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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 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dmitri Mironov DET · 43 P in 77 GP Robert Svehla FLA · 43 P in 79 GP Vladimir Malakhov MTL · 44 P in 74 GP Chris Chelios CHI · 42 P in 81 GP Gary Suter CHI · 42 P in 73 GP

Career

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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

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
77 4 39 43 13 62 134 75 0.56 3.0 20:44

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 18, 1998 vs TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 18:46
Apr 15, 1998 vs ANA W 5-3 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 21:17
Apr 11, 1998 @ CGY W 5-4 1 2 3 -1 2 4 0 26:26
Apr 9, 1998 @ LAK W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 19:25
Apr 8, 1998 @ ANA L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 0 0 2 20:46
Apr 6, 1998 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 21:33
Apr 3, 1998 vs DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:27
Apr 1, 1998 @ VAN L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 22:07
Mar 30, 1998 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 20:04
Mar 27, 1998 vs BUF L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:33
Mar 25, 1998 vs WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 22:24
Mar 22, 1998 vs NYR W 5-4 (OT) 0 2 2 -1 0 3 1 22:02
Mar 21, 1998 @ PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:44
Mar 19, 1998 vs ANA T 3-3 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 23:40
Mar 16, 1998 vs TOR W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:49
Mar 14, 1998 vs DET W 6-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:56
Mar 12, 1998 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 18:02
Mar 10, 1998 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 20:55
Mar 8, 1998 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 26:26
Mar 7, 1998 @ PIT L 4-6 0 2 2 1 0 6 1 21:36
Mar 5, 1998 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 25:05
Mar 2, 1998 @ NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:37
Feb 28, 1998 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 2 4 2 2 18:17
Feb 7, 1998 @ COL L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 22:42
Feb 5, 1998 @ PHX W 6-2 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 17:38
Feb 4, 1998 @ DAL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 19:26
Jan 31, 1998 vs WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 20:42
Jan 29, 1998 vs MTL L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 23:21
Jan 28, 1998 @ NYI L 1-6 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 18:39
Jan 26, 1998 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:52
Jan 24, 1998 @ DET L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 5 16:48
Jan 22, 1998 @ NYR W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 17:59
Jan 20, 1998 vs BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 22:31
Jan 14, 1998 vs MTL T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 20:25
Jan 11, 1998 @ TBL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 21:32
Jan 9, 1998 @ WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23:15
Jan 8, 1998 @ CAR T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 21:26
Jan 3, 1998 @ OTT W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:07
Dec 31, 1997 @ VAN W 8-0 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 22:36
Dec 30, 1997 @ EDM W 3-1 1 0 1 -1 0 3 3 20:52
Dec 27, 1997 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 20:00
Dec 23, 1997 vs CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 23:07
Dec 20, 1997 vs FLA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22:20
Dec 18, 1997 vs BOS T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:25
Dec 15, 1997 @ MTL W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 21:13
Dec 14, 1997 vs TBL W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 20:39
Dec 12, 1997 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:10
Dec 11, 1997 vs NYI W 4-3 0 1 1 1 4 2 3 23:35
Dec 5, 1997 @ NYR T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 19:28
Dec 3, 1997 vs BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 19:49
Dec 1, 1997 vs BUF T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:15
Nov 29, 1997 @ TBL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25:25
Nov 28, 1997 vs NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 16:04
Nov 26, 1997 @ BUF W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 20:19
Nov 20, 1997 vs SJS L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 22:56
Nov 19, 1997 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:57
Nov 16, 1997 vs TBL W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 22:24
Nov 14, 1997 @ FLA W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 19:10
Nov 13, 1997 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 22:31
Nov 8, 1997 @ OTT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 16:30
Nov 6, 1997 vs EDM W 6-2 0 1 1 -1 2 2 1 11:24
Nov 3, 1997 @ STL W 5-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 20:20
Nov 2, 1997 vs DAL T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 20:45
Oct 31, 1997 @ WSH T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 20:16
Oct 29, 1997 vs STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23:53
Oct 27, 1997 vs NJD L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 18:12
Oct 23, 1997 vs CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 20:54
Oct 21, 1997 vs TBL W 7-1 1 2 3 2 2 5 0 22:15
Oct 17, 1997 @ LAK L 1-5 0 1 1 -3 0 1 0 21:22
Oct 15, 1997 @ ANA T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 20:52
Oct 13, 1997 @ SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 17:20
Oct 11, 1997 @ MTL W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:37
Oct 9, 1997 vs PIT W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 21:09
Oct 8, 1997 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:45
Oct 5, 1997 vs PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 5 1 24:34
Oct 3, 1997 vs OTT W 5-3 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 21:53
Oct 1, 1997 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 22:35