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Mikael Samuelsson

#37 · Right wing · Detroit Red Wings

Born Dec 23, 1976 in Mariefred, SWE · 6'2", 218 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 145th overall in 1998 by SJS (round 5)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2007-08

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2008-09. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ryan Callahan NYR · 40 P in 81 GP Colby Armstrong ATL · 40 P in 82 GP Dainius Zubrus NJD · 40 P in 82 GP Valtteri Filppula DET · 40 P in 80 GP Curtis Glencross CGY · 40 P in 74 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.

020402000-01: 0 points000-012001-02: 16 points1601-022002-03: 24 points2402-032003-04: 9 points903-042005-06: 45 points4505-062006-07: 34 points3406-072007-08: 40 points4007-082008-09: 40 points4008-092009-10: 53 points5309-102010-11: 50 points5010-112011-12: 31 points3111-122012-13: 1 points112-132013-14: 3 points313-14

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2000-01 SJS 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0.00
2001-02 NYR 67 6 10 16 10 23 94 59 0.24
2002-03 NYR 58 8 14 22 0 32 118 5 0.38
2002-03 PIT 22 2 0 2 -21 8 36 14 0.09
2003-04 FLA 37 3 6 9 0 35 50 15 0.24
2005-06 DET 71 23 22 45 27 42 187 49 0.63
2006-07 DET 53 14 20 34 1 28 189 46 0.64
2007-08 DET 73 11 29 40 21 26 249 74 0.55
2008-09 DET 81 19 21 40 0 50 257 92 0.49
2009-10 VAN 74 30 23 53 10 64 219 50 0.72
2010-11 VAN 75 18 32 50 8 36 215 76 0.67
2011-12 VAN 6 1 2 3 -1 6 13 5 0.50
2011-12 FLA 48 13 15 28 2 14 125 74 0.58
2012-13 DET 4 0 1 1 -3 0 4 6 0.25
2013-14 DET 26 1 2 3 -4 6 36 13 0.12 $3M
13 seasons Career 699 149 197 346 50 370 1795 580 0.49

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 DET 6 0 1 1 -1 6 16 7 0.17
2006-07 DET 18 3 8 11 2 14 45 21 0.61
2007-08 DET 22 5 8 13 8 8 79 20 0.59
2008-09 DET 23 5 5 10 7 6 79 42 0.43
2009-10 VAN 12 8 7 15 7 16 42 30 1.25
2010-11 VAN 11 1 2 3 -4 8 20 19 0.27
2011-12 FLA 7 0 5 5 -1 2 14 21 0.71
2012-13 DET 5 1 1 2 -1 2 8 3 0.40
8 seasons Playoffs 104 23 37 60 17 62 303 163 0.58

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 19 21 40 0 50 257 92 0.49 7.4 15:22

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2013-14 $3M

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 12, 2009 @ CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 17:19
Apr 11, 2009 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:15
Apr 9, 2009 vs NSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:20
Apr 6, 2009 @ BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 13:50
Apr 5, 2009 vs MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 15:42
Apr 2, 2009 vs STL L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 17:24
Mar 29, 2009 vs NSH L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 16:27
Mar 27, 2009 vs NYI L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 7 1 19:22
Mar 24, 2009 @ EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:31
Mar 23, 2009 @ CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 17:44
Mar 20, 2009 @ ATL W 6-3 0 0 0 1 6 2 0 14:13
Mar 17, 2009 vs PHI W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 16:34
Mar 15, 2009 @ CBJ W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 16:21
Mar 14, 2009 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 14:45
Mar 12, 2009 vs CGY L 5-6 (SO) 1 0 1 -2 0 6 1 15:12
Mar 10, 2009 vs PHX W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 12:49
Mar 7, 2009 vs CBJ L 2-8 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 16:54
Mar 4, 2009 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 18:42
Mar 3, 2009 @ STL W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:14
Feb 28, 2009 @ NSH L 0-8 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 15:19
Feb 27, 2009 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:48
Feb 25, 2009 vs SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 13:02
Feb 21, 2009 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 7 2 15:41
Feb 20, 2009 vs ANA W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 15:57
Feb 18, 2009 vs NSH W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:20
Feb 15, 2009 vs COL L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:08
Feb 13, 2009 @ CBJ L 2-3 1 0 1 0 2 6 2 14:27
Feb 12, 2009 vs MIN W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 17:52
Feb 10, 2009 @ NSH W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 16:57
Feb 8, 2009 @ PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 1 4 3 1 13:28
Feb 7, 2009 vs EDM W 8-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 15:41
Feb 4, 2009 vs PHX W 5-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 14:31
Feb 2, 2009 vs STL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:59
Jan 31, 2009 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 16:37
Jan 29, 2009 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:42
Jan 27, 2009 @ CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 18:44
Jan 20, 2009 @ PHX L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 12:49
Jan 17, 2009 @ SJS L 5-6 0 0 0 -1 4 3 0 13:16
Jan 15, 2009 @ LAK W 4-0 1 0 1 1 2 8 1 15:02
Jan 14, 2009 @ ANA W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 11:17
Jan 12, 2009 @ DAL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15:17
Jan 10, 2009 vs BUF W 3-1 1 1 2 2 0 4 1 15:58
Jan 8, 2009 vs DAL W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:38
Jan 6, 2009 vs CBJ W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12:57
Jan 3, 2009 @ MIN W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 13:20
Jan 1, 2009 @ CHI W 6-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 12:04
Dec 27, 2008 @ COL L 3-4 (SO) 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 13:53
Dec 26, 2008 @ NSH L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 17:29
Dec 23, 2008 vs STL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 13:08
Dec 20, 2008 vs LAK W 6-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 14:45
Dec 18, 2008 vs SJS W 6-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:41
Dec 15, 2008 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:18
Dec 13, 2008 @ PHX W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 14:19
Dec 12, 2008 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15:11
Dec 10, 2008 vs CGY W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:29
Dec 6, 2008 vs CHI W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:03
Dec 4, 2008 vs VAN W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:47
Dec 1, 2008 vs ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 17:49
Nov 29, 2008 @ BOS L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 16:42
Nov 28, 2008 vs CBJ W 5-3 0 2 2 -1 2 1 1 14:45
Nov 26, 2008 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 14:46
Nov 24, 2008 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 5 1 20:26
Nov 22, 2008 @ CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 18:02
Nov 20, 2008 @ EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:06
Nov 17, 2008 vs EDM W 4-0 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 15:05
Nov 14, 2008 @ FLA W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 5 2 15:41
Nov 13, 2008 @ TBL W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 14:55
Nov 11, 2008 vs PIT L 6-7 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 13:32
Nov 8, 2008 vs NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:59
Nov 2, 2008 @ VAN W 3-2 1 1 2 -1 2 3 0 13:56
Oct 30, 2008 @ SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 13:22
Oct 29, 2008 @ ANA L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 20:38
Oct 27, 2008 @ LAK W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 6 3 1 17:31
Oct 25, 2008 @ CHI W 6-5 (SO) 0 2 2 0 2 5 0 15:33
Oct 24, 2008 vs ATL W 5-3 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 15:45
Oct 22, 2008 @ STL W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 5 3 13:00
Oct 18, 2008 vs NYR W 5-4 (OT) 1 2 3 1 0 4 2 17:43
Oct 16, 2008 vs VAN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:14
Oct 13, 2008 @ CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 12:34
Oct 11, 2008 @ OTT W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:57
Oct 9, 2008 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:17