Esa Tikkanen

Born on: January 25, 1965
Birth place: Helsinki, Finland
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 1" (186 cm) | 190 lb (86 kg)

Drafted by: Edmonton Oilers, 4. round (#80 overall), in 1983 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	18	1983	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	HIFK Helsinki defeated Jokerit Helsinki 3‑2 in a best of five gold medal series.
	18	1984	Team Finland	U20 World Championship	Norrk�ping and Nyk�ping, Sweden
	20	1985	Edmonton Oilers	NHL Stanley Cup Champion	Edmonton Oilers defeated Philadelphia Flyers 4‑1 in a best of seven series.
	22	1987	Edmonton Oilers	NHL Stanley Cup Champion	Edmonton Oilers defeated Philadelphia Flyers 4‑3 in a best of seven series.
	23	1988	Edmonton Oilers	NHL Stanley Cup Champion	Edmonton Oilers defeated Boston Bruins 4‑0 in a best of seven series.
	25	1990	Edmonton Oilers	NHL Stanley Cup Champion	Edmonton Oilers defeated Boston Bruins 4‑1 in a best of seven series.
	29	1994	New York Rangers	NHL Stanley Cup Champion	New York Rangers defeated Vancouver Canucks 4‑3 in a best of seven series.
	33	1998	Team Finland	Olympics - Nagano	Nagano, Japan
	35	2000	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	TPS Turku defeated Jokerit Helsinki 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series.
	35	2000	Team Finland	IIHF World Championship	Saint Petersburg, Russia
IIHF U20 World Championship Medals
IIHF World Championship Medals
Olympic Medals
NHL Stanley Cup Championships
Finnish Championship 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%
Dec 16, 1998	NYR @ NJD	(3-6)	0	0	0	0	-2	9:06	6:04	0:41	2:21	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	1	0.0%			0	1	0.00%
Dec 19, 1998	NYR @ TOR	(4-7)	0	0	0	0	-2	7:02	5:04	0:00	1:58	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%			2	0	100.00%
Dec 23, 1998	CAR @ NYR	(1-0)	0	0	0	0	-1	12:11	6:49	0:00	5:22	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%			5	3	62.50%
Dec 26, 1998	NYR @ CAR	(6-3)	0	0	0	0	0	12:47	7:44	0:00	5:03	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%			2	4	33.33%
Dec 30, 1998	NYR @ PHX	(1-3)	0	0	0	0	0	9:19	6:29	0:02	2:48	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%			2	5	28.57%
	GAME LOG

Regular Season

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1981‑82	Regina Pat Blues	SJHL	16	59	38	37	75	216
1981‑82	Regina Pats	WHL	16	2	0	0	0	0
1983‑84	Olympiajoukkue	SM-Liiga	18	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0		0
1983‑84	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	18	36	19	11	30	30	1	1		3
1984‑85	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	19	36	21	34	55	42	37	2	0	4
1985‑86	Nova Scotia Oilers	AHL	20	15	4	8	12	17
1985‑86	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	20	35	7	6	13	28	6	0	0	2	14.9
1986‑87	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	21	76	34	44	78	120	44	7	0	6	27.0
1987‑88	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	22	80	23	51	74	153	21	6	1	2	16.2
1988‑89	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	23	67	31	47	78	92	10	6	8	4	20.5
1989‑90	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	24	79	30	33	63	161	17	6	4	6	15.1
1990‑91	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	25	79	27	42	69	85	22	3	2	6	11.5
1991‑92	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	26	40	12	16	28	44	-8	6	2	1	10.3
1992‑93	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	27	66	14	19	33	76	-11	2	4	3	8.6
1992‑93	New York Rangers	NHL	27	15	2	5	7	18	-13	0	0	0	5.0
1993‑94	New York Rangers	NHL	28	83	22	32	54	114	5	5	3	4	8.6
1994‑95	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	29	19	2	11	13	16	2	1	2	0
1994‑95	St. Louis Blues	NHL	29	43	12	23	35	22	13	5	2	1	11.2
1995‑96	St. Louis Blues	NHL	30	11	1	4	5	18	1	0	1	0	5.3
1995‑96	New Jersey Devils	NHL	30	9	0	2	2	4	-6	0	0	0	0.0
1995‑96	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	30	38	13	24	37	14	6	8	0	2	21.3
1996‑97	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	31	62	12	15	27	66	-9	4	1	2	11.7
1996‑97	New York Rangers	NHL	31	14	1	2	3	6	0	0	1	0	3.3
1997‑98	Florida Panthers	NHL	32	28	1	8	9	16	-7	0	0	0	2.9
1997‑98	Washington Capitals	NHL	32	20	2	10	12	2	-4	1	0	2	6.1
1998‑99	New York Rangers	NHL	33	32	0	3	3	38	-5	0	0	0	0.0
1999‑00	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	34	43	10	13	23	85	3	4	0	2	4.4
2000‑01	Moskitos Essen	DEL	35	46	8	21	29	81	-18	3	0	3	6.5
	NHL Totals			877	244	386	630	1077	82	59	29	41	12.8
	Liiga Totals			135	52	69	121	173	42	8	2	9
	SJHL Totals			59	38	37	75	216
	DEL Totals			46	8	21	29	81	-18	3	0	3	6.5
	AHL Totals			15	4	8	12	17
	WHL Totals			2	0	0	0	0

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1982‑83	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	17	1	0	0	0	2		0		0
1983‑84	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	18	2	0	1	1	0		0		0
1984‑85	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	19	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0.0
1985‑86	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	20	8	3	2	5	7	1	0	0	0	15.8
1986‑87	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	21	21	7	2	9	22	1	1	0	1	17.9
1987‑88	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	22	19	10	17	27	72	2	5	0	1	23.8
1988‑89	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	23	7	1	3	4	12	-1	0	0	0	5.9
1989‑90	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	24	22	13	11	24	26	12	2	2	0	24.1
1990‑91	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	25	18	12	8	20	24	3	3	0	3	15.8
1991‑92	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	26	16	5	3	8	8	-1	1	0	1	13.5
1993‑94	New York Rangers	NHL	28	23	4	4	8	34	1	0	0	1	7.1
1994‑95	St. Louis Blues	NHL	29	7	2	2	4	20	-1	1	0	1	10.5
1995‑96	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	30	6	3	2	5	2	-3	2	0	0	23.1
1996‑97	New York Rangers	NHL	31	15	9	3	12	26	2	3	1	3	20.0
1997‑98	Washington Capitals	NHL	32	21	3	3	6	20	-2	1	0	0	13.0
1999‑00	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	34	11	1	6	7	10	1	0	0	0	2.6
	NHL Totals			186	72	60	132	275	13	19	3	11	16.3
	Liiga Totals			14	1	7	8	12	1	0	0	0

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1983	17	7	2	3	5	5
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1984	18	7	8	4	12	8
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1985	19	7	7	12	19	10
Team Finland - World Championship 1985	20	10	4	5	9	12	3
Team Finland - Canada Cup 1987	22	5	0	1	1	6	-3	0	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - World Championship 1989	24	8	4	4	8	14	3
Team Finland - Canada Cup 1991	26	6	2	2	4	6	-2	0	0	0	9.5
Team Finland - World Championship 1993	28	6	0	0	0	2	-6
Team Finland - World Championship 1996	31	1	0	0	0	0	-2
Team Finland - Olympics ‑ Nagano 1998	33	6	1	1	2	0	-1	0	0	1
Team Finland - World Championship 2000	35	9	2	1	3	10	2	0	0	0	14.3
World Championship Totals		34	10	10	20	38	0	0	0	0
U20 World Championship Totals		21	17	19	36	23
World Cup Totals		11	2	3	5	12	-5	0	0	0	6.3
Olympics Totals		6	1	1	2	0	-1	0	0	1

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - Sweden Cup 1984	19	3	1	0	1	2
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 2000	35	4	0	1	1	2	0
EHT Totals		4	0	1	1	2	0
Sweden Cup Totals		3	1	0	1	2