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Matt Niskanen's 2014-2015 season

Points
31
NHL#229
Goals
4
NHL#434
Assists
27
NHL#122
Plus/minus
+7
NHL#153
Games
82
100%
100% of 82

Defenceman Matt Niskanen was 27 years old when the 2014-2015 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played all 82 games and scored 4 goals and 27 assists for 31 points, 0.38 points per game. In the playoffs he played 14 games for 4 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2014-2015Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Matt Niskanen plays the 2014-2015 season for Washington Capitals

    WSHWashington Capitals

    Matt was 27 years old when the 2014-2015 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      MTL2–1WSH
      L
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG26:42TOI
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    • The game
      WSH4–0BOS
      W
      game 2/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG20:45TOI
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    • The game
      SJS6–5WSH
      L
      game 3/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG26:47TOI
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    • The game
      NJD2–6WSH
      W
      game 4/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP20:35TOI
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      FLA1–2WSH
      W
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG27:29TOI
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    • The game
      WSH2–3EDM
      L
      game 6/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:37TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–1CGY
      W
      game 7/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG21:20TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–4VAN
      L
      game 8/826
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG21:43TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      DET4–2WSH
      L
      game 9/828
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:04TOI
      View the game
    Milestone

    Matt Niskanen reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Detroit Red Wings · October 29

    • The game
      WSH3–4TBL
      L
      game 10/824
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG17:44TOI
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    • The game
      ARI6–5WSH
      L
      game 11/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:00TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY4–3WSH
      L
      game 12/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:48TOI
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    • The game
      WSH3–2CHI
      W
      game 13/827
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG16:02TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR3–4WSH
      W
      game 14/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG20:37TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CBJ2–4WSH
      W
      game 15/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:18TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–0WSH
      L
      game 16/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:07TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–4STL
      L
      game 17/827
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG22:37TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1ARI
      W
      game 18/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG20:42TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2COL
      W
      game 19/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG21:11TOI
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    • The game
      BUF2–1WSH
      L
      game 20/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP24:16TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3NYI
      L
      game 21/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP26:22TOI
      +1 assist
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    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      7
      points
      NHL#261
      1
      goals
      NHL#360
      6
      assists
      NHL#170
      -3
      +/-
      NHL#189
      WSH
      9-8-4W-L-OT22Points
      3rd in the Metropolitan·10th in the Eastern Conference·20th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI2–5WSH
      W
      game 22/823
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP22:35TOI
      +3 assists
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    • The game
      WSH2–6TOR
      L
      game 23/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG22:48TOI
      View the game
    • December 2014
    • The game
      VAN4–3WSH
      L
      game 24/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG24:24TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1CAR
      W
      game 25/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG24:53TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–1NJD
      W
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG24:36TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–3TBL
      W
      game 27/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP23:23TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      CBJ3–2WSH
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG26:15TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–4WSH
      W
      game 29/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG24:58TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–2FLA
      L
      game 30/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:49TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–4CBJ
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG22:38TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–0NJD
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:13TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT1–2WSH
      W
      game 33/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG19:42TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–4NYR
      L
      game 34/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG22:20TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–0PIT
      W
      game 35/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG22:16TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4NYI
      L
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG23:47TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–3WSH
      W
      game 37/826
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG23:17TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA3–4WSH
      W
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG22:03TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH6–2TOR
      W
      game 39/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1SHP20:48TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3PHI
      L
      game 40/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:10TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–3WSH
      W
      game 41/828
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG22:21TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      13
      points
      NHL#274
      2
      goals
      NHL#401
      11
      assists
      NHL#189
      +1
      +/-
      NHL#110
      WSH
      22-11-8W-L-OT52Points
      4th in the Metropolitan·7th in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      COL1–2WSH
      W
      game 42/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:30TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI0–1WSH
      W
      game 43/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG19:34TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4NSH
      L
      game 44/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:32TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–5DAL
      L
      game 45/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG19:54TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM5–4WSH
      L
      game 46/826
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG23:48TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4CBJ
      L
      game 47/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG22:43TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT0–4WSH
      W
      game 48/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG22:16TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–1MTL
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG23:10TOI
      View the game
    • February 2015
    • The game
      STL4–3WSH
      L
      game 50/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG23:27TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK0–4WSH
      W
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG19:43TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1OTT
      W
      game 52/826
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG22:32TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–3WSH
      W
      game 53/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG28:51TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–1WSH
      L
      game 54/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:26TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–4SJS
      W
      game 55/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG20:59TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–3LAK
      L
      game 56/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG21:32TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–3ANA
      W
      game 57/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG20:24TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–1PIT
      W
      game 58/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:23TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WPG1–5WSH
      W
      game 59/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG23:40TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–3WSH
      W
      game 60/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG25:37TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3PHI
      L
      game 61/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:18TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–3WSH
      L
      game 62/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:36TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      20
      points
      NHL#267
      3
      goals
      NHL#414
      17
      assists
      NHL#183
      +6
      +/-
      NHL#60
      WSH
      33-19-10W-L-OT76Points
      Wildcard 1
      4th in the Metropolitan·7th in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH0–3CAR
      L
      game 63/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG24:15TOI
      View the game
    • March 2015
    • The game
      TOR0–4WSH
      W
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG20:25TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–3CBJ
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG21:35TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MIN2–1WSH
      L
      game 66/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP23:05TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF1–6WSH
      W
      game 67/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:19TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–1WSH
      L
      game 68/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG28:10TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL4–2WSH
      L
      game 69/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG26:04TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS0–2WSH
      W
      game 70/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG25:00TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–3BUF
      W
      game 71/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-0SOG2PPP26:00TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2MIN
      W
      game 72/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG21:17TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–3WPG
      L
      game 73/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG24:18TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–3WSH
      W
      game 74/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG21:57TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH4–3WSH
      L
      game 75/827
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG20:10TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2NYR
      W
      game 76/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP22:17TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR2–4WSH
      W
      game 77/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG21:27TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • April 2015
    • The game
      WSH5–4MTL
      W
      game 78/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG22:21TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4OTT
      L
      game 79/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG23:24TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1DET
      W
      game 80/828
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP22:42TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS0–3WSH
      W
      game 81/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG18:55TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–2WSH
      L
      game 82/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG24:23TOI
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Matt Niskanen closes the 2014-2015 season with 31 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    31
    NHL#229
    Games
    82of 82
    100%
    Goals
    4
    NHL#434
    Assists
    27
    NHL#122
    P/GP
    0.38
    NHL#298
    +/-
    +7
    NHL#153
    Events
    500
    NHL games
    2×
    First star
    2×
    Second star
    4×
    Third star
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

    First round

    Washington Capitals meet New York Islanders

    WSHvsNYI
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYI4–1WSH
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-1SOG20:39TOI
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      NYI3–4WSH
      W
      2
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG21:47TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withNew York Islanders
    • Game 3
      WSH1–2NYI
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG22:50TOI
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead2–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      WSH2–1NYI
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG28:08TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare2–2withNew York Islanders
    • Game 5
      NYI1–5WSH
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-3SOG22:46TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 6
      WSH1–3NYI
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG23:38TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare3–3withNew York Islanders
    • Game 7
      NYI1–2WSH
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG23:05TOI
      View the game
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock New York Islanders out 4–3

    WSH4–3NYI
    Advance
    7Games3Points0Goals3Assists
    3 days later
    Second round

    Washington Capitals meet New York Rangers

    WSHvsNYR
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      WSH2–1NYR
      W
      6
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:32TOI
      View the game
    • May 2015
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      WSH2–3NYR
      L
      6
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG22:33TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      NYR0–1WSH
      W
      6
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG25:56TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      NYR1–2WSH
      W
      6
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:19TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      WSH1–2NYR
      L
      6
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG27:37TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 6
      NYR4–3WSH
      L
      6
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:07TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare3–3withNew York Rangers
    • Game 7
      WSH1–2NYR
      L
      6
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG29:07TOI
      View the game
    Second round

    New York Rangers knock Washington Capitals out 4–3

    WSH3–4NYR
    Eliminated
    7Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Matt Niskanen ends the 2014-2015 playoffs with 4 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    4
    NHL#86
    Games
    14
    Goals
    0
    NHL#184
    Assists
    4
    NHL#52
    P/GP
    0.29
    NHL#83
    +/-
    -2
    NHL#234
    Events
    1×
    Third star
    2 points
    best game
    NYI4–3→NYR3–4