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

Jarret Stoll EDM · 36 P in 81 GP Matthew Lombardi CGY · 36 P in 82 GP Paul Gaustad BUF · 36 P in 82 GP Michel Ouellet TBL · 36 P in 64 GP Sergei Samsonov CAR · 36 P in 61 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

2007-08 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 19 17 36 16 28 122 35 0.46 15.6 16:58

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 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 6, 2008 vs CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:56
Apr 3, 2008 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:01
Apr 2, 2008 @ CHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 19:43
Mar 30, 2008 vs NSH W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:11
Mar 28, 2008 vs STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 17:34
Mar 16, 2008 @ CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:58
Mar 15, 2008 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:37
Mar 13, 2008 vs DAL W 5-3 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 19:21
Mar 11, 2008 vs CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 18:37
Mar 9, 2008 vs NSH W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:40
Mar 5, 2008 vs STL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:55
Mar 2, 2008 @ BUF W 4-2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 15:54
Feb 29, 2008 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 20:18
Feb 26, 2008 @ EDM L 3-4 (SO) 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 19:35
Feb 23, 2008 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:44
Feb 22, 2008 @ CGY L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16:17
Feb 18, 2008 @ COL W 4-0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 17:18
Feb 17, 2008 @ DAL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:01
Feb 15, 2008 vs CBJ L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:36
Feb 12, 2008 @ NSH L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 16:39
Feb 10, 2008 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:54
Feb 9, 2008 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:55
Feb 7, 2008 vs LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:08
Feb 5, 2008 @ MIN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:17
Feb 2, 2008 @ BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:15
Feb 1, 2008 vs COL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:05
Jan 30, 2008 vs PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:27
Jan 23, 2008 @ ANA W 2-1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 21:28
Jan 22, 2008 @ LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:22
Jan 19, 2008 @ SJS W 6-3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 16:25
Jan 17, 2008 vs VAN W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 16:54
Jan 15, 2008 vs ATL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:20
Jan 12, 2008 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:14
Jan 10, 2008 vs MIN L 5-6 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 21:27
Jan 8, 2008 vs COL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:10
Jan 6, 2008 @ CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 17:04
Jan 5, 2008 @ DAL W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 17:20
Jan 2, 2008 vs DAL W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 17:57
Dec 31, 2007 vs STL L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 18:04
Dec 29, 2007 @ PHX W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 18:52
Dec 27, 2007 @ COL W 4-2 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 19:51
Dec 26, 2007 @ STL W 5-0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 14:56
Dec 22, 2007 @ MIN W 4-1 0 1 1 1 2 4 1 20:20
Dec 20, 2007 @ STL L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 17:27
Dec 19, 2007 vs LAK W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 14:35
Dec 17, 2007 vs WSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:06
Dec 15, 2007 vs FLA W 5-2 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 18:21
Dec 13, 2007 vs EDM L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:45
Dec 10, 2007 @ NSH W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 15:52
Dec 9, 2007 vs CAR W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 16:07
Dec 7, 2007 vs MIN W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:03
Dec 4, 2007 @ MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16:37
Dec 1, 2007 vs PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:37
Nov 29, 2007 vs TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 14:23
Nov 27, 2007 vs CGY W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 15:42
Nov 24, 2007 @ CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:34
Nov 22, 2007 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:36
Nov 21, 2007 vs STL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:05
Nov 18, 2007 @ CBJ W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:19
Nov 17, 2007 vs CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:15
Nov 13, 2007 @ STL L 3-4 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 15:30
Nov 11, 2007 @ CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:18
Nov 9, 2007 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:58
Nov 7, 2007 vs NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 19:18
Nov 1, 2007 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:16
Oct 30, 2007 @ EDM W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 12:58
Oct 28, 2007 @ VAN W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 16:31
Oct 26, 2007 vs SJS W 5-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 12:37
Oct 24, 2007 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:36
Oct 20, 2007 @ PHX W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:20
Oct 18, 2007 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:51
Oct 15, 2007 @ ANA L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 4 1 1 14:11
Oct 14, 2007 @ LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:52
Oct 12, 2007 vs CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:59
Oct 10, 2007 vs CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:35
Oct 8, 2007 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:16
Oct 6, 2007 @ CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:44
Oct 3, 2007 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:15