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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 2009-10. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adrian Aucoin PHX · 28 P in 82 GP Keith Ballard FLA · 28 P in 82 GP Filip Kuba OTT · 28 P in 53 GP Kris Letang PIT · 27 P in 73 GP Derek Morris PHX · 29 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

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
68 9 19 28 14 18 119 43 0.41 7.6 20:41

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 2009-10 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 6, 2010 vs COL L 3-4 (SO) 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 25:43
Apr 4, 2010 vs MIN W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 2 5 0 26:18
Apr 2, 2010 @ ANA W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 26:28
Apr 1, 2010 @ LAK L 3-8 0 0 0 -4 0 1 1 19:05
Mar 30, 2010 vs PHX W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 23:09
Mar 27, 2010 @ SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 24:56
Mar 24, 2010 vs ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 18:51
Mar 23, 2010 @ EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:33
Mar 20, 2010 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:26
Mar 18, 2010 vs SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:25
Mar 16, 2010 vs NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 20:16
Mar 14, 2010 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 20:31
Mar 13, 2010 vs OTT W 5-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 19:58
Mar 10, 2010 @ PHX L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 24:01
Mar 9, 2010 @ COL W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 18:40
Mar 7, 2010 @ NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:09
Mar 5, 2010 @ CHI L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 20:48
Mar 3, 2010 @ DET W 6-3 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 20:26
Mar 2, 2010 @ CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 24:46
Feb 14, 2010 @ MIN L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:28
Feb 12, 2010 @ CBJ W 4-3 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 20:56
Feb 11, 2010 @ FLA W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 23:02
Feb 9, 2010 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 24:17
Feb 6, 2010 @ BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 26:41
Feb 4, 2010 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 24:02
Feb 2, 2010 @ MTL L 2-3 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 24:04
Jan 21, 2010 vs DAL W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 14:18
Jan 20, 2010 @ EDM W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 25:02
Jan 16, 2010 vs PIT W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20:12
Jan 13, 2010 @ MIN L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 22:54
Jan 11, 2010 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:44
Jan 7, 2010 vs PHX W 4-0 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 20:33
Jan 5, 2010 vs CBJ W 7-3 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 20:09
Jan 2, 2010 @ DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:58
Dec 31, 2009 @ STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 25:24
Dec 29, 2009 @ PHX L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25:05
Dec 27, 2009 @ CGY W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 19:03
Dec 26, 2009 vs EDM W 4-1 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 17:35
Dec 22, 2009 vs NSH W 4-1 1 0 1 3 0 4 0 19:27
Dec 20, 2009 vs STL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 22:13
Dec 18, 2009 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:55
Dec 16, 2009 vs ANA L 2-3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 21:03
Dec 14, 2009 vs LAK W 3-1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 18:28
Dec 12, 2009 vs MIN W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:51
Dec 10, 2009 vs ATL W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 19:35
Dec 8, 2009 @ NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 9 3 22:01
Dec 5, 2009 @ CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:26
Dec 3, 2009 @ PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:29
Dec 2, 2009 @ NJD W 5-2 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 18:04
Nov 29, 2009 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:33
Nov 28, 2009 vs EDM W 7-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17:24
Nov 26, 2009 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 18:27
Nov 22, 2009 vs CHI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:02
Nov 20, 2009 vs COL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 16:23
Nov 14, 2009 @ COL W 8-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17:22
Nov 12, 2009 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:22
Nov 10, 2009 @ STL L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 16:13
Nov 6, 2009 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 21:01
Nov 5, 2009 @ MIN W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 18:59
Nov 3, 2009 vs NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:48
Nov 1, 2009 vs COL W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 19:39
Oct 30, 2009 @ ANA L 2-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:38
Oct 29, 2009 @ LAK W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:25
Oct 11, 2009 vs DAL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 02:51
Oct 7, 2009 vs MTL W 7-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20:39
Oct 5, 2009 vs CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 21:28
Oct 3, 2009 @ COL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:33
Oct 1, 2009 @ CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 21:39