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Ossi Vaananen's 2008-2009 season

Points
11
NHL#491
Goals
1
NHL#594
Assists
10
NHL#419
Plus/minus
+8
NHL#111
Games
49
59%
59% of 83

Defenceman Ossi Vaananen was 28 years old when the 2008-2009 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for Philadelphia Flyers och Vancouver Canucks. He played 49 of a possible 83 games and scored 1 goals and 10 assists for 11 points, 0.22 points per game. He moved from Philadelphia Flyers to Vancouver Canucks in March. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 0 points.

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

2008-2009Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Ossi Vaananen opens the 2008-2009 season with Philadelphia Flyers

    Ossi was 28 years old when the 2008-2009 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 7th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR4–3PHI
      L
      game 1/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG20:28TOI
    • The game
      MTL5–3PHI
      L
      game 2/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:29TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–3PIT
      L
      game 3/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG21:55TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–5COL
      L
      game 4/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG18:54TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–5SJS
      L
      game 5/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG24:51TOI
    • The game
      SJS7–6PHI
      L
      game 6/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG21:33TOI
    • The game
      PHI6–3NJD
      W
      game 7/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG20:13TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–3PHI
      W
      game 8/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG20:49TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PHI7–0ATL
      W
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG22:46TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–3PHI
      W
      game 10/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG21:34TOI
      +1 assist
    • November 2008
    • The game
      EDM5–4PHI
      L
      game 11/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG18:44TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–5PIT
      L
      game 15/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG05:38TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–4PHI
      W
      game 20/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG20:47TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–1CAR
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:15TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8214 of 21 played
      5
      points
      NHL#350
      0
      goals
      NHL#502
      5
      assists
      NHL#223
      +1
      +/-
      NHL#84
      PHI
      11-6-4W-L-OT26Points
      4th in the Atlantic·7th in the Eastern Conference·12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CAR3–2PHI
      L
      game 22/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG23:51TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–4TOR
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1SHP17:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • December 2008
    • The game
      TBL3–4PHI
      W
      game 24/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG19:37TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–2PHI
      L
      game 25/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG20:08TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–1CAR
      W
      game 26/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG25:48TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–4PHI
      W
      game 27/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG22:55TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CAR5–6PHI
      W
      game 28/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG22:27TOI
    • The game
      PIT3–6PHI
      W
      game 29/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:45TOI
    • The game
      COL2–5PHI
      W
      game 30/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG1SHP21:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–5MTL
      L
      game 31/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:23TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–7PHI
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG17:51TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–3NJD
      L
      game 33/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:00TOI
    • The game
      OTT4–6PHI
      W
      game 34/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:47TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–5CHI
      L
      game 35/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:09TOI
    • The game
      PHI0–3CBJ
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG20:47TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–2VAN
      W
      game 37/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG21:16TOI
    • The game
      PHI5–4ANA
      W
      game 38/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG15:02TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI1–2LAK
      L
      game 39/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:56TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–2WSH
      L
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:42TOI
    • The game
      MIN1–3PHI
      W
      game 41/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG20:07TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8234 of 41 played
      9
      points
      NHL#360
      1
      goals
      NHL#475
      8
      assists
      NHL#288
      +4
      +/-
      NHL#57
      PHI
      22-10-9W-L-OT53Points
      1st in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT4–2PHI
      L
      game 43/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:53TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–4TBL
      L
      game 44/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:36TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–2FLA
      W
      game 45/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:25TOI
    • The game
      ATL3–5PHI
      W
      game 46/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG18:03TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–3FLA
      L
      game 47/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:21TOI
    • The game
      PHI6–1TBL
      W
      game 48/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-0SOG15:05TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI0–4STL
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:26TOI
    • February 2009
    • The game
      BOS3–1PHI
      L
      game 50/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG12:14TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–3BOS
      W
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG05:38TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–2ATL
      W
      game 52/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG03:22TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–2WSH
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG09:20TOI
    • The game
      LAK0–2PHI
      W
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:47TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8246 of 62 played
      10
      points
      NHL#455
      1
      goals
      NHL#558
      9
      assists
      NHL#382
      +7
      +/-
      NHL#46
      PHI
      34-18-10W-L-OT78Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Atlantic·4th in the Eastern Conference·8th in the whole NHL
    • March 2009
    • The game
      VAN5–2DAL
      W
      game 72/8210
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG08:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–4STL
      L
      game 73/827
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG11:42TOI
    • April 2009
    • The game
      VAN1–0COL
      W
      game 82/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG08:16TOI
    The season in numbers

    Ossi Vaananen closes the 2008-2009 season with 11 points

    Points
    11
    NHL#491
    Games
    49of 82
    60%
    Goals
    1
    NHL#594
    Assists
    10
    NHL#419
    P/GP
    0.22
    NHL#452
    +/-
    +8
    NHL#111
    Events
    50
    career assists
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Vancouver Canucks are in the playoffs

    First round

    Vancouver Canucks meet St. Louis Blues

    VANvsSTL
    • Game 4
      VAN3–2STL
      W
      6
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG08:17TOI
    First round

    Vancouver Canucks knock St. Louis Blues out 4–0

    VAN4–0STL
    Advance
    1Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    9 days later
    Second round

    Vancouver Canucks meet Chicago Blackhawks

    VANvsCHI
    • Game 3
      VAN3–1CHI
      W
      7
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:47TOI
    • Vancouver Canuckslead2–1againstChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 4
      VAN1–2CHI
      L
      7
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG10:37TOI
    Second round

    Chicago Blackhawks knock Vancouver Canucks out 4–2

    VAN2–4CHI
    Eliminated
    2Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Ossi Vaananen ends the 2008-2009 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#250
    Games
    3
    Goals
    0
    NHL#176
    Assists
    0
    NHL#227
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    0
    NHL#102
    STL4–0→CHI2–4