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Darren Helm

#43 · Centre · Colorado Avalanche

Born Jan 21, 1987 in St. Andrews, Manitoba, CAN · 6'0", 192 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 132nd overall in 2005 by DET (round 5)

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×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2021-22, 2007-08

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.

Petr Vrana NJD · 1 P in 16 GP Warren Peters CGY · 1 P in 16 GP Alexandre Picard CBJ · 1 P in 15 GP Joel Rechlicz NYI · 1 P in 17 GP Paul Bissonnette PIT · 1 P in 15 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.

01020302007-08: 0 points007-082008-09: 1 points12009-10: 24 points2409-102010-11: 32 points322011-12: 26 points2611-122012-13: 0 points02013-14: 20 points2013-142014-15: 33 points332015-16: 26 points2615-162016-17: 17 points172017-18: 31 points3117-182018-19: 17 points172019-20: 16 points1619-202020-21: 8 points82021-22: 15 points1521-222022-23: 0 points0

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 DET 7 0 0 0 -2 2 7 3 0.00
2008-09 DET 16 0 1 1 -7 4 29 37 0.06
2009-10 DET 75 11 13 24 -2 18 165 188 0.32
2010-11 DET 82 12 20 32 9 16 177 128 0.39 $913K
2011-12 DET 68 9 17 26 5 12 124 97 0.38 $913K
2012-13 DET 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.00 $2.125M
2013-14 DET 42 12 8 20 2 14 83 73 0.48 $2.125M
2014-15 DET 75 15 18 33 7 12 160 132 0.44 $2.125M
2015-16 DET 77 13 13 26 -2 32 165 115 0.34 $2.125M
2016-17 DET 50 8 9 17 -6 20 98 71 0.34 $3.85M
2017-18 DET 75 13 18 31 3 39 141 131 0.41 $3.85M
2018-19 DET 61 7 10 17 -11 20 107 50 0.28 $3.85M
2019-20 DET 68 9 7 16 -6 37 102 88 0.24 $3.85M
2020-21 DET 47 3 5 8 -3 10 83 39 0.17 $3.85M
2021-22 COL 68 7 8 15 -5 14 93 114 0.22 $1M
2022-23 COL 11 0 0 0 -1 4 10 16 0.00 $1.25M
16 seasons Career 823 119 147 266 -19 256 1545 1286 0.32

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 DET 18 2 2 4 2 2 21 28 0.22
2008-09 DET 23 4 1 5 1 4 42 118 0.22
2009-10 DET 12 1 0 1 -4 4 16 44 0.08
2010-11 DET 11 3 3 6 1 8 25 28 0.55
2011-12 DET 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
2013-14 DET 5 0 1 1 -3 0 14 10 0.20
2014-15 DET 7 0 3 3 -3 4 9 23 0.43
2015-16 DET 5 1 0 1 -1 6 12 16 0.20
2021-22 COL 20 2 3 5 3 12 28 97 0.25
2022-23 COL 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0.00
10 seasons Playoffs 103 13 13 26 -5 40 168 366 0.25

2008-09 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
16 0 1 1 -7 4 29 37 0.06 0.0 12:26

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2022-23 $1.25M
2021-22 to 2021-22 $1M
2020-21 to 2020-21 $3.85M
2018-19 to 2020-21 $3.85M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $3.85M
2013-14 to 2015-16 $2.125M
2012-13 to 2015-16 $2.125M
2010-11 to 2011-12 $913K

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
Feb 28, 2009 @ NSH L 0-8 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 15:02
Feb 27, 2009 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:51
Feb 25, 2009 vs SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:45
Feb 21, 2009 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 12:32
Feb 20, 2009 vs ANA W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:30
Feb 18, 2009 vs NSH W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:16
Feb 15, 2009 vs COL L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 13:17
Feb 13, 2009 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 14:47
Feb 12, 2009 vs MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 14:13
Feb 10, 2009 @ NSH W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 11:26
Feb 8, 2009 @ PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 08:59
Feb 7, 2009 vs EDM W 8-3 0 0 0 -2 2 2 4 14:28
Feb 4, 2009 vs PHX W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 13:10
Nov 26, 2008 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:43
Oct 18, 2008 vs NYR W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:52
Oct 16, 2008 vs VAN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 07:04