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Mikko Koivu

#9 · Centre · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Mar 12, 1983 in Turku, FIN · 6'3", 213 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 6th overall in 2001 by MIN (round 1)

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.

Jordan Eberle EDM · 37 P in 48 GP Logan Couture SJS · 37 P in 48 GP Jiri Tlusty CAR · 38 P in 48 GP Pascal Dupuis PIT · 38 P in 48 GP Sam Gagner EDM · 38 P in 48 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02040602005-06: 21 points2105-062006-07: 54 points542007-08: 42 points4207-082008-09: 67 points672009-10: 71 points7109-102010-11: 62 points622011-12: 44 points4411-122012-13: 37 points372013-14: 54 points5413-142014-15: 48 points482015-16: 56 points5615-162016-17: 58 points582017-18: 45 points4517-182018-19: 29 points292019-20: 21 points2119-202020-21: 2 points2

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 MIN 64 6 15 21 -9 40 96 22 0.33
2006-07 MIN 82 20 34 54 6 58 162 56 0.66 $903K
2007-08 MIN 57 11 31 42 13 42 144 40 0.74 $3.25M
2008-09 MIN 79 20 47 67 2 66 236 45 0.85 $3.25M
2009-10 MIN 80 22 49 71 -2 50 246 50 0.89 $3.25M
2010-11 MIN 71 17 45 62 4 50 191 63 0.87 $3.25M
2011-12 MIN 55 12 32 44 10 28 129 62 0.80 $6.75M
2012-13 MIN 48 11 26 37 2 26 127 47 0.77 $6.75M
2013-14 MIN 65 11 43 54 0 24 147 33 0.83 $6.75M
2014-15 MIN 80 14 34 48 2 38 179 40 0.60 $6.75M
2015-16 MIN 82 17 39 56 6 40 141 38 0.68 $6.75M
2016-17 MIN 80 18 40 58 27 34 139 32 0.73 $6.75M
2017-18 MIN 82 14 31 45 9 46 170 51 0.55 $6.75M
2018-19 MIN 48 8 21 29 -2 22 89 13 0.60 $5.5M
2019-20 MIN 55 4 17 21 2 28 74 25 0.38 $5.5M
2020-21 CBJ 7 1 1 2 -2 2 3 10 0.29 $1.5M
16 seasons Career 1035 206 505 711 68 594 2273 627 0.69

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 MIN 5 1 0 1 -1 4 8 2 0.20
2007-08 MIN 6 4 1 5 0 4 20 9 0.83
2012-13 MIN 5 0 0 0 -6 8 11 11 0.00
2013-14 MIN 13 1 6 7 -4 10 30 17 0.54
2014-15 MIN 10 1 3 4 -4 2 14 7 0.40
2015-16 MIN 6 3 2 5 0 2 14 6 0.83
2016-17 MIN 5 1 1 2 -1 0 6 5 0.40
2017-18 MIN 5 0 4 4 -2 2 13 1 0.80
2019-20 MIN 4 0 0 0 0 6 5 4 0.00
9 seasons Playoffs 59 11 17 28 -18 38 121 62 0.47

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
48 11 26 37 2 26 127 47 0.77 8.7 21:06

Contract

$6.75MCap hit2012-13
$182KCap dollars per point37 points in 48 games
$1.053MCap dollars per goal above replacement6.4 goals above replacement
$6.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$676KValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 558 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2020-21 to 2020-21 $1.5M
2018-19 to 2019-20 $5.5M
2012-13 to 2017-18 $6.75M
2011-12 to 2017-18 $6.75M
2007-08 to 2010-11 $3.25M
2006-07 to 2006-07 $903K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2012-13 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2012-13 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.8Even-strength defence+0.1Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.4

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.

-50510152010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

35.3Corsi for %42 attempts for, 77 against
-8.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
31.4Expected goals for %1.2 expected for, 2.6 against
-12.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
16.7Goals for %1 for, 5 against
91.3PDO3.4% shooting + 87.8% saves
9Attempts 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
Mikko Koivu · Zach Parise · Charlie Coyle563:2336.333.50-3
Mikko Koivu · Jason Zucker · Charlie Coyle31:4250.0100.00-0
Mikko Koivu · Zach Parise · Torrey Mitchell11:0350.033.60-0
Mikko Koivu · Pierre-Marc Bouchard · Charlie Coyle20:48100.0100.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 15 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.40 expected goals per 60 minutes7th
Shot quality 4.5% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected31stOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.7Goals 0

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 @ COL W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 5 1 19:26
Apr 26, 2013 vs EDM L 1-6 1 0 1 -1 0 5 1 19:40
Apr 23, 2013 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 21:22
Apr 21, 2013 vs CGY L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 6 3 21:49
Apr 18, 2013 @ SJS L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 3 3 19:52
Apr 16, 2013 @ EDM W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:12
Apr 15, 2013 @ CGY W 4-3 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 21:19
Apr 13, 2013 vs CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 25:21
Apr 11, 2013 vs STL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:48
Apr 9, 2013 vs CHI L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:35
Apr 7, 2013 @ CBJ W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 20:01
Apr 4, 2013 @ LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:29
Apr 3, 2013 @ SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 19:27
Apr 1, 2013 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:20
Mar 30, 2013 vs LAK W 4-3 (SO) 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 21:10
Mar 29, 2013 @ DAL L 3-5 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 20:45
Mar 27, 2013 vs PHX W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 23:39
Mar 25, 2013 @ DAL W 7-4 1 1 2 2 0 6 1 20:24
Mar 23, 2013 vs SJS W 2-0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 22:28
Mar 20, 2013 @ DET W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 18:00
Mar 18, 2013 @ VAN W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 19:18
Mar 16, 2013 @ COL W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:11
Mar 14, 2013 vs COL W 5-3 2 0 2 3 2 5 1 19:04
Mar 12, 2013 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 22:07
Mar 10, 2013 vs VAN W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 21:54
Mar 9, 2013 @ NSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 21:17
Mar 5, 2013 @ CHI L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 19:50
Mar 3, 2013 vs EDM W 4-2 1 2 3 1 0 2 2 20:33
Mar 1, 2013 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:16
Feb 28, 2013 @ PHX W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 20:51
Feb 26, 2013 vs CGY W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 23:59
Feb 23, 2013 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 21:33
Feb 21, 2013 @ EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:19
Feb 17, 2013 vs DET W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 20:51
Feb 14, 2013 vs COL L 3-4 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 22:51
Feb 12, 2013 @ VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 22:15
Feb 11, 2013 @ CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:29
Feb 9, 2013 vs NSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 25:13
Feb 7, 2013 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 21:17
Feb 4, 2013 @ PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:16
Feb 1, 2013 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 21:24
Jan 30, 2013 vs CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 21:00
Jan 29, 2013 vs CBJ W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 4 2 19:40
Jan 27, 2013 @ STL L 4-5 (OT) 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 22:03
Jan 25, 2013 @ DET L 3-5 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 21:53
Jan 22, 2013 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 19:50
Jan 20, 2013 vs DAL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 19:34
Jan 19, 2013 vs COL W 4-2 0 2 2 -1 0 3 2 22:44