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Frans Nielsen

#81 · Centre · Detroit Red Wings

Born Apr 24, 1984 in Herning, DNK · 6'1", 186 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 87th overall in 2002 by NYI (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2006-07. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Boyd Kane PHI · 2 P in 15 GP Ben Ondrus TOR · 2 P in 16 GP Drew Larman FLA · 2 P in 16 GP Kamil Kreps FLA · 2 P in 14 GP Enver Lisin PHX · 2 P in 17 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.

020402006-07: 2 points206-072007-08: 3 points32008-09: 33 points3308-092009-10: 38 points382010-11: 44 points4410-112011-12: 47 points472012-13: 29 points2912-132013-14: 58 points582014-15: 43 points4314-152015-16: 52 points522016-17: 41 points4116-172017-18: 33 points332018-19: 35 points3518-192019-20: 9 points92020-21: 6 points620-21

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2006-07 NYI 15 1 1 2 -2 0 16 7 0.13
2007-08 NYI 16 2 1 3 1 0 17 4 0.19
2008-09 NYI 59 9 24 33 -4 18 101 29 0.56 $525K
2009-10 NYI 76 12 26 38 4 6 136 39 0.50 $525K
2010-11 NYI 71 13 31 44 13 38 156 23 0.62 $525K
2011-12 NYI 82 17 30 47 -3 6 133 29 0.57 $525K
2012-13 NYI 48 6 23 29 -3 12 93 23 0.60 $2.75M
2013-14 NYI 80 25 33 58 -11 8 167 39 0.73 $2.75M
2014-15 NYI 78 14 29 43 8 12 157 48 0.55 $2.75M
2015-16 NYI 81 20 32 52 1 12 181 35 0.64 $2.75M
2016-17 DET 79 17 24 41 -19 18 162 64 0.52 $5.25M
2017-18 DET 79 16 17 33 1 14 134 49 0.42 $5.25M
2018-19 DET 72 10 25 35 -7 14 120 79 0.49 $5.25M
2019-20 DET 60 4 5 9 -13 8 86 44 0.15 $5.25M
2020-21 DET 29 1 5 6 -3 0 24 23 0.21 $5.25M
15 seasons Career 925 167 306 473 -37 166 1683 535 0.51

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 NYI 6 0 2 2 -2 0 16 4 0.33
2014-15 NYI 7 1 1 2 -1 0 11 5 0.29
2015-16 NYI 11 3 3 6 -3 2 26 19 0.55
3 seasons Playoffs 24 4 6 10 -6 2 53 28 0.42

2006-07 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
15 1 1 2 -2 0 16 7 0.13 6.3 5:13

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2020-21 to 2020-21 $5.25M
2018-19 to 2021-22 $5.25M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $5.25M
2012-13 to 2015-16 $2.75M
2008-09 to 2011-12 $525K

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 2006-07 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
Feb 27, 2007 vs PHI W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 04:07
Feb 24, 2007 vs MTL W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 03:28
Feb 22, 2007 vs TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:37
Feb 19, 2007 vs PIT W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:18
Feb 17, 2007 vs NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:44
Feb 15, 2007 vs BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 07:23
Feb 13, 2007 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:58
Feb 10, 2007 @ BOS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 04:46
Feb 8, 2007 @ NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 06:22
Feb 7, 2007 vs PHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:45
Feb 4, 2007 @ WSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 04:16
Feb 3, 2007 @ MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:41
Feb 1, 2007 @ ATL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 02:38
Jan 9, 2007 @ NYR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:36
Jan 6, 2007 @ CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 07:38