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

Craig Rivet BUF · 15 P in 78 GP Sean O'Donnell LAK · 15 P in 78 GP Matt Gilroy NYR · 15 P in 69 GP Greg Zanon MIN · 15 P in 81 GP Freddy Meyer NYI · 15 P in 64 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

2009-10 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
74 3 12 15 -15 18 110 113 0.20 2.7 18:16

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 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 10, 2010 @ MIN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:19
Apr 6, 2010 vs CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 5 18:04
Apr 3, 2010 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:59
Apr 2, 2010 vs EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 17:44
Mar 31, 2010 vs SJS W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 16:50
Mar 29, 2010 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:07
Mar 27, 2010 @ LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:09
Mar 25, 2010 @ SJS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:23
Mar 23, 2010 @ NSH W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:49
Mar 20, 2010 vs OTT W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:55
Mar 14, 2010 vs COL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 16:01
Mar 12, 2010 vs LAK L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:36
Mar 10, 2010 @ BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 18:26
Mar 8, 2010 @ WSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 15:59
Mar 6, 2010 @ PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 15:26
Mar 4, 2010 vs STL L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:18
Mar 2, 2010 vs LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 16:57
Feb 13, 2010 @ PHX W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:28
Feb 11, 2010 @ CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:07
Feb 9, 2010 @ CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 18:29
Feb 6, 2010 vs PHX W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 15:39
Feb 4, 2010 @ CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:02
Feb 2, 2010 vs MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:19
Jan 31, 2010 vs PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 20:17
Jan 29, 2010 vs COL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 15:13
Jan 27, 2010 vs CGY W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 19:59
Jan 24, 2010 @ COL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 15:19
Jan 22, 2010 @ EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:32
Jan 21, 2010 @ VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:54
Jan 18, 2010 vs MIN W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 18:18
Jan 16, 2010 vs DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 24:08
Jan 14, 2010 @ MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 26:24
Jan 12, 2010 @ PHI L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 17:53
Jan 8, 2010 vs NYI W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 15:36
Jan 6, 2010 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:25
Jan 5, 2010 @ NJD L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:09
Jan 2, 2010 vs VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:40
Dec 31, 2009 vs ANA W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 16:33
Dec 29, 2009 vs CHI W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 15:38
Dec 26, 2009 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 19:14
Dec 23, 2009 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 21:16
Dec 19, 2009 vs DET W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:01
Dec 17, 2009 @ ATL L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 4 1 23:43
Dec 16, 2009 @ CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 23:21
Dec 12, 2009 @ LAK L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 19:34
Dec 11, 2009 @ SJS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:47
Dec 8, 2009 @ ANA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:27
Dec 5, 2009 vs EDM L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 17:20
Dec 3, 2009 vs ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:34
Nov 30, 2009 @ DET L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:02
Nov 28, 2009 vs TBL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:46
Nov 27, 2009 @ PHX L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 2 4 1 14:26
Nov 25, 2009 vs STL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:58
Nov 23, 2009 vs CAR W 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 18:52
Nov 21, 2009 vs NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:33
Nov 19, 2009 vs CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:33
Nov 18, 2009 @ DET W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 19:42
Nov 14, 2009 @ PHX L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 17:31
Nov 12, 2009 @ SJS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 23:58
Nov 7, 2009 @ MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 21:41
Nov 6, 2009 vs VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:12
Nov 4, 2009 vs CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:34
Oct 31, 2009 @ NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 22:39
Oct 30, 2009 vs FLA L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17:20
Oct 28, 2009 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 19:00
Oct 21, 2009 @ ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:51
Oct 19, 2009 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 22:55
Oct 17, 2009 @ CHI W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 20:01
Oct 16, 2009 vs BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 25:23
Oct 14, 2009 vs NSH W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:01
Oct 11, 2009 @ VAN L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25:08
Oct 9, 2009 @ CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 19:00
Oct 6, 2009 @ EDM L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 22:13
Oct 3, 2009 vs NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:40