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Career profile Last roster: 2013-14 EDM
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Saku Koivu

C · FIN
+ 1 other team
Status
Retired 12 yrs ago
Career
2004–2014 (10 yrs)
Age
51 (40 in 2014)
Vitals
5'10" · 181 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Career Regular Season

10 seasons (2004–2014)
Games 800
Goals 202
Assists 358
Points 560
+/- +47
P/GP 0.70
SHT% 10.3
PiM 476

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2004-05 PIT 82 22 34 56 0.68 -3 71 2 10 0 210 10.5% 115
2005-06 EDM 70 14 33 47 0.67 +4 64 5 1 0 181 7.7% 81
2006-07 EDM 81 14 43 57 0.70 -5 87 5 2 0 176 8.0% 97
2007-08 EDM 77 29 29 58 0.75 +2 103 2 7 1 170 17.1% 92
2008-09 EDM 82 18 39 57 0.70 -5 19 4 4 0 179 10.1% 31
2009-10 EDM 82 24 38 62 0.76 +12 4 2 9 0 225 10.7% 18
2010-11 EDM 81 25 42 67 0.83 +12 28 6 10 0 204 12.3% 77
2011-12 EDM 82 25 28 53 0.65 +5 75 2 3 0 243 10.3% 126
2012-13 EDM 82 17 33 50 0.61 +15 13 4 3 0 178 9.6% 31
2013-14 EDM 81 14 39 53 0.65 +10 12 2 4 0 193 7.3% 32
CAREER 10 yrs 800 202 358 560 0.70 +47 476 34 53 1 -- 10.3% 700
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2004-05 PIT 7 3 4 7 1.00 -1 4 0 0 0 16 18.8% 10
2006-07 EDM 6 0 2 2 0.33 -4 14 0 0 0 17 0.0% 9
2007-08 EDM 10 4 4 8 0.80 +2 7 0 1 0 30 13.3% 19
2008-09 EDM 11 0 4 4 0.36 -4 11 0 0 0 25 0.0% 4
2009-10 EDM 11 2 7 9 0.82 +9 2 0 0 0 20 10.0% 3
2010-11 EDM 5 0 5 5 1.00 -1 2 0 0 0 16 0.0% 6
2011-12 EDM 6 3 2 5 0.83 +1 6 0 0 0 20 15.0% 10
2012-13 EDM 6 1 0 1 0.17 -2 2 0 0 0 6 16.7% 1
2013-14 EDM 7 2 1 3 0.43 +1 0 0 2 0 9 22.2% 5
CAREER 9 app. 69 15 29 44 0.64 +1 48 0 3 0 -- 9.4% 67
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
1995-96 MTL 82 20 25 45 0.55 -7 40 2 8 14 14.7% -
1996-97 MTL 50 17 39 56 1.12 +7 38 3 5 17 12.6% -
1997-98 MTL 69 14 43 57 0.83 +8 48 3 2 21 9.7% 19:13
1998-99 MTL 65 14 30 44 0.68 -7 38 0 4 18 9.7% 20:02
1999-00 MTL 24 3 18 21 0.88 +7 14 0 1 7 5.7% 19:13
2000-01 MTL 54 17 30 47 0.87 +2 40 3 7 17 15.0% 21:23
2001-02 MTL 3 0 2 2 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 13:57
2002-03 MTL 82 21 50 71 0.87 +5 72 5 5 22 14.3% 19:14
2003-04 MTL 68 14 41 55 0.81 -5 52 3 5 15 12.5% 19:18
2005-06 MTL 72 17 45 62 0.86 +1 70 4 5 27 12.3% 18:31
2006-07 MTL 81 22 53 75 0.93 -21 74 4 11 43 14.3% 18:07
2007-08 MTL 77 16 40 56 0.73 -4 93 3 8 27 10.7% 18:07
2008-09 MTL 65 16 34 50 0.77 +4 44 5 5 17 13.0% 17:03
2009-10 ANH 71 19 33 52 0.73 +14 36 6 5 16 15.3% 18:35
2010-11 ANH 75 15 30 45 0.60 -8 36 3 4 15 14.4% 19:08
2011-12 ANH 74 11 27 38 0.51 +7 50 1 0 6 10.3% 18:08
2012-13 ANH 47 8 19 27 0.57 +4 18 0 4 8 14.5% 17:36
2013-14 ANH 65 11 18 29 0.45 +3 46 1 0 0 13.6% 15:03
Career NHL 1124 255 577 832 0.74 +10 809 46 79 290 12.6% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Forwards, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 30 C PIT - - 69 79 58 80 78 - - 82 67 67 - 75 80 77
2005-06 31 C EDM - - 75 79 58 80 73 - - 80 70 69 - 80 85 77
2006-07 32 C EDM - - 65 77 60 89 75 - - 80 70 72 - 84 90 78
2007-08 33 C EDM - - 65 77 60 89 75 - - 83 72 67 - 86 92 78
2008-09 34 C EDM 56 50 64 85 67 - 81 80 88 81 72 73 - 98 99 -
2009-10 35 C EDM 58 40 75 88 62 - 85 82 88 82 74 64 - 99 99 75
2010-11 36 C EDM 66 40 78 85 62 - 85 79 85 79 73 69 - 99 99 75
2011-12 37 C EDM 59 40 80 80 62 88 95 75 87 77 71 74 75 95 99 74
2012-13 38 C EDM 52 35 72 78 61 82 88 72 81 74 61 73 69 88 89 69
2013-14 39 C EDM 51 35 76 81 61 77 90 73 80 77 65 72 83 90 90 71
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2004-05 30 C PIT - - 69 79 58 80 78 - - 82 67 67 - 75 80 77
2005-06 31 C EDM - - +6 · · · −5 - - −2 +3 +2 - +5 +5 ·
2006-07 32 C EDM - - −10 −2 +2 +9 +2 - - · · +3 - +4 +5 +1
2007-08 33 C EDM - - · · · · · - - +3 +2 −5 - +2 +2 ·
2008-09 34 C EDM 56 50 −1 +8 +7 - +6 80 88 −2 · +6 - +12 +7 -
2009-10 35 C EDM +2 −10 +11 +3 −5 - +4 +2 · +1 +2 −9 - +1 · 75
2010-11 36 C EDM +8 · +3 −3 · - · −3 −3 −3 −1 +5 - · · ·
2011-12 37 C EDM −7 · +2 −5 · 88 +10 −4 +2 −2 −2 +5 75 −4 · −1
2012-13 38 C EDM −7 −5 −8 −2 −1 −6 −7 −3 −6 −3 −10 −1 −6 −7 −10 −5
2013-14 39 C EDM −1 · +4 +3 · −5 +2 +1 −1 +3 +4 −1 +14 +2 +1 +2
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2004-05 PIT $4,375,000 2 yr 8.8% 30 UFA
2005-06 EDM $4,900,000 5 yr 9.8% 31 UFA
2006-07 EDM $4,508,000 4 yr 11.6% 32 UFA
2010-11 EDM $3,350,000 2 yr 5.6% 36 UFA
2012-13 EDM $3,400,000 1 yr 4.8% 38 UFA
2013-14 EDM $3,000,000 1 yr 4.7% 39 UFA
2004-05
Nov 6 2004
2004-05
to STARS
to CANADIENS
Dec 9 2004
2004-05
to PENGUINS
  • Saku Koivu 77
to STARS
2005-06
Nov 14 2005
2005-06
to THRASHERS
Jan 7 2006
2005-06
to OILERS
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