Matt Niskanen

Born on: December 6, 1986
Birth place: Virginia, Minnesota, United States
Defenseman, shoots right
6 ' 1" (185 cm) | 203 lb (92 kg)

Drafted by: Dallas Stars, 1. round (#28 overall), in 2005 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	16	2003	Team USA	U18 Junior World Cup	Breclav, Czech Republic and Piestany, Slovakia
	31	2018	Washington Capitals	NHL Stanley Cup Champion	Washington Capitals defeated Vegas Golden Knights 4‑1 in a best of seven series.
Hlinka Gretzky Cup Medals
NHL Stanley Cup Championships

		Overall						Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Date	Game	Score	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	SHOTS	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
Aug 29, 2020	PHI @ NYI	(1-3)	0	1	1	0	0	24:15	21:13	1:41	1:21	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	2.474	2.474	0.000	2.828	2.828	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	4	2	0	0	0.00%
Aug 30, 2020	PHI @ NYI	(2-3)	0	0	0	0	-2	20:27	17:59	0:58	1:30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	1	0	0	0	0.00%
Sep 1, 2020	NYI @ PHI	(3-4)	1	0	1	0	2	24:31	19:23	0:42	4:26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0%	2.447	0.000	2.447	3.095	0.000	3.095	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	100.0%	1	1	0	0	0.00%
Sep 3, 2020	PHI @ NYI	(5-4)	0	0	0	0	3	37:05	27:02	3:18	6:45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	6	3	0	0	0.00%
Sep 5, 2020	NYI @ PHI	(4-0)	0	0	0	0	-2	21:11	13:57	2:45	4:29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	0	3	0	0	0.00%
	GAME LOG

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
2003‑04	Virginia/ Mountain Iron-Buhl Blue Devils	MN-HS	17		24	37	61
2004‑05	Virginia/ Mountain Iron-Buhl Blue Devils	MN-HS	18	29	27	38	65	34
2005‑06	University of Minnesota Duluth	NCAA	19	38	1	13	14	40	-7	0	0	0	2.1
2006‑07	University of Minnesota Duluth	NCAA	20	39	9	22	31	42	-20	7	0	1	12.2
2006‑07	Iowa Stars	AHL	20	13	0	3	3	6	-4	0	0	0	0.0
2007‑08	Dallas Stars	NHL	21	78	7	19	26	36	22	2	0	0	7.1
2008‑09	Dallas Stars	NHL	22	80	6	29	35	52	-11	2	0	0	5.4
2009‑10	Dallas Stars	NHL	23	74	3	12	15	18	-15	0	0	2	2.7
2010‑11	Dallas Stars	NHL	24	45	0	6	6	30	-1	0	0	0	0.0
2010‑11	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	24	18	1	3	4	20	-2	0	0	0	3.8
2011‑12	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	25	75	4	17	21	47	9	3	0	0	3.4
2012‑13	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	26	40	4	10	14	12	4	0	0	2	6.0
2013‑14	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	27	81	10	36	46	51	33	3	0	6	6.2
2014‑15	Washington Capitals	NHL	28	82	4	27	31	47	7	2	0	0	3.4
2015‑16	Washington Capitals	NHL	29	82	5	27	32	38	10	2	0	3	3.3
2016‑17	Washington Capitals	NHL	30	78	5	34	39	32	20	1	0	2	3.2
2017‑18	Washington Capitals	NHL	31	68	7	22	29	36	24	0	0	1	5.8
2018‑19	Washington Capitals	NHL	32	80	8	17	25	41	-3	1	0	1	5.6
2019‑20	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	33	68	8	25	33	29	15	4	1	0	6.3
	NHL Totals			949	72	284	356	489	112	20	1	17	4.6
	NCAA Totals			77	10	35	45	82	-27	7	0	1	8.2
	MN-HS Totals			29	51	75	126	34
	AHL Totals			13	0	3	3	6	-4	0	0	0	0.0

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	SH%
2006‑07	Iowa Stars	AHL	20	12	2	5	7	10	-7	1	1	11.8
2007‑08	Dallas Stars	NHL	21	16	0	3	3	10	-2	0	0	0.0
2010‑11	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	24	7	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0.0
2011‑12	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	25	4	1	2	3	6	2	1	0	12.5
2012‑13	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	26	15	0	2	2	11	-4	0	0	0.0
2013‑14	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	27	13	2	7	9	8	-2	2	0	8.3
2014‑15	Washington Capitals	NHL	28	14	0	4	4	0	-2	0	0	0.0
2015‑16	Washington Capitals	NHL	29	12	0	3	3	6	3	0	0	0.0
2016‑17	Washington Capitals	NHL	30	13	1	3	4	19	0	1	0	4.2
2017‑18	Washington Capitals	NHL	31	24	1	8	9	8	6	0	0	3.1
2018‑19	Washington Capitals	NHL	32	7	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0.0
2019‑20	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL	33	15	1	1	2	6	0	0	0	9.1
	NHL Totals			140	6	36	42	74	-2	4	0	3.3
	AHL Totals			12	2	5	7	10	-7	1	1	11.8

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team USA - U18 Junior World Cup 2003	16
Team USA - U20 World Championship 2006	19	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0
Team USA - World Championship 2009	22	9	1	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	14.3
Team USA - World Cup 2016	29	3	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0.0
World Championship Totals		9	1	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	14.3
U20 World Championship Totals		7	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0
World Cup Totals		3	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0.0
Hlinka Gretzky Cup Totals