Karlis Skrastins's NHL career
Defenceman Karlis Skrastins was drafted 230th overall by Nashville Predators in 1998. He played 12 seasons for 4 clubs, 1998-2011. That came to 832 games and 136 points, 32 goals and 104 assists.
Below: the whole of Karlis Skrastins's career, season by season.
- Year 19981998 NHL Draft
Karlis Skrastins is drafted 230 overall by Nashville Predators
First off the board- 1Vincent LecavalierTBL
- 2David LegwandNSH
- 3Brad StuartSJS
Swedes from the same draft
Mikael Samuelsson699 GP · 346 P- Christian Bäckman302 GP · 79 P
- Tommy Westlund203 GP · 22 P
- 7 months and 13 days later · 1 seasonYear 19991998-1999 seasonNHL debut
Karlis Skrastins makes his NHL debut in 2–5 loss against Detroit Red Wings
Karlis was 24 years old ·
Nashville Arena, USAFirst NHL assistFirst NHL pointSwedes on the ice:
Anders Eriksson, Nicklas Lidström, Tomas Holmström, among others.Season1998-1999
Karlis Skrastins's first NHL season: 1 points
Events80games missedThe whole season1998-1999Points1NHL#642Games2 of 822%Goals0NHL#606Assists1NHL#618P/GP0.50+/-0NHL#316 - Year 2000Season
1999-2000
Karlis Skrastins scores 5 goals — his best goal-scoring season
EventsCareer bestHis best goal-scoring season23games missedThe whole season1999-2000Points11NHL#454Games59 of 8272%Goals5NHL#366Assists6NHL#480P/GP0.19NHL#455+/--7NHL#663 - Year 2001Season
2000-2001
Karlis Skrastins scores 12 points
The whole season2000-2001Points12NHL#458Games82 of 82100%Goals1NHL#591Assists11NHL#379P/GP0.15NHL#524+/--12NHL#801 - Year 2002Season
2001-2002
Karlis Skrastins scores 17 points
The whole season2001-2002Points17NHL#371Games82 of 82100%Goals4NHL#420Assists13NHL#328P/GP0.21NHL#445+/--12NHL#780 - Year 2003Season
2002-2003
Karlis Skrastins scores 13 points
The whole season2002-2003Points13NHL#432Games82 of 82100%Goals3NHL#459Assists10NHL#389P/GP0.16NHL#492+/--18NHL#846 - Year 2004Season
2003-2004
Karlis Skrastins scores 5 goals — his best goal-scoring season
EventsCareer bestHis best goal-scoring seasonThe whole season and the playoff run2003-2004Points13NHL#429Games82 of 82100%Goals5NHL#388Assists8NHL#440P/GP0.16NHL#513+/-+18NHL#38PlayoffsEliminated by San Jose Sharks11 games2 points0 G · 2 AFirst roundDALDallas Stars4–1Second roundSJSSan Jose Sharks2–4 - Year 2006Season
2005-2006
Karlis Skrastins scores 14 points
The whole season and the playoff run2005-2006Points14NHL#461Games82 of 82100%Goals3NHL#494Assists11NHL#420P/GP0.17NHL#527+/--7NHL#685PlayoffsEliminated by Anaheim Ducks9 games1 points0 G · 1 AFirst roundDALDallas Stars4–1Second roundANAAnaheim Ducks0–4 - Year 2007Season
2006-2007
Karlis Skrastins scores 11 points
The whole season2006-2007Points11NHL#486Games68 of 8283%Goals0NHL#674Assists11NHL#398P/GP0.16NHL#521+/-0NHL#336 - Year 2008Season
2007-2008
Karlis Skrastins scores 5 points
Events22games missedThe whole season2007-2008Points5NHL#603Games60 of 8273%Goals2NHL#514Assists3NHL#602P/GP0.08NHL#590+/--11NHL#761 - Year 2009Season
2008-2009
Karlis Skrastins scores 18 points — the best season of his career
EventsCareer bestHis best points seasonThe whole season2008-2009Points18NHL#388Games80 of 8298%Goals4NHL#430Assists14NHL#345P/GP0.23NHL#451+/-+9NHL#103 - Year 2010Season
2009-2010
Karlis Skrastins scores 13 points
The whole season2009-2010Points13NHL#463Games79 of 8296%Goals2NHL#527Assists11NHL#384P/GP0.16NHL#525+/--4NHL#614 - Year 2011Season
2010-2011
Karlis Skrastins's last season: 8 points
The whole season2010-2011Points8NHL#544Games74 of 8290%Goals3NHL#469Assists5NHL#550P/GP0.11NHL#575+/--1NHL#410 - The career
Karlis Skrastins played his last NHL game in 2011
The career ended after 12 seasons, the last of them with Dallas Stars.