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Sami Salo

#6 · Defence · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Sep 2, 1974 in Turku, FIN · 6'3", 215 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 239th overall in 1996 by OTT (round 9)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1998-99. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Darren Van Impe BOS · 20 P in 60 GP Jamie Heward NSH · 18 P in 63 GP Cory Cross TBL · 18 P in 67 GP Anders Eriksson CHI · 20 P in 72 GP Chris Therien PHI · 18 P in 74 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

01020301998-99: 19 points1998-991999-00: 14 points142000-01: 18 points1800-012001-02: 18 points182002-03: 30 points3002-032003-04: 26 points262005-06: 33 points3305-062006-07: 37 points372007-08: 25 points2507-082008-09: 25 points252009-10: 28 points2809-102010-11: 7 points72011-12: 25 points2511-122012-13: 17 points172013-14: 17 points1713-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1998-99 OTT 61 7 12 19 20 24 106 90 0.31
1999-00 OTT 37 6 8 14 6 2 85 52 0.38
2000-01 OTT 31 2 16 18 9 10 61 57 0.58
2001-02 OTT 66 4 14 18 1 14 122 84 0.27
2002-03 VAN 79 9 21 30 9 10 126 19 0.38
2003-04 VAN 74 7 19 26 8 22 143 75 0.35
2005-06 VAN 59 10 23 33 9 38 140 58 0.56
2006-07 VAN 67 14 23 37 21 26 143 40 0.55
2007-08 VAN 63 8 17 25 8 38 122 36 0.40
2008-09 VAN 60 5 20 25 5 26 110 46 0.42
2009-10 VAN 68 9 19 28 14 18 119 43 0.41
2010-11 VAN 27 3 4 7 -3 14 39 6 0.26
2011-12 VAN 69 9 16 25 7 10 136 29 0.36
2012-13 TBL 46 2 15 17 5 16 48 40 0.37 $3.75M
2013-14 TBL 71 4 13 17 11 18 81 57 0.24 $3.75M
15 seasons Career 878 99 240 339 130 286 1581 732 0.39

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1998-99 OTT 4 0 0 0 -3 0 10 10 0.00
1999-00 OTT 6 1 1 2 -8 0 19 15 0.33
2000-01 OTT 4 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 0.00
2001-02 OTT 12 2 1 3 4 4 19 29 0.25
2002-03 VAN 12 1 3 4 -2 0 19 15 0.33
2006-07 VAN 10 0 1 1 0 4 27 10 0.10
2008-09 VAN 7 3 4 7 0 2 12 4 1.00
2009-10 VAN 12 1 5 6 2 2 18 20 0.50
2010-11 VAN 21 3 2 5 -4 2 33 21 0.24
2011-12 VAN 5 0 0 0 -3 2 5 3 0.00
2013-14 TBL 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 0.00
11 seasons Playoffs 95 11 17 28 -16 16 176 145 0.29

1998-99 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
61 7 12 19 20 24 106 90 0.31 6.6 19:42

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2013-14 $3.75M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 1998-99 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 12, 1999 vs FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:45
Apr 10, 1999 vs BUF T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:20
Apr 8, 1999 vs TOR W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 24:11
Apr 7, 1999 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 25:30
Apr 5, 1999 @ TBL T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 26:08
Apr 3, 1999 @ FLA W 6-4 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 22:14
Apr 1, 1999 vs PIT T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 22:55
Mar 30, 1999 @ PIT W 6-4 3 0 3 2 0 4 1 21:33
Mar 27, 1999 @ NYI W 7-3 0 1 1 0 2 3 4 19:37
Mar 26, 1999 vs SJS T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:27
Mar 24, 1999 vs BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 20:54
Mar 20, 1999 @ STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:39
Mar 19, 1999 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:03
Mar 17, 1999 @ ANA T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 25:59
Mar 15, 1999 @ LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:56
Mar 13, 1999 @ SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 15:03
Mar 10, 1999 @ NYR W 3-0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 19:06
Mar 8, 1999 vs TBL W 9-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 18:38
Mar 6, 1999 vs TOR W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 18:55
Mar 4, 1999 @ PHI W 5-0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 19:31
Mar 2, 1999 @ NYI W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 16:01
Feb 27, 1999 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:21
Feb 25, 1999 vs MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 18:45
Feb 23, 1999 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 24:28
Feb 18, 1999 vs BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:14
Feb 15, 1999 vs CHI W 6-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 20:53
Feb 13, 1999 vs WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 18:25
Feb 11, 1999 vs FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:14
Feb 9, 1999 vs BUF T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:24
Feb 6, 1999 @ CGY W 2-1 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 19:09
Feb 3, 1999 @ EDM T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 26:55
Feb 1, 1999 @ VAN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 24:57
Jan 30, 1999 vs NYI W 9-2 0 0 0 3 4 4 1 20:49
Jan 26, 1999 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 23:26
Jan 21, 1999 @ BOS W 3-1 1 0 1 2 4 3 4 19:45
Jan 19, 1999 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 18:43
Jan 18, 1999 vs PHI L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 17:51
Jan 16, 1999 vs BUF T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:02
Jan 14, 1999 vs NJD W 3-2 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 16:01
Jan 11, 1999 @ NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:44
Jan 10, 1999 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 21:22
Jan 8, 1999 vs TBL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:08
Jan 6, 1999 @ DET W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:54
Jan 4, 1999 @ CAR T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 24:15
Jan 2, 1999 vs NJD W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 22:32
Jan 1, 1999 @ WSH W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:51
Dec 30, 1998 @ BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:54
Dec 28, 1998 vs ANA T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:22
Dec 26, 1998 @ PIT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:45
Dec 23, 1998 vs MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 22:09
Dec 20, 1998 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:01
Dec 18, 1998 vs CAR W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 20:02
Dec 17, 1998 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 22:03
Nov 28, 1998 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:00
Nov 26, 1998 vs NYI W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 19:04
Nov 23, 1998 vs VAN W 4-3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 21:10
Nov 21, 1998 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:29
Nov 20, 1998 @ WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 21:21
Oct 17, 1998 vs NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:50
Oct 11, 1998 @ PHX W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:55
Oct 10, 1998 @ COL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 18:46