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Niklas Hjalmarsson

#4 · Defence · Arizona Coyotes

Born Jun 6, 1987 in Eksjo, SWE · 6'3", 197 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 108th overall in 2005 by CHI (round 4)

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×3 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2014-15, 2012-13, 2009-10

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2008-09. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Davis Drewiske LAK · 3 P in 17 GP Bryan Helmer WSH · 3 P in 12 GP Tyson Strachan STL · 3 P in 30 GP Richard Petiot TBL · 3 P in 11 GP Vladimir Mihalik TBL · 3 P in 11 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.

010202007-08: 1 points107-082008-09: 3 points308-092009-10: 17 points1709-102010-11: 10 points1010-112011-12: 15 points1511-122012-13: 10 points1012-132013-14: 26 points2613-142014-15: 19 points1914-152015-16: 24 points2415-162016-17: 18 points1816-172017-18: 9 points917-182018-19: 10 points1018-192019-20: 5 points519-202020-21: 5 points520-21

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2007-08 CHI 13 0 1 1 -2 13 5 8 0.08
2008-09 CHI 21 1 2 3 4 0 15 15 0.14
2009-10 CHI 77 2 15 17 9 20 62 59 0.22
2010-11 CHI 80 3 7 10 13 39 64 46 0.13 $3.5M
2011-12 CHI 69 1 14 15 9 14 65 42 0.22 $3.5M
2012-13 CHI 46 2 8 10 15 22 43 26 0.22 $3.5M
2013-14 CHI 81 4 22 26 11 34 98 39 0.32 $3.5M
2014-15 CHI 82 3 16 19 25 44 97 39 0.23 $4.1M
2015-16 CHI 81 2 22 24 13 32 77 32 0.30 $4.1M
2016-17 CHI 73 5 13 18 12 20 61 23 0.25 $4.1M
2017-18 ARI 48 1 8 9 -3 18 32 16 0.19 $4.1M
2018-19 ARI 82 0 10 10 8 44 57 45 0.12 $4.1M
2019-20 ARI 27 1 4 5 -2 14 18 20 0.19 $5M
2020-21 ARI 41 0 5 5 -6 18 29 15 0.12 $5M
14 seasons Career 821 25 147 172 106 332 723 425 0.21

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 CHI 17 0 1 1 -2 6 10 9 0.06
2009-10 CHI 22 1 7 8 9 6 17 14 0.36
2010-11 CHI 7 0 2 2 4 2 5 9 0.29
2011-12 CHI 6 0 1 1 -3 4 3 5 0.17
2012-13 CHI 23 0 5 5 10 4 12 22 0.22
2013-14 CHI 19 0 4 4 -3 14 9 9 0.21
2014-15 CHI 23 1 5 6 6 8 24 16 0.26
2015-16 CHI 7 0 1 1 5 0 4 6 0.14
2016-17 CHI 4 0 0 0 -4 2 1 1 0.00
2019-20 ARI 9 0 1 1 -7 6 3 10 0.11
10 seasons Playoffs 137 2 27 29 15 52 88 101 0.21

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
21 1 2 3 4 0 15 15 0.14 6.7 14:59

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2020-21 to 2020-21 $5M
2019-20 to 2020-21 $5M
2014-15 to 2018-19 $4.1M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $3.5M
2010-11 to 2013-14 $3.5M

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 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 DET W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:40
Apr 11, 2009 @ DET W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 15:13
Apr 8, 2009 vs CBJ L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:09
Apr 7, 2009 @ NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:29
Apr 5, 2009 @ CBJ W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:59
Apr 3, 2009 vs NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14:31
Apr 1, 2009 vs STL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 10:32
Mar 31, 2009 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:50
Mar 29, 2009 vs VAN L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 18:18
Mar 27, 2009 vs NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:31
Mar 25, 2009 vs SJS W 6-5 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 22:54
Mar 22, 2009 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:07
Mar 20, 2009 vs EDM L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:11
Mar 18, 2009 @ CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:39
Mar 17, 2009 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:45
Mar 15, 2009 vs NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:49
Mar 13, 2009 vs CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:00
Mar 11, 2009 vs CAR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:10
Mar 8, 2009 vs COL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:13
Jan 21, 2009 vs STL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:57
Oct 10, 2008 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:51