Kristian Vesalainen

Born on: June 1, 1999
Birth place: Helsinki, Finland
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 4" (192 cm) | 207 lb (94 kg)

Drafted by: Winnipeg Jets, 1. round (#24 overall), in 2017 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	16	2016	Frölunda HC	U18 Allsvenskan	Frölunda HC defeated Leksands IF 1‑0 in the gold medal game.
	16	2016	Team Finland	U18 World Championship	Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
	16	2016	Frölunda HC	SHL	Frölunda HC defeated Skellefteå AIK 4‑1 in a best of seven gold medal series.
	17	2017	Team Finland	U18 World Championship	Poprad and Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia
	18	2018	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	Kärpät Oulu defeated Tappara Tampere 4‑2 in a best of seven gold medal series.
IIHF U18 World Championship Medals
Swedish U18 Championship Medals
Swedish Championship Medals
Finnish Championship 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%
Mar 10, 2022	WPG @ NJD	(2-1)	0	0	0	0	0	6:47	6:47	0:00	0:00	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%	1	1	0	0	0.00%
Mar 11, 2022	WPG @ NYI	(2-5)	0	0	0	0	0	4:56	4:56	0:00	0:00	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%	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Mar 13, 2022	WPG @ STL	(4-3)	0	0	0	0	-1	6:40	6:40	0:00	0:00	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%	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Mar 15, 2022	VGK @ WPG	(3-7)	0	0	0	0	-1	8:42	8:42	0:00	0:00	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%	1	1	0	0	0.00%
Mar 18, 2022	BOS @ WPG	(4-2)	0	0	0	0	-1	3:04	3:04	0:00	0:00	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%
	GAME LOG

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
2014‑15	Team Finland U17		15	25	8	5	13	6	6	2	0	2
2015‑16	Frölunda HC	U18 Allsvenskan	16
2015‑16	Frölunda HC	U20 SuperElit	16	37	15	19	34	0	14	6	0	2	14.7
2015‑16	Frölunda HC	SHL	16	19	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	20.0
2015‑16	Team Finland U17		16	6	4	5	9	4		1	0	0
2015‑16	Team Finland U18		16	20	3	9	12	6	16	0	0	0
2016‑17	HPK Hämeenlinna	Liiga	17	9	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	0	3.7
2016‑17	Frölunda HC	U20 SuperElit	17	10	4	0	4	14	-7	1	0	1	11.8
2016‑17	Frölunda HC	SHL	17	26	1	5	6	2	-1	0	0	1	5.0
2016‑17	Team Finland U18		17	7	6	7	13	8	5	2	0	0	20.7
2016‑17	Team Finland U20		17	15	1	3	4	12	-4	0	0	1
2017‑18	HPK Hämeenlinna	Liiga	18	44	19	20	39	6	0	13	0	2	12.3
2017‑18	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	18	5	3	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	25.0
2017‑18	Team Finland U20		18	8	2	6	8	4	9	0	0	0
2018‑19	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	19	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2018‑19	Manitoba Moose	AHL	19	22	4	9	13	10	-1	0	0	1	12.9
2018‑19	Jokerit Helsinki	KHL	19	31	6	11	17	0	3	4	0	1	14.6
2019‑20	Manitoba Moose	AHL	20	60	12	18	30	10	-16	6	0	1	9.9
2020‑21	HPK Hämeenlinna	Liiga	21	10	4	4	8	4	0	1	0	0	8.3
2020‑21	Manitoba Moose	AHL	21	6	1	4	5	0	-2	1	0	0	5.6
2020‑21	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	21	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2021‑22	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	22	53	2	1	3	6	-8	0	0	0	4.7
2021‑22	Manitoba Moose	AHL	22	17	3	3	6	6	-3	1	1	0	14.3
2022‑23	IF Malmö Redhawks	SHL	23	15	1	2	3	0	-6	0	0	0	5.0
2022‑23	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	23	40	16	21	37	8	7	5	0	5	11.7
2023‑24	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	24	58	14	23	37	10	1	5	0	5	9.1
2023‑24	Team Finland		24	3	0	1	1	0	-2	0	0	0
2024‑25	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	25	40	17	19	36	12	11	6	0	4	14.2
2024‑25	Team Finland		25	5	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
2025‑26	HPK Hämeenlinna	Liiga	26	25	2	13	15	2	2	1	0	0	3.8
	Liiga Totals			231	76	101	177	42	21	32	0	16	10.8
	AHL Totals			105	20	34	54	26	-22	8	1	2	10.5
	NHL Totals			70	2	3	5	6	-8	0	0	0	4.1
	SHL Totals			60	3	8	11	2	-4	0	0	1	6.7
	U20 Nationell Totals			47	19	19	38	14	7	7	0	3	14.0
	KHL Totals			31	6	11	17	0	3	4	0	1	14.6

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG	SH%
2015‑16	Frölunda HC	U18 Allsvenskan	16	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	12.5
2015‑16	Frölunda HC	U20 SuperElit	16	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.0
2015‑16	Frölunda HC	SHL	16	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0
2016‑17	Frölunda HC	U20 SuperElit	17	5	2	1	3	0	-2	1	1	13.3
2016‑17	Frölunda HC	SHL	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2017‑18	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	18	18	4	4	8	14	-2	2	1	6.7
2018‑19	Jokerit Helsinki	KHL	19	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	9.1
2020‑21	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2021‑22	Manitoba Moose	AHL	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2022‑23	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	23	12	2	3	5	6	5	0	0	4.4
2023‑24	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	24	7	1	1	2	0	-1	0	1	5.9
2024‑25	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	25	4	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0.0
	Liiga Totals			41	7	8	15	20	-1	2	2	5.3
	SHL Totals			6	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0
	U20 Nationell Totals			6	2	2	4	0	-1	1	1	12.5
	KHL Totals			6	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	9.1
	NHL Totals			4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
	U18 Nationell Totals			2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	12.5
	AHL Totals			2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2015	16	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team Finland - U18 World Championship 2016	16	7	2	4	6	6	8	0	0	15.4
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 2017	17	6	1	1	2	0	-4	0	1	8.3
Team Finland - U18 World Championship 2017	17	7	6	7	13	8	5	2	0	20.7
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 2018	18	5	2	4	6	2	6	0	0	15.4
U18 World Championship Totals		14	8	11	19	14	13	2	0	19.0
U20 World Championship Totals		11	3	5	8	2	2	0	1	12.0
Hlinka Gretzky Cup Totals		5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - U17 2‑Nations 2014	15	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - U17 2‑Nations 2014	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Team Finland - U17 World Challenge Exhibition Games 2014	15	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
Team Finland - U17 World Challenge 2014	15	6	3	2	5	4		0	0	1
Team Finland - U17 2‑Nations 2014	15	3	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	0
Team Finland - European Youth Olympic Festival 2015	15	3	2	1	3	2	4	1	0	1	25.0
Team Finland - U17 5‑Nations 2015	15	4	0	0	0	0
Team Finland - U17 4‑Nations 2015	15	3	1	0	1	0
Team Finland - U17 World Challenge Exhibition Games 2015	16	1	1	1	2	0		0	0	0
Team Finland - U17 World Challenge 2015	16	5	3	4	7	4		1	0	0
Team Finland - U18 5‑Nations 2015	16	4	1	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	6.7
Team Finland - U18 5‑Nations 2016	16	4	0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0
Team Finland - U20 2‑Nations 2016	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Finland - U20 National Evaluation Camp 2016	17	5	0	0	0	8		0	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 2016	17	3	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 2017	18	3	0	2	2	2	3	0	0	0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2023	24	3	0	1	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2024	25	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2025	25	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2025	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
U17 Men Totals		31	12	10	22	10	6	3	0	2
U20 Men Totals		12	0	4	4	14	3	0	0	0
Men Totals		8	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
U18 Men Totals		8	1	5	6	0	7	0	0	0