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Matt Niskanen

#15 · Defence · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Dec 6, 1986 in Virginia, Minnesota, USA · 6'1", 203 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 28th overall in 2005 by DAL (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2017-18

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2007-08. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Roman Hamrlik MTL · 26 P in 77 GP Johnny Oduya NJD · 26 P in 75 GP Stephane Robidas DAL · 26 P in 82 GP Toni Lydman BUF · 26 P in 82 GP James Wisniewski CHI · 26 P in 68 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.

0102030402007-08: 26 points2607-082008-09: 35 points3508-092009-10: 15 points1509-102010-11: 10 points1010-112011-12: 21 points2111-122012-13: 14 points1412-132013-14: 46 points4613-142014-15: 31 points3114-152015-16: 32 points3215-162016-17: 39 points3916-172017-18: 29 points2917-182018-19: 25 points2518-192019-20: 33 points3319-20

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2007-08 DAL 78 7 19 26 22 36 99 47 0.33
2008-09 DAL 80 6 29 35 -11 52 111 87 0.44
2009-10 DAL 74 3 12 15 -15 18 110 113 0.20
2010-11 DAL 45 0 6 6 -1 30 51 97 0.13 $1.5M
2010-11 PIT 18 1 3 4 -2 20 26 25 0.22
2011-12 PIT 75 4 17 21 9 47 118 105 0.28 $1.5M
2012-13 PIT 40 4 10 14 4 12 67 49 0.35 $2.3M
2013-14 PIT 81 10 36 46 33 51 162 124 0.57 $2.3M
2014-15 WSH 82 4 27 31 7 47 117 143 0.38 $5.75M
2015-16 WSH 82 5 27 32 10 38 150 157 0.39 $5.75M
2016-17 WSH 78 5 34 39 20 32 154 147 0.50 $5.75M
2017-18 WSH 68 7 22 29 24 36 120 117 0.43 $5.75M
2018-19 WSH 80 8 17 25 -3 41 143 167 0.31 $5.75M
2019-20 PHI 68 8 25 33 15 29 126 124 0.49 $5.75M
13 seasons Career 949 72 284 356 112 489 1554 1502 0.38

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 DAL 16 0 3 3 -2 10 17 11 0.19
2010-11 PIT 7 0 1 1 -3 0 5 7 0.14
2011-12 PIT 4 1 2 3 2 6 8 5 0.75
2012-13 PIT 15 0 2 2 -4 11 17 16 0.13
2013-14 PIT 13 2 7 9 -2 8 24 29 0.69
2014-15 WSH 14 0 4 4 -2 0 22 35 0.29
2015-16 WSH 12 0 3 3 3 6 17 38 0.25
2016-17 WSH 13 1 3 4 0 19 24 45 0.31
2017-18 WSH 24 1 8 9 6 8 32 47 0.38
2018-19 WSH 7 0 2 2 0 0 7 21 0.29
2019-20 PHI 12 1 1 2 -4 4 11 26 0.17
11 seasons Playoffs 137 6 36 42 -6 72 184 280 0.31

2007-08 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 7 19 26 22 36 99 47 0.33 7.1 20:30

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2020-21 $5.75M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $5.75M
2014-15 to 2020-21 $5.75M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $2.3M
2010-11 to 2011-12 $1.5M

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 SJS W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 23:31
Apr 4, 2008 vs PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:52
Apr 3, 2008 @ PHX W 4-2 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 19:30
Mar 30, 2008 @ ANA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 20:45
Mar 29, 2008 @ LAK W 7-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 16:54
Mar 27, 2008 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:51
Mar 22, 2008 vs LAK L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 21:35
Mar 19, 2008 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 25:14
Mar 15, 2008 vs VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 25:47
Mar 13, 2008 @ DET L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:40
Mar 8, 2008 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:14
Mar 5, 2008 vs PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:45
Feb 23, 2008 @ NSH W 6-3 0 1 1 4 2 2 3 21:40
Feb 22, 2008 vs EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 19:29
Feb 20, 2008 vs CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:25
Feb 17, 2008 vs DET W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 24:49
Feb 15, 2008 @ ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:03
Feb 14, 2008 @ PHX L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 23:22
Feb 11, 2008 vs PHX W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 23:20
Feb 9, 2008 vs STL W 6-2 0 2 2 -1 0 1 2 20:55
Feb 7, 2008 @ MIN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 24:24
Feb 5, 2008 vs VAN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 24:52
Feb 2, 2008 @ CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 23:32
Feb 1, 2008 @ EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 23:20
Jan 29, 2008 @ VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 25:21
Jan 24, 2008 vs BUF L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 2 3 1 22:33
Jan 22, 2008 vs CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 6 1 25:24
Jan 20, 2008 vs ANA W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 24:30
Jan 19, 2008 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23:33
Jan 17, 2008 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:30
Jan 15, 2008 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 24:08
Jan 12, 2008 @ LAK L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 27:47
Jan 10, 2008 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 20:37
Jan 9, 2008 @ CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:21
Jan 7, 2008 vs MIN W 3-1 1 0 1 3 0 3 2 19:07
Jan 5, 2008 vs DET L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:35
Jan 3, 2008 @ MIN L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 26:22
Jan 2, 2008 @ DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 23:10
Dec 31, 2007 vs NSH L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 20:56
Dec 29, 2007 vs STL W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 23:27
Dec 26, 2007 vs MIN W 8-3 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 24:44
Dec 23, 2007 vs MTL W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 22:24
Dec 21, 2007 @ CGY W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:25
Dec 20, 2007 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 21:12
Dec 18, 2007 @ EDM W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 24:03
Dec 15, 2007 @ SJS W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 23:07
Dec 13, 2007 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 20:10
Dec 10, 2007 vs EDM W 5-4 (OT) 1 2 3 3 0 2 0 23:12
Dec 7, 2007 vs OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 24:28
Dec 5, 2007 vs SJS L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:23
Dec 3, 2007 @ CBJ W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:53
Dec 1, 2007 @ PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:20
Nov 30, 2007 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 18:19
Nov 28, 2007 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:41
Nov 26, 2007 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17:16
Nov 25, 2007 @ NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 24:43
Nov 23, 2007 vs TOR W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 21:19
Nov 21, 2007 vs ANA W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 22:35
Nov 19, 2007 vs LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 20:00
Nov 16, 2007 vs COL W 6-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 18:48
Nov 14, 2007 vs SJS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 23:44
Nov 10, 2007 @ LAK L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 21:02
Nov 8, 2007 @ PHX L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 18:01
Nov 7, 2007 @ SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 17:29
Nov 5, 2007 @ ANA W 5-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 16:53
Nov 2, 2007 vs PHX L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:21
Oct 31, 2007 vs CHI L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:42
Oct 29, 2007 vs SJS L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 16:43
Oct 27, 2007 @ PHX W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:32
Oct 25, 2007 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:12
Oct 20, 2007 vs ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:28
Oct 17, 2007 @ CBJ W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:45
Oct 13, 2007 @ CHI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:59
Oct 12, 2007 vs CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 06:45
Oct 10, 2007 vs LAK W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:50
Oct 6, 2007 @ NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:44
Oct 5, 2007 vs BOS W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 12:47
Oct 3, 2007 @ COL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:16