Denis Arkhipov's NHL career
Centre Denis Arkhipov was drafted 60th overall by Nashville Predators in 1998. He played 5 seasons for 2 clubs, 2000-2007. That came to 352 games and 138 points, 56 goals and 82 assists.
Below: the whole of Denis Arkhipov's career, season by season.
- Year 19981998 NHL Draft
Denis Arkhipov is drafted 60 overall by Nashville Predators
First off the board- 1Vincent LecavalierTBL
- 2David LegwandNSH
- 3Brad StuartSJS
Swedes from the same draftMikael Samuelsson699 GP · 346 P
Christian Bäckman302 GP · 79 P
Tommy Westlund203 GP · 22 P
- 2 years, 6 months and 12 days later · 3 seasonsYear 20012000-2001 seasonNHL debut
Denis Arkhipov makes his NHL debut in 1–2 loss against Vancouver Canucks
Denis was 21 years old ·
General Motors Place, Canada
First NHL assistFirst NHL pointSwedes on the ice:
Patric Kjellberg,
Markus Näslund,
Daniel Sedin, among others.
Season2000-2001
Denis Arkhipov's first NHL season: 13 points
The whole season2000-2001Events42games missed - Year 2002Season
2001-2002
Denis Arkhipov scores 42 points — the best season of his career
The whole season2001-2002EventsCareer bestHis best points season - Year 2003Season
2002-2003
Denis Arkhipov scores 35 points
The whole season2002-2003EventsCareer bestHis best assist season - Year 2004Season
2003-2004
Denis Arkhipov scores 21 points
The whole season and the playoff run2003-2004PlayoffsEliminated by Detroit Red Wings0 of 6 games0 pointsFirst roundDETDetroit Red Wings2–4 - The career
Denis Arkhipov played his last NHL game in 2007
The career ended after 5 seasons, the last of them with Chicago Blackhawks.