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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 2008-09. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Trevor Daley DAL · 25 P in 75 GP Mattias Ohlund VAN · 25 P in 82 GP Craig Rivet BUF · 24 P in 64 GP Ian White TOR · 26 P in 71 GP Steve Eminger FLA · 26 P in 71 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

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
60 5 20 25 5 26 110 46 0.42 4.5 20:11

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 2008-09 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 11, 2009 @ COL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 21:25
Apr 9, 2009 vs LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:15
Apr 7, 2009 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:58
Apr 5, 2009 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:18
Apr 4, 2009 @ EDM L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 20:54
Apr 2, 2009 vs ANA L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 22:49
Mar 31, 2009 @ MIN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 21:08
Mar 29, 2009 @ CHI W 4-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 21:33
Mar 27, 2009 @ COL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:33
Mar 26, 2009 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19:30
Mar 24, 2009 @ DAL W 5-2 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 20:48
Mar 21, 2009 @ PHX L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 21:19
Mar 19, 2009 vs STL W 3-0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 19:42
Mar 17, 2009 vs DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:27
Mar 15, 2009 vs COL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:41
Mar 13, 2009 vs LAK W 4-2 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 20:58
Mar 11, 2009 @ ANA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 21:19
Mar 9, 2009 @ LAK L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 20:47
Mar 7, 2009 vs SJS W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 20:18
Mar 3, 2009 vs MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 19:44
Mar 1, 2009 vs CBJ W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 18:37
Feb 27, 2009 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:55
Feb 24, 2009 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:15
Feb 21, 2009 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 18:51
Feb 19, 2009 @ OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 19:31
Feb 17, 2009 @ CGY W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 20:16
Feb 15, 2009 vs MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:20
Feb 13, 2009 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 22:44
Feb 12, 2009 @ PHX W 4-3 0 2 2 1 0 5 1 21:24
Feb 10, 2009 @ STL W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 21:28
Feb 7, 2009 vs CHI W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 24:25
Feb 3, 2009 vs CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:39
Jan 31, 2009 vs MIN L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 24:37
Jan 28, 2009 vs NSH L 3-5 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 22:42
Jan 20, 2009 @ SJS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:07
Dec 17, 2008 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:01
Dec 7, 2008 @ COL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:38
Dec 5, 2008 @ MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:19
Dec 4, 2008 @ DET L 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:24
Dec 1, 2008 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 19:17
Nov 29, 2008 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:32
Nov 27, 2008 vs CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 19:49
Nov 24, 2008 vs DET W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 22:12
Nov 19, 2008 @ NYR W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:45
Nov 17, 2008 @ NYI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 26:24
Nov 15, 2008 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 4 0 4 20:36
Nov 12, 2008 vs COL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:46
Nov 8, 2008 vs MIN W 2-0 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 19:48
Nov 6, 2008 vs PHX W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:17
Nov 4, 2008 vs NSH W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 18:15
Nov 2, 2008 vs DET L 2-3 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 18:17
Oct 31, 2008 @ ANA W 7-6 (SO) 0 1 1 0 4 2 3 18:06
Oct 30, 2008 @ LAK W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 20:59
Oct 28, 2008 vs BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:19
Oct 19, 2008 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:40
Oct 17, 2008 @ BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 22:37
Oct 16, 2008 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 27:45
Oct 13, 2008 @ WSH L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 21:30
Oct 11, 2008 @ CGY W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 27:31
Oct 9, 2008 vs CGY W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:33