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Valtteri Filppula

#51 · Centre · Detroit Red Wings

Born Mar 20, 1984 in Vantaa, FIN · 6'0", 189 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 95th overall in 2002 by DET (round 3)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2007-08

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2005-06. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Denis Hamel OTT · 1 P in 4 GP Aleksander Suglobov TOR · 1 P in 3 GP Boyd Kane WSH · 1 P in 5 GP Brett Hull PHX · 1 P in 5 GP Junior Lessard DAL · 1 P in 5 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.

02040602005-06: 1 points105-062006-07: 17 points172007-08: 36 points3607-082008-09: 40 points402009-10: 35 points3509-102010-11: 39 points392011-12: 66 points6611-122012-13: 17 points172013-14: 58 points5813-142014-15: 48 points482015-16: 31 points3115-162016-17: 42 points422017-18: 33 points3317-182018-19: 31 points312019-20: 21 points2119-202020-21: 15 points15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 DET 4 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 0.25
2006-07 DET 73 10 7 17 8 20 76 37 0.23
2007-08 DET 78 19 17 36 16 28 122 35 0.46
2008-09 DET 80 12 28 40 9 42 129 41 0.50 $3M
2009-10 DET 55 11 24 35 -4 24 114 34 0.64 $3M
2010-11 DET 71 16 23 39 -1 22 115 30 0.55 $3M
2011-12 DET 81 23 43 66 18 14 144 42 0.81 $3M
2012-13 DET 41 9 8 17 -4 6 78 16 0.41 $3M
2013-14 TBL 75 25 33 58 5 20 131 33 0.77 $5M
2014-15 TBL 82 12 36 48 -14 24 91 25 0.59 $5M
2015-16 TBL 76 8 23 31 -6 46 101 30 0.41 $5M
2016-17 TBL 59 7 27 34 1 24 74 21 0.58 $5M
2016-17 PHI 20 5 3 8 -2 2 23 5 0.40
2017-18 PHI 81 11 22 33 -7 20 70 25 0.41 $5M
2018-19 NYI 72 17 14 31 19 16 78 12 0.43 $2.75M
2019-20 DET 70 6 15 21 -42 24 63 28 0.30 $3M
2020-21 DET 38 6 9 15 -1 12 25 9 0.39 $3M
16 seasons Career 1056 197 333 530 -4 346 1435 426 0.50

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 DET 18 3 2 5 -2 2 22 8 0.28
2007-08 DET 22 5 6 11 7 2 39 14 0.50
2008-09 DET 23 3 13 16 8 8 35 24 0.70
2009-10 DET 12 4 5 9 1 6 33 13 0.75
2010-11 DET 11 2 6 8 5 6 24 12 0.73
2011-12 DET 5 0 2 2 -3 2 11 0 0.40
2012-13 DET 14 2 4 6 -4 4 24 12 0.43
2013-14 TBL 4 0 1 1 -4 0 3 0 0.25
2014-15 TBL 26 4 10 14 -6 4 31 15 0.54
2015-16 TBL 17 1 6 7 5 0 29 6 0.41
2017-18 PHI 6 1 2 3 -3 2 6 2 0.50
2018-19 NYI 8 0 4 4 0 2 7 3 0.50
12 seasons Playoffs 166 25 61 86 4 38 264 109 0.52

2005-06 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 0.25 0.0 7:19

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2020-21 to 2020-21 $3M
2019-20 to 2020-21 $3M
2018-19 to 2018-19 $2.75M
2013-14 to 2017-18 $5M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $3M
2008-09 to 2012-13 $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 2005-06 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 17, 2006 vs DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:05
Apr 8, 2006 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11:37
Dec 17, 2005 @ TBL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:30
Dec 15, 2005 @ FLA L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 04:05