Saku Mäenalanen

Born on: May 29, 1994
Birth place: Kemi, Finland
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 4" (193 cm) | 207 lb (94 kg)

Drafted by: Nashville Predators, 5. round (#125 overall), in 2013 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	19	2014	Team Finland	U20 World Championship	Malmö, Sweden
	19	2014	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu defeated Tappara Tampere 4‑3 in a best of seven series.
	20	2015	Hokki Kajaani	Mestis	Hokki Kajaani defeated TuTo Hockey 5‑2 in the bronze medal game.
	20	2015	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu defeated Tappara Tampere 4‑3 in a best of seven series.
	21	2016	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu defeated JYP Jyväskylä 3‑2 in the bronze medal game.
	23	2018	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu defeated Tappara Tampere 4‑2 in a best of seven gold medal series.
	27	2021	Team Finland	World Championship	Riga, Latvia
	27	2022	Team Finland	Olympics - Beijing	Beijing, China
	28	2022	Team Finland	World Championship	Tampere and Helsinki, Finland
IIHF U20 World Championship Medals
IIHF World Championship Medals
Olympic Medals
Finnish Championship Medals
Mestis Medals

Last 5 NHL Games

		Overall						Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Date	Game	Score	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	SHOTS	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
Apr 18, 2023	WPG @ VGK	(5-1)	0	0	0	12	0	9:08	7:40	0:00	1:28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0%	4	0	0	0	0.00%
Apr 20, 2023	WPG @ VGK	(2-5)	0	1	1	0	1	10:07	8:27	0:00	1:40	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	5.931	5.931	0.000	7.101	7.101	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	5	1	0	0	0.00%
Apr 22, 2023	VGK @ WPG	(5-4)	0	0	0	0	0	8:58	6:22	0:00	2:36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0%	6	0	0	0	0.00%
Apr 24, 2023	VGK @ WPG	(4-2)	0	0	0	0	-1	6:40	4:36	0:00	2:04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0%	1	0	0	0	0.00%
Apr 27, 2023	WPG @ VGK	(1-4)	0	0	0	0	0	7:41	7:12	0:00	0:29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0%	4	0	0	0	0.00%
	GAME LOG

Regular Season

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
2013‑14	Jokipojat Joensuu	Mestis	19	15	9	6	15	4	9	0	1
2013‑14	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	19	25	4	3	7	0	6	0	0	1	7.1
2014‑15	Pelicans Lahti	Liiga	20	8	1	0	1	0	-3	1	0	0	6.3
2014‑15	Hokki Kajaani	Mestis	20	17	5	8	13	6	3	1	0
2014‑15	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	20	20	4	1	5	2	9	1	0	0	9.8
2015‑16	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	21	46	6	10	16	14	9	0	0	2	6.0
2016‑17	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	22	34	11	10	21	6	6	2	0	3	11.7
2017‑18	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	23	59	17	29	46	26	20	7	0	3	8.0
2018‑19	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	24	31	7	7	14	8	-14	2	3	0	15.2
2018‑19	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	24	34	4	4	8	20	0	0	0	0	11.1
2019‑20	Jokerit Helsinki	KHL	25	26	5	4	9	8	-7	1	0	2	14.7
2020‑21	Jokerit Helsinki	KHL	26	38	4	8	12	48	5	2	0	1	11.4
2021‑22	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	27	47	13	28	41	67	14	3	1	3	9.2
2022‑23	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	28	64	4	6	10	16	0	0	0	0	6.6
2023‑24	SC Langnau Tigers	NLA	29	44	11	9	20	40	-9	4	1	3	11.8
2024‑25	SC Langnau Tigers	NLA	30	4	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	25.0
	Liiga Totals			239	56	81	137	115	61	14	1	12	8.5
	NHL Totals			98	8	10	18	36	0	0	0	0	8.2
	KHL Totals			64	9	12	21	56	-2	3	0	3	13.0
	NLA Totals			48	12	10	22	42	-7	5	1	3	12.4
	Mestis Totals			32	14	14	28	10	12	1	1
	AHL Totals			31	7	7	14	8	-14	2	3	0	15.2

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
2014‑15	Hokki Kajaani	Mestis	20	10	2	4	6	22	0	1	0
2014‑15	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	20	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2015‑16	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	21	13	3	1	4	6	1	1	0	0	8.3
2016‑17	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	22	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0.0
2017‑18	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	23	18	5	5	10	16	4	0	1	1	9.3
2018‑19	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	24	9	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0	0.0
2019‑20	Jokerit Helsinki	KHL	25	6	2	3	5	6	4	1	0	0	25.0
2020‑21	Jokerit Helsinki	KHL	26	4	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0.0
2021‑22	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	27	7	1	0	1	4	-2	1	0	0	4.2
2022‑23	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	28	5	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0	0.0
	Liiga Totals			47	9	7	16	26	1	2	1	1	6.8
	NHL Totals			14	0	2	2	18	1	0	0	0	0.0
	KHL Totals			10	2	3	5	6	1	1	0	0	10.0
	Mestis Totals			10	2	4	6	22	0	1	0

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 2014	19	7	7	4	11	0	9	1	0	1	30.4
Team Finland - World Championship 2018	23	8	2	1	3	8	1	0	1	0	33.3
Team Finland - World Championship 2021	26	10	1	3	4	0	5	0	0	0	7.7
Team Finland - Olympics ‑ Beijing 2022	27	6	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - World Championship 2022	27	9	2	0	2	29	3	0	0	0	25.0
Team Finland - World Championship 2024	29	7	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	11.1
World Championship Totals		34	6	5	11	39	10	0	1	0	16.7
U20 World Championship Totals		7	7	4	11	0	9	1	0	1	30.4
Olympics Totals		6	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0.0

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - U19 2‑Nations 2012	18	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0
Team Finland - U19 5‑Nations 2013	18	4	3	0	3	2	-2	1	0	0
Team Finland - U20 Exhibition Game 2013	18	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 2013	18	3	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	10.0
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 2013	19	3	1	0	1	2
Team Finland - U20‑WJC Pre Camp 2013	19	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Czech Hockey Games 2021	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2021	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Czech Hockey Games 2022	27	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Beijer Hockey Games 2022	27	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Swiss Ice Hockey Games 2023	29	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2024	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2024	29	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2024	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Betano Hockey Games 2024	29	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
EHT Totals		14	0	0	0	4	-4	0	0	0
U20 National Team Totals		9	2	2	4	2	1	0	0	0
U19 National Team Totals		7	3	0	3	4	-2	1	0	0
Men National Team Totals		5	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0