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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 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brendan Shanahan DET · 57 P in 75 GP Pat Verbeek DAL · 57 P in 82 GP Jeremy Roenick PHX · 56 P in 79 GP Vincent Damphousse MTL · 59 P in 76 GP Shayne Corson MTL · 55 P in 62 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

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
69 14 43 57 8 48 145 47 0.83 9.7 19:13

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 6, 1998 @ WSH T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:17
Apr 4, 1998 vs CAR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 22:10
Apr 1, 1998 @ FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:34
Mar 31, 1998 @ CAR T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 6 2 1 23:52
Mar 28, 1998 vs TBL W 8-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:04
Mar 26, 1998 @ FLA L 4-5 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 22:44
Mar 25, 1998 @ TBL W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 22:16
Mar 21, 1998 vs ANA L 4-5 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 20:38
Mar 19, 1998 @ CHI L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:04
Mar 18, 1998 @ NYR L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 22:23
Mar 16, 1998 vs CGY T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 26:18
Mar 14, 1998 vs NJD W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 20:15
Mar 12, 1998 vs NYR W 4-1 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 18:55
Mar 11, 1998 vs VAN T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 23:15
Mar 9, 1998 vs FLA W 6-1 0 3 3 1 0 1 2 14:28
Mar 7, 1998 vs BUF L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 22:26
Mar 5, 1998 @ STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 19:39
Mar 4, 1998 @ DAL W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 17:48
Feb 28, 1998 @ TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:44
Feb 25, 1998 vs PIT L 2-6 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 19:18
Feb 7, 1998 vs BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -4 2 0 0 18:57
Feb 4, 1998 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:34
Jan 21, 1998 vs BOS W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 18:34
Jan 14, 1998 @ PHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:55
Jan 7, 1998 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17:52
Jan 3, 1998 @ VAN W 4-2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 21:16
Jan 2, 1998 @ EDM W 5-3 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 19:27
Dec 31, 1997 @ CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:21
Dec 29, 1997 @ COL T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20:25
Dec 27, 1997 @ PIT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20:01
Dec 23, 1997 @ OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 21:12
Dec 22, 1997 vs EDM T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 23:38
Dec 20, 1997 vs OTT W 4-1 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 17:57
Dec 19, 1997 @ BUF L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 19:48
Dec 15, 1997 vs PHI L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 21:35
Dec 13, 1997 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:51
Dec 12, 1997 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:32
Dec 10, 1997 vs STL W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 22:13
Dec 8, 1997 vs COL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 17:43
Dec 6, 1997 vs NYR T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 20:20
Dec 3, 1997 vs LAK W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20:17
Dec 1, 1997 vs PIT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:05
Nov 29, 1997 @ PIT L 3-6 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 17:14
Nov 28, 1997 @ DET L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21:17
Nov 26, 1997 @ WSH W 6-5 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 17:12
Nov 24, 1997 vs SJS T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 4 1 23:10
Nov 22, 1997 vs DET L 2-5 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 18:27
Nov 19, 1997 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 19:25
Nov 17, 1997 vs TBL W 4-1 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 17:27
Nov 15, 1997 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 17:27
Nov 13, 1997 @ PHX W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 4 1 2 16:41
Nov 12, 1997 @ ANA W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 2 5 0 18:03
Nov 8, 1997 @ LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 20:12
Nov 7, 1997 @ SJS W 4-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 19:53
Nov 5, 1997 vs PHX W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 17:45
Nov 3, 1997 vs DAL W 6-4 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 15:01
Nov 1, 1997 vs TOR W 5-1 1 0 1 1 4 2 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1997 vs NYI L 2-5 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 15:05
Oct 27, 1997 vs CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:20
Oct 25, 1997 @ OTT W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 20:18
Oct 23, 1997 @ NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 22:00
Oct 22, 1997 vs FLA W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 20:18
Oct 18, 1997 vs WSH L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 19:17
Oct 17, 1997 @ BUF W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 15:47
Oct 15, 1997 vs PIT T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 21:08
Oct 11, 1997 vs PHI L 2-6 0 1 1 -3 0 1 2 19:56
Oct 8, 1997 @ PIT W 3-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 17:10
Oct 4, 1997 @ BOS W 4-1 0 4 4 1 0 2 0 15:27
Oct 1, 1997 vs OTT T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:57