Espen Knutsen

C · #21

Espen Knutsen was a center. Born January 12, 1972 in Oslo, Norway, he stood 5'11", weighed 195 lbs and shot left. He was drafted in 1990 (round 10, 204th overall) by the HFD. In 207 NHL regular-season games he had 30 goals and 81 assists for 111 points.

NHL regular-season career

Games

207

Goals

30

Assists

81

Points

111

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game

0.14

Assists / game

0.39

Points / game

0.54

Shots / game

1.08

Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.

NHL season record highs

Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.

Goals

11

2001–02 · Columbus Blue Jackets

Assists

42

2000–01 · Columbus Blue Jackets

Points

53

2000–01 · Columbus Blue Jackets

Shots

102

2001–02 · Columbus Blue Jackets

Teams & leagues through the years

Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.

1. 2004–05

   • DjurgardenSweden

2. 2003–04

   • SyracuseAHL
   • Columbus Blue JacketsNHL
   • ValerengenNorway
   • DjurgardenSweden

3. 2002–03

   • Columbus Blue JacketsNHL
   • NorwayWC-B

4. 2001–02

   • Columbus Blue JacketsNHL

5. 2000–01

   • Columbus Blue JacketsNHL

6. 1999–00

   • DjurgardenSweden

7. 1998–99

   • DjurgardenEuroHL
   • DjurgardenSweden

8. 1997–98

   • CincinnatiAHL
   • Anaheim DucksNHL

9. 1996–97

   • DjurgardenSweden
   • NorwayWC-A

10. 1995–96

    • DjurgardenSweden
    • NorwayWC-A

11. 1994–95

    • DjurgardenSweden
    • NorwayWC-A

12. 1993–94

    • ValerengenNorway
    • NorwayOlympics
    • NorwayWC-A

13. 1992–93

    • ValerengenNorway

14. 1991–92

    • ValerengenNorway

15. 1990–91

    • ValerengenNorway
    • NorwayWJC-A

16. 1989–90

    • NorwayEJC-A
    • ValerengenNorway
    • VålerengaNorway
    • NorwayWJC-A

17. 1988–89

    • NorwayEJC-A
    • Valerengen Jr.Nor-Jr.
    • NorwayWJC-A

Coverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.

Season-by-season history

All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.

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Season	League	Team	Type	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/−	Shots	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG
2004–05	Sweden	Djurgarden	Regular	15	0	8	8	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 8 Games Played 15 Goals 0 Pim 12 Points 8
2003–04	AHL	Syracuse	Regular	2	1	1	2	0	-1	—	1	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 1 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 2 Goals 1 Pim 0 Plus Minus -1 Points 2 Power Play Goals 1 Shorthanded Goals 0
2003–04	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Regular	14	0	4	4	2	-5	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	All stats Assists 4 Avg Toi 15:28 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5122 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 14 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -5 Points 4 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 11
2003–04	Norway	Valerengen	Regular	1	0	0	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 1 Goals 0 Pim 4 Points 0
2003–04	Sweden	Djurgarden	Regular	6	2	3	5	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 6 Goals 2 Pim 4 Points 5
2003–04	Sweden	Djurgarden	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 3 Goals 0 Pim 6 Points 0
2002–03	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Regular	31	5	4	9	20	-15	28	3	4	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 4 Avg Toi 16:44 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.3938 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 31 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 20 Plus Minus -15 Points 9 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.1786 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 28
2002–03	WC-B	Norway	Regular	5	4	5	9	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 5 Goals 4 Pim 8 Points 9
2001–02	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Regular	77	11	31	42	47	-28	102	5	20	2	3	1	0	All stats Assists 31 Avg Toi 20:15 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.464 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 77 Goals 11 Ot Goals 0 Pim 47 Plus Minus -28 Points 42 Power Play Goals 5 Power Play Points 20 Shooting Pctg 0.1078 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 3 Shots 102
2000–01	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	Regular	66	11	42	53	30	-3	62	2	27	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 42 Avg Toi 15:59 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.528 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 66 Goals 11 Ot Goals 0 Pim 30 Plus Minus -3 Points 53 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 27 Shooting Pctg 0.1774 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 62
1999–00	Sweden	Djurgarden	Regular	48	18	35	53	65	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 35 Games Played 48 Goals 18 Pim 65 Points 53
1999–00	Sweden	Djurgarden	Playoffs	13	5	16	21	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 16 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 13 Goals 5 Pim 2 Points 21
1998–99	EuroHL	Djurgarden	Regular	4	2	2	4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 4 Goals 2 Pim 2 Points 4
1998–99	Sweden	Djurgarden	Regular	39	18	24	42	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 24 Games Played 39 Goals 18 Pim 32 Points 42
1998–99	Sweden	Djurgarden	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Pim 2 Points 1
1997–98	AHL	Cincinnati	Regular	41	4	13	17	18	-26	55	2	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 13 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 41 Goals 4 Pim 18 Plus Minus -26 Points 17 Power Play Goals 2 Shooting Pctg 7.27 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 55
1997–98	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	Regular	19	3	0	3	6	-10	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 10:26 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5154 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 19 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus -10 Points 3 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.1429 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 21
1996–97	Sweden	Djurgarden	Regular	39	16	33	49	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 33 Games Played 39 Goals 16 Pim 20 Points 49
1996–97	WC-A	Norway	Regular	8	0	5	5	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 8 Goals 0 Pim 4 Points 5
1996–97	Sweden	Djurgarden	Playoffs	4	2	4	6	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 4 Goals 2 Pim 6 Points 6
1995–96	Sweden	Djurgarden	Regular	32	10	23	33	50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 23 Games Played 32 Goals 10 Pim 50 Points 33
1995–96	WC-A	Norway	Regular	5	3	0	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 5 Goals 3 Pim 0 Points 3
1995–96	Sweden	Djurgarden	Playoffs	4	1	0	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 4 Goals 1 Pim 2 Points 1
1994–95	Sweden	Djurgarden	Regular	30	6	14	20	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 14 Games Played 30 Goals 6 Pim 18 Points 20
1994–95	WC-A	Norway	Regular	5	2	1	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 5 Goals 2 Pim 0 Points 3
1994–95	Sweden	Djurgarden	Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 3 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 1
1993–94	Norway	Valerengen	Regular	38	32	26	58	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 26 Games Played 38 Goals 32 Pim 20 Points 58
1993–94	Olympics	Norway	Regular	7	1	3	4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Pim 2 Points 4
1993–94	WC-A	Norway	Regular	6	3	2	5	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 6 Goals 3 Pim 0 Points 5
1992–93	Norway	Valerengen	Regular	13	11	13	24	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 13 Games Played 13 Goals 11 Pim 4 Points 24
1991–92	Norway	Valerengen	Regular	30	28	26	54	37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 26 Games Played 30 Goals 28 Pim 37 Points 54
1991–92	Norway	Valerengen	Playoffs	8	7	8	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 8 Games Played 8 Goals 7 Points 15
1990–91	Norway	Valerengen	Regular	31	30	24	54	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 24 Games Played 31 Goals 30 Pim 42 Points 54
1990–91	WJC-A	Norway	Regular	7	1	2	3	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Pim 4 Points 3
1990–91	Norway	Valerengen	Playoffs	5	3	4	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 5 Goals 3 Points 7
1989–90	EJC-A	Norway	Regular	6	6	11	17	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 11 Games Played 6 Goals 6 Pim 10 Points 17
1989–90	Norway	Valerengen	Regular	40	25	28	53	44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 28 Games Played 40 Goals 25 Pim 44 Points 53
1989–90	WJC-A	Norway	Regular	7	2	7	9	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 7 Games Played 7 Goals 2 Pim 6 Points 9
1989–90	Norway	Vålerenga	Playoffs	6	3	2	5	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 6 Goals 3 Pim 14 Points 5
1988–89	EJC-A	Norway	Regular	5	8	4	12	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 5 Goals 8 Pim 10 Points 12
1988–89	Nor-Jr.	Valerengen Jr.	Regular	36	14	7	21	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 7 Games Played 36 Goals 14 Pim 18 Points 21
1988–89	WJC-A	Norway	Regular	6	0	2	2	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 6 Goals 0 Pim 6 Points 2

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