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Janne Niinimaa

#6 · Defence · Montréal Canadiens

Born May 22, 1975 in Raahe, FIN · 6'1", 220 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 36th overall in 1993 by PHI (round 2)

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

Sergei Zubov DAL · 43 P in 78 GP Larry Murphy DET · 45 P in 81 GP Robert Svehla FLA · 45 P in 82 GP Al MacInnis STL · 43 P in 72 GP Eric Desjardins PHI · 46 P in 82 GP

Career

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

0102030401996-97: 44 points4496-971997-98: 43 points4397-981998-99: 28 points2898-991999-00: 33 points3399-002000-01: 46 points4600-012001-02: 44 points4401-022002-03: 34 points3402-032003-04: 28 points2803-042005-06: 16 points1605-062006-07: 3 points306-07

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1996-97 PHI 77 4 40 44 12 58 141 0 0.57
1997-98 PHI 66 3 31 34 6 56 115 66 0.52
1997-98 EDM 11 1 8 9 7 6 19 9 0.82
1998-99 EDM 81 4 24 28 7 88 142 144 0.35
1999-00 EDM 81 8 25 33 14 89 133 124 0.41
2000-01 EDM 82 12 34 46 6 90 122 137 0.56
2001-02 EDM 81 5 39 44 13 80 119 115 0.54
2002-03 EDM 63 4 24 28 -7 66 90 37 0.44
2002-03 NYI 13 1 5 6 -2 14 11 17 0.46
2003-04 NYI 82 9 19 28 12 64 97 71 0.34
2005-06 NYI 41 1 9 10 -7 62 23 26 0.24
2005-06 DAL 22 2 4 6 -5 24 26 12 0.27
2006-07 MTL 41 0 3 3 -13 36 29 28 0.07
10 seasons Career 741 54 265 319 43 733 1067 786 0.43

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1996-97 PHI 19 1 12 13 3 16 56 0 0.68
1997-98 EDM 11 1 1 2 3 12 20 23 0.18
1998-99 EDM 4 0 0 0 -2 2 5 15 0.00
1999-00 EDM 5 0 2 2 1 2 8 19 0.40
2000-01 EDM 6 0 2 2 -1 6 11 17 0.33
2002-03 NYI 5 0 1 1 -4 12 5 3 0.20
2003-04 NYI 5 1 2 3 -2 2 4 4 0.60
2005-06 DAL 4 0 1 1 0 8 5 3 0.25
8 seasons Playoffs 59 3 21 24 -2 60 114 84 0.41

1996-97 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
77 4 40 44 12 58 141 0 0.57 2.8 0:00

Game log

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