
Birthdate: October 9th, 1980
Born: Njurunda, Sweden
Residence: Bloomfield Hills, Mi
Marital Status: Girlfriend
Position: LW, C
Jersey: #40
Shoots: Left
Height: 6’1"
Weight: 195 lbs
Seasons in NHL: 4
Aquired:Detroit's 4th choice, seventh round, (210th overall) in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft
Agency: Sports Management Group Inc.
Chronology
| MILESTONES |
| 1st NHL game – 10/10/02 at San Jose (Linemates Brendan Shanahan and Sergei Fedorov) |
| 1st NHL point (assist on goal by Sergei Fedorov) 10/10/02 at San Jose |
| 1st NHL goal (power play) 10/13/02 at Anaheim (J.S. Giguere) |
| 1st career shorthanded goal – 11/02/02 at Ottawa |
| 1st game winning goal – 11/16/02 at Toronto |
| 1st Overtime goal – 12/7/02 vs St. Louis |
| 1st Two goal game- 2/28/03 vs Toronto (E. Belfour) |
| 1st Back to back games with goals- 2/28/03 vs Toronto (E. Belfour) and 3/2/03 vs Phoenix (B. Boucher) |
| 1st Twenty goal season- 3/22/03 at St. Louis (C. Osgood) |
| 1st Empty Net goal- 3/31/03 vs Nashville |
| 1st Playoff Goal- 4/16/03 at Anaheim (J.S. Giguere) |
| 1st Game with over 20 minutes played (21:59 on 21 Shifts)- 10/30/03 at Nashville |
| 100th Career Game 3-1 Win- 1/3/04 vs Anaheim |
| Most Minutes in One Game, 24:00 in 4-4 Tie- 1/31/04 vs Carolina |
| 1st Playoff Assist (goal by Brett Hull)- 4/11/04 at Nashville (T. Vokoun) |
| 1st four point game (1 goal and 3 assists)-10/09/05 vs Calgary (M. Kiprusoff) |
| 100th Career Point (42nd goal)- 10/24/05 at Columbus (Highlight reel goal on M. Denis) |
| 100th amongst All-time Red Wing's Scoring Leaders (tied with Mark Osborne, Micheal Bergeron, and Dwight Foster with 110 points.) |
| Assist on goal by Robert Lang-11/23/05 vs Colorado |
| 1st career shoot-out goal on his first career shootout attempt - 1/28/06 at Dallas (M. Turco) |
| 1st Thirty goal season- 3/4/06 at Phoenix (C. Joseph) |
| 100th Career Assist (goal by Niklas Lidstrom)- 11/24/06 vs St. Louis (M. Legace) |
| 1st Nine Shot Game- 12/09/06 vs Toronto (A. Raycroft) |
| 1st +4 (plus/minus) Game- 12/28/06 at Columbus (F. Norrena) |
| 200th Career Point (108th assist on Tomas Holmstrom PP goal)- 1/04/07 at San Jose (E. Nabokov) |
| 8 game point streak -from 12/20/06 vs Columbus (assist on Niklas Lidstrom PP goal) to 1/04/07 at San Jose (assist on Tomas Holmstrom PP goal) |
| 50th amongst All-time Red Wing's Scoring Leaders (tied with Earl Reibel and Floyd Smith with 215 points.) |
| Game-winning goal in overtime- 1/30/07 at New York Islanders (R. Dipietro) |
| Fastest goal from start of game: 33 seconds- 2/2/07 vs St. Louis (M. Legace) |
| 100th Career Goal- (Game-winning goal, assisted by Niklas Lidstrom and Tomas Holmstrom) 2/7/07 vs Phoenix (C. Joseph) |
| 1st Career HAT TRICK- 2/17/07 at Phoenix (M. Tellqvist) |
| Hat Trick on three consecutive power-play goals, assists by Mathieu Schneider (2), Pavel Datsyuk (3), and Niklas Lidstrom (1) |
| 1st Ten Shot Game- 02/24/07 at Nashville (T. Vokoun) |
| 40th amongst All-time Red Wing's Scoring Leaders (Passing Dino Ciccarelli with 240 points.) |
| Assist on Tomas Holmstrom's 3rd power-play goal- 2/24/07 at Nashville (T. Vokoun) |
| TROPHIES |
| 2000-2001 Swedish Elite League Rookie of the Year, Timra Red Eagles |
| 2001 Bronze Medal for Tre Kroner (Sweden) at International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships |
| 2002 Bronze Medal for Tre Kroner (Sweden) at International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships |
| 2001-2002 "Guldpucken" (Golden Puck) Sweden's Best Hockey Player, while playing for Timra of the Swedish Elite League |
| 2003 Silver Medal for Tre Kroner (Sweden) at International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships |
| 2003 The Sporting News Rookie Of The Year (Voted on by NHL Players) |
| 2003 NHL ALL-Rookie Team, Lead NHL Rookies with 22 goals and 44 total points. |
| 2004-2005 Swedish Elite League Scoring Champion with 50 points (19 goals, 31 assists) in 50 games. For Timra Red Eagles. |
| 2006 GOLD MEDAL for Tre Kroner (Sweden) at Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy |
| 2006 GOLD MEDAL for Tre Kroner (Sweden) at International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships |
| 2007 Selected to NHL ALL-STAR team (Western Conference). Did not play (Tendonitis of wrist) |
| 2007 Selected as NHL's "First Star" of the Week (ending February 11th) with 5 goals and 4 assists in 4 games. |
| 2007 Selected as NHL's "First Star" of the Week (ending February 18th) with 4 goals and 4 assists in 3 games. |







