 2006-07
James Norris Memorial Trophy Top Defenseman 2003-04

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alexei Zhitnik BUF · 35 P in 80 GP Chris Pronger STL · 35 P in 79 GP Jyrki Lumme VAN · 35 P in 66 GP Jason Woolley PIT · 36 P in 60 GP Paul Coffey PHI · 34 P in 57 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601991-92: 1 points191-921992-93: 40 points401993-94: 46 points4693-941994-95: 19 points191995-96: 33 points3395-961996-97: 35 points351997-98: 57 points5797-981998-99: 46 points461999-00: 38 points3899-002000-01: 35 points352001-02: 33 points3301-022002-03: 39 points392003-04: 54 points5403-042005-06: 63 points632006-07: 69 points6906-072007-08: 25 points252008-09: 59 points5908-092009-10: 48 points48

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1991-92 NJD 4 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 0.25
1992-93 NJD 80 11 29 40 8 47 131 0 0.50
1993-94 NJD 81 10 36 46 34 42 135 0 0.57
1994-95 NJD 48 4 15 19 19 18 52 0 0.40
1995-96 NJD 79 8 25 33 5 46 179 0 0.42
1996-97 NJD 81 5 30 35 -4 64 159 0 0.43
1997-98 NJD 81 14 43 57 5 27 175 58 0.70
1998-99 NJD 72 11 35 46 16 26 161 99 0.64
1999-00 NJD 71 7 31 38 19 48 109 105 0.54
2000-01 NJD 57 6 29 35 14 22 87 61 0.61
2001-02 NJD 76 11 22 33 12 30 129 64 0.43
2002-03 NJD 81 11 28 39 23 62 164 23 0.48
2003-04 NJD 81 14 40 54 20 44 165 28 0.67
2005-06 ANA 82 13 50 63 8 96 181 41 0.77
2006-07 ANA 79 15 54 69 6 86 172 82 0.87
2007-08 ANA 48 8 17 25 -2 16 87 35 0.52
2008-09 ANA 82 14 45 59 -8 70 178 68 0.72
2009-10 ANA 80 10 38 48 -9 38 168 58 0.60
18 seasons Career 1263 172 568 740 167 784 2436 722 0.59

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1992-93 NJD 5 0 3 3 -3 2 11 0 0.60
1993-94 NJD 20 2 2 4 -1 8 29 0 0.20
1994-95 NJD 20 4 7 11 11 10 53 0 0.55
1996-97 NJD 10 2 4 6 0 6 34 0 0.60
1997-98 NJD 6 0 2 2 0 4 15 13 0.33
1998-99 NJD 7 1 3 4 -5 18 13 15 0.57
1999-00 NJD 22 5 2 7 5 10 40 53 0.32
2000-01 NJD 21 0 6 6 7 14 29 27 0.29
2001-02 NJD 6 0 2 2 -1 6 6 3 0.33
2002-03 NJD 24 2 16 18 11 16 40 26 0.75
2003-04 NJD 5 1 0 1 -5 6 12 8 0.20
2005-06 ANA 16 2 9 11 1 14 48 10 0.69
2006-07 ANA 21 3 8 11 2 26 42 29 0.52
2007-08 ANA 6 0 2 2 -2 4 7 9 0.33
2008-09 ANA 13 3 7 10 0 11 32 15 0.77
15 seasons Playoffs 202 25 73 98 20 155 411 208 0.49

1996-97 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 5 30 35 -4 64 159 0 0.43 3.1 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 13, 1997 @ PHI L 4-5 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 11, 1997 vs BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 9, 1997 @ FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
Apr 8, 1997 @ TBL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 00:00
Apr 6, 1997 @ STL W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1997 vs TBL W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1997 @ WSH W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1997 vs LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1997 vs NYR W 4-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1997 vs PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1997 @ PIT W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1997 @ WSH T 2-2 (OT) 0 2 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1997 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1997 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1997 vs HFD W 6-0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1997 vs EDM W 6-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1997 @ BUF W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1997 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1997 @ PHI W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1997 @ PIT W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1997 vs PIT W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1997 vs BUF W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1997 @ NYI W 5-3 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1997 @ TBL L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1997 @ FLA T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1997 vs NYR T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1997 @ NYR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1997 @ MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1997 @ HFD W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1997 vs PHI W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1997 vs FLA T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1997 vs NYI W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1997 @ MTL T 4-4 (OT) 0 2 2 2 4 3 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1997 vs TOR T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1997 vs OTT T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1997 @ SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1997 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1997 @ LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1997 vs BOS W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1997 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1997 vs CHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1997 vs COL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1997 vs STL L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1997 @ OTT W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1997 vs PIT L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 8 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1996 @ BUF L 5-6 0 1 1 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1996 vs ANA W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1996 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 9 0 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1996 vs BUF T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1996 @ EDM W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1996 @ VAN W 2-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1996 @ CGY W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1996 vs MTL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1996 @ BOS W 7-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1996 @ TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1996 vs PHX L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1996 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1996 vs FLA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1996 @ COL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1996 @ PHX L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1996 @ DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1996 @ WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1996 vs WSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1996 @ OTT W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1996 vs TBL W 6-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1996 vs VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1996 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1996 vs NYI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1996 @ CHI W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1996 @ DET W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1996 vs TBL W 2-1 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1996 vs NYR L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 29 4 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1996 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1996 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1996 vs SJS W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1996 @ HFD L 2-6 0 2 2 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1996 vs OTT T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1996 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1996 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 7, 1996 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 5, 1996 vs DET W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 00:00