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Matt Niskanen #15
Inactive, former Defenseman Team LogoPhiladelphia Flyers
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Player Information

Selected in the 1st round (No. 28) of the 2005 NHL Draft by the Dallas Stars, he had 356 points (72 goals, 284 assists) in 949 regular-season games for the Dallas Stars, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Washington Capitals and the Philadelphia Flyers.

He also had 42 points (6 goals, 36 assists) in 140 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 39.1 yrs (06.12.1986)
    Height / Weight: 185 cm / 92 kg
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    Drafted: 28th in 2005
    Draft Team: Team logoDallas Stars
    Awards: Stanley Cup (1x)
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  • 82

    Overall Rating
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    68.00
    PlayDriving
    -0.14 - 0.11
    0.02
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    21.77
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.32
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.53
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.45
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.31
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.00
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    3.32
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    1.39
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    6.79
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    2.63
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    2.71
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.53
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    3.36
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    0.57
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.78
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.39
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    4.76
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    6.52
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Matt Niskanen
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
29.08.2020 Team Logo Islanders 1 0 1 1 0 24:15 1 0.0% 0
30.08.2020 Team Logo Islanders 1 0 0 0 -2 20:26 1 0.0% 0
01.09.2020 Team Logo Islanders 1 1 0 1 2 24:31 1 100.0% 0
03.09.2020 Team Logo Islanders 1 0 0 0 3 37:04 1 0.0% 0
05.09.2020 Team Logo Islanders 1 0 0 0 -2 21:10 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 1 1 2 1 5 20.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2007-08 Team Logo Stars 78 7 19 26 22 20:30 99 7.1% 36
2008-09 Team Logo Stars 80 6 29 35 -11 19:58 111 5.4% 52
2009-10 Team Logo Stars 74 3 12 15 -15 18:16 110 2.7% 18
2010-11 Team Logo Stars 45 0 6 6 -1 15:43 51 0.0% 30
2010-11 Team Logo Penguins 18 1 3 4 -2 18:31 26 3.8% 20
2011-12 Team Logo Penguins 75 4 17 21 9 17:55 118 3.4% 47
2012-13 Team Logo Penguins 40 4 10 14 4 20:21 67 6.0% 12
2013-14 Team Logo Penguins 81 10 36 46 33 21:18 162 6.2% 51
2014-15 Team Logo Capitals 82 4 27 31 7 22:21 117 3.4% 47
2015-16 Team Logo Capitals 82 5 27 32 10 24:40 150 3.3% 38
2016-17 Team Logo Capitals 78 5 34 39 20 22:10 154 3.2% 32
2017-18 Team Logo Capitals 68 7 22 29 24 22:36 120 5.8% 36
2018-19 Team Logo Capitals 80 8 17 25 -3 21:55 143 5.6% 41
2019-20 Team Logo Flyers 68 8 25 33 15 21:53 126 6.3% 29
Total 949 72 284 356 112 1554 4.6% 489
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2007-08 Team Logo Stars 16 0 3 3 -2 16:22 17 0.0% 10
2010-11 Team Logo Penguins 7 0 1 1 -3 12:58 5 0.0% 0
2011-12 Team Logo Penguins 4 1 2 3 2 18:31 8 12.5% 6
2012-13 Team Logo Penguins 15 0 2 2 -4 18:55 17 0.0% 11
2013-14 Team Logo Penguins 13 2 7 9 -2 19:53 24 8.3% 8
2014-15 Team Logo Capitals 14 0 4 4 -2 23:46 22 0.0% 0
2015-16 Team Logo Capitals 12 0 3 3 3 26:31 17 0.0% 6
2016-17 Team Logo Capitals 13 1 3 4 0 22:37 24 4.2% 19
2017-18 Team Logo Capitals 24 1 8 9 6 25:22 32 3.1% 8
2018-19 Team Logo Capitals 7 0 2 2 0 24:43 7 0.0% 0
2019-20 Team Logo Flyers 15 1 1 2 0 23:04 11 9.1% 6
Total 140 6 36 42 -2 184 3.3% 74