Frans Nielsen

Age 36 Apr 24, 1984

Herning DNK

Center shoots left

6'1" 185 cm

186 lbs 84 kg

ELC Signing Age 22

Waivers Signing Age 22

UFA Year 2011

Agent Marc Levine

Expansion Draft Status
Eligible

Draft Year 2002
Drafted Overall 87
Draft Round 3
Draft Team

Cap Hit: $5,250,000
6.4% of team cap space
Accumulated Cap Hit: $497,845
Year 5 of 6 year contract
Expiry Status UFA | 2022 | 38 yrs old
Career Earnings: $42,670,000

Transaction History

Jan 22, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Frans Nielsen \| Nielsen recorded an assist and three shots on goal in Friday's 4-1 loss to the Blackhawks.
Jan 19, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Frans Nielsen \| Nielsen posted an assist in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime win over the Blue Jackets.
Feb 11, 2020	Activated	Detroit Red Wings \| activated C Frans Nielsen from injured reserve.
Oct 15, 2019	Activated	Detroit Red Wings \| activated C Frans Nielsen from injured reserve.
Oct 7, 2019	Injured	Detroit Red Wings \| placed C Frans Nielsen on IR.
Jul 1, 2016		Detroit Red Wings \| signed C Frans Nielsen to a six-year, $31.5 million contract.
Mar 2, 2014	Activated	New York Islanders \| activated C Frans Nielsen from injured reserve.
Feb 24, 2014	Injured	New York Islanders \| placed C Frans Nielsen on IR.
Oct 9, 2013	Fined	(NHL) fined C Frans Nielsen $5,000 for slashing Martin Hanzal on October 8th.
Feb 8, 2012		New York Islanders \| (Frans Nielsen) agreed to terms on a four-year contract extension.

Current Stats
Career Stats

2020-2021 Regular Season Stats

Frans Nielsen	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
Detroit Red Wings	4	0	2	2	2	0
Frans Nielsen Stats by Elite Prospects							Frans Nielsen Advanced Stats by

Career Stats

	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
	1999-2000	Denmark U18	WJC-18 B	5	3	4	7	0
	1999-2000	Herning U20	Denmark U20	36	18	16	34	6
	2000-2001	Herning Blue Fox	Denmark	38	18	19	37	6
	2000-2001	Denmark U18	WJC-18 D1	3	2	1	3	0
	2000-2001	Denmark U20	WJC-20 D2	4	2	2	4	2
Draft Yr	2001-2002	Malmö Redhawks	SHL	20	0	1	1	0
Draft Yr	2001-2002	Malmö Redhawks J20	J20 Nationell	29	15	27	42	8									Playoffs	7	3	7	10	0
Draft Yr	2001-2002	Denmark U18	WJC-18 D1	3	1	2	3	0
Draft Yr	2001-2002	Denmark U20	WJC-20 D2	4	4	10	14	0
Draft Yr	2001-2002	Denmark	WC D1	5	1	1	2	0
	2002-2003	Malmö Redhawks	SHL	47	3	6	9	10
	2002-2003	Malmö Redhawks J20	J20 Nationell	2	1	3	4	0									Playoffs	6	5	4	9	0
	2002-2003	Denmark U20	WJC-20 D1	5	3	7	10	0
	2002-2003	Denmark	WC	6	0	0	0	4
	2003-2004	Malmö Redhawks	SHL	50	9	7	16	28
	2003-2004	Denmark U20	WJC-20 D1	5	8	3	11	4
	2003-2004	Denmark	WC	6	0	3	3	0
	2003-2004	Malmö Redhawks	SHL	10	3	5	8	2
	2004-2005	Malmö Redhawks	SHL	49	8	7	15	6
	2004-2005	Denmark	WC	6	3	0	3	0
	2004-2005	Malmö Redhawks	SHL	10	7	2	9	0
	2004-2005	Denmark	OGQ	3	2	3	5	0
	2005-2006	Timrå IK	SHL	50	5	13	18	22
	2005-2006	Denmark	WC	6	3	0	3	4
	2006-2007	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL	54	20	24	44	10
	2006-2007	New York Islanders	NHL	15	1	1	2	0
	2006-2007	Denmark	WC	6	0	3	3	6
	2007-2008	New York Islanders	NHL	16	2	1	3	0	132	57.14	51.11	-4.23	45.76	-7.20	0.91	1.37
	2007-2008	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	AHL	48	10	28	38	18
	2008-2009	New York Islanders	NHL	59	9	24	33	18	634	46.00	49.03	1.83	49.01	4.67	0.47	1.23
	2009-2010	New York Islanders	NHL	76	12	26	38	6	845	49.25	51.35	2.10	51.48	5.71	0.71	1.70
	2009-2010	Denmark	WC	7	2	3	5	6
	2010-2011	New York Islanders	NHL	71	13	31	44	38	818	54.41	54.84	12.40	50.24	6.22	0.37	1.69
	2011-2012	New York Islanders	NHL	82	17	30	47	6	1,007	51.90	46.69	-1.65	48.78	2.24	0.71	1.85
	2011-2012	Denmark	WC	7	0	3	3	8
	2011-2012	Denmark (all)	International	10	2	7	9	8
	2012-2013	New York Islanders	NHL	48	6	23	29	12	611	46.67	45.78	-8.75	46.82	-4.58	0.29	1.77	Playoffs	6	0	2	2	0
	2012-2013	Lukko	Liiga	27	4	20	24	10
	2013-2014	New York Islanders	NHL	80	25	33	58	8	949	44.19	52.19	4.91	49.84	1.30	0.95	1.96
	2014-2015	New York Islanders	NHL	78	14	29	43	12	874	53.85	54.10	-1.20	53.15	-0.75	0.55	1.44	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	0
	2015-2016	New York Islanders	NHL	81	20	32	52	12	977	52.24	49.79	1.59	51.31	1.94	0.49	1.35	Playoffs	11	3	2	5	0
	2016-2017	Team Europe	WCup	6	0	2	2	0
	2016-2017	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	79	17	24	41	18	956	43.75	49.53	2.64	48.96	1.49	0.69	1.44
	2016-2017	Denmark	OGQ	3	0	3	3	0
	2016-2017	Denmark (all)	International	4	1	3	4	0
	2017-2018	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	79	16	17	33	14	968	46.88	47.83	-1.05	48.33	-0.45	0.50	1.12
	2017-2018	Denmark (all)	International	9	3	4	7	2
	2017-2018	Denmark	WC	7	3	3	6	0
	2018-2019	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	72	10	25	35	14	882	48.75	43.59	-1.79	44.54	-3.59	0.68	1.63
	2019-2020	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	60	4	5	9	8	630	28.60	42.30	-4.20	45.20	-1.90	0.29	0.48
	2020-2021	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	4	0	2	2	0
Frans Nielsen Stats by Elite Prospects \| Frans Nielsen Advanced Stats by

Active Contract

Signing Team

Signing Date July 1, 2016
Signing Status UFA
Agent Marc Levine

Buyout Calculator

Standard Contract | 6 Years $31,500,000 6.44% of cap space

	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
Cap Hit	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	UFA
AAV	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$4,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$5,500,000	$2,500,000	$1,500,000
Signing Bonuses	$2,000,000	$0	$0	$0	$2,500,000	$1,500,000
Total Salary	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$5,500,000	$5,000,000	$3,000,000
Minors Salary	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$5,500,000	$5,000,000	$3,000,000
Clauses	NMC	NMC	M-NTC NMC	M-NTC NMC	M-NTC NMC	M-NTC NMC
UFA Year
					Buy It Out	Buy It Out

Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date February 6, 2012
Signing Status UFA

Standard Contract | 4 Years $11,000,000 4.58% of cap space

	2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016
Cap Hit	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	UFA
AAV	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	$2,750,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$2,000,000	$2,500,000	$3,000,000	$3,500,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$2,000,000	$2,500,000	$3,000,000	$3,500,000
Minors Salary	$2,000,000	$2,500,000	$3,000,000	$3,500,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date July 19, 2008
Signing Status RFA

Standard Contract | 4 Years $2,100,000 0.93% of cap space

	2008-2009	2009-2010	2010-2011	2011-2012
Cap Hit	$525,000	$525,000	$525,000	$525,000	UFA
AAV	$525,000	$525,000	$525,000	$525,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$500,000	$500,000	$550,000	$550,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$500,000	$500,000	$550,000	$550,000
Minors Salary	$500,000	$500,000	$550,000	$550,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date May 15, 2006

Entry Level Contract | 2 Years $1,245,000 1.22% of cap space

	2006-2007	2007-2008
Cap Hit	$535,000	$535,000	RFA
AAV	$622,500	$622,500
Performance Bonuses	$25,000	$150,000
Base Salary	$450,000	$500,000
Signing Bonuses	$60,000	$60,000
Total Salary	$510,000	$560,000
Minors Salary	$60,000	$60,000
Clauses
UFA Year