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

Tuomo Ruutu CAR · 35 P in 54 GP Mikhail Grabovski TOR · 35 P in 59 GP Blake Comeau NYI · 35 P in 61 GP Josh Bailey NYI · 35 P in 73 GP James van Riemsdyk PHI · 35 P in 78 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

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
55 11 24 35 -4 24 114 34 0.64 9.6 18:14

Contract

$3MCap hitends in 2013, then UFA
$86KCap dollars per point35 points in 55 games

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2012-13, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2009-10 $3M
2010-11 $3M
2011-12 $3M
2012-13 $3M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

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 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 11, 2010 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:31
Apr 9, 2010 @ CBJ W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 19:36
Apr 7, 2010 vs CBJ W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 20:30
Apr 4, 2010 @ PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:20
Apr 3, 2010 vs NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 3 2 22:07
Apr 1, 2010 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 20:47
Mar 30, 2010 vs EDM W 5-4 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 18:49
Mar 27, 2010 @ NSH W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:14
Mar 26, 2010 vs MIN W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22:04
Mar 24, 2010 vs STL W 4-2 2 1 3 3 0 3 1 19:15
Mar 22, 2010 vs PIT W 3-1 1 1 2 2 0 3 2 24:04
Mar 20, 2010 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 21:55
Mar 19, 2010 @ EDM L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 22:12
Mar 15, 2010 @ CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 17:51
Mar 13, 2010 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:29
Mar 11, 2010 vs MIN W 5-1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 17:48
Mar 9, 2010 vs CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:16
Mar 7, 2010 @ CHI W 5-4 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 15:40
Mar 5, 2010 vs NSH W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 15:57
Mar 3, 2010 vs VAN L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:21
Mar 1, 2010 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:44
Feb 11, 2010 vs SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:03
Feb 9, 2010 @ STL L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 20:04
Feb 6, 2010 @ LAK L 3-4 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 16:37
Feb 3, 2010 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 7 1 15:48
Feb 2, 2010 @ SJS W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 16:17
Jan 31, 2010 @ PIT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21:17
Jan 29, 2010 vs NSH W 4-2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 16:53
Jan 27, 2010 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:34
Jan 26, 2010 vs PHX L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 16:50
Jan 23, 2010 vs LAK L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 18:07
Jan 21, 2010 @ MIN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:23
Jan 19, 2010 @ WSH L 2-3 0 2 2 2 0 4 1 18:11
Jan 17, 2010 vs CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:36
Jan 16, 2010 @ DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:24
Jan 14, 2010 vs CAR W 3-1 0 2 2 0 4 3 0 17:03
Jan 12, 2010 @ NYI L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 17:25
Jan 9, 2010 @ SJS W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:27
Jan 7, 2010 @ LAK W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 16:39
Jan 5, 2010 @ ANA L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 20:08
Jan 2, 2010 @ PHX W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:00
Dec 31, 2009 vs COL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 17:43
Dec 28, 2009 @ CBJ L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 18:13
Dec 26, 2009 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 17:42
Oct 29, 2009 @ EDM L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 09:01
Oct 27, 2009 @ VAN W 5-4 0 1 1 -2 2 3 0 17:20
Oct 24, 2009 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 19:08
Oct 22, 2009 @ PHX L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:46
Oct 17, 2009 vs COL L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 21:21
Oct 15, 2009 vs LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 22:32
Oct 13, 2009 @ BUF L 2-6 1 0 1 -2 0 3 1 16:09
Oct 10, 2009 vs WSH W 3-2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 18:31
Oct 8, 2009 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:33
Oct 3, 2009 @ STL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:49
Oct 2, 2009 vs STL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:47