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Joni Pitkanen

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-3    Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: September 19, 1983 in Oulu, Finland

Drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1st round (4th 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
2003-04 20 PHI NHL 71 8 19 27 9 15 44 3 5 0 2 133 6.0 1177 16:35
2005-06 22 PHI NHL 58 13 33 46 16 22 78 8 5 0 3 118 11.0 1375 23:43
2006-07 23 PHI NHL 77 4 39 43 13 -25 88 3 1 0 0 137 2.9 1890 24:33
2007-08 24 EDM NHL 63 8 18 26 9 -5 56 6 1 1 1 101 7.9 1520 24:07
2008-09 25 CAR NHL 71 7 26 33 11 11 58 5 2 0 3 147 4.8 1761 24:48
2009-10 26 CAR NHL 71 6 40 46 14 -11 72 5 1 0 1 161 3.7 1944 27:23
2010-11 27 CAR NHL 72 5 30 35 11 -2 60 4 1 0 1 144 3.5 1802 25:01
2011-12 28 CAR NHL 21 3 9 12 4 -10 8 2 1 0 1 42 7.1 475 22:36
Career NHL 504 54 214 268 87 -5 464 36 17 1 12 983 5.5 11943 23:42

NHL Miscellaneous

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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 21 0.14 0.43 0.57 0.20 0.38 2.00 5 15 20 7 -10 1.2 0.2 1.4
Career NHL 504 0.11 0.42 0.53 0.17 0.92 1.95 59 227 286 94 663 225 537 104 -5 20.4 24.8 45.2

NHL Playoffs

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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 -6 6 0 0 0 0 15 0.0 183 12:13
2005-06 22 PHI NHL 6 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 145 24:12
2008-09 25 CAR NHL 18 0 8 8 0 16 0 0 0 0 46 0.0 477 26:29
Career NHL 39 0 13 13 -6 24 0 0 0 0 71 0.0 805 20:39

Other Standard

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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

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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

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Thru 7 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Joni Pitkanen 8.3 7.1 6.6 6.2 5.8 5.0 4.9
Petr Svoboda 96.7 8.2 7.4 6.4 6.3 5.7 5.4 4.7
Barclay Plager 95.1 8.2 7.1 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.3 4.7
John-Michael Liles 94.9 7.8 6.8 6.5 6.2 6.1 5.7 4.5
Dave Ellett 94.8 8.1 7.0 6.6 6.5 6.2 5.9 4.6
Marty Burke 94.1 7.0 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.2 3.4 2.7
Barry Beck 94.0 9.3 8.4 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.4 5.4
Earl Seibert 93.5 6.9 5.2 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.4 3.2
Gus Mortson 92.9 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.0 4.4
Paul Martin 92.7 8.1 7.0 7.0 6.2 6.0 5.7 2.9
Tomas Jonsson 92.4 9.2 6.8 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.0 4.0
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
John-Michael Liles 94.7 7.8 6.8 6.5 6.2 6.1 5.7 4.5
Randy Manery 92.8 8.3 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.1 5.7 4.9 2.2 0.0 0.0
Paul Martin 92.6 8.1 7.0 7.0 6.2 6.0 5.7 2.9
Marek Zidlicky 91.4 8.0 7.8 7.8 6.3 6.3 5.3 4.2
Ken Reardon 90.2 7.2 6.3 5.6 5.2 4.3 2.7 2.3
Jimmy Watson 89.0 8.4 7.2 6.6 6.2 5.8 5.5 5.4 3.6 1.7 0.1
Dmitri Mironov 88.0 8.8 6.5 6.4 5.3 4.8 4.6 3.6 2.7 1.2 0.2
Paul Cavallini 87.9 8.8 7.4 6.3 5.7 5.6 4.8 4.6 3.3 0.1 0.1
Tomas Jonsson 87.6 9.2 6.8 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.0 4.7 4.0
Risto Siltanen 87.5 7.1 7.1 6.3 6.2 5.8 5.3 4.0 2.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Honors

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

Transactions

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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.

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