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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 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Patrick Maroon ANA · 29 P in 62 GP Sean Bergenheim FLA · 29 P in 62 GP Tyler Toffoli LAK · 29 P in 62 GP Martin Erat PHX · 29 P in 70 GP Boone Jenner CBJ · 29 P in 72 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

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
65 11 18 29 3 46 81 29 0.45 13.6 15:03

2013-14 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-4.7Goals above replacement662nd of 672 skaters, 432nd of 438 forwards
-0.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-7.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 438 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-2.8 13th percentileEven-strength defence-2.3 9th percentilePower play-0.6 11th percentilePenalty kill-0.6 5th percentilePenalties-1.1 9th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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

46.2Corsi for %668 attempts for, 778 against
-5.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.8Expected goals for %26.0 expected for, 33.5 against
-10.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %32 for, 32 against
101.2PDO9.1% shooting + 92.1% saves
105Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 567 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Saku Koivu · Daniel Winnik · Andrew Cogliano51423:2946.242.817-18
Saku Koivu · Andrew Cogliano · Jakob Silfverberg22155:1346.243.57-5
Saku Koivu · Andrew Cogliano · Kyle Palmieri1252:1151.659.34-1
Saku Koivu · Andrew Cogliano · Emerson Etem621:5843.943.11-0

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.

10Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.1Expected goalsfrom 103 unblocked attempts
+1.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.50 expected goals per 60 minutes19th
Shot quality 7.8% chance per attempt67th
Finishing +1.9 goals above expected72ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246810Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 10Expected 8.1

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 this season, 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 13, 2014 vs COL W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 14:04
Apr 9, 2014 vs SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:23
Apr 7, 2014 @ VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:52
Apr 4, 2014 vs NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 14:32
Apr 2, 2014 vs EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:12
Mar 31, 2014 vs WPG W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:52
Mar 29, 2014 @ VAN W 5-1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 12:13
Mar 28, 2014 @ EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 10:50
Mar 26, 2014 @ CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 17:31
Mar 23, 2014 vs FLA W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:14
Mar 20, 2014 @ SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:50
Mar 18, 2014 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 13:26
Mar 15, 2014 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:23
Mar 14, 2014 @ COL W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:59
Mar 12, 2014 @ CGY L 2-7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:30
Mar 10, 2014 vs TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13:10
Mar 7, 2014 vs PIT L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 16:21
Mar 5, 2014 vs MTL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -3 2 2 0 15:14
Mar 2, 2014 vs CAR W 5-3 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 16:28
Feb 28, 2014 vs STL W 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 17:42
Feb 8, 2014 @ NSH W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14:00
Feb 5, 2014 vs CHI L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:15
Feb 3, 2014 vs CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:57
Feb 1, 2014 vs DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:32
Jan 30, 2014 vs PHI W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 18:01
Jan 28, 2014 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:18
Jan 25, 2014 @ LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:57
Jan 23, 2014 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:36
Jan 21, 2014 vs WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 14:23
Jan 18, 2014 @ STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:41
Jan 17, 2014 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:43
Jan 15, 2014 vs VAN W 9-1 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 12:54
Jan 12, 2014 vs DET W 1-0 0 1 1 1 6 1 1 14:12
Jan 11, 2014 @ PHX W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 16:50
Jan 9, 2014 @ NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:06
Jan 7, 2014 vs BOS W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 14:20
Jan 5, 2014 vs VAN W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 15:13
Jan 3, 2014 vs EDM W 5-2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 12:46
Dec 31, 2013 vs SJS W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 13:13
Dec 29, 2013 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:30
Dec 28, 2013 vs PHX W 3-2 (OT) 2 1 3 3 0 5 0 15:31
Dec 23, 2013 @ WSH W 3-2 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 13:35
Dec 21, 2013 @ NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:41
Dec 20, 2013 @ NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:41
Dec 17, 2013 @ DET W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 15:23
Dec 15, 2013 vs EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:48
Dec 11, 2013 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:55
Dec 9, 2013 vs NYI W 5-2 1 0 1 1 2 5 1 15:51
Dec 7, 2013 @ STL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:00
Dec 6, 2013 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:13
Dec 3, 2013 vs LAK L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 15:47
Nov 30, 2013 @ SJS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:33
Nov 29, 2013 vs CGY W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 13:17
Oct 27, 2013 @ CBJ W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:17
Oct 25, 2013 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17:30
Oct 24, 2013 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:39
Oct 22, 2013 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:55
Oct 20, 2013 vs DAL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:40
Oct 18, 2013 vs PHX W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:21
Oct 16, 2013 vs CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 17:22
Oct 13, 2013 vs OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:52
Oct 10, 2013 vs NYR W 6-0 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 16:16
Oct 6, 2013 @ WPG W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:24
Oct 5, 2013 @ MIN W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 17:23
Oct 2, 2013 @ COL L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:02