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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 2006-07. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Joe Corvo OTT · 37 P in 76 GP Filip Kuba TBL · 37 P in 81 GP Wade Redden OTT · 36 P in 64 GP Roman Hamrlik CGY · 38 P in 75 GP Mark Streit MTL · 36 P in 76 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

2006-07 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
67 14 23 37 21 26 143 40 0.55 9.8 21:27

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 2006-07 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 8, 2007 @ PHX L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:09
Apr 7, 2007 @ SJS W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 22:22
Apr 5, 2007 vs COL L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 22:40
Apr 3, 2007 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 21:34
Mar 27, 2007 @ COL W 3-0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 19:36
Mar 17, 2007 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 14:48
Mar 15, 2007 vs STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:00
Mar 13, 2007 vs MIN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:02
Mar 11, 2007 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:39
Mar 9, 2007 @ SJS W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 22:04
Mar 8, 2007 @ PHX W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 19:16
Mar 6, 2007 vs TBL W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20:12
Mar 4, 2007 vs MIN W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 25:53
Mar 1, 2007 vs PHX W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 25:09
Feb 27, 2007 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17:28
Feb 25, 2007 @ DAL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 26:18
Feb 22, 2007 @ LAK W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 24:58
Feb 20, 2007 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 24:18
Feb 18, 2007 vs COL W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 25:01
Feb 16, 2007 @ CHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 27:03
Feb 14, 2007 @ MIN W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 21:47
Feb 10, 2007 vs ATL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 19:03
Feb 7, 2007 vs CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 23:42
Feb 6, 2007 @ EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:48
Feb 3, 2007 @ CGY L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 23:22
Feb 1, 2007 vs EDM W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:37
Jan 30, 2007 vs CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 6 1 24:16
Jan 28, 2007 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 21:27
Jan 26, 2007 vs LAK L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 22:41
Jan 19, 2007 @ BUF L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -2 0 5 0 25:49
Jan 18, 2007 @ OTT W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 23:13
Jan 16, 2007 @ MTL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:41
Jan 13, 2007 @ TOR W 6-1 1 0 1 -1 4 2 1 20:06
Jan 11, 2007 vs MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 21:59
Jan 7, 2007 vs FLA W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21:08
Jan 5, 2007 vs EDM W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 22:57
Jan 3, 2007 vs DAL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 24:12
Jan 2, 2007 @ CGY W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 21:05
Dec 30, 2006 @ EDM W 6-2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 18:20
Dec 27, 2006 vs CGY W 6-5 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 19:53
Dec 26, 2006 @ CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 19:26
Dec 22, 2006 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:36
Dec 21, 2006 @ BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 21:56
Dec 4, 2006 vs EDM L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 05:00
Dec 2, 2006 vs COL W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:45
Nov 30, 2006 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 23:48
Nov 28, 2006 vs CBJ W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 22:04
Nov 25, 2006 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:10
Nov 23, 2006 @ NSH L 0-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 17:10
Nov 22, 2006 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 24:58
Nov 19, 2006 vs CHI W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 21:08
Nov 17, 2006 vs STL W 4-2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21:45
Nov 14, 2006 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 23:47
Nov 11, 2006 vs CGY L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 21:39
Nov 2, 2006 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:40
Oct 31, 2006 vs NSH L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 24:25
Oct 27, 2006 vs WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 2 7 0 24:19
Oct 25, 2006 @ CHI W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:41
Oct 23, 2006 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 19:32
Oct 21, 2006 @ NSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 6 3 23:24
Oct 20, 2006 @ STL W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 27:02
Oct 17, 2006 @ EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 22:13
Oct 16, 2006 vs EDM W 2-1 1 0 1 1 4 4 1 23:11
Oct 10, 2006 @ MIN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:38
Oct 8, 2006 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 22:24
Oct 6, 2006 @ CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 23:18
Oct 5, 2006 @ DET W 3-1 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 22:54