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

		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	SOG	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

Rows Seasons		Overall								Goals			per Game			Shots
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
2012‑13	Team Finland U19		18	7	3	0	3	4	-2	1	0	0	0.429	0.000	0.429
2012‑13	Team Finland U20		18	4	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0.250	0.500	0.750
2013‑14	Jokipojat Joensuu	Mestis	19	15	9	6	15	4	9	0	1		0.600	0.400	1.000
2013‑14	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	19	25	4	3	7	0	6	0	0	1	0.160	0.120	0.280	56	7.1
2013‑14	Team Finland U20		19	12	8	4	12	2	8	1	0	1	0.667	0.333	1.000
2014‑15	Pelicans Lahti	Liiga	20	8	1	0	1	0	-3	1	0	0	0.125	0.000	0.125	16	6.3
2014‑15	Hokki Kajaani	Mestis	20	17	5	8	13	6	3	1	0		0.294	0.471	0.765
2014‑15	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	20	20	4	1	5	2	9	1	0	0	0.200	0.050	0.250	41	9.8
2015‑16	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	21	46	6	10	16	14	9	0	0	2	0.130	0.217	0.348	100	6.0
2016‑17	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	22	34	11	10	21	6	6	2	0	3	0.324	0.294	0.618	94	11.7
2017‑18	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	23	59	17	29	46	26	20	7	0	3	0.288	0.492	0.780	213	8.0
2017‑18	Team Finland		23	8	2	1	3	8	1	0	1	0	0.250	0.125	0.375	6	33.3
2018‑19	Charlotte Checkers	AHL	24	31	7	7	14	8	-14	2	3	0	0.226	0.226	0.452	46	15.2
2018‑19	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	24	34	4	4	8	20	0	0	0	0	0.118	0.118	0.235	36	11.1
2019‑20	Jokerit Helsinki	KHL	25	26	5	4	9	8	-7	1	0	2	0.192	0.154	0.346	34	14.7
2020‑21	Jokerit Helsinki	KHL	26	38	4	8	12	48	5	2	0	1	0.105	0.211	0.316	35	11.4
2020‑21	Team Finland		26	12	1	3	4	0	5	0	0	0	0.083	0.250	0.333	15	6.7
2021‑22	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	27	47	13	28	41	67	14	3	1	3	0.277	0.596	0.872	141	9.2
2021‑22	Team Finland		27	24	2	1	3	31	1	0	0	0	0.083	0.042	0.125
2022‑23	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	28	64	4	6	10	16	0	0	0	0	0.063	0.094	0.156	61	6.6
2023‑24	SC Langnau Tigers	NLA	29	44	11	9	20	40	-9	4	1	3	0.250	0.205	0.455	93	11.8
2023‑24	Team Finland		29	17	1	3	4	6	2	0	0	0	0.059	0.176	0.235
2024‑25	SC Langnau Tigers	NLA	30	27	8	10	18	14	12	3	1	1	0.296	0.370	0.667	60	13.3
2024‑25	Team Finland		30	3	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0.333	0.000	0.333	3	33.3
2025‑26	SC Langnau Tigers	NLA	31	36	7	17	24	16	9	4	0	1	0.194	0.472	0.667	73	9.6
2025‑26	Team Finland		31	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	Liiga Totals			239	56	81	137	115	61	14	1	12	0.234	0.339	0.573	661	8.5
	NLA Totals			107	26	36	62	70	12	11	2	5	0.243	0.336	0.579	226	11.5
	NHL Totals			98	8	10	18	36	0	0	0	0	0.082	0.102	0.184	97	8.2
	KHL Totals			64	9	12	21	56	-2	3	0	3	0.141	0.188	0.328	69	13.0
	Mestis Totals			32	14	14	28	10	12	1	1		0.438	0.438	0.875
	AHL Totals			31	7	7	14	8	-14	2	3	0	0.226	0.226	0.452	46	15.2

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
2014‑15	Hokki Kajaani	Mestis	20	10	2	4	6	22	0	1	0		0.200	0.400	0.600
2014‑15	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	20	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.143	0.143	12	0.0
2015‑16	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	21	13	3	1	4	6	1	1	0	0	0.231	0.077	0.308	36	8.3
2016‑17	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	22	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	7	0.0
2017‑18	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	23	18	5	5	10	16	4	0	1	1	0.278	0.278	0.556	54	9.3
2018‑19	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	24	9	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.111	0.111	7	0.0
2019‑20	Jokerit Helsinki	KHL	25	6	2	3	5	6	4	1	0	0	0.333	0.500	0.833	8	25.0
2020‑21	Jokerit Helsinki	KHL	26	4	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	12	0.0
2021‑22	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	27	7	1	0	1	4	-2	1	0	0	0.143	0.000	0.143	24	4.2
2022‑23	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	28	5	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.200	0.200	3	0.0
2024‑25	SC Langnau Tigers	NLA	30	9	1	5	6	4	-4	0	0	0	0.111	0.556	0.667	16	6.3
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	Liiga Totals			47	9	7	16	26	1	2	1	1	0.191	0.149	0.340	133	6.8
	NHL Totals			14	0	2	2	18	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.143	0.143	10	0.0
	KHL Totals			10	2	3	5	6	1	1	0	0	0.200	0.300	0.500	20	10.0
	Mestis Totals			10	2	4	6	22	0	1	0		0.200	0.400	0.600
	NLA Totals			9	1	5	6	4	-4	0	0	0	0.111	0.556	0.667	16	6.3

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 2014	19	7	7	4	11	0	9	1	0	1	1.000	0.571	1.571	23	30.4
Team Finland - World Championship 2018	23	8	2	1	3	8	1	0	1	0	0.250	0.125	0.375	6	33.3
Team Finland - World Championship 2021	26	10	1	3	4	0	5	0	0	0	0.100	0.300	0.400	13	7.7
Team Finland - Olympics ‑ Beijing 2022	27	6	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0.000	0.167	0.167	8	0.0
Team Finland - World Championship 2022	27	9	2	0	2	29	3	0	0	0	0.222	0.000	0.222	8	25.0
Team Finland - World Championship 2024	29	7	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0.143	0.143	0.286	9	11.1
World Championship Totals		34	6	5	11	39	10	0	1	0	0.176	0.147	0.324	36	16.7
U20 World Championship Totals		7	7	4	11	0	9	1	0	1	1.000	0.571	1.571	23	30.4
Olympics Totals		6	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0.000	0.167	0.167	8	0.0

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Team Finland - U19 2‑Nations 2012	18	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U19 5‑Nations 2013	18	4	3	0	3	2	-2	1	0	0	0.750	0.000	0.750
Team Finland - U20 Exhibition Game 2013	18	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	1.000	1.000
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 2013	18	3	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.333	0.333	0.667	10	10.0
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 2013	19	3	1	0	1	2					0.333	0.000	0.333
Team Finland - U20 Worlds Exhibition Games 2013	19	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	9	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Czech Hockey Games 2021	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2021	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Czech Hockey Games 2022	27	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2022	27	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Beijer Hockey Games 2022	27	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Swiss Ice Hockey Games 2023	29	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2024	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2024	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2024	29	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	1.000	1.000	2	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Betano Hockey Games 2024	29	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Beijer Hockey Games 2025	30	3	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0.333	0.000	0.333	3	33.3
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Swiss Ice Hockey Games 2025	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0
Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Men Totals		27	1	2	3	8	-2	0	0	0	0.037	0.074	0.111	10
U20 Men Totals		9	2	2	4	2	1	0	0	0	0.222	0.222	0.444	19
U19 Men Totals		7	3	0	3	4	-2	1	0	0	0.429	0.000	0.429