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Frans Nielsen

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 187 lbs.
Born: April 24, 1984 in Herning, Denmark

Drafted by the New York Islanders in the 3rd round (87th overall) of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2006-07 22 NYI NHL 15 1 1 2 1 -2 0 1 0 0 1 16 6.3 78 5:13
2007-08 23 NYI NHL 16 2 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 17 11.8 139 8:42
2008-09 24 NYI NHL 59 9 24 33 11 -4 18 5 3 1 2 101 8.9 976 16:32
2009-10 25 NYI NHL 76 12 26 38 13 4 6 11 0 1 1 136 8.8 1308 17:13
2010-11 26 NYI NHL 71 13 31 44 16 13 38 6 0 7 1 156 8.3 1261 17:46
2011-12 27 NYI NHL 54 9 16 25 9 -4 2 6 3 0 1 87 10.3 953 17:39
Career NHL 291 46 99 145 51 8 64 31 6 9 6 513 9.0 4716 16:12

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
2006-07 22 NYI NHL 15 0.07 0.07 0.13 0.05 0.00 1.07 1 1 2 1 2 0 4 0 -2 0.1 0.0 0.1
2007-08 23 NYI NHL 16 0.13 0.06 0.19 0.09 0.00 1.06 2 1 3 1 4 0 3 0 1 0.2 0.2 0.4
2008-09 24 NYI NHL 59 0.15 0.41 0.56 0.19 0.31 1.71 9 24 33 11 56 25 46 11 -4 1.6 1.0 2.6
2009-10 25 NYI NHL 76 0.16 0.34 0.50 0.18 0.08 1.79 13 27 40 14 58 18 52 16 4 1.7 1.5 3.2
2010-11 26 NYI NHL 71 0.18 0.44 0.62 0.22 0.54 2.20 14 33 47 17 69 16 61 21 13 2.7 1.9 4.7
2011-12 27 NYI NHL 54 0.17 0.30 0.46 0.17 0.04 1.61 15 26 41 15 -4 1.1 1.2 2.3
Career NHL 291 0.16 0.34 0.50 0.18 0.22 1.76 54 112 166 60 189 59 166 48 8 7.3 5.9 13.2

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1999-00 15 Herning IK Jr. Den-Jr. 36 18 16 34 6
1999-00 15 Denmark WJ18-B 5 3 4 7 -1 0 1 1 1 0
2000-01 16 Herning IK Denmark 38 18 19 37 6
2000-01 16 Denmark WJC-C 4 2 2 4 4 2 2 0 0 0
2000-01 16 Denmark WJ18-B 3 2 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0
2001-02 17 MIF Redhawks Malmo Sweden 20 0 1 1 0
2001-02 17 MIF Redhawks Malmo Jr. Swe-Jr. 29 15 27 42 8
2001-02 17 Denmark WJC-C 4 4 10 14 9 0 2 1 1 0
2001-02 17 Denmark WJ18-B 3 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 1
2001-02 17 Denmark WC-B 5 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
2002-03 18 MIF Redhawks Malmo Sweden 47 3 6 9 10
2002-03 18 MIF Redhawks Malmo Jr. Swe-Jr. 2 1 3 4 0
2002-03 18 Denmark WJC-B 5 3 7 10 2 0 2 1 0 0
2002-03 18 Denmark WC-A 6 0 0 0 -5 4 0 0 0 0
2003-04 19 MIF Redhawks Malmo Sweden 50 9 7 16 28
2003-04 19 MIF Redhawks Malmo Sweden-Q 10 3 5 8 2
2003-04 19 Denmark WC-A 6 0 3 3 -10 0 0 0 0 0
2004-05 20 IF Malmo Redhawks Sweden 49 8 7 15 6
2004-05 20 IF Redhawks Malmo Sweden-Q 10 7 2 9 0
2004-05 20 Denmark Oly-Q 3 2 3 5 2 0 2 0 0 0
2004-05 20 Denmark WC-A 6 3 0 3 -3 0 1 1 1 1
2005-06 21 Timra IK Sweden 50 5 13 18 22
2005-06 21 Denmark WC-A 6 3 0 3 -2 4 1 1 1 0
2006-07 22 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 54 20 24 44 7 10 13 4 3 3
2006-07 22 Denmark WC-A 6 0 3 3 1 6 0 0 0 0
2007-08 23 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 48 10 28 38 6 18 8 2 0 1
2009-10 25 Denmark WC-A 7 2 3 5 2 6 2 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons AHL 102 30 52 82 13 28 21 6 3 4
Career 1 Season Den-Jr. 36 18 16 34 6
Career 1 Season Denmark 38 18 19 37 6
Career 1 Season Oly-Q 3 2 3 5 2 0 2 0 0 0
Career 2 Seasons Swe-Jr. 31 16 30 46 8
Career 5 Seasons Sweden 216 25 34 59 66
Career 2 Seasons Sweden-Q 20 10 7 17 2
Career 6 Seasons WC-A 37 8 9 17 -17 20 4 2 2 1
Career 1 Season WC-B 5 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
Career 3 Seasons WJ18-B 11 6 7 13 1 0 4 1 1 1
Career 1 Season WJC-B 5 3 7 10 2 0 2 1 0 0
Career 2 Seasons WJC-C 8 6 12 18 13 2 4 1 1 0

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2001-02 17 MIF Redhawks Malmo Jr. Swe-Jr. 7 3 7 10 2
Career 1 Season Swe-Jr. 7 3 7 10 2

Similarity Scores

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Thru 5 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5
Frans Nielsen 4.7 3.2 2.6 0.4 0.1
George Armstrong 93.5 4.4 2.9 2.7 0.4 -0.1
Murray Balfour 92.9 4.3 2.8 2.6 0.2 -0.1
Brian Holzinger 91.0 4.8 3.2 3.1 0.4 0.3
Tony Currie 90.7 4.6 3.3 3.1 0.6 0.3
Tom Anderson 90.4 3.7 2.4 1.9 0.5 0.1
Murray Craven 87.3 4.9 3.7 2.9 0.4 0.0
Markus Naslund 87.1 4.7 3.2 3.0 0.1 -0.8
Pat Verbeek 87.0 4.5 2.6 2.5 1.0 0.4
Alexander Korolyuk 86.9 3.9 3.3 2.5 0.7 0.1
Lorne Ferguson 86.6 3.8 3.0 2.8 0.2 0.2
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Frans Nielsen 4.7 3.2 2.6 0.4 0.1
Larry Romanchych 86.0 4.3 3.3 2.1 0.6 0.3 -0.1
Eric Fehr 85.4 5.3 2.9 2.2 0.5 0.4 -0.1
Troy Brouwer 84.6 4.6 3.5 2.0 0.1 -0.5
Wayne Simmonds 83.9 4.9 3.1 1.5
Reg Sinclair 82.9 3.9 2.8 2.2
Anders Kallur 82.5 5.4 3.9 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Gilbert Dionne 82.0 3.6 3.2 3.1 0.3 0.0 -0.1
Jakub Voracek 81.3 4.5 3.9 3.6
Peter Mueller 80.8 5.4 3.7 2.9
David Oliver 80.2 2.7 2.4 1.9 0.7 0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2

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