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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 2005-06. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ed Jovanovski VAN · 33 P in 44 GP Mattias Ohlund VAN · 33 P in 78 GP Brian Leetch BOS · 32 P in 61 GP Brent Seabrook CHI · 32 P in 69 GP Nolan Baumgartner VAN · 34 P in 70 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

2005-06 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
59 10 23 33 9 38 140 58 0.56 7.1 24:30

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 2005-06 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
Feb 12, 2006 vs MIN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 28:11
Feb 10, 2006 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 28:31
Feb 8, 2006 vs STL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 28:24
Feb 6, 2006 vs CBJ W 7-4 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 24:23
Feb 4, 2006 @ EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25:32
Feb 3, 2006 @ CGY W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 20:55
Jan 31, 2006 @ PHX W 7-4 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 22:05
Jan 28, 2006 @ COL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 27:00
Jan 26, 2006 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 27:38
Jan 24, 2006 @ CBJ L 5-6 1 0 1 -2 0 5 0 26:26
Jan 23, 2006 @ STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 24:15
Jan 21, 2006 vs MTL W 6-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 19:11
Jan 19, 2006 vs BUF W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 26:11
Jan 16, 2006 @ PIT W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 27:22
Jan 14, 2006 @ NYI W 8-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22:26
Jan 13, 2006 @ NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:16
Jan 10, 2006 vs TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 22:23
Jan 7, 2006 vs CGY W 4-3 (OT) 2 1 3 0 0 4 2 27:04
Jan 5, 2006 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 26:47
Jan 4, 2006 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 21:44
Jan 2, 2006 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:40
Dec 31, 2005 @ MIN L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 21:14
Dec 28, 2005 vs NSH W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 26:20
Dec 26, 2005 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22:00
Dec 23, 2005 vs CGY L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 27:10
Dec 21, 2005 vs EDM L 6-7 0 1 1 -3 0 0 3 23:48
Dec 19, 2005 vs LAK L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 26:45
Dec 17, 2005 vs EDM L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 24:09
Dec 15, 2005 @ PHI W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 26:11
Dec 13, 2005 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 25:17
Dec 9, 2005 vs OTT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 28:41
Dec 4, 2005 vs BOS W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 27:29
Dec 1, 2005 @ EDM L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 20:23
Nov 30, 2005 vs COL W 5-2 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 19:42
Nov 27, 2005 @ COL L 2-6 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 23:58
Nov 26, 2005 @ PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25:25
Nov 24, 2005 vs SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:36
Nov 22, 2005 vs CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 24:38
Nov 20, 2005 @ ANA W 3-2 2 0 2 1 2 9 0 26:19
Nov 17, 2005 @ LAK L 4-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 19:16
Nov 16, 2005 @ SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 25:13
Nov 13, 2005 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24:06
Nov 10, 2005 vs COL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 26:37
Nov 7, 2005 @ CGY L 3-4 0 1 1 1 2 1 5 25:52
Nov 5, 2005 @ CGY L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 25:01
Nov 4, 2005 vs CBJ W 5-3 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 23:51
Nov 2, 2005 vs MIN W 2-1 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 25:48
Oct 29, 2005 @ COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 27:14
Oct 27, 2005 @ COL L 2-6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 25:07
Oct 25, 2005 @ MIN W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 3 25:22
Oct 22, 2005 vs COL W 6-4 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 21:52
Oct 20, 2005 vs PHX W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 6 3 27:42
Oct 18, 2005 vs CHI W 6-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 24:25
Oct 16, 2005 vs DAL W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 26:52
Oct 14, 2005 @ MIN W 5-3 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 26:00
Oct 12, 2005 @ MIN L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 22:41
Oct 10, 2005 @ DET W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 26:24
Oct 8, 2005 @ EDM L 3-4 (SO) 1 2 3 0 4 8 0 30:02
Oct 5, 2005 vs PHX W 3-2 0 1 1 2 2 5 2 26:34