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Career Trajectory

Matt

Niskanen

Career Trajectory

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Career Accolades

Career Statistics

Season	Team
2007	Dallas Stars	78	95862	7.0	19.0	26.0	22.0	36.0	99.0	7.1%	47.0	62.0	57.0	27.0	—
2008	Dallas Stars	80	95840	6.0	29.0	35.0	-11.0	52.0	111.0	5.4%	87.0	64.0	49.0	25.0	—
2009	Dallas Stars	74	81030	3.0	12.0	15.0	-15.0	18.0	110.0	2.7%	113.0	70.0	36.0	21.0	—
2010	Dallas Stars	63	62433	1.0	9.0	10.0	-3.0	50.0	77.0	1.3%	122.0	66.0	16.0	7.0	—
2011	Pittsburgh Penguins	75	80700	4.0	17.0	21.0	9.0	47.0	118.0	3.4%	105.0	69.0	20.0	13.0	—
2012	Pittsburgh Penguins	40	48840	4.0	10.0	14.0	4.0	12.0	67.0	6.0%	49.0	47.0	17.0	15.0	—
2013	Pittsburgh Penguins	81	103437	10.0	36.0	46.0	33.0	51.0	162.0	6.2%	124.0	76.0	49.0	19.0	—
2014	Washington Capitals	82	109962	4.0	27.0	31.0	7.0	47.0	117.0	3.4%	142.0	104.0	76.0	33.0	—
2015	Washington Capitals	82	121278	5.0	27.0	32.0	10.0	38.0	150.0	3.3%	157.0	145.0	62.0	34.0	—
2016	Washington Capitals	78	103740	5.0	34.0	39.0	20.0	32.0	154.0	3.2%	147.0	93.0	67.0	36.0	—
2017	Washington Capitals	68	92208	7.0	22.0	29.0	24.0	36.0	120.0	5.8%	117.0	98.0	73.0	18.0	—
2018	Washington Capitals	80	105200	8.0	17.0	25.0	-3.0	41.0	143.0	5.6%	167.0	137.0	73.0	40.0	—
2019	Philadelphia Flyers	68	89352	8.0	25.0	33.0	15.0	29.0	126.0	6.3%	124.0	84.0	56.0	14.0	—
2007	Dallas Stars	16	15728	0.0	3.0	3.0	-2.0	10.0	17.0	0.0%	11.0	13.0	16.0	3.0	—
2010	Dallas Stars	7	5446	0.0	1.0	1.0	-3.0	0.0	5.0	0.0%	7.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	—
2011	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	4444	1.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	6.0	8.0	12.5%	5.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	—
2012	Pittsburgh Penguins	15	17010	0.0	2.0	2.0	-4.0	11.0	17.0	0.0%	16.0	15.0	8.0	2.0	—
2013	Washington Capitals	13	15509	2.0	7.0	9.0	-2.0	8.0	24.0	8.3%	29.0	7.0	6.0	2.0	—
2014	Washington Capitals	14	19978	0.0	4.0	4.0	-2.0	0.0	22.0	0.0%	35.0	27.0	24.0	9.0	—
2015	Washington Capitals	12	19104	0.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	6.0	17.0	0.0%	38.0	27.0	10.0	6.0	—
2016	Washington Capitals	13	17654	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	19.0	24.0	4.2%	45.0	16.0	19.0	3.0	—
2017	Philadelphia Flyers	24	36528	1.0	8.0	9.0	6.0	8.0	32.0	3.1%	46.0	55.0	11.0	14.0	—
2018	Washington Capitals	7	10388	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	0.0%	21.0	16.0	9.0	4.0	—
2019	Philadelphia Flyers	15	20745	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	6.0	11.0	9.1%	30.0	30.0	18.0	2.0	—

Season Totals Distribution

Career Totals

#946

OF 8,954

Points

356

#1649

OF 8,954

Goals

72

#662

OF 8,954

Assists

284

#514

OF 8,954

Games

949

#233

OF 8,954

Plus/Minus

112

#642

OF 8,954

Shots

1,554

#1200

OF 8,954

PP Goals

20

#812

OF 8,954

PP Points

104

#1694

OF 8,954

SH Goals

1

#1352

OF 8,954

SH Points

5

#1097

OF 8,954

GW Goals

17

Per Game Averages

#3402

OF 8,954

Goals/G

0.08

#2141

OF 8,954

Points/G

0.38

Efficiency & Percentages

#2678

OF 8,954

Shooting %

4.6%

Career Totals

#531

OF 4,997

Points

42

#1353

OF 4,997

Goals

6

#324

OF 4,997

Assists

36

#144

OF 4,997

Games

140

#3602

OF 4,997

Plus/Minus

-2

#391

OF 4,997

Shots

184

#588

OF 4,997

PP Goals

4

#672

OF 4,997

PP Points

9

#4381

OF 4,997

SH Goals

0

#4437

OF 4,997

SH Points

0

#4576

OF 4,997

GW Goals

0

Per Game Averages

#2262

OF 4,997

Goals/G

0.04

#1541

OF 4,997

Points/G

0.30

Efficiency & Percentages

#1605

OF 4,997

Shooting %

3.3%

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