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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 2001-02. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Boris Mironov CHI · 18 P in 64 GP Steve Duchesne DET · 18 P in 64 GP Jaroslav Spacek CBJ · 18 P in 74 GP Jason Smith EDM · 18 P in 74 GP Daniel Tjarnqvist ATL · 18 P in 75 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

2001-02 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
66 4 14 18 1 14 122 84 0.27 3.3 19:52

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 2001-02 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 13, 2002 vs TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 17:21
Apr 11, 2002 vs BOS W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 20:02
Apr 9, 2002 @ MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 19:01
Apr 7, 2002 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:19
Apr 5, 2002 @ WSH T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 24:12
Apr 2, 2002 vs CAR W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 23:36
Mar 30, 2002 vs TBL W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 21:39
Mar 28, 2002 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:19
Mar 27, 2002 @ NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:49
Mar 23, 2002 vs ATL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 06:49
Mar 21, 2002 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 16:44
Mar 19, 2002 @ BUF L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 19:35
Mar 9, 2002 @ PHX L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:04
Mar 7, 2002 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 25:33
Mar 4, 2002 @ LAK T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:47
Mar 2, 2002 vs WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 23:09
Feb 28, 2002 @ NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:12
Feb 26, 2002 @ MTL W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 21:52
Feb 12, 2002 vs PIT W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:09
Feb 9, 2002 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:05
Feb 8, 2002 @ BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 16:11
Feb 6, 2002 @ CBJ W 6-4 0 2 2 1 0 6 1 20:40
Feb 4, 2002 @ TBL T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:29
Jan 30, 2002 vs PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:38
Jan 26, 2002 @ MTL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:55
Jan 24, 2002 vs BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 20:59
Jan 22, 2002 @ PHI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:36
Jan 20, 2002 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:41
Jan 19, 2002 vs MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:06
Jan 17, 2002 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 20:15
Jan 15, 2002 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 5 1 19:18
Jan 12, 2002 @ TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:24
Jan 11, 2002 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 21:13
Dec 27, 2001 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:38
Dec 26, 2001 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:09
Dec 23, 2001 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 22:22
Dec 22, 2001 @ NJD W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:53
Dec 20, 2001 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 21:08
Dec 18, 2001 @ CAR W 5-1 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 20:42
Dec 15, 2001 vs NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:06
Dec 13, 2001 vs PHX W 6-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 21:12
Dec 11, 2001 @ NYI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 22:16
Dec 8, 2001 vs TBL W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 23:42
Dec 6, 2001 @ NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 19:41
Dec 5, 2001 @ DAL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:49
Dec 3, 2001 @ COL L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 21:08
Dec 1, 2001 vs BOS W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:12
Nov 27, 2001 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:14
Nov 24, 2001 vs ATL L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 25:23
Nov 22, 2001 vs CGY T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 23:01
Nov 20, 2001 vs VAN W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 19:38
Nov 17, 2001 vs TOR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:22
Nov 15, 2001 vs CAR T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:51
Nov 13, 2001 @ WSH W 11-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:42
Nov 10, 2001 vs NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:58
Nov 8, 2001 vs COL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:45
Nov 3, 2001 vs BUF W 3-0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 22:46
Oct 30, 2001 @ ATL W 6-3 0 1 1 2 0 5 1 20:55
Oct 27, 2001 vs STL W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 17:18
Oct 25, 2001 @ PHI W 7-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 21:33
Oct 23, 2001 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:57
Oct 20, 2001 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:30
Oct 16, 2001 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 25:30
Oct 13, 2001 vs NYR T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 6 1 18:13
Oct 10, 2001 @ FLA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 20:28
Oct 9, 2001 @ CAR W 6-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 19:19