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Saku Koivu

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-10    Weight: 178 lbs.
Born: November 23, 1974 in Turku, Finland

Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1st round (21st overall) of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1995-96 21 Montreal Canadiens NHL 82 20 25 45 -7 40 9 8 3 2 136 14.7
1996-97 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 50 17 39 56 7 38 12 5 0 3 135 12.6
1997-98 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 69 14 43 57 8 48 10 2 2 3 145 9.7
1998-99 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 65 14 30 44 -7 38 8 4 2 0 145 9.7 1302 20:02
1999-00 25 Montreal Canadiens NHL 24 3 18 21 7 14 2 1 0 0 53 5.7 461 19:13
2000-01 26 Montreal Canadiens NHL 54 17 30 47 2 40 10 7 0 3 113 15.0 1155 21:23
2001-02 27 Montreal Canadiens NHL 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 42 13:57
2002-03 28 Montreal Canadiens NHL 82 21 50 71 5 72 15 5 1 5 147 14.3 1578 19:14
2003-04 29 Montreal Canadiens NHL 68 14 41 55 -5 52 9 5 0 3 112 12.5 1312 19:18
2005-06 31 Montreal Canadiens NHL 72 17 45 62 1 70 12 5 0 4 138 12.3 1334 18:31
2006-07 32 Montreal Canadiens NHL 81 22 53 75 -21 74 10 11 1 4 154 14.3 1467 18:07
2007-08 33 Montreal Canadiens NHL 77 16 40 56 -4 93 8 8 0 3 150 10.7 1395 18:07
2008-09 34 Montreal Canadiens NHL 65 16 34 50 4 44 11 5 0 5 123 13.0 1108 17:03
2009-10 35 Anaheim Ducks NHL 71 19 33 52 14 36 13 5 1 6 124 15.3 1319 18:35
Career 14 Seasons NHL 863 210 483 693 4 659 129 71 10 41 1677 12.5 12473 18:51

NHL/WHA Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/-
1995-96 21 Montreal Canadiens NHL 82 0.24 0.30 0.55 0.22 -0.09 0.49 1.66 21 26 47 19 63 22 76 28 -7
1996-97 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 50 0.34 0.78 1.12 0.39 0.14 0.76 2.70 19 44 63 22 68 21 51 11 7
1997-98 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 69 0.20 0.62 0.83 0.27 0.12 0.70 2.10 17 53 70 24 78 30 51 11 8
1998-99 24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 65 0.22 0.46 0.68 0.24 -0.11 0.58 2.23 17 37 54 19 68 27 54 6 -7
1999-00 25 Montreal Canadiens NHL 24 0.13 0.75 0.88 0.27 0.29 0.58 2.21 4 21 25 8 27 10 11 1 7
2000-01 26 Montreal Canadiens NHL 54 0.31 0.56 0.87 0.32 0.04 0.74 2.09 20 34 54 20 68 27 44 5 2
2001-02 27 Montreal Canadiens NHL 3 0.00 0.67 0.67 0.18 0.00 0.00 0.67 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 0
2002-03 28 Montreal Canadiens NHL 82 0.26 0.61 0.87 0.30 0.06 0.88 1.79 26 59 85 30 87 26 66 10 5
2003-04 29 Montreal Canadiens NHL 68 0.21 0.60 0.81 0.27 -0.07 0.76 1.65 18 50 68 23 83 31 68 11 -5
2005-06 31 Montreal Canadiens NHL 72 0.24 0.63 0.86 0.30 0.01 0.97 1.92 18 46 64 22 88 43 56 12 1
2006-07 32 Montreal Canadiens NHL 81 0.27 0.65 0.93 0.33 -0.26 0.91 1.90 25 56 81 29 109 64 82 16 -21
2007-08 33 Montreal Canadiens NHL 77 0.21 0.52 0.73 0.25 -0.05 1.21 1.95 19 46 65 23 86 43 58 11 -4
2008-09 34 Montreal Canadiens NHL 65 0.25 0.52 0.77 0.28 0.06 0.68 1.89 18 37 55 20 79 34 52 11 4
2009-10 35 Anaheim Ducks NHL 71 0.27 0.46 0.73 0.27 0.20 0.51 1.75 22 37 59 22 78 26 55 17 14
Career 14 Seasons NHL 863 0.24 0.56 0.80 0.28 0.00 0.76 1.94 244 548 792 283 984 404 726 150 4

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1995-96 21 Montreal Canadiens NHL 6 3 1 4 2 8 3 0 0 0 13 23.1
1996-97 22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 5 1 3 4 1 10 1 0 0 0 10 10.0
1997-98 23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 6 2 3 5 4 2 1 1 0 0 14 14.3
2001-02 27 Montreal Canadiens NHL 12 4 6 10 2 4 3 1 0 1 16 25.0 191 15:54
2003-04 29 Montreal Canadiens NHL 11 3 8 11 1 10 1 2 0 0 27 11.1 226 20:34
2005-06 31 Montreal Canadiens NHL 3 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 43 14:24
2007-08 33 Montreal Canadiens NHL 7 3 6 9 1 4 1 2 0 0 17 17.6 137 19:33
2008-09 34 Montreal Canadiens NHL 4 0 3 3 -1 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 71 17:45
Career 8 Seasons NHL 54 16 32 48 11 42 10 6 0 1 104 15.4 668 18:03

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1990-91 16 TPS Turku U18 Fin-U18 24 20 28 48 26
1990-91 16 TPS Turku Jr. Fin-Jr. 13 3 7 10 6
1991-92 17 TPS Turku U18 Fin-U18 12 3 7 10 6
1991-92 17 TPS Turku Jr. Fin-Jr. 34 25 28 53 57
1991-92 17 Finland EJC-A 6 3 5 8 18
1992-93 18 TPS Turku Finland 46 3 7 10 28
1992-93 18 Finland Nat-Tm 4 2 2 4 2
1992-93 18 Finland WJC-A 7 1 8 9 6
1992-93 18 Finland WC-A 6 0 1 1 2
1993-94 19 TPS Turku Finland 47 23 30 53 42
1993-94 19 Finland WJC-A 7 3 6 9 12
1993-94 19 Finland Nat-Tm 7 2 3 5 12
1993-94 19 Finland Olympics 8 4 3 7 12
1993-94 19 Finland WC-A 8 5 6 11 4
1994-95 20 TPS Turku Finland 45 27 47 74 73
1994-95 20 Finland Nat-Tm 7 1 5 6 8
1994-95 20 Finland WC-A 8 5 5 10 18
1996-97 22 Finland W-Cup 4 1 3 4 4
1996-97 22 Finland Nat-Tm 7 1 5 6 8
1996-97 22 Finland WC-A 6 2 2 4 2
1997-98 23 Finland Olympics 6 2 8 10 4
1998-99 24 Finland WC-A 9 4 12 16 4
2002-03 28 Finland WC-A 7 1 10 11 4
2004-05 30 Finland W-Cup 6 3 1 4 2
2004-05 30 TPS Turku Finland 20 8 8 16 28
2005-06 31 Finland Olympics 8 3 8 11 12
2007-08 33 Finland WC-A 6 0 3 3 4
2009-10 35 Finland Olympics 6 0 2 2 6
Career 1 Season EJC-A 6 3 5 8 18
Career 2 Seasons Fin-Jr. 47 28 35 63 63
Career 2 Seasons Fin-U18 36 23 35 58 32
Career 4 Seasons Finland 158 61 92 153 171
Career 4 Seasons Nat-Tm 25 6 15 21 30
Career 4 Seasons Olympics 28 9 21 30 34
Career 2 Seasons W-Cup 10 4 4 8 6
Career 7 Seasons WC-A 50 17 39 56 38
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 14 4 14 18 18

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1991-92 17 TPS Turku Jr. Fin-Jr. 8 5 9 14 0 6 0
1992-93 18 TPS Turku Finland 11 3 2 5 0 2 0
1993-94 19 TPS Turku Finland 11 4 8 12 0 16 0
1994-95 20 TPS Turku Finland 13 7 10 17 0 16 0
2004-05 30 TPS Turku Finland 6 3 2 5 0 30 0
Career 1 Season Fin-Jr. 8 5 9 14 0 6 0
Career 4 Seasons Finland 41 17 22 39 0 64 0

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1998 NHL

Awards

2001-02 NHL Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
2006-07 NHL King Clancy Memorial Trophy

Games Played

1995-96 NHL 82 (3)
2002-03 NHL 82 (4)

Game-Winning Goals

2009-10 NHL 6 (10)

Assists Per Game

1996-97 NHL 0.78 (7)
Career NHL 0.56 (96)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

2006-07 NHL 64 (8)
    

Transactions

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October 30, 1999: Missed majority of 1999-2000 season recovering from shoulder injury suffered in game vs. NY Rangers, October 30, 1999.

September 6, 2001: Missed majority of 2001-02 season recovering from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, September 6, 2001.

October 21, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Turku (Finland), October 21, 2004.

July 8, 2009: Signed as a free agent by Anaheim, July 8, 2009.

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