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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 2008-09. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Sergei Fedorov WSH · 33 P in 52 GP Richard Zednik FLA · 33 P in 70 GP Michael Nylander WSH · 33 P in 72 GP Brian Rolston NJD · 32 P in 64 GP Marek Svatos COL · 34 P in 69 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

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
59 9 24 33 -4 18 101 29 0.56 8.9 16:32

Contract

$525KCap hitends in 2012, then UFA
$16KCap dollars per point33 points in 59 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 2011-12, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2008-09 $525K
2009-10 $525K
2010-11 $525K
2011-12 $525K

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 $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 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 vs BOS L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 14:01
Apr 11, 2009 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:10
Apr 9, 2009 @ PIT L 1-6 1 0 1 -2 0 5 3 20:18
Apr 7, 2009 @ CAR L 0-9 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 16:18
Apr 4, 2009 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:40
Apr 2, 2009 vs MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 14:50
Apr 1, 2009 @ WSH L 3-5 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 14:40
Mar 28, 2009 vs PHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 17:53
Mar 27, 2009 @ DET W 2-0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 15:41
Mar 25, 2009 vs MIN L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:10
Mar 21, 2009 @ OTT L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 15:19
Mar 20, 2009 @ CAR L 4-5 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 16:36
Mar 15, 2009 @ CHI W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:12
Mar 14, 2009 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:08
Mar 12, 2009 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 4 1 19:16
Mar 10, 2009 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 17:11
Mar 8, 2009 vs PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:27
Mar 7, 2009 vs NJD W 7-3 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 16:51
Mar 5, 2009 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:46
Mar 2, 2009 vs COL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:40
Feb 28, 2009 vs BUF W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:49
Feb 26, 2009 vs TOR L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 18:13
Feb 25, 2009 @ PIT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:13
Feb 21, 2009 vs NJD W 4-0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 16:11
Feb 19, 2009 vs CAR L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:39
Feb 18, 2009 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 18:05
Feb 16, 2009 vs PIT W 3-2 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 15:29
Feb 14, 2009 @ PHI L 1-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:51
Feb 11, 2009 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:42
Feb 10, 2009 vs LAK L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 18:17
Feb 7, 2009 @ TBL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:48
Feb 5, 2009 @ FLA L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 17:30
Feb 3, 2009 vs TBL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:43
Jan 31, 2009 vs FLA W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:26
Jan 29, 2009 @ ATL W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:24
Jan 21, 2009 vs ANA W 2-1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 13:47
Jan 19, 2009 vs WSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 17:16
Jan 17, 2009 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:25
Jan 15, 2009 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:23
Jan 13, 2009 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 15:42
Nov 21, 2008 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:19
Nov 17, 2008 vs VAN W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17:35
Nov 15, 2008 vs OTT W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 15:14
Nov 13, 2008 @ OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:11
Nov 11, 2008 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:43
Nov 8, 2008 vs PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:58
Nov 6, 2008 @ ATL L 3-4 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 18:02
Nov 4, 2008 @ NYR W 2-1 0 1 1 2 0 4 2 13:09
Nov 3, 2008 vs CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 16:28
Nov 1, 2008 vs MTL L 4-5 1 1 2 -1 0 1 0 17:16
Oct 30, 2008 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 14:07
Oct 27, 2008 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:07
Oct 25, 2008 vs CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:42
Oct 23, 2008 vs DAL L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:32
Oct 18, 2008 @ FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:24
Oct 16, 2008 @ TBL W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 14:52
Oct 13, 2008 vs BUF L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:23
Oct 11, 2008 vs STL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:54
Oct 10, 2008 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:57