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Mikael Samuelsson

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-1    Weight: 218 lbs.
Born: December 23, 1976 in Mariefred, Sweden

Drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the 5th round (145th overall) of the 1998 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
2000-01 24 SJS NHL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 19 4:41
2001-02 25 NYR NHL 67 6 10 16 6 10 23 3 1 2 1 94 6.4 795 11:52
2002-03 26 TOT NHL 80 10 14 24 9 -21 40 7 2 1 2 154 6.5 1211 15:08
2002-03 26 NYR NHL 58 8 14 22 8 0 32 6 1 1 2 118 6.8 901 15:32
2002-03 26 PIT NHL 22 2 0 2 1 -21 8 1 1 0 0 36 5.6 309 14:04
2003-04 27 FLA NHL 37 3 6 9 3 0 35 3 0 0 1 50 6.0 454 12:15
2005-06 29 DET NHL 71 23 22 45 18 27 42 16 7 0 3 187 12.3 960 13:31
2006-07 30 DET NHL 53 14 20 34 13 1 28 8 6 0 2 189 7.4 803 15:09
2007-08 31 DET NHL 73 11 29 40 14 21 26 8 3 0 1 249 4.4 1187 16:16
2008-09 32 DET NHL 81 19 21 40 16 0 50 12 7 0 1 257 7.4 1245 15:22
2009-10 33 VAN NHL 74 30 23 53 22 10 64 23 7 0 4 219 13.7 1271 17:10
2010-11 34 VAN NHL 75 18 32 50 18 8 36 13 5 0 2 215 8.4 1247 16:38
2011-12 35 TOT NHL 23 5 9 14 5 2 10 2 3 0 0 54 9.3 352 15:17
2011-12 35 VAN NHL 6 1 2 3 1 -1 6 0 1 0 0 13 7.7 95 15:53
2011-12 35 FLA NHL 17 4 7 11 4 3 4 2 2 0 0 41 9.8 256 15:04
Career NHL 638 139 186 325 124 58 354 95 41 3 17 1671 8.3 9542 14:57

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
2000-01 24 SJS NHL 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2001-02 25 NYR NHL 67 0.09 0.15 0.24 0.09 0.34 1.40 7 11 18 7 31 1 39 19 10 0.2 0.9 1.1
2002-03 26 TOT NHL 80 0.13 0.18 0.30 0.12 0.50 1.93 11 15 26 10 36 6 65 14 -21 0.3 0.5 0.8
2002-03 26 NYR NHL 58 0.14 0.24 0.38 0.14 0.55 2.03 9 15 24 9 34 5 43 14 0 0.8 0.9 1.7
2002-03 26 PIT NHL 22 0.09 0.00 0.09 0.05 0.36 1.64 2 0 2 1 2 1 22 0 -21 -0.4 -0.4 -0.9
2003-04 27 FLA NHL 37 0.08 0.16 0.24 0.09 0.95 1.35 4 7 11 4 13 2 14 3 0 0.1 0.6 0.7
2005-06 29 DET NHL 71 0.32 0.31 0.63 0.26 0.59 2.63 23 21 44 18 71 26 19 1 27 3.9 2.0 5.9
2006-07 30 DET NHL 53 0.26 0.38 0.64 0.24 0.53 3.57 15 20 35 14 43 19 23 0 1 2.7 0.9 3.6
2007-08 31 DET NHL 73 0.15 0.40 0.55 0.19 0.36 3.41 12 31 43 15 69 24 24 0 21 2.1 2.3 4.4
2008-09 32 DET NHL 81 0.23 0.26 0.49 0.19 0.62 3.17 20 21 41 17 74 35 39 0 0 2.5 1.0 3.5
2009-10 33 VAN NHL 74 0.41 0.31 0.72 0.30 0.86 2.96 33 24 57 25 90 36 44 0 10 5.3 1.5 6.9
2010-11 34 VAN NHL 75 0.24 0.43 0.67 0.24 0.48 2.87 20 34 54 20 73 28 38 1 8 3.9 1.6 5.5
2011-12 35 TOT NHL 23 0.22 0.39 0.61 0.22 0.43 2.35 9 15 24 9 2 1.1 0.5 1.6
2011-12 35 VAN NHL 6 0.17 0.33 0.50 0.18 1.00 2.17 2 3 5 2 -1 0.2 0.0 0.2
2011-12 35 FLA NHL 17 0.24 0.41 0.65 0.24 0.24 2.41 7 12 19 7 3 1.0 0.4 1.4
Career NHL 638 0.22 0.29 0.51 0.20 0.55 2.62 154 199 353 138 500 177 305 38 58 22.1 11.8 33.9

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2005-06 29 DET NHL 6 0 1 1 -1 6 0 0 0 0 16 0.0 93 15:33
2006-07 30 DET NHL 18 3 8 11 2 14 2 1 0 1 45 6.7 278 15:27
2007-08 31 DET NHL SC 22 5 8 13 8 8 5 0 0 1 79 6.3 351 15:56
2008-09 32 DET NHL 23 5 5 10 7 6 5 0 0 2 79 6.3 348 15:08
2009-10 33 VAN NHL 12 8 7 15 7 16 5 3 0 1 42 19.0 216 17:58
2010-11 34 VAN NHL 11 1 2 3 -4 8 1 0 0 1 20 5.0 181 16:26
Career NHL 1 92 22 31 53 19 58 18 4 0 6 281 7.8 1466 15:56

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1994-95 18 Sodertalje SK Jr. Swe-Jr. 30 8 6 14 12
1995-96 19 Sodertalje SK Jr. Swe-Jr. 22 13 12 25 20
1995-96 19 Sodertalje SK Sweden-2 18 5 1 6 0
1996-97 20 Sodertalje SK Jr. Swe-Jr. 2 2 1 3
1996-97 20 Sodertalje SK Sweden 29 3 2 5 10
1997-98 21 IK Nykopings Hockey 90 Sweden-2 10 5 1 6 14
1997-98 21 Sodertalje SK Sweden 41 11 9 20 66
1998-99 22 Sodertalje SK Sweden-2 18 13 10 23 26
1998-99 22 Vastra Frolunda HC Goteborg Sweden 27 0 5 5 10
1999-00 23 Brynas IF Gavle Sweden 40 4 3 7 76
1999-00 23 Brynas IF Gavle EuroHL 4 0 2 2 4
2000-01 24 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 66 32 46 78 31 58 19 8 5 8 237 13.5
2001-02 25 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 8 3 6 9 0 12 2 1 0 1
2004-05 28 HC Geneve-Servette Swiss 12 2 4 6 14
2004-05 28 Sodertalje SK Sweden 29 7 13 20 45
2004-05 28 Sweden WC-A 9 1 4 5 4
2005-06 29 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Swiss 1 0 0 0 0
2005-06 29 Sweden Olympics 8 1 3 4 1 2 0 1 0 0
2005-06 29 Sweden WC-A 8 4 5 9 4
Career 2 Seasons AHL 74 35 52 87 31 70 21 9 5 9 237 13.5
Career 1 Season EuroHL 4 0 2 2 4
Career 1 Season Olympics 8 1 3 4 1 2 0 1 0 0
Career 3 Seasons Swe-Jr. 54 23 19 42 32
Career 5 Seasons Sweden 166 25 32 57 207
Career 3 Seasons Sweden-2 46 23 12 35 40
Career 2 Seasons Swiss 13 2 4 6 14
Career 2 Seasons WC-A 17 5 9 14 8

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1995-96 19 Sodertalje SK Sweden-2 4 0 0 0 0
1996-97 20 Sodertalje SK Sweden 10 0 0 0 4
1998-99 22 Sodertalje SK Sweden-2 10 2 2 4 12
1999-00 23 Brynas IF Gavle Sweden 11 7 2 9 6
2000-01 24 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2004-05 28 Sodertalje SK Sweden 10 3 3 6 24
Career 1 Season AHL 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Career 3 Seasons Sweden 31 10 5 15 34
Career 2 Seasons Sweden-2 14 2 2 4 12

Similarity Scores

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Thru 10 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mikael Samuelsson 6.9 5.9 5.5 4.4 3.6 3.5 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.0
Tim Connolly 91.4 6.9 5.7 5.2 4.1 3.5 3.4 2.2 1.8 1.0 0.2
Alex Shibicky 91.4 4.9 4.7 3.8 3.4 3.0 2.2 1.2 0.8
Claude Lemieux 90.6 6.8 6.4 5.3 4.5 4.1 3.8 0.7 0.1 0.0 -0.1
Brent Ashton 89.8 6.3 5.1 4.9 4.1 4.0 3.3 1.2 1.0 0.8 -0.6
Stephen Weiss 89.3 6.4 6.1 4.9 4.5 4.3 2.9 1.7 0.7 0.1
Michal Handzus 88.9 6.7 6.5 5.6 4.1 3.9 3.8 2.7 1.0 0.1 -0.1
Paul Ronty 88.4 6.1 5.6 5.5 4.8 3.5 2.3 1.0 0.0
Alexei Ponikarovsky 88.3 6.4 5.2 4.6 4.3 3.8 3.1 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.1
Guy Charron 88.1 7.0 6.8 5.0 4.5 4.0 2.7 2.2 1.2 1.0 -0.2
Mike York 87.9 6.9 5.8 5.1 5.1 3.4 1.8 0.9 0.6 0.0
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Mikael Samuelsson 6.9 5.9 5.5 4.4 3.6 3.5 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.0
Tim Connolly 91.8 6.9 5.7 5.2 4.1 3.5 3.4 2.2 1.8 1.0 0.2
Alex Shibicky 91.1 4.9 4.7 3.8 3.4 3.0 2.2 1.2 0.8
Stephen Weiss 89.5 6.4 6.1 4.9 4.5 4.3 2.9 1.7 0.7 0.1
Alexei Ponikarovsky 88.3 6.4 5.2 4.6 4.3 3.8 3.1 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.1
Paul Ronty 88.1 6.1 5.6 5.5 4.8 3.5 2.3 1.0 0.0
Mike York 87.6 6.9 5.8 5.1 5.1 3.4 1.8 0.9 0.6 0.0
Antoine Vermette 86.9 7.0 5.5 4.3 4.0 3.4 3.3 1.3
Fleming MacKell 86.8 6.3 5.5 5.0 4.3 3.5 3.2 2.2 1.7 1.1 0.9 0.4 -0.1 -0.1
Pierre-Marc Bouchard 86.7 6.6 6.3 5.9 4.7 3.8 2.0 1.4 0.0
Metro Prystai 86.6 6.1 5.7 5.3 4.5 3.0 2.8 2.3 1.1 0.8 0.3 -0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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2008 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)

Transactions

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June 24, 2001: Traded to NY Rangers by San Jose with Christian Gosselin for Adam Graves and future considerations, June 24, 2001.

February 10, 2003: Traded to Pittsburgh by NY Rangers with Joel Bouchard, Richard Lintner and Rico Fata for Mike Wilson, Alex Kovalev, Janne Laukkanen and Dan LaCouture, February 10, 2003.

June 21, 2003: Traded to Florida by Pittsburgh with Pittsburgh's 1st round choice (Nathan Horton) and 2nd round compensatory choice (Stefan Meyer) in 2003 Entry Draft for Florida's 1st (Marc-Andre Fleury) and 3rd (Daniel Carcillo) round choices in 2003 Entry Draft, June 21, 2003.

January 21, 2004: Missed majority of 2003-04 due to jaw (November 21, 2003 vs. Washington) and hand (January 21, 2004 vs. Columbus) injuries.

September 8, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Geneve (Swiss), September 8, 2004.

October 26, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Sodertalje (Sweden), October 26, 2004.

September 17, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Detroit, September 17, 2005.

July 3, 2009: Signed as a free agent by Vancouver, July 3, 2009.

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