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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 1996-97. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bryan Smolinski NYI · 56 P in 64 GP Dmitri Khristich LAK · 56 P in 75 GP Scott Mellanby FLA · 56 P in 82 GP Pavel Bure VAN · 55 P in 63 GP Jason Arnott EDM · 57 P in 67 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

1996-97 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
50 17 39 56 7 38 135 0 1.12 12.6 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 12, 1997 vs PHI T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 10, 1997 @ WSH L 2-3 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 00:00
Apr 9, 1997 @ NYI W 3-1 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Apr 7, 1997 vs NYI W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 5, 1997 vs HFD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 4 3 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1997 @ HFD W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1997 vs PIT W 8-5 1 2 3 3 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1997 @ PIT T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1997 vs BUF T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1997 @ HFD L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1997 vs COL L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1997 @ EDM W 5-4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1997 @ CGY L 2-3 1 0 1 1 2 8 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1997 @ VAN W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1997 vs TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1997 @ NYI W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1997 vs NJD L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1997 @ BUF T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1997 vs SJS W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1997 vs HFD W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1996 vs CHI W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1996 @ CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1996 vs BOS L 3-4 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1996 @ NYR L 2-6 0 1 1 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1996 vs WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1996 @ PIT T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1996 vs TBL W 4-2 1 2 3 2 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1996 @ TOR W 4-3 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1996 @ BOS W 6-2 1 2 3 4 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1996 @ HFD L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1996 vs VAN W 6-1 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1996 @ WSH L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1996 vs FLA L 3-5 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1996 vs EDM W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1996 @ COL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1996 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1996 @ ANA W 6-5 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1996 @ PHX T 4-4 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1996 @ SJS L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1996 @ DET L 3-5 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1996 vs PHX L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1996 vs PHI W 6-5 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1996 @ BUF L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1996 @ OTT L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1996 vs CGY W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1996 @ NJD L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1996 vs NYR W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1996 vs LAK W 6-3 1 2 3 3 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 7, 1996 vs ANA T 6-6 (OT) 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 5, 1996 vs OTT T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 6 0 00:00