Matt Niskanen

Age 35 Dec 6, 1986

Virginia USA

Defense shoots right

6'1" 185 cm

203 lbs 92 kg

ELC Signing Age 20

Waivers Signing Age 21

UFA Year 2014

Agent Neil Sheehy

Draft Year 2005
Drafted Overall 28
Draft Round 1
Draft Team

No contract for upcoming season.
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Career Earnings: $49,875,000

Transaction History

Oct 5, 2020		Philadelphia Flyers \| announced D Matt Niskanen has retired.
Aug 22, 2020		Philadelphia Flyers \| announced D Matt Niskanen has served his suspension.
Aug 20, 2020	Suspended	Philadelphia Flyers \| (NHL) suspended D Matt Niskanen one game for cross-checking.
Feb 21, 2020	Fined	(NHL) fined D Matt Niskanen $5,000 for slashing.
Nov 14, 2017	Activated	Washington Capitals \| activated D Matt Niskanen from injured reserve.
Oct 14, 2017	Injured	Washington Capitals \| placed D Matt Niskanen on IR.
Feb 13, 2013	Activated	Pittsburgh Penguins \| activated D Matt Niskanen from injury reserve.
Feb 21, 2011	Trade	Pittsburgh Penguins \| (Matt Niskanen) acquired from Dallas in exchange for Alex Goligoski.

Current Stats
Career Stats

Regular Season Stats

Matt Niskanen	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
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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
	2003-2004	Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl High	USHS-MN	0	24	37	61	0
Draft Yr	2004-2005	Virginia/Mountain Iron-Buhl High	USHS-MN	29	27	38	65	34
	2005-2006	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	NCAA	38	1	13	14	40
	2005-2006	USA U20	WJC-20	7	0	0	0	6
	2006-2007	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	NCAA	39	9	22	31	42
	2006-2007	Iowa Stars	AHL	13	0	3	3	6									Playoffs	12	2	5	7	0
	2007-2008	Dallas Stars	NHL	78	7	19	26	36	1,195	57.58	47.96	-3.34	52.35	-0.07	0.25	0.90	Playoffs	16	0	3	3	0
	2008-2009	Dallas Stars	NHL	80	6	29	35	52	1,171	44.83	48.90	0.60	51.36	2.82	0.21	1.03
	2008-2009	USA	WC	9	1	2	3	2
	2009-2010	Dallas Stars	NHL	74	3	12	15	18	1,047	44.78	52.86	5.30	51.76	5.22	0.17	0.52
	2010-2011	Dallas Stars	NHL	45	0	6	6	30	569	55.88	52.59	8.65	49.79	4.47	0.00	0.21
	2010-2011	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	18	1	3	4	20	278	41.67	42.73	-10.24	51.28	-4.76	0.22	0.43	Playoffs	7	0	1	1	0
	2011-2012	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	75	4	17	21	47	1,081	56.67	54.82	1.60	57.98	3.62	0.06	0.67	Playoffs	4	1	2	3	0
	2012-2013	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	40	4	10	14	12	655	54.55	47.53	-5.43	52.46	3.58	0.37	0.92	Playoffs	15	0	2	2	0
	2013-2014	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	81	10	36	46	51	1,334	63.89	56.64	7.94	54.22	7.30	0.27	1.21	Playoffs	13	2	7	9	0
	2014-2015	Washington Capitals	NHL	82	4	27	31	47	1,450	50.55	53.00	-0.11	52.61	0.94	0.08	0.66	Playoffs	14	0	4	4	0
	2015-2016	Washington Capitals	NHL	82	5	27	32	38	1,491	56.52	55.55	4.49	51.70	0.10	0.08	0.40	Playoffs	12	0	3	3	0
	2016-2017	USA	WCup	3	0	0	0	0
	2016-2017	Washington Capitals	NHL	78	5	34	39	32	1,304	59.60	50.48	-0.56	55.99	3.80	0.18	1.20	Playoffs	13	1	3	4	0
	2017-2018	Washington Capitals	NHL	68	7	22	29	36	1,270	56.76	47.78	0.90	49.19	0.78	0.28	1.04	Playoffs	24	1	8	9	0
	2018-2019	Washington Capitals	NHL	80	8	17	25	41	1,429	47.32	45.37	-3.35	47.16	-2.89	0.25	0.80	Playoffs	7	0	2	2	0
	2019-2020	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	68	8	25	33	29	1,112	54.70	52.60	3.40	52.10	1.70	0.11	0.92	Playoffs	15	1	1	2	0
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Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date July 1, 2014
Signing Status UFA
Agent Neil Sheehy

Standard Contract | 7 Years $40,250,000 8.33% of cap space

	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
Cap Hit	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	UFA
AAV	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000
Minors Salary	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000	$5,750,000
Clauses	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
UFA Year
15 Team No Trade (2014-15 to 2017-18); 10 Team No Trade (2018-2019-2020-2021)

Signing Team

Signing Date June 29, 2012
Signing Status RFA
Agent Neil Sheehy

Standard Contract | 2 Years $4,600,000 3.83% of cap space

	2012-2013	2013-2014
Cap Hit	$2,300,000	$2,300,000	UFA
AAV	$2,300,000	$2,300,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0
Base Salary	$2,100,000	$2,500,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0
Total Salary	$2,100,000	$2,500,000
Minors Salary	$2,100,000	$2,500,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date September 16, 2010
Signing Status RFA
Agent Neil Sheehy

Standard Contract | 2 Years $3,000,000 2.53% of cap space

	2010-2011	2011-2012
Cap Hit	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	RFA
AAV	$1,500,000	$1,500,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0
Base Salary	$1,250,000	$1,750,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0
Total Salary	$1,250,000	$1,750,000
Minors Salary	$1,250,000	$1,750,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date March 19, 2007
Agent Neil Sheehy

Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $2,025,000 1.34% of cap space

	2007-2008	2008-2009	2009-2010
Cap Hit	$675,000	$675,000	$675,000	RFA
AAV	$850,000	$850,000	$850,000
Performance Bonuses	$265,000	$215,000	$45,000
Base Salary	$585,000	$635,000	$805,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$585,000	$635,000	$805,000
Minors Salary	$62,500	$62,500	$62,500
Clauses	NMC	M-NTC	M-NTC
UFA Year