Joni Pitkanen

Position: D ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-3 ▪ Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: September 19, 1983 in Oulu, Finland
Draft: Philadelphia, 1st round (4th overall), 2002 NHL Entry
Contract: 3 years/$13,500,000
2012-13 Cap Hit: $4,500,000.00 (full contract info at capgeek.com)

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					Scoring Stats						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
2003-04	20	PHI	NHL	71	8	19	27	9	15	44	3	5	0	2	7	0	12	133	6.0	1177	16:35
2005-06	22	PHI	NHL	58	13	33	46	16	22	78	8	5	0	3	18	1	14	118	11.0	1375	23:43
2006-07	23	PHI	NHL	77	4	39	43	13	-25	88	3	1	0	0	20	2	17	137	2.9	1890	24:33
2007-08	24	EDM	NHL	63	8	18	26	9	-5	56	6	1	1	1	9	0	9	101	7.9	1520	24:07
2008-09	25	CAR	NHL	71	7	26	33	11	11	58	5	2	0	3	14	0	12	147	4.8	1761	24:48
2009-10	26	CAR	NHL	71	6	40	46	14	-11	72	5	1	0	1	22	0	18	161	3.7	1944	27:23
2010-11	27	CAR	NHL	72	5	30	35	11	-2	60	4	1	0	1	19	0	11	144	3.5	1802	25:01
2011-12	28	CAR	NHL	30	5	12	17	6	-15	16	3	2	0	2	6	0	6	62	8.1	669	22:18
2012-13	29	CAR	NHL	22	1	8	9	3	2	12	1	0	0	0	6	0	2	34	2.9	502	22:49
Career			NHL	535	57	225	282	92	-8	484	38	18	1	13	121	3	101	1037	5.5	12640	23:38

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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
2003-04	20	PHI	NHL	71	0.11	0.27	0.38	0.13	0.62	1.87	9	22	31	11	88	40	34	1	15	2.5	3.7	6.2
2005-06	22	PHI	NHL	58	0.22	0.57	0.79	0.28	1.34	2.03	13	32	45	16	98	34	65	23	22	4.3	4.0	8.3
2006-07	23	PHI	NHL	77	0.05	0.51	0.56	0.16	1.14	1.78	4	39	43	13	96	32	106	17	-25	2.7	2.3	5.0
2007-08	24	EDM	NHL	63	0.13	0.29	0.41	0.14	0.89	1.60	9	19	28	10	83	23	73	8	-5	2.0	2.9	4.9
2008-09	25	CAR	NHL	71	0.10	0.37	0.46	0.15	0.82	2.07	7	26	33	11	99	34	76	22	11	2.1	5.0	7.1
2009-10	26	CAR	NHL	71	0.08	0.56	0.65	0.20	1.01	2.27	7	42	49	15	103	35	97	18	-11	3.4	3.2	6.6
2010-11	27	CAR	NHL	72	0.07	0.42	0.49	0.15	0.83	2.00	5	32	37	11	96	27	86	15	-2	2.3	3.5	5.8
2011-12	28	CAR	NHL	30	0.17	0.40	0.57	0.21	0.53	2.07	6	13	19	7	32	13	39	5	-15	1.8	0.2	2.0
2012-13	29	CAR	NHL	22	0.05	0.36	0.41	0.12	0.55	1.55									2	0.5	1.0	1.6
Career			NHL	535	0.11	0.42	0.53	0.17	0.90	1.94	60	225	285	94	695	238	576	109	-8	21.6	25.8	47.4

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
2003-04	20	PHI	NHL	15	0	3	3	1	-6	6	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	183	12:13
2005-06	22	PHI	NHL	6	0	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	145	24:12
2008-09	25	CAR	NHL	18	0	8	8	2	0	16	0	0	0	0	46	0.0	477	26:29
Career			NHL	39	0	13	13	3	-6	24	0	0	0	0	71	0.0	805	20:39

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1998-99	15	Karpat Oulu U18	Fin-U18	30	1	5	6			12
1999-00	16	Karpat Oulu U18	Fin-U18	36	12	14	26			26
1999-00	16	Karpat Oulu Jr.	Fin-Jr.	2	0	0	0			0
2000-01	17	Karpat Oulu Jr.	Fin-Jr.	24	6	11	17			77
2000-01	17	Karpat Oulu	Finland	21	0	0	0			10
2000-01	17	Finland	5-Nations	4	0	2	2			6
2001-02	18	Karpat Oulu	Finland	49	4	15	19			65
2001-02	18	Finland	WJC-A	7	1	3	4		6	0	1	0	0	0
2002-03	19	Karpat Oulu	Finland	35	5	15	20			38
2002-03	19	Finland	WJC-A	7	1	5	6			0
2004-05	21	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	76	6	35	41		9	105	3	3	0	1
2009-10	26	Finland	Olympics	5	1	2	3		-1	29	0	1	0	0
Career		1 Season	5-Nations	4	0	2	2			6
Career		1 Season	AHL	76	6	35	41		9	105	3	3	0	1
Career		2 Seasons	Fin-Jr.	26	6	11	17			77
Career		2 Seasons	Fin-U18	66	13	19	32			38
Career		3 Seasons	Finland	105	9	30	39			113
Career		1 Season	Olympics	5	1	2	3		-1	29	0	1	0	0
Career		2 Seasons	WJC-A	14	2	8	10		6	0	1	0	0	0

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1999-00	16	Karpat Oulu U18	Fin-U18	6	1	4	5			2
2000-01	17	Karpat Oulu	Finland	2	0	0	0			2
2001-02	18	Karpat Oulu Jr.	Fin-Jr.	1	0	0	0			0
2001-02	18	Karpat Oulu	Finland	4	0	0	0			12
2004-05	21	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL	21	3	4	7		13	16	3	0	0	0
Career		1 Season	AHL	21	3	4	7		13	16	3	0	0	0
Career		1 Season	Fin-Jr.	1	0	0	0			0
Career		1 Season	Fin-U18	6	1	4	5			2
Career		2 Seasons	Finland	6	0	0	0			14

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 9 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Joni Pitkanen		8.3	7.1	6.6	6.2	5.8	5.0	4.9	2.0	1.6
Mike Ramsey	96.2	8.0	7.0	6.9	6.5	5.7	5.2	4.9	1.6
Paul Martin	94.7	8.1	7.0	7.0	6.2	6.0	5.7	4.6	2.9
Art Coulter	94.3	5.9	5.4	5.3	4.4	4.0	3.9	3.6	0.9
Bill Quackenbush	94.2	6.4	6.2	5.5	5.5	5.2	4.3	4.3	1.1
Marty Burke	94.1	7.0	4.6	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.2	3.4	2.7
Jimmy Watson	93.9	8.4	7.2	6.6	6.2	5.8	5.5	5.4	0.1
Doug Crossman	93.4	8.1	6.8	6.6	6.0	5.7	5.5	4.3	0.1
Red Horner	93.3	6.2	5.5	4.7	4.6	4.2	4.2	3.5	1.2
Derian Hatcher	93.2	8.6	7.3	7.0	5.2	4.8	3.7	3.4	2.7
Brad Maxwell	93.1	7.7	6.3	6.0	6.0	5.7	5.0	4.5	2.5

Career		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Joni Pitkanen		8.3	7.1	6.6	6.2	5.8	5.0	4.9	2.0	1.6
Randy Manery	96.0	8.3	7.1	6.9	6.8	6.1	5.7	4.9	2.2	0.0	0.0
Paul Martin	94.7	8.1	7.0	7.0	6.2	6.0	5.7	4.6	4.6	2.9
John-Michael Liles	92.5	7.8	6.8	6.5	6.2	6.1	5.7	4.5	3.7	1.8
Jimmy Watson	92.2	8.4	7.2	6.6	6.2	5.8	5.5	5.4	3.6	1.7	0.1
Dmitri Mironov	91.3	8.8	6.5	6.4	5.3	4.8	4.6	3.6	2.7	1.2	0.2
Paul Cavallini	91.0	8.8	7.4	6.3	5.7	5.6	4.8	4.6	3.3	0.1	0.1
Risto Siltanen	90.8	7.1	7.1	6.3	6.2	5.8	5.3	4.0	2.6
Tomas Jonsson	90.7	9.2	6.8	6.2	6.1	6.0	6.0	4.7	4.0
Jocelyn Guevremont	89.9	10.0	8.1	7.4	6.6	6.2	4.9	4.7	2.9	0.6
Clarence Abel	89.9	7.6	4.5	4.2	3.9	3.7	3.5	3.2	1.6

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Honors 2003-04 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Honors

2003-04 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

July 1, 2007: Traded to Edmonton by Philadelphia with Geoff Sanderson and Philadelphia's 3rd round choice (Cameron Abney) in 2009 Entry Draft for Joffrey Lupul and Jason Smith, July 1, 2007.

July 1, 2008: Traded to Carolina by Edmonton for Erik Cole, July 1, 2008.

December 6, 2011: Missed majority of 2011-12 due to head injury at Calgary, December 6, 2011.

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