DefenseRetired·Stay-at-Home Defenseman

Niklas Kronwall

Born January 12, 1981 · Stockholm, SWE

Draft 2000 · DET round 1 #29

PTS

Career

83G 349A 432P

Bio

Position: Defense
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 194 lb
Shoots: L
Number: #55

Drafted 2000 by DET · Round 1, #29 overall

74OVR

Bottom Six

Stay-at-Home Defenseman

Production45

Points per game vs. elite D ceiling

Playmaking55

Assists per game vs. elite D

Deployment45

Average ice time per game

Power Play20

Power play points per game

Skating45

Skating speed and stamina

Shot Gen.13

Shots on goal per game

Season projections

79 GP played · paced to 82 GP

Proj. Goals

at 82 GP

Proj. Assists

at 82 GP

Proj. Points

at 82 GP

Proj. Shots

at 82 GP

Proj. PPG

at 82 GP

Proj. PPP

at 82 GP

Points/Game

0.34

current rate

Goals/Game

0.04

current rate

TOI/Game

—

avg ice time

Shooting %

4.2%

current season

Points/game trend (last 5 seasons)

0.55

2014–15

0.41

2015–16

0.23

2016–17

0.34

2017–18

0.34

2018–19

Recent games

GS = Luszczyszyn game score · 5-game avg 0.35

Click date for box score · opponent for team

Date	Opp	A	P	S	+/-	GS
2019-04-06	BUF	0	0	0	-2	-0.30
2019-04-04	PIT	0	0	1	0	0.08
2019-04-02	PIT	1	1	0	1	0.75
2019-03-31	BOS	2	2	0	-1	1.05
2019-03-29	NJD	0	0	0	1	0.15

Tendencies

Full profile

Archetype

Producer (limited sample)

Source: NHL API (volume only)

Sample: 79 GP · confidence 50%

Limited view. Scores below are volume-only production indices, not population percentiles. Connect a warehouse with on-ice 5v5 data to see true possession, chance-creation, and zone-deployment percentiles.

Goal-scoring index0.04 · 6 index
Volume-only: goals per game from NHL API. Not adjusted for ice time, deployment, or quality of competition.
Playmaking index0.30 · 41 index
Volume-only: assists per game from NHL API. Not on-ice; doesn't separate primary vs secondary.
Point-production index0.34 · 27 index
Volume-only: points per game from NHL API. Treat as a star-power proxy, not a process measure.

Career totals (regular season)

Games: 953
Goals: 83
Assists: 349
Points: 432
+/-: -5
PIM: 564
Shots: 1272

Career totals (playoffs)

Games: 109
Goals: 5
Assists: 42
Points: 47
+/-: 25
PIM: 89
Shots: 134

Season history

NHL regular season · click team for franchise profile

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-
2018–19	Detroit Red Wings	79	3	24	27	-5
2017–18	Detroit Red Wings	79	4	23	27	-14
2016–17	Detroit Red Wings	57	2	11	13	-7
2015–16	Detroit Red Wings	64	3	23	26	-21
2014–15	Detroit Red Wings	80	9	35	44	-4
2013–14	Detroit Red Wings	79	8	41	49	0
2013–14	Sweden	6	0	2	2	-2
2012–13	Detroit Red Wings	48	5	24	29	-5
2011–12	Detroit Red Wings	82	15	21	36	-2
2011–12	Sweden	8	1	0	1	1
2010–11	Detroit Red Wings	77	11	26	37	5
2009–10	Detroit Red Wings	48	7	15	22	5
2009–10	Sweden	4	0	0	0
2008–09	Detroit Red Wings	80	6	45	51	2
2007–08	Detroit Red Wings	65	7	28	35	25
2006–07	Detroit Red Wings	68	1	21	22	0
2005–06	Detroit Red Wings	27	1	8	9	11
2005–06	Grand Rapids	1	0	0	0	-1
2005–06	Sweden	2	1	1	2
2005–06	Sweden	8	2	8	10
2004–05	Grand Rapids	76	13	40	53	6
2004–05	Sweden	9	3	3	6
2003–04	Detroit Red Wings	20	1	4	5	5
2003–04	Grand Rapids	25	2	11	13	6
2002–03	Djurgarden	50	5	13	18
2002–03	Sweden	5	0	0	0
2001–02	Djurgarden	48	5	7	12
2000–01	Djurgarden	31	1	9	10
2000–01	Sweden	5	0	1	1
1999–00	Djurgarden	37	1	4	5
1999–00	Sweden	7	5	1	6
1998–99	Huddinge	14	0	1	1
1998–99	Sweden	7	0	4	4
1998–99	Huddinge Jr.	2	0	0	0
1997–98	Djurgarden Jr.	27	4	3	7
1997–98	Sweden	6	1	2	3
1996–97	Djurgarden Jr.	1	0	0	0