Winnipeg Jets PR No. 8 – Saku Maenalanen

Player Information

2022-23 Notes
  • Played a career high 64 games in his first full season in the NHL
  • Set a career high with six assists and 10 points
  • Matched a career best with four goals
  • Did not have a point in consecutive games all season
  • Scored a pair of goals at home and on the road
  • Tallied three of his goals in November
  • Had three goals on Sundays and three assists on Fridays
Professional Career
  • Entering his 11th professional season and first with the Jets organization
  • Has played his entire career in Finland, outside of the 2018-19 in the Carolina Hurricanes organization
  • Had eight points (4G, 4A) in 34 games with the Hurricanes
  • Has 137 points (56G, 81A) in 239 career Finnish Elite League games and 21 points (9G, 12A) in 64 KHL games with Jokerit
  • Participated in the Champions League with Karpat in three consecutive seasons from 2014-2017
  • Won a Finnish Elite League title with Karpat in 2014, 2015 and 2018
Amateur Career
  • Grew up playing for Karpat’s youth and junior teams
  • Led the U20 SM-liiga in assists in 2012-13 with 35
International Career
  • Played for Finland at the 2022 Olympics and 2022 World Championship, winning gold in each tournament
  • Also won a silver medal at the 2021 World Championship
  • Other World Championship experience came in 2018
  • Tallied 11 points (7G, 4A) in helping Finland win gold at the 2014 World Junior Championship

Career Stats

Scoring Goals Assists Shots Ice Time
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV PP SH S S% TSA TOI ATOI FOW FOL FO% BLK HIT TK GV Awards
2018-19 24 CAR NHL 34 4 4 8 0 20 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 36 11.1 56 321 9:26 6 15 28.6 10 45 12 8
2022-23 28 WPG NHL 64 4 6 10 0 16 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 61 6.6 109 661 10:20 3 5 37.5 31 113 23 16
1 yr CAR NHL 34 4 4 8 0 20 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 36 11.1 56 321 9:26 6 15 28.6 10 45 12 8
1 yr WPG NHL 64 4 6 10 0 16 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 61 6.6 109 661 10:20 3 5 37.5 31 113 23 16
Career 2 yrs NHL 98 8 10 18 0 36 8 0 0 0 10 0 0 97 8.2 165 982 10:01 9 20 31.0 41 158 35 24

Playoff Stats

Scoring Goals Shots Ice Time
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TSA TOI ATOI FOW FOL FO% BLK HIT TK GV
2018-19 24 CAR NHL 9 0 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 11 91 10:09 1 2 33.3 2 18 1 2
Career 1 yr NHL 9 0 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 11 91 10:09 1 2 33.3 2 18 1 2

Career Highs and Transactions

First NHL Game – 12/7/18 at ANA
First NHL Goal – 1/8/19 at NYI
First NHL Assist – 1/4/19 vs. CBJ
Most Goals, Game – 2, 1/15/19 at NYR
Most Assists, Game – 2, 3/3/23 at EDM
Most Points, Game – 2 (5x), Last: 3/3/23 at EDM
Most Penalty Minutes, Game – 10, 2/26/19 vs. LAK
Most Shots, Game – 5 (2x), Last: 11/27/22 at CHI
Most Time On Ice, Game – 17:05, 12/4/22 vs. ANA
Longest Point Streak – 2 Games, 1/13/19-1/15/19 (3G)
Longest Goal Streak – 2 Games, 1/13/19-1/15/19 (3G)
Longest Assist Streak – None
Hat Tricks – None
Multiple-Point Games – 5 (5, 2-point)
Penalty Shots  – 0-0, 0.0%
Shootout Attempts – 0-0, 0.0%

Transactions

May 18, 2018 – Signed by the Carolina Hurricanes to a one-year, $1,275,000 entry-level contract.
July 19, 2022 – Signed by the Winnipeg Jets to a one-year, $750,000 contract.

Pro and Amateur Stats