Frans Nielsen

C · #81

Frans Nielsen was a center. Born April 24, 1984 in Herning, Denmark, he stood 6'1", weighed 186 lbs and shot left. He was drafted in 2002 (round 3, 87th overall) by the New York Islanders. In 925 NHL regular-season games he had 167 goals and 306 assists for 473 points.

NHL regular-season career

Games

925

Goals

167

Assists

306

Points

473

NHL playoff career

Games

24

Goals

4

Assists

6

Points

10

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game

0.18

Assists / game

0.33

Points / game

0.51

Shots / game

1.82

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

25

2013–14 · New York Islanders

Assists

33

2013–14 · New York Islanders

Points

58

2013–14 · New York Islanders

Shots

181

2015–16 · New York Islanders

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. 2021–22

   • Eisbären BerlinDEL
   • DenmarkOG
   • DenmarkOGQ
   • DenmarkWC

2. 2020–21

   • Detroit Red WingsNHL

3. 2019–20

   • Detroit Red WingsNHL

4. 2018–19

   • Detroit Red WingsNHL

5. 2017–18

   • Detroit Red WingsNHL
   • DenmarkWC

6. 2016–17

   • Detroit Red WingsNHL
   • DenmarkOGQ
   • Team EuropeWCup

7. 2015–16

   • New York IslandersNHL

8. 2014–15

   • New York IslandersNHL

9. 2013–14

   • New York IslandersNHL

10. 2012–13

    • LukkoFinland
    • New York IslandersNHL

11. 2011–12

    • New York IslandersNHL
    • DenmarkWC-A

12. 2010–11

    • New York IslandersNHL

13. 2009–10

    • New York IslandersNHL
    • DenmarkWC-A

14. 2008–09

    • New York IslandersNHL

15. 2007–08

    • BridgeportAHL
    • New York IslandersNHL

16. 2006–07

    • BridgeportAHL
    • New York IslandersNHL
    • DenmarkWC-A

17. 2005–06

    • TimraSweden
    • DenmarkWC-A

18. 2004–05

    • Malmö RedhawksSHL
    • MalmoSweden
    • MalmoSweden-Q
    • DenmarkWC-A

19. 2003–04

    • Malmö RedhawksSHL
    • MalmoSweden
    • MalmoSweden-Q
    • DenmarkWC-A

20. 2002–03

    • Malmö Redhawks J20J20 Nationell
    • Malmo Jr.Swe-Jr.
    • MalmoSweden
    • DenmarkWC-A
    • DenmarkWJC-B

21. 2001–02

    • Malmo Jr.Swe-Jr.
    • MalmoSweden
    • DenmarkWC-B
    • DenmarkWJ18-B
    • DenmarkWJC-C

22. 2000–01

    • HerningDenmark
    • DenmarkWJ18-B
    • DenmarkWJC-B

23. 1999–00

    • Herning Jr.Den-Jr.
    • DenmarkWJ18-B

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.

Scroll across the table for all columns. Open “All stats” on any season for its complete supplied record.

Season	League	Team	Type	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/−	Shots	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG
2021–22	DEL	Eisbären Berlin	Regular	33	12	15	27	6	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 15 Games Played 33 Goals 12 Pim 6 Plus Minus 17 Points 27
2021–22	OG	Denmark	Regular	5	2	1	3	0	-3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 5 Goals 2 Pim 0 Plus Minus -3 Points 3
2021–22	OGQ	Denmark	Regular	3	0	3	3	0	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 3 Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 5 Points 3
2021–22	WC	Denmark	Regular	7	0	0	0	0	-3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 7 Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -3 Points 0
2021–22	DEL	Eisbären Berlin	Playoffs	12	4	3	7	4	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 12 Goals 4 Pim 4 Plus Minus 4 Points 7
2020–21	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	Regular	29	1	5	6	0	-3	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 5 Avg Toi 12:08 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.525 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 29 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -3 Points 6 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.042 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 24
2019–20	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	Regular	60	4	5	9	8	-13	86	0	2	1	2	0	0	All stats Assists 5 Avg Toi 13:41 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4605 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 60 Goals 4 Ot Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus -13 Points 9 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.047 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 86
2018–19	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	Regular	72	10	25	35	14	-7	120	0	8	0	1	4	0	All stats Assists 25 Avg Toi 16:41 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4875 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 72 Goals 10 Ot Goals 0 Pim 14 Plus Minus -7 Points 35 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 8 Shooting Pctg 0.0833 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 120
2017–18	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	Regular	79	16	17	33	14	1	134	4	7	2	3	3	0	All stats Assists 17 Avg Toi 15:50 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.464 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 79 Goals 16 Ot Goals 0 Pim 14 Plus Minus 1 Points 33 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 7 Shooting Pctg 0.1194 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 3 Shots 134
2017–18	WC	Denmark	Regular	7	3	3	6	0	-1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 7 Goals 3 Pim 0 Plus Minus -1 Points 6
2016–17	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	Regular	79	17	24	41	18	-19	162	4	15	2	2	0	0	All stats Assists 24 Avg Toi 17:09 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5379 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 79 Goals 17 Ot Goals 0 Pim 18 Plus Minus -19 Points 41 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 15 Shooting Pctg 0.1049 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 162
2016–17	OGQ	Denmark	Regular	3	0	3	3	0	-3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 3 Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -3 Points 3
2016–17	WCup	Team Europe	Regular	6	0	2	2	0	-1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 6 Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -1 Points 2
2015–16	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	81	20	32	52	12	1	181	7	20	2	2	2	0	All stats Assists 32 Avg Toi 17:43 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5013 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 81 Goals 20 Ot Goals 0 Pim 12 Plus Minus 1 Points 52 Power Play Goals 7 Power Play Points 20 Shooting Pctg 0.1105 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 181
2015–16	NHL	New York Islanders	Playoffs	11	3	3	6	2	-3	26	2	4	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 3 Avg Toi 21:42 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5423 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 11 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -3 Points 6 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.1154 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 26
2014–15	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	78	14	29	43	12	8	157	4	18	1	3	4	0	All stats Assists 29 Avg Toi 16:35 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4819 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 78 Goals 14 Ot Goals 0 Pim 12 Plus Minus 8 Points 43 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 18 Shooting Pctg 0.0892 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 3 Shots 157
2014–15	NHL	New York Islanders	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	0	-1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 16:11 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4615 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -1 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0909 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 11
2013–14	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	80	25	33	58	8	-11	167	5	20	2	3	0	0	All stats Assists 33 Avg Toi 18:20 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4926 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 80 Goals 25 Ot Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus -11 Points 58 Power Play Goals 5 Power Play Points 20 Shooting Pctg 0.1497 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 3 Shots 167
2012–13	Finland	Lukko	Regular	27	4	20	24	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 20 Games Played 27 Goals 4 Pim 10 Points 24
2012–13	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	48	6	23	29	12	-3	93	2	10	1	1	1	0	All stats Assists 23 Avg Toi 18:01 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4803 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 48 Goals 6 Ot Goals 0 Pim 12 Plus Minus -3 Points 29 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 10 Shooting Pctg 0.0645 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 93
2012–13	NHL	New York Islanders	Playoffs	6	0	2	2	0	-2	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Avg Toi 18:00 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4474 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -2 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 16
2011–12	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	82	17	30	47	6	-3	133	5	15	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 30 Avg Toi 17:27 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4524 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 82 Goals 17 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus -3 Points 47 Power Play Goals 5 Power Play Points 15 Shooting Pctg 0.1278 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 133
2011–12	WC-A	Denmark	Regular	7	0	3	3	8	-4	—	0	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 3 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 7 Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus -4 Points 3 Power Play Goals 0 Shorthanded Goals 0
2010–11	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	71	13	31	44	38	13	156	0	8	7	8	1	0	All stats Assists 31 Avg Toi 17:46 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4622 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 71 Goals 13 Ot Goals 0 Pim 38 Plus Minus 13 Points 44 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 8 Shooting Pctg 0.0833 Shorthanded Goals 7 Shorthanded Points 8 Shots 156
2009–10	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	76	12	26	38	6	4	136	0	8	1	2	1	1	All stats Assists 26 Avg Toi 17:13 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5004 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 76 Goals 12 Ot Goals 1 Pim 6 Plus Minus 4 Points 38 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 8 Shooting Pctg 0.0882 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 136
2009–10	WC-A	Denmark	Regular	7	2	3	5	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 7 Goals 2 Pim 6 Points 5
2008–09	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	59	9	24	33	18	-4	101	3	16	1	2	2	0	All stats Assists 24 Avg Toi 16:32 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4723 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 59 Goals 9 Ot Goals 0 Pim 18 Plus Minus -4 Points 33 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 16 Shooting Pctg 0.0891 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 101
2007–08	AHL	Bridgeport	Regular	48	10	28	38	18	6	—	2	—	0	—	—	—	All stats Assists 28 Games Played 48 Goals 10 Pim 18 Plus Minus 6 Points 38 Power Play Goals 2 Shorthanded Goals 0
2007–08	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	16	2	1	3	0	1	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 8:42 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4865 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 16 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 1 Points 3 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.1176 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 17
2006–07	AHL	Bridgeport	Regular	54	20	24	44	10	7	—	4	—	3	—	3	—	All stats Assists 24 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 54 Goals 20 Pim 10 Plus Minus 7 Points 44 Power Play Goals 4 Shorthanded Goals 3
2006–07	NHL	New York Islanders	Regular	15	1	1	2	0	-2	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 5:13 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4528 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 15 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -2 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0625 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 16
2006–07	WC-A	Denmark	Regular	6	0	3	3	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 6 Goals 0 Pim 6 Points 3
2005–06	Sweden	Timra	Regular	50	5	13	18	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 13 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 50 Goals 5 Pim 22 Points 18
2005–06	WC-A	Denmark	Regular	6	3	0	3	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 6 Goals 3 Pim 4 Points 3
2004–05	Sweden	Malmo	Regular	49	8	7	15	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 7 Games Played 49 Goals 8 Pim 6 Points 15
2004–05	Sweden-Q	Malmo	Regular	10	7	2	9	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 10 Goals 7 Pim 0 Points 9
2004–05	WC-A	Denmark	Regular	6	3	0	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 6 Goals 3 Pim 0 Points 3
2004–05	SHL	Malmö Redhawks	Playoffs	10	7	2	9	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 10 Goals 7 Pim 0 Plus Minus 4 Points 9
2003–04	Sweden	Malmo	Regular	50	9	7	16	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 7 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 50 Goals 9 Pim 28 Points 16
2003–04	Sweden-Q	Malmo	Regular	10	3	5	8	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 10 Goals 3 Pim 2 Points 8
2003–04	WC-A	Denmark	Regular	6	0	3	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 6 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 3
2003–04	SHL	Malmö Redhawks	Playoffs	10	3	5	8	2	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 10 Goals 3 Pim 2 Plus Minus 8 Points 8
2002–03	Swe-Jr.	Malmo Jr.	Regular	2	1	3	4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 2 Goals 1 Pim 0 Points 4
2002–03	Sweden	Malmo	Regular	47	3	6	9	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 6 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 47 Goals 3 Pim 10 Points 9
2002–03	WC-A	Denmark	Regular	6	0	0	0	4	-5	—	0	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus -5 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Shorthanded Goals 0
2002–03	WJC-B	Denmark	Regular	5	3	7	10	0	2	—	1	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 7 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 3 Pim 0 Plus Minus 2 Points 10 Power Play Goals 1 Shorthanded Goals 0
2002–03	J20 Nationell	Malmö Redhawks J20	Playoffs	6	5	4	9	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 6 Goals 5 Pim 6 Points 9
2001–02	Swe-Jr.	Malmo Jr.	Regular	29	15	27	42	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 27 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 29 Goals 15 Pim 8 Points 42
2001–02	Sweden	Malmo	Regular	20	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 20 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 1
2001–02	WC-B	Denmark	Regular	5	1	1	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 5 Goals 1 Pim 0 Points 2
2001–02	WJ18-B	Denmark	Regular	3	1	2	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 3 Goals 1 Pim 0 Points 3
2001–02	WJC-C	Denmark	Regular	4	4	10	14	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 10 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 4 Goals 4 Pim 0 Points 14
2001–02	Swe-Jr.	Malmo Jr.	Playoffs	7	3	7	10	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 7 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 7 Goals 3 Pim 2 Points 10
2000–01	Denmark	Herning	Regular	38	18	19	37	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 19 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 38 Goals 18 Pim 6 Points 37
2000–01	WJ18-B	Denmark	Regular	3	2	1	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 3 Goals 2 Pim 0 Points 3
2000–01	WJC-B	Denmark	Regular	4	2	2	4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 4 Goals 2 Pim 2 Points 4
1999–00	Den-Jr.	Herning Jr.	Regular	36	18	16	34	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 16 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 36 Goals 18 Pim 6 Points 34
1999–00	WJ18-B	Denmark	Regular	5	3	4	7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 5 Goals 3 Pim 0 Points 7

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