Matt Niskanen · 2017-18 · Top Cheddar

2017-18 TOP CHEDDAR HOCKEY #2 MATT NISKANEN Washington Capitals · Defense

NM-MT Season grade

8

Card #2018-08471702

Matt Niskanen in action

2 D Defense

90 OVR

Matt Niskanen Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals

2017-18 · 68 GP · 7 G · 22 A · 29 PTS

TOP CHEDDAR Season Report Graded on the 2017-18 season

Card #2018-08471702

Card Attributes

Shooting 81
Playmaking 78
Defensive Awareness 67
Physicality 69

Career Record · Regular Season

Season	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
2004-05	Virginia	High-MN	29	27	38	65	34
2005-06	U. Minn-Duluth	WCHA	38	1	13	14	40
2005-06	USA	WJC-A	7	0	0	0	6
2006-07	U. Minn-Duluth	WCHA	39	9	22	31	42
2006-07	Iowa	AHL	13	0	3	3	6
2007-08	Dallas Stars	NHL	78	7	19	26	36	+22
2008-09	Dallas Stars	NHL	80	6	29	35	52	-11
2008-09	USA	WC-A	9	1	2	3	2
2009-10	Dallas Stars	NHL	74	3	12	15	18	-15
2010-11	Dallas Stars	NHL	45	0	6	6	30	-1
2010-11	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	18	1	3	4	20	-2
2011-12	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	75	4	17	21	47	+9
2012-13	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	40	4	10	14	12	+4
2013-14	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	81	10	36	46	51	+33
2014-15	Washington Capitals	NHL	82	4	27	31	47	+7
2015-16	Washington Capitals	NHL	82	5	27	32	38	+10
2016-17	Washington Capitals	NHL	78	5	34	39	32	+20
2016-17	USA	WCup	3	0	0	0	0
2017-18	Washington Capitals	NHL	68	7	22	29	36	+24
NHL Totals			801	56	242	298	419

8 NM-MT Game Score 0.46 a game · 78th percentile

18th Plus/Minus of 890 in the NHL

Plus/Minus of 890 in the NHL

15 Mattias Ekholm +25
15 Auston Matthews +25
18 Matt Niskanen +24
18 Roman Josi +24
20 Drew Doughty +23

1 won

81

Shooting

78

Playmaking

67

Defensive Awareness

69

Physicality

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Combined on 7 goals

Against

Skjei
Ceci

With

Dmitry Orlov1,147 min
Nicklas Backstrom440 min
Alex Ovechkin427 min
Tom Wilson414 min

Against

Alex Ovechkin

+3 shot share · 427 min

Better with him

Evgeny Kuznetsov50% / 47%
Alex Ovechkin51% / 50%

He's better with

Alex Ovechkin51% / 47%
Dmitry Orlov49% / 44%
Tom Wilson51% / 48%

The club's share of the 5-on-5 shot attempts with both on the ice, then with one on without the other (200 minutes together or more).

Evander Kane

5 hits between them

Rivalries HitHit by

Scored on most

1G · 1A vs VGK February 04, 2018

Washington Capitals

49-26-7