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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 2007-08. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Scott Niedermayer ANA · 25 P in 48 GP Derek Morris PHX · 25 P in 82 GP Dan Boyle TBL · 25 P in 37 GP Joni Pitkanen EDM · 26 P in 63 GP James Wisniewski CHI · 26 P in 68 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

2007-08 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
63 8 17 25 8 38 122 36 0.40 6.6 23:39

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 2007-08 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 5, 2008 vs CGY L 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:43
Apr 3, 2008 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 27:55
Apr 1, 2008 vs COL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 22:55
Mar 30, 2008 vs CGY W 6-2 1 0 1 1 4 3 1 23:56
Mar 28, 2008 @ MIN L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:58
Mar 26, 2008 @ COL L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 21:21
Mar 25, 2008 @ CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 25:57
Mar 21, 2008 vs MIN L 1-2 1 0 1 -1 0 6 3 24:42
Mar 20, 2008 @ EDM W 4-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 21:58
Mar 17, 2008 vs PHX W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 24:45
Mar 15, 2008 @ DAL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 24:08
Mar 13, 2008 @ PHX L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:25
Mar 12, 2008 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 22:15
Mar 10, 2008 @ LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:59
Mar 8, 2008 vs STL W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 25:21
Mar 6, 2008 vs NSH W 6-2 0 3 3 3 0 2 0 19:14
Mar 4, 2008 @ COL L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:14
Mar 2, 2008 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:55
Feb 29, 2008 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 24:25
Feb 27, 2008 vs COL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 24:28
Feb 23, 2008 vs DET W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 21:58
Feb 21, 2008 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 24:46
Feb 19, 2008 @ MIN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 25:16
Feb 16, 2008 vs EDM W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 26:40
Feb 14, 2008 vs MIN L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 28:44
Feb 10, 2008 vs CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 29:35
Feb 9, 2008 vs COL L 2-6 1 1 2 -2 0 2 2 24:26
Feb 7, 2008 @ ATL W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 26:19
Feb 5, 2008 @ DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 28:43
Jan 29, 2008 vs DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 22:37
Jan 23, 2008 vs STL W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 26:47
Jan 21, 2008 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 24:01
Jan 19, 2008 vs LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 24:00
Jan 17, 2008 @ DET L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 26:28
Jan 15, 2008 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 23:43
Jan 13, 2008 @ STL W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 28:39
Jan 11, 2008 vs PHX L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 27:28
Jan 10, 2008 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:21
Jan 8, 2008 vs NYI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 24:21
Jan 3, 2008 vs NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:58
Dec 31, 2007 @ CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 27:45
Dec 30, 2007 vs ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:48
Dec 27, 2007 vs CGY W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 24:37
Dec 23, 2007 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 24:37
Dec 22, 2007 @ PHX W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 24:03
Dec 20, 2007 vs DAL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 23:46
Dec 18, 2007 vs NJD W 5-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 21:42
Dec 15, 2007 @ EDM L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24:20
Dec 13, 2007 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:22
Dec 12, 2007 @ ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 24:50
Dec 10, 2007 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 23:59
Dec 8, 2007 vs PIT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 21:22
Dec 6, 2007 @ NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24:24
Dec 5, 2007 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 22:40
Dec 2, 2007 @ MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:30
Nov 29, 2007 vs CBJ W 2-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 20:53
Nov 27, 2007 vs ANA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 23:47
Nov 25, 2007 vs CHI W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 26:21
Nov 23, 2007 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:39
Nov 1, 2007 vs NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 20:54
Oct 28, 2007 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 22:18
Oct 26, 2007 @ WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 23:33
Oct 24, 2007 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 22:17