Niklas Hjalmarsson

Age 35 Jun 6, 1987

Eksjo SWE

Defense shoots left

6'3" 191 cm

197 lbs 89 kg

ELC Signing Age 19

Waivers Signing Age 20

UFA Year 2014

Agent Kevin Epp

Draft Year 2005
Drafted Overall 108
Draft Round 4
Draft Team

No contract for upcoming season.
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Career Earnings: $46,430,000

Transaction History

Nov 10, 2022	Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Hjalmarsson has signed a contract with HV 71 of the Swedish Hockey League, according to TSN's Chris Johnston.
Jul 25, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Hjalmarsson is expected to retire from the NHL after 14 seasons, Arizona Coyotes Insider Craig Morgan reports.
Apr 28, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Hjalmarsson produced an assist, two shots on goal and two blocked shots in Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks.
Apr 12, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Hjalmarsson (upper body) recorded two shots on net and two blocked shots in 16:14 of ice time in Monday's 4-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche.
Apr 12, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Hjalmarsson (upper body) was activated from injured reserve and will suit up for Monday's game against the Colorado Avalanche, Alexander Kinkopf of the Arizona Coyotes' official website reports.
Apr 11, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Head coach Rick Tocchet said Sunday that Hjalmarsson (upper body) "could be ready" for Monday's game versus the Colorado Avalanche, Arizona Coyotes Insider Craig Morgan reports.
Mar 31, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Hjalmarsson (upper body) isn't traveling with the Arizona Coyotes for the beginning of the team's nine-game road trip, Arizona Coyotes Insider Craig Morgan reports.
Mar 23, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Hjalmarsson (upper body) won't play in Tuesday's game versus the Colorado Avalanche, Arizona Coyotes Insider Craig Morgan reports.
Mar 22, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Hjalmarsson left Monday's game against the Colorado Avalanche with an upper-body injury and will not return.
Mar 16, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Halmarsson (upper body) will return to the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Minnesota Wild, Jessi Pierce of The Athletic reports.
Mar 14, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Hjalmarsson (upper body) won't play in Sunday's game versus the Minnesota Wild.
Mar 5, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Hjalmarsson produced an assist in Friday's 5-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild.
Feb 27, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Hjalmarsson notched an assist, three blocked shots and two shots on goal in Saturday's 6-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche.
Feb 18, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Hjalmarsson (upper body) posted two shots on goal and two PIM in 14:44 during Thursday's 3-2 shootout loss to the Los Angeles Kings.
Feb 18, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Hjalmarsson (upper body) will be in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Los Angeles Kings, Alexander Kinkopf of the Arizona Coyotes' official website reports.
Feb 17, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| According to coach Rick Tocchet, Hjalmarsson (upper body) "is a good possibility" for Thursday's game against the Los Angeles Kings, Alexander Kinkopf of the Arizona Coyotes' official website reports.
Feb 15, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Hjalmarsson (upper body) will be sidelined for Monday's clash with St. Louis, Arizona Coyotes Insider Craig Morgan reports.
Feb 13, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Hjalmarsson (upper body) won't play in Saturday's game versus the St. Louis Blues, Arizona Coyotes Insider Craig Morgan reports.
Feb 12, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Hjalmarsson left Friday's game against the St. Louis Blues with an upper-body injury and will not return, Arizona Coyotes Insider Craig Morgan reports.
Jan 10, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Hjalmarsson (undisclosed) returned to practice Sunday, Alexander Kinkopf of the Arizona Coyotes' official website reports.
Jan 8, 2021	Arizona Coyotes \| Niklas Hjalmarsson \| Hjalmarsson (undisclosed) won't be on the ice for Friday night's intrasquad scrimmage, Arizona Coyotes Insider Craig Morgan reports.
Jan 12, 2020	Arizona Coyotes \| Activated D Niklas Hjalmarsson from injured reserve.
Jun 30, 2018	Arizona Coyotes \| Re-signed D Niklas Hjalmarsson to a two-year, $10 million contract.
Jan 12, 2018	Arizona Coyotes \| Activated D Niklas Hjalmarsson from injured reserve.
Nov 20, 2017	Arizona Coyotes \| Activated D Niklas Hjalmarsson from injured reserve.
Jun 23, 2017	Arizona Coyotes \| Acquired D Niklas Hjalmarsson from the Chicago Blackhawks for D Connor Murphy and C Laurent Dauphin.
Mar 8, 2017	Chicago Blackhawks \| Activated D Niklas Hjalmarsson from injured reserve.
Oct 13, 2016	Chicago Blackhawks \| Announced D Niklas Hjalmarsson has served his suspension.
Oct 3, 2016	Chicago Blackhawks \| NHL suspended D Niklas Hjalmarsson one game for an illegal hit on an opponent.
Sep 4, 2013	Chicago Blackhawks \| Signed D Niklas Hjalmarsson to a five-year, $20.5 million contract extension.

Current Stats
Career Stats

Regular Season Stats

Niklas Hjalmarsson	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
	2001-2002	Eksjö HC	Division 3	1	0	0	0	2
	2002-2003	Småland	TV-Pucken	8	3	0	3	12
	2003-2004	HV71 J20	J20 Nationell	15	1	3	4	14									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
	2003-2004	Sweden U17 (all)	International-Jr	5	0	0	0	6
Draft Yr	2004-2005	HV71	SHL	14	0	0	0	0
Draft Yr	2004-2005	HV71 J20	J20 Nationell	31	4	11	15	87
Draft Yr	2004-2005	HV71 J18	J18 Nationell	3	0	2	2	4
Draft Yr	2004-2005	Sweden U18	WJC-18	7	1	4	5	6
Draft Yr	2004-2005	Sweden U18 (all)	International-Jr	16	3	5	8	6
Draft Yr	2004-2005	Sweden U19 (all)	International-Jr	4	0	1	1	0
Draft Yr	2004-2005	HV71	ECC	2	0	0	0	0
	2005-2006	HV71	SHL	4	1	2	3	0									Playoffs	12	0	1	1	0
	2005-2006	HV71 J20	J20 Nationell	7	3	2	5	12
	2005-2006	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	3	0	1	1	16
	2006-2007	HV71	SHL	37	2	0	2	24									Playoffs	14	1	1	2	0
	2006-2007	HV71 J20	J20 Nationell	7	0	2	2	14
	2006-2007	IK Oskarshamn	HockeyAllsvenskan	8	1	2	3	6
	2006-2007	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7	2	1	3	4
	2006-2007	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	16	3	5	8	10
	2006-2007	Sweden (all)	International	1	1	0	1	0
	2007-2008	Rockford IceHogs	AHL	47	4	9	13	31									Playoffs	12	0	4	4	0
	2007-2008	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	13	0	1	1	13	164	37.50	55.64	10.84	55.08	9.79	0.00	0.00
	2008-2009	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	21	1	2	3	0	268	60.00	49.62	-3.11	50.16	-4.28	0.22	0.45	Playoffs	17	0	1	1	0
	2008-2009	Rockford IceHogs	AHL	52	2	16	18	53
	2009-2010	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	77	2	15	17	20	1,268	51.22	59.88	4.43	57.01	-1.56	0.05	0.62	Playoffs	22	1	7	8	0
	2009-2010	Chicago Blackhawks	Victoria Cup	1	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	22	1	7	8	0
	2010-2011	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	80	3	7	10	39	1,260	56.79	52.34	-0.36	51.96	-2.79	0.14	0.43	Playoffs	7	0	2	2	0
	2011-2012	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	69	1	14	15	14	1,164	50.62	49.16	-3.87	51.86	-2.20	0.05	0.67	Playoffs	6	0	1	1	0
	2011-2012	Sweden	WC	8	0	3	3	2
	2011-2012	Sweden (all)	International	9	0	3	3	2
	2012-2013	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	46	2	8	10	22	793	61.29	56.43	4.06	56.19	0.46	0.15	0.76	Playoffs	23	0	5	5	0
	2012-2013	HC Bolzano	Italy	18	6	16	22	8
	2012-2013	HC Bolzano	Continental Cup	3	0	4	4	0
	2013-2014	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	81	4	22	26	34	1,419	51.49	54.01	-3.88	54.01	-3.26	0.13	0.89	Playoffs	19	0	4	4	0
	2013-2014	Sweden	OG	6	0	0	0	0
	2013-2014	Sweden (all)	International	6	0	0	0	0
	2014-2015	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	82	3	16	19	44	1,522	59.34	49.76	-0.13	53.85	-0.20	0.12	0.67	Playoffs	23	1	5	6	0
	2015-2016	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	82	2	22	24	32	1,500	46.94	50.26	3.80	52.45	1.97	0.08	0.48	Playoffs	7	0	1	1	0
	2016-2017	Sweden (all)	International	4	0	0	0	0
	2016-2017	Sweden	WCup	4	0	0	0	2
	2016-2017	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	73	5	13	18	20	1,299	50.53	49.84	0.17	50.26	-1.01	0.18	0.65	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
	2017-2018	Arizona Coyotes	NHL	48	1	8	9	18	837	43.40	50.61	2.89	47.57	-2.74	0.07	0.43
	2018-2019	Arizona Coyotes	NHL	82	0	10	10	44	1,313	45.05	53.38	5.17	49.63	1.11	0.00	0.27
	2019-2020	Arizona Coyotes	NHL	27	1	4	5	14	419	40.00	45.90	-5.70	46.50	-4.40	0.14	0.43	Playoffs	9	0	1	1	0
	2020-2021	Arizona Coyotes	NHL	41	0	5	5	18	555	34.50	51.40	3.80	49.10	-0.30		0.43
	2022-2023	HV71	SHL	17	0	3	3	4
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Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date July 1, 2018
Signing Status UFA
Agent Kevin Epp

Standard Contract | 2 Years $10,000,000 6.13% of cap space

	2019-2020	2020-2021
Cap Hit	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
AAV	$5,000,000	$5,000,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0
Base Salary	$6,000,000	$2,000,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$2,000,000
Total Salary	$6,000,000	$4,000,000
Minors Salary	$6,000,000	$4,000,000
Clauses	NMC	NMC
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date September 4, 2013
Signing Status UFA
Agent Kevin Epp

Standard Contract | 5 Years $20,500,000 5.94% of cap space

	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019
Cap Hit	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	UFA
AAV	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$4,100,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$3,200,000	$3,200,000	$3,600,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000
Signing Bonuses	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$500,000	$0	$0
Total Salary	$4,200,000	$4,200,000	$4,100,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000
Minors Salary	$4,200,000	$4,200,000	$4,100,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000
Clauses	M-NTC NMC	M-NTC NMC	M-NTC NMC	M-NTC NMC	M-NTC NMC
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date July 19, 2010
Signing Status RFA

Standard Contract | 4 Years $14,000,000 5.89% of cap space

	2010-2011	2011-2012	2012-2013	2013-2014
Cap Hit	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	UFA
AAV	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$3,250,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000
Signing Bonuses	$250,000	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000
Minors Salary	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date May 31, 2007

Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $1,930,000 1.28% of cap space

	2007-2008	2008-2009	2009-2010
Cap Hit	$643,333	$643,333	$643,333	RFA
AAV	$643,333	$643,333	$643,333
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$620,000	$644,000	$666,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$620,000	$644,000	$666,000
Minors Salary	$50,000	$50,000	$50,000
Clauses
UFA Year