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Janne Niinimaa

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: May 22, 1975 in Raahe, Finland

Drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2nd round (36th overall) of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.

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NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1996-97 21 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 77 4 40 44 0.57 14 0.18 109 35 67 5 12 58 3 1 0 2 141 1.83 2.8
1997-98 22 2 Teams NHL 77 4 39 43 0.56 14 0.18 103 43 55 8 13 62 1 3 0 1 134 1.74 3.0
1997-98 22 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 66 3 31 34 0.52 11 0.16 84 34 48 4 6 56 1 2 0 1 115 1.74 2.6
1997-98 22 Edmonton Oilers NHL 11 1 8 9 0.82 3 0.27 19 9 7 4 7 6 0 1 0 0 19 1.73 5.3
1998-99 23 Edmonton Oilers NHL 81 4 24 28 0.35 9 0.11 84 18 88 29 7 88 2 2 0 1 142 1.75 2.8 1936 23:54
1999-00 24 Edmonton Oilers NHL 81 8 25 33 0.41 11 0.14 86 24 79 31 14 89 4 2 2 0 133 1.64 6.0 1982 24:28
2000-01 25 Edmonton Oilers NHL 82 12 34 46 0.56 16 0.20 113 41 87 21 6 90 4 8 0 1 122 1.49 9.8 2078 25:20
2001-02 26 Edmonton Oilers NHL 81 5 39 44 0.54 14 0.17 105 36 78 22 13 80 4 1 0 2 119 1.47 4.2 2108 26:02
2002-03 27 2 Teams NHL 76 5 29 34 0.45 11 0.14 96 34 99 28 -9 80 2 3 0 0 101 1.33 5.0 1988 26:09
2002-03 27 Edmonton Oilers NHL 63 4 24 28 0.44 9 0.14 82 29 84 24 -7 66 2 2 0 0 90 1.43 4.4 1688 26:48
2002-03 27 New York Islanders NHL 13 1 5 6 0.46 2 0.15 14 5 15 4 -2 14 0 1 0 0 11 0.85 9.1 300 23:02
2003-04 28 New York Islanders NHL 82 9 19 28 0.34 10 0.13 88 19 77 20 12 64 5 4 0 2 97 1.18 9.3 1907 23:15
2005-06 30 2 Teams NHL 63 3 13 16 0.25 5 0.08 47 10 70 21 -12 86 1 1 1 1 49 0.78 6.1 1246 19:46
2005-06 30 New York Islanders NHL 41 1 9 10 0.24 3 0.07 32 4 53 18 -7 62 1 0 0 0 23 0.56 4.3 840 20:30
2005-06 30 Dallas Stars NHL 22 2 4 6 0.27 2 0.10 15 6 17 3 -5 24 0 1 1 1 26 1.18 7.7 405 18:25
2006-07 31 Montreal Canadiens NHL 41 0 3 3 0.07 1 0.02 15 1 32 5 -13 36 0 0 0 0 29 0.71 0.0 609 14:51
Career NHL 741 54 265 319 0.43 106 0.14 846 261 732 190 43 733 26 25 3 10 1067 1.44 5.1 13852 23:36

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1996-97 21 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 19 1 12 13 0.68 3 16 0 1 0 1 56 2.95 1.8
1997-98 22 Edmonton Oilers NHL 11 1 1 2 0.18 3 12 1 0 0 1 20 1.82 5.0
1998-99 23 Edmonton Oilers NHL 4 0 0 0 0.00 -2 2 0 0 0 0 5 1.25 0.0 113 28:16
1999-00 24 Edmonton Oilers NHL 5 0 2 2 0.40 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 1.60 0.0 108 21:39
2000-01 25 Edmonton Oilers NHL 6 0 2 2 0.33 -1 6 0 0 0 0 11 1.83 0.0 171 28:33
2002-03 27 New York Islanders NHL 5 0 1 1 0.20 -4 12 0 0 0 0 5 1.00 0.0 118 23:32
2003-04 28 New York Islanders NHL 5 1 2 3 0.60 -2 2 0 1 0 1 4 0.80 25.0 123 24:31
2005-06 30 Dallas Stars NHL 4 0 1 1 0.25 0 8 0 0 0 0 5 1.25 0.0 56 14:07
Career NHL 59 3 21 24 0.41 -2 60 1 2 0 3 114 1.93 2.6 689 23:46

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1990-91 15 Karpat Oulu Jr. Fin-Jr. 7 1 1 2 0.29 4
1991-92 16 Karpat Oulu Jr. Fin-Jr. 3 0 0 0 0.00 4
1991-92 16 Karpat Oulu Finland-2 41 2 11 13 0.32 49
1991-92 16 Finland WJC-A 5 0 0 0 0.00 2
1991-92 16 Finland EJC-A 6 4 3 7 1.17 8
1992-93 17 Karpat Oulu Jr. Fin-Jr. 10 3 9 12 1.20 16
1992-93 17 Karpat Oulu Finland-2 29 2 3 5 0.17 14
1992-93 17 KKP Kiiminki Finland-3 1 0 2 2 2.00 2
1992-93 17 Finland EJC-A 6 1 1 2 0.33 20
1993-94 18 Jokerit Helsinki Jr. Fin-Jr. 10 2 6 8 0.80 41
1993-94 18 Jokerit Helsinki Finland 45 3 8 11 0.24 24
1993-94 18 Finland WJC-A 7 0 0 0 0.00 10
1994-95 19 Jokerit Helsinki Jr. Fin-Jr. 6 6 3 9 1.50 39
1994-95 19 Jokerit Helsinki Finland 42 7 10 17 0.40 36
1994-95 19 Finland WJC-A 7 2 3 5 0.71 6
1994-95 19 Finland WC-A 8 1 2 3 0.38 10
1995-96 20 Jokerit Helsinki Finland 49 5 15 20 0.41 79
1995-96 20 Finland WC-A 5 1 0 1 0.20 10
1996-97 21 Finland W-Cup 2 0 0 0 0.00 2
1997-98 22 Finland Olympics 6 0 3 3 0.50 8
1999-00 24 Finland WC-A 9 2 1 3 0.33 8
2001-02 26 Finland Olympics 4 0 3 3 0.75 2
2001-02 26 Finland WC-A 9 0 4 4 0.44 8
2002-03 27 Finland WC-A 7 1 2 3 0.43 12
2003-04 28 Finland WC-A 7 0 5 5 0.71 2
2004-05 29 Finland W-Cup 3 0 0 0 0.00 0
2004-05 29 IF Malmo Redhawks Sweden 10 0 3 3 0.30 34
2004-05 29 Karpat Oulu Finland 26 3 10 13 0.50 30
2007-08 32 HC Davos Swiss 48 9 28 37 0.77 127
Career EJC-A 12 5 4 9 0.75 28
Career Fin-Jr. 36 12 19 31 0.86 104
Career Finland 162 18 43 61 0.38 169
Career Finland-2 70 4 14 18 0.26 63
Career Finland-3 1 0 2 2 2.00 2
Career Olympics 10 0 6 6 0.60 10
Career Sweden 10 0 3 3 0.30 34
Career Swiss 48 9 28 37 0.77 127
Career W-Cup 5 0 0 0 0.00 2
Career WC-A 45 5 14 19 0.42 50
Career WJC-A 19 2 3 5 0.26 18

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1991-92 16 Karpat Oulu Finland-2 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
1992-93 17 Karpat Oulu U18 Fin-U18 6 2 5 7 1.17 0 6 0 0.00
1993-94 18 Jokerit Helsinki Finland 12 1 1 2 0.17 0 4 0 0.00
1994-95 19 Jokerit Helsinki Finland 10 1 4 5 0.50 0 35 0 0.00
1995-96 20 Jokerit Helsinki Jr. Fin-Jr. 2 3 4 7 3.50 0 6 0 0.00
1995-96 20 Jokerit Helsinki Finland 11 0 2 2 0.18 0 12 0 0.00
2004-05 29 Karpat Oulu Finland 12 0 5 5 0.42 0 8 0 0.00
2007-08 32 HC Davos Swiss 9 0 1 1 0.11 20
Career Fin-Jr. 2 3 4 7 3.50 0 6 0 0.00
Career Fin-U18 6 2 5 7 1.17 0 6 0 0.00
Career Finland 45 2 12 14 0.31 0 59 0 0.00
Career Finland-2 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
Career Swiss 9 0 1 1 0.11 20

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

2001 NHL

Honors

1996-97 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Games Played

2000-01 NHL 82 (3)
2003-04 NHL 82 (3)

Transactions

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March 24, 1998: Traded to Edmonton by Philadelphia for Dan McGillis and Edmonton's 2nd round choice (Jason Beckett) in 1998 Entry Draft, March 24, 1998.

March 11, 2003: Traded to NY Islanders by Edmonton with Washington's 2nd round choice (previously acquired, NY Islanders selected Evgeni Tunik) in 2003 Entry Draft for Brad Isbister and Raffi Torres, March 11, 2003.

November 17, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Malmo (Sweden), November 17, 2004.

January 3, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Oulu (Finland), January 3, 2005.

January 10, 2005: Traded to Dallas by NY Islanders with NY Islanders' 5th round choice (Ondrej Roman) in 2007 Entry Draft for John Erskine and Dallas' 2nd round choice (Jesse Joensuu) in 2006 Entry Draft, January 10, 2005.

September 30, 2006: Traded to Montreal by Dallas with Dallas' 5th round choice (Andrew Conboy) in 2007 Entry Draft for Mike Ribeiro and Montreal's 6th round choice in 2008 Entry Draft, September 30, 2006.