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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 2003-04. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Niclas Havelid ANA · 26 P in 79 GP Dan Hamhuis NSH · 26 P in 80 GP Marc-Andre Bergeron EDM · 26 P in 54 GP Jiri Slegr BOS · 26 P in 52 GP Joe Corvo LAK · 25 P in 72 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

2003-04 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
74 7 19 26 8 22 143 75 0.35 4.9 22:14

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 2003-04 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 3, 2004 vs EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 16:11
Apr 2, 2004 @ SJS W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 21:17
Mar 31, 2004 @ ANA W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 21:24
Mar 29, 2004 vs PHX W 6-1 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 19:13
Mar 27, 2004 vs DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:15
Mar 24, 2004 vs LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22:19
Mar 21, 2004 vs CBJ L 4-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 22:21
Mar 19, 2004 @ CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 27:10
Mar 18, 2004 @ DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 22:19
Mar 16, 2004 vs NSH T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 23:50
Mar 13, 2004 vs OTT L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 24:23
Mar 12, 2004 @ EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 23:21
Mar 10, 2004 vs MIN T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 25:41
Mar 8, 2004 vs COL L 2-9 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 24:23
Mar 6, 2004 @ CBJ W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 21:51
Mar 5, 2004 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:55
Mar 3, 2004 @ COL T 5-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 25:43
Feb 28, 2004 vs STL W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 25:07
Feb 26, 2004 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 26:17
Feb 24, 2004 vs DET W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 20:58
Feb 21, 2004 @ EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 25:35
Feb 19, 2004 @ MIN L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 23:56
Feb 16, 2004 @ COL W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 24:23
Feb 14, 2004 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 22:06
Feb 13, 2004 vs ATL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 23:52
Feb 11, 2004 vs CGY L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 2 5 1 24:41
Feb 5, 2004 @ NJD W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24:05
Feb 3, 2004 @ NYI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 3 4 23:13
Feb 2, 2004 @ NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 26:22
Jan 31, 2004 @ WSH W 6-1 1 1 2 2 2 4 0 21:19
Jan 29, 2004 @ STL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 24:39
Jan 27, 2004 vs CHI W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 26:53
Jan 25, 2004 vs NSH W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 24:46
Jan 21, 2004 vs TBL W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 3 23:07
Jan 19, 2004 vs DAL L 2-3 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 21:31
Jan 17, 2004 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:28
Jan 15, 2004 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:44
Jan 13, 2004 @ PHX W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 23:16
Jan 11, 2004 vs FLA T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:26
Dec 26, 2003 @ CGY W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:26
Dec 22, 2003 vs LAK T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 21:37
Dec 20, 2003 @ EDM W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:32
Dec 17, 2003 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:05
Dec 16, 2003 @ NSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:08
Dec 14, 2003 vs CAR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:48
Dec 11, 2003 vs COL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:46
Dec 9, 2003 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 23:07
Dec 6, 2003 vs MIN T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:38
Dec 4, 2003 vs CGY L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 21:00
Nov 29, 2003 @ CGY T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 7 2 24:00
Nov 27, 2003 @ OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 22:02
Nov 25, 2003 @ MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:12
Nov 24, 2003 @ TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 21:40
Nov 22, 2003 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 22:14
Nov 20, 2003 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 23:55
Nov 18, 2003 vs MTL W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 27:29
Nov 15, 2003 @ BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23:31
Nov 13, 2003 @ PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:57
Nov 11, 2003 @ MIN L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:23
Nov 8, 2003 vs MIN W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 22:10
Nov 6, 2003 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 20:18
Nov 5, 2003 @ NSH W 4-3 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 21:09
Nov 3, 2003 vs DET W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 18:26
Oct 31, 2003 @ PHX W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 23:31
Oct 30, 2003 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 23:43
Oct 28, 2003 vs CBJ W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28:04
Oct 26, 2003 vs PHX T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:31
Oct 22, 2003 vs STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 23:55
Oct 20, 2003 vs BUF W 6-1 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 21:26
Oct 18, 2003 @ MIN T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:32
Oct 16, 2003 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 20:23
Oct 13, 2003 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 22:25
Oct 11, 2003 vs EDM W 3-0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 20:20
Oct 9, 2003 vs CGY W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 20:05