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Saku Koivu

#11 · Centre · Anaheim Ducks

Born Nov 23, 1974 in Turku, FIN · 5'10", 181 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 21st overall in 1993 by MTL (round 1)

Trophy case

King Clancy Memorial Trophy Leadership and Humanitarian Contribution 2006-07
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy Perseverance, Sportsmanship and Dedication 2001-02

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jannik Hansen VAN · 27 P in 47 GP Marian Gaborik CBJ · 27 P in 47 GP Tomas Kopecky FLA · 27 P in 47 GP Alex Galchenyuk MTL · 27 P in 48 GP Brandon Saad CHI · 27 P in 46 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601995-96: 45 points4595-961996-97: 56 points561997-98: 57 points5797-981998-99: 44 points441999-00: 21 points2199-002000-01: 47 points472001-02: 2 points201-022002-03: 71 points712003-04: 55 points5503-042005-06: 62 points622006-07: 75 points7506-072007-08: 56 points562008-09: 50 points5008-092009-10: 52 points522010-11: 45 points4510-112011-12: 38 points382012-13: 27 points2712-132013-14: 29 points29

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1995-96 MTL 82 20 25 45 -7 40 136 0 0.55
1996-97 MTL 50 17 39 56 7 38 135 0 1.12
1997-98 MTL 69 14 43 57 8 48 145 47 0.83
1998-99 MTL 65 14 30 44 -7 38 145 53 0.68
1999-00 MTL 24 3 18 21 7 14 53 21 0.88
2000-01 MTL 54 17 30 47 2 40 113 44 0.87
2001-02 MTL 3 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0.67
2002-03 MTL 82 21 50 71 5 72 147 20 0.87
2003-04 MTL 68 14 41 55 -5 52 112 31 0.81
2005-06 MTL 72 17 45 62 1 70 138 41 0.86
2006-07 MTL 81 22 53 75 -21 74 154 51 0.93
2007-08 MTL 77 16 40 56 -4 93 150 41 0.73
2008-09 MTL 65 16 34 50 4 44 123 43 0.77
2009-10 ANA 71 19 33 52 14 36 124 59 0.73
2010-11 ANA 75 15 30 45 -8 36 104 48 0.60
2011-12 ANA 74 11 27 38 7 50 107 56 0.51
2012-13 ANA 47 8 19 27 4 18 55 31 0.57
2013-14 ANA 65 11 18 29 3 46 81 29 0.45
18 seasons Career 1124 255 577 832 10 809 2024 617 0.74

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1995-96 MTL 6 3 1 4 2 8 13 0 0.67
1996-97 MTL 5 1 3 4 1 10 10 0 0.80
1997-98 MTL 6 2 3 5 4 2 14 8 0.83
2001-02 MTL 12 4 6 10 2 4 16 18 0.83
2003-04 MTL 11 3 8 11 1 10 27 9 1.00
2005-06 MTL 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 0.67
2007-08 MTL 7 3 6 9 1 4 17 11 1.29
2008-09 MTL 4 0 3 3 -1 2 6 7 0.75
2010-11 ANA 6 1 6 7 -2 6 7 9 1.17
2012-13 ANA 7 1 2 3 -4 6 6 8 0.43
2013-14 ANA 13 0 1 1 -3 8 5 14 0.08
11 seasons Playoffs 80 18 41 59 2 62 122 85 0.74

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
47 8 19 27 4 18 55 31 0.57 14.5 17:36

2012-13 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence-0.3Power play+0.5Penalty kill-0.1Penalties-0.3

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-6-4-20242010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

48.4Corsi for %89 attempts for, 95 against
+3.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.1Expected goals for %4.4 expected for, 3.9 against
+4.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
30.0Goals for %3 for, 7 against
91.9PDO5.7% shooting + 86.3% saves
10Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Saku Koivu · Daniel Winnik · Andrew Cogliano771:3948.849.70-4
Saku Koivu · Bobby Ryan · Andrew Cogliano23:2350.038.80-0
Saku Koivu · Kyle Palmieri · Emerson Etem23:190.00.00-0
Saku Koivu · Corey Perry · Bobby Ryan12:3460.085.61-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.34 expected goals per 60 minutes4th
Shot quality 10.2% chance per attempt97th
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected60thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 68 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.7

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 27, 2013 vs PHX L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 16:26
Apr 22, 2013 @ EDM W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:53
Apr 21, 2013 @ EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 17:21
Apr 19, 2013 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:51
Apr 17, 2013 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 17:34
Apr 13, 2013 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:13
Apr 10, 2013 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:23
Apr 8, 2013 vs EDM W 2-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 19:24
Apr 7, 2013 vs LAK W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 20:37
Apr 5, 2013 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:59
Apr 3, 2013 vs DAL W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 18:21
Apr 1, 2013 @ DAL W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:48
Mar 31, 2013 @ CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:51
Mar 29, 2013 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:18
Mar 27, 2013 @ SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:50
Mar 25, 2013 vs SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 18:35
Mar 24, 2013 vs DET L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 18:24
Mar 22, 2013 vs DET L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:37
Mar 20, 2013 vs CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 19:03
Mar 18, 2013 vs SJS W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 19:03
Mar 16, 2013 @ STL L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 17:23
Mar 14, 2013 @ DAL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:21
Mar 12, 2013 @ MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 17:47
Mar 10, 2013 vs STL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:51
Mar 8, 2013 vs CGY W 4-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 14:36
Mar 6, 2013 vs PHX W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:47
Mar 4, 2013 @ PHX L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 21:52
Mar 2, 2013 @ PHX L 4-5 (SO) 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 17:42
Mar 1, 2013 vs MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 16:38
Feb 27, 2013 vs NSH W 5-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 14:37
Feb 25, 2013 @ LAK L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 15:51
Feb 24, 2013 vs COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 18:43
Feb 18, 2013 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 15:58
Feb 16, 2013 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16:29
Feb 15, 2013 @ DET W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:39
Feb 12, 2013 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:26
Feb 9, 2013 @ STL W 6-5 (SO) 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 18:49
Feb 8, 2013 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:52
Feb 6, 2013 @ COL W 3-0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 17:30
Feb 4, 2013 vs SJS W 2-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 20:21
Feb 2, 2013 vs LAK W 7-4 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 20:09
Feb 1, 2013 vs MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:43
Jan 29, 2013 @ SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:44
Jan 26, 2013 vs NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 18:37
Jan 25, 2013 vs VAN L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:01
Jan 21, 2013 @ CGY W 5-4 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 16:23
Jan 19, 2013 @ VAN W 7-3 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 16:53