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Matt Niskanen's 2008-2009 season

Points
35
NHL#216
Goals
6
NHL#351
Assists
29
NHL#120
Plus/minus
-11
NHL#785
Games
80
97%
97% of 82

Defenceman Matt Niskanen was 21 years old when the 2008-2009 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for Dallas Stars. He played 80 of a possible 82 games and scored 6 goals and 29 assists for 35 points, 0.44 points per game. Dallas Stars did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

2008-2009
  1. Season opener

    Matt Niskanen plays the 2008-2009 season for Dallas Stars

    Matt was 21 years old when the 2008-2009 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CBJ5–4DAL
      L
      game 1/826
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG20:35TOI
    • The game
      DAL1–3NSH
      L
      game 2/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG19:33TOI
    • The game
      NSH4–6DAL
      W
      game 3/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:43TOI
    • The game
      DAL1–6STL
      L
      game 4/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG15:27TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL5–4DAL
      L
      game 5/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:13TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–1NYR
      W
      game 6/827
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:37TOI
    • The game
      DAL0–5NJD
      L
      game 7/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG20:15TOI
    • The game
      DAL5–3NYI
      W
      game 8/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:03TOI
    • The game
      WSH6–5DAL
      L
      game 9/826
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG17:31TOI
    • The game
      MIN2–4DAL
      W
      game 10/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP14:24TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DAL2–5CHI
      L
      game 11/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG13:01TOI
    • November 2008
    • The game
      DAL1–5BOS
      L
      game 12/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG12:19TOI
    • The game
      DAL5–2ANA
      W
      game 13/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG19:51TOI
    • The game
      DAL1–2SJS
      L
      game 14/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:43TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–3LAK
      L
      game 15/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:17TOI
    • The game
      LAK3–2DAL
      L
      game 16/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG06:59TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–2PHX
      W
      game 17/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG13:29TOI
    • The game
      CHI6–3DAL
      L
      game 18/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG15:50TOI
    • The game
      DAL4–3MIN
      W
      game 21/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:02TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8219 of 21 played
      2
      points
      NHL#491
      1
      goals
      NHL#367
      1
      assists
      NHL#503
      -7
      +/-
      NHL#225
      DAL
      7-10-4W-L-OT18Points
      5th in the Pacific·15th in the Western Conference·30th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      SJS6–2DAL
      L
      game 22/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG18:09TOI
    • The game
      EDM3–4DAL
      W
      game 23/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG16:34TOI
      +1 assist
    • December 2008
    • The game
      DAL3–1CGY
      W
      game 24/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG19:56TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL2–5EDM
      L
      game 25/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG18:57TOI
    • The game
      COL1–2DAL
      W
      game 26/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG24:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX5–3DAL
      L
      game 27/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG19:20TOI
    • The game
      DET1–3DAL
      W
      game 28/8211
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-3SOG24:05TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL0–3NSH
      L
      game 29/824
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG21:01TOI
    • The game
      PHX1–2DAL
      W
      game 30/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG25:16TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CBJ5–6DAL
      W
      game 31/827
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP26:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL4–5OTT
      L
      game 32/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG20:40TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      DAL8–2TOR
      W
      game 33/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG20:11TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ANA3–4DAL
      W
      game 34/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG23:48TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–1DAL
      L
      game 35/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG18:30TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD2–4DAL
      W
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:52TOI
    • The game
      DAL1–4EDM
      L
      game 37/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG23:02TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–2VAN
      W
      game 38/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG26:21TOI
    • The game
      DAL1–6DET
      L
      game 39/829
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG22:07TOI
    • The game
      DAL0–1PHX
      L
      game 40/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:43TOI
    • The game
      DET4–5DAL
      W
      game 41/8210
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-6SOG21:04TOI
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8239 of 41 played
      14
      points
      NHL#269
      3
      goals
      NHL#326
      11
      assists
      NHL#208
      -11
      +/-
      NHL#256
      DAL
      18-17-6W-L-OT42Points
      4th in the Pacific·12th in the Western Conference·22nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF5–4DAL
      L
      game 42/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP23:53TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK2–3DAL
      W
      game 43/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:40TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–4TBL
      L
      game 44/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG20:32TOI
    • The game
      DAL4–1FLA
      W
      game 45/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG15:38TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ATL0–2DAL
      W
      game 46/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:28TOI
    • The game
      DAL4–2DET
      W
      game 47/829
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:06TOI
    • The game
      DAL7–3CBJ
      W
      game 48/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG21:32TOI
      +1 assist
    • February 2009
    • The game
      CGY1–3DAL
      W
      game 49/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP23:41TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL2–3COL
      L
      game 50/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG20:35TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR2–10DAL
      W
      game 51/826
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-1SOG2PPP22:44TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      NSH1–4DAL
      W
      game 52/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG18:32TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX1–0DAL
      L
      game 53/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:39TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–2DAL
      W
      game 54/829
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP23:27TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL2–6CHI
      L
      game 55/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG19:54TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–2CBJ
      W
      game 56/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:33TOI
    • The game
      EDM2–4DAL
      W
      game 57/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG22:26TOI
    • The game
      CHI3–1DAL
      L
      game 58/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:19TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–0DAL
      L
      game 59/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG22:38TOI
    • The game
      STL3–1DAL
      L
      game 60/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG16:08TOI
    • The game
      ANA4–3DAL
      L
      game 61/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG19:03TOI
      +1 goal
    • March 2009
    • The game
      PIT4–1DAL
      L
      game 62/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:09TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8260 of 62 played
      26
      points
      NHL#219
      5
      goals
      NHL#319
      21
      assists
      NHL#136
      -12
      +/-
      NHL#262
      DAL
      29-26-7W-L-OT65Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Pacific·11th in the Western Conference·21st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DAL4–1SJS
      W
      game 63/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG18:45TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL4–5LAK
      L
      game 64/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:39TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–2ANA
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:54TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–1DAL
      L
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:13TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–5STL
      L
      game 67/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:11TOI
    • The game
      CAR2–3DAL
      W
      game 68/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG19:35TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MIN2–3DAL
      W
      game 69/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:46TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–4VAN
      L
      game 70/827
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG20:26TOI
    • The game
      DAL1–2CGY
      L
      game 71/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG21:44TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–5SJS
      L
      game 72/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:54TOI
    • The game
      VAN5–2DAL
      L
      game 73/8210
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG19:19TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK1–0DAL
      L
      game 74/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:38TOI
    • The game
      FLA6–3DAL
      L
      game 75/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG23:04TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DAL5–6PHX
      L
      game 76/826
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP22:41TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DAL3–2LAK
      W
      game 77/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP22:47TOI
      +1 assist
    • April 2009
    • The game
      CGY2–1DAL
      L
      game 78/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG23:43TOI
    • The game
      STL4–5DAL
      W
      game 79/827
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG19:12TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL1–3MIN
      L
      game 80/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG20:40TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–2COL
      W
      game 81/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG25:36TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–4ANA
      L
      game 82/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP28:27TOI
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Matt Niskanen closes the 2008-2009 season with 35 points

    Dallas Stars did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    35
    NHL#216
    Games
    80of 82
    98%
    Goals
    6
    NHL#351
    Assists
    29
    NHL#120
    P/GP
    0.44
    NHL#259
    +/-
    -11
    NHL#785
    Events
    100
    NHL games
    50
    career points
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 8 pts