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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 1998-99. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Valeri Kamensky COL · 44 P in 65 GP Robert Lang PIT · 44 P in 72 GP Dixon Ward BUF · 44 P in 78 GP Chris Drury COL · 44 P in 79 GP Mike Johnson TOR · 44 P in 79 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

1998-99 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
65 14 30 44 -7 38 145 53 0.68 9.7 20:02

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 17, 1999 vs TOR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 20:58
Apr 14, 1999 @ FLA L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 18:24
Apr 13, 1999 @ TBL T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19:32
Apr 10, 1999 vs NJD L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 21:10
Apr 8, 1999 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 19:44
Apr 7, 1999 vs CAR W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 20:38
Apr 5, 1999 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 21:00
Apr 3, 1999 vs BUF W 2-1 0 1 1 -1 4 3 0 20:17
Apr 1, 1999 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:00
Mar 24, 1999 @ EDM W 2-0 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 21:10
Mar 22, 1999 vs SJS T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 19:55
Mar 20, 1999 vs WSH L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:12
Mar 18, 1999 vs NSH W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 20:50
Mar 13, 1999 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 19:51
Mar 11, 1999 @ STL W 3-0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 20:24
Mar 8, 1999 vs FLA L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 20:22
Mar 6, 1999 vs TBL L 1-6 1 0 1 0 2 6 2 20:24
Mar 3, 1999 @ PIT T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 22:39
Mar 2, 1999 vs PHI W 4-1 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 19:03
Feb 27, 1999 vs OTT W 4-1 1 1 2 2 2 4 1 20:07
Feb 25, 1999 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 21:59
Feb 20, 1999 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19:20
Feb 18, 1999 @ PHI W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 18:17
Feb 17, 1999 @ NYR W 6-3 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 18:33
Feb 13, 1999 vs FLA W 4-0 2 0 2 0 0 3 2 17:53
Feb 11, 1999 @ BUF L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 17:26
Feb 9, 1999 @ PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 2 3 19:52
Feb 6, 1999 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 18:10
Feb 4, 1999 @ PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:00
Feb 3, 1999 vs VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:38
Jan 31, 1999 vs PIT L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 4 2 1 17:15
Jan 30, 1999 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 22:43
Jan 18, 1999 vs WSH T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 19:01
Jan 16, 1999 vs NYR W 3-0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 18:20
Jan 15, 1999 @ WSH W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 17:41
Jan 12, 1999 @ DET L 1-5 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 15:31
Jan 11, 1999 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:04
Jan 9, 1999 vs NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 19:36
Jan 7, 1999 vs TBL W 4-1 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 18:40
Jan 4, 1999 @ COL L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 19:45
Jan 2, 1999 @ VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:41
Dec 31, 1998 @ CGY W 2-1 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 25:01
Dec 29, 1998 @ EDM W 5-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 19:20
Dec 26, 1998 @ TOR W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 19:32
Dec 23, 1998 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 19:06
Dec 21, 1998 vs DAL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:25
Dec 19, 1998 vs NJD T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 23:15
Dec 18, 1998 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 18:36
Dec 14, 1998 vs PHX T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 2 4 0 21:34
Dec 12, 1998 @ NSH T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 21:08
Dec 11, 1998 @ DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:46
Dec 9, 1998 @ PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 17:19
Dec 5, 1998 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 18:24
Dec 4, 1998 @ NJD T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:51
Dec 2, 1998 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:46
Nov 30, 1998 vs LAK W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 21:31
Nov 28, 1998 vs PIT L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 2 23:24
Nov 27, 1998 @ BOS L 1-5 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 18:17
Oct 24, 1998 vs DET L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 19:47
Oct 21, 1998 vs OTT W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 21:28
Oct 19, 1998 vs CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 20:25
Oct 17, 1998 vs BUF L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 23:21
Oct 16, 1998 @ WSH T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 23:05
Oct 13, 1998 vs ANA W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:56
Oct 10, 1998 vs NYR W 7-1 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 21:06