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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 2002-03. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Teppo Numminen PHX · 30 P in 78 GP Derian Hatcher DAL · 30 P in 82 GP Yannick Tremblay ATL · 30 P in 75 GP Brian Leetch NYR · 30 P in 51 GP Adam Foote COL · 31 P in 78 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

2002-03 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 9 21 30 9 10 126 19 0.38 7.1 20:08

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 2002-03 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 6, 2003 vs LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 22:40
Apr 2, 2003 @ PHX T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 24:03
Mar 30, 2003 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 22:32
Mar 29, 2003 @ LAK W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 20:56
Mar 27, 2003 vs PHX W 5-1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 16:34
Mar 25, 2003 vs DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 21:17
Mar 23, 2003 vs WSH W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:52
Mar 20, 2003 vs NSH W 7-3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 15:16
Mar 18, 2003 @ STL L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 21:58
Mar 17, 2003 @ DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:20
Mar 15, 2003 vs TOR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:04
Mar 13, 2003 vs STL T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 25:55
Mar 11, 2003 vs NYI W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 20:07
Mar 8, 2003 @ TOR T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 23:26
Mar 6, 2003 @ CBJ L 4-5 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 23:44
Mar 4, 2003 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:49
Mar 3, 2003 @ BOS W 6-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:26
Mar 1, 2003 @ MTL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 23:11
Feb 27, 2003 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:13
Feb 25, 2003 vs ATL W 8-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22:10
Feb 23, 2003 vs CBJ W 7-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 22:23
Feb 22, 2003 @ EDM W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:51
Feb 15, 2003 @ CGY T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:04
Feb 13, 2003 vs COL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:53
Feb 10, 2003 vs CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:58
Feb 7, 2003 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 21:29
Feb 5, 2003 @ CBJ T 4-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 23:40
Feb 4, 2003 @ PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 19:33
Jan 30, 2003 vs EDM T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 22:41
Jan 28, 2003 vs MIN T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 24:02
Jan 26, 2003 vs PHX W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:43
Jan 24, 2003 vs DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 21:46
Jan 21, 2003 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 24:33
Jan 19, 2003 @ DET W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 16:50
Jan 17, 2003 @ CHI W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:57
Jan 16, 2003 @ MIN L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21:36
Jan 14, 2003 vs NSH W 4-3 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 24:50
Jan 11, 2003 @ SJS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:43
Jan 10, 2003 vs CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:33
Jan 8, 2003 vs OTT W 6-4 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 25:57
Jan 4, 2003 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 21:09
Jan 2, 2003 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:26
Dec 31, 2002 vs TOR L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 21:18
Dec 28, 2002 vs ANA W 7-3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 19:12
Dec 26, 2002 @ EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:50
Dec 23, 2002 @ COL L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:41
Dec 21, 2002 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 27:19
Dec 19, 2002 @ NSH W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 21:52
Dec 17, 2002 @ CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:15
Dec 15, 2002 vs CGY T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 26:32
Dec 14, 2002 @ EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 18:45
Dec 11, 2002 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:51
Dec 9, 2002 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:21
Dec 7, 2002 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:15
Dec 3, 2002 @ NYI L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:54
Nov 30, 2002 @ FLA W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 18:12
Nov 29, 2002 @ TBL W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:54
Nov 27, 2002 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:03
Nov 25, 2002 @ MIN W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:46
Nov 22, 2002 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:00
Nov 20, 2002 vs CHI W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:55
Nov 16, 2002 vs NYR W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:36
Nov 14, 2002 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:58
Nov 12, 2002 vs STL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:16
Nov 9, 2002 @ PHX W 5-2 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 17:32
Nov 6, 2002 @ DAL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:07
Nov 4, 2002 @ COL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:58
Nov 2, 2002 @ MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 14:13
Oct 31, 2002 vs COL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:47
Oct 29, 2002 vs BUF T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:58
Oct 26, 2002 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:14
Oct 24, 2002 vs ANA T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 21:19
Oct 21, 2002 @ SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18:42
Oct 19, 2002 @ LAK T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 26:47
Oct 18, 2002 @ ANA T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:41
Oct 16, 2002 vs BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 25:07
Oct 14, 2002 vs CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:54
Oct 12, 2002 vs SJS W 5-3 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 21:57
Oct 10, 2002 @ CGY W 3-0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 20:34