Sami Vatanen

Born on: June 3, 1991
Birth place: Jyväskylä, Finland
Defenseman, shoots right
5 ' 10" (179 cm) | 185 lb (84 kg)

Drafted by: Anaheim Ducks, 4. round (#106 overall), in 2009 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	17	2009	Team Finland	U18 World Championship	Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota, United States
	18	2010	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	JYP Jyväskylä defeated KalPa Kuopio 4‑0 in the bronze medal game.
	20	2012	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	JYP Jyväskylä defeated Pelicans Lahti 4‑1 in a best of seven series.
	22	2014	Team Finland	Olympics - Sochi	Sochi, Russia
	30	2022	Team Finland	Olympics - Beijing	Beijing, China
	30	2022	Team Finland	World Championship	Tampere and Helsinki, Finland
	31	2023	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	Genève‑Servette HC defeated EHC Biel‑Bienne 4‑3 in a best of seven series.
IIHF U18 World Championship Medals
IIHF World Championship Medals
Olympic Medals
Swiss Championships
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%
Apr 20, 2021	DET @ DAL	(2-5)	0	0	0	2	0	19:05	17:56	0:51	0:18	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	4	0	0	0.00%
Apr 24, 2021	DAL @ DET	(2-1)	0	0	0	0	0	13:41	13:41	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	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00%
Apr 26, 2021	CAR @ DAL	(3-4)	0	0	0	0	1	18:55	18:54	0:00	0:01	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	3	0.0%	1	0	0	0	0.00%
May 1, 2021	DAL @ NSH	(0-1)	0	0	0	0	0	15:24	14:22	1:02	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	3	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00%
May 3, 2021	DAL @ FLA	(4-5)	0	0	0	0	-1	12:04	12:04	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	1	0.0%	0	1	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%
2006‑07	Team Finland U16		15	3	1	2	3	0	-3	1	0	0	0.333	0.667	1.000	8	12.5
2007‑08	Team Finland U18		16	6	0	3	3	4	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500	15	0.0
2008‑09	Team Finland U20	Mestis	17	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	5	0.0
2008‑09	D Team Jyväskylä	Mestis	17	5	1	1	2	8	-2	1	0	0	0.200	0.200	0.400	21	4.8
2008‑09	Team Finland U18		17	16	3	10	13	42	10	3	0	0	0.188	0.625	0.813
2009‑10	Team Finland U20	Mestis	18	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	7	0.0
2009‑10	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	18	55	7	23	30	44	-1	4	0	1	0.127	0.418	0.545	324	2.2
2009‑10	Team Finland U20		18	10	6	6	12	2	4	4	0	0	0.600	0.600	1.200	37	16.2
2009‑10	Team Finland		18	10	0	0	0	8	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	16	0.0
2010‑11	Team Finland U20	Mestis	19	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2010‑11	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	19	52	11	20	31	30	30	6	0	3	0.212	0.385	0.596	281	3.9
2010‑11	Team Finland		19	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333	7	0.0
2010‑11	Team Finland U20		19	6	0	4	4	4	7	0	0	0	0.000	0.667	0.667	15	0.0
2011‑12	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	20	49	14	28	42	40	11	6	0	0	0.286	0.571	0.857	299	4.7
2011‑12	Team Finland		20	3	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0.667	0.333	1.000	9	22.2
2012‑13	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	21	62	9	36	45	44	0	5	0	3	0.145	0.581	0.726	135	6.7
2012‑13	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	21	8	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0.250	0.000	0.250	6	33.3
2013‑14	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	22	8	2	5	7	4	0	1	0		0.250	0.625	0.875	14	14.3
2013‑14	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	22	48	6	15	21	22	9	2	0	0	0.125	0.313	0.438	73	8.2
2013‑14	Team Finland		22	6	0	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0.833	0.833	6	0.0
2014‑15	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	23	67	12	25	37	36	5	7	1	1	0.179	0.373	0.552	122	9.8
2015‑16	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	24	71	9	29	38	20	8	4	0	2	0.127	0.408	0.535	140	6.4
2016‑17	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	25	71	3	21	24	30	3	2	0	0	0.042	0.296	0.338	117	2.6
2016‑17	Team Finland		25	3	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	4	0.0
2017‑18	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	26	15	1	3	4	8	-6	0	0	0	0.067	0.200	0.267	22	4.5
2017‑18	New Jersey Devils	NHL	26	57	3	25	28	32	-1	1	0	0	0.053	0.439	0.491	123	2.4
2018‑19	New Jersey Devils	NHL	27	50	4	13	17	22	-17	3	0	0	0.080	0.260	0.340	107	3.7
2019‑20	New Jersey Devils	NHL	28	47	5	18	23	22	-12	1	0	0	0.106	0.383	0.489	95	5.3
2019‑20	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	28
2020‑21	New Jersey Devils	NHL	29	30	2	4	6	18	2	0	0	0	0.067	0.133	0.200	41	4.9
2020‑21	Dallas Stars	NHL	29	9	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	14	0.0
2021‑22	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	30	38	9	30	39	12	1	7	0	3	0.237	0.789	1.026	114	7.9
2021‑22	Team Finland		30	25	2	11	13	10	7	0	0	0	0.080	0.440	0.520
2022‑23	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	31	13	1	13	14	6	10	1	0	0	0.077	1.000	1.077	32	3.1
2023‑24	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	32	48	9	29	38	10	2	5	0	2	0.188	0.604	0.792	129	7.0
2024‑25	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	33	42	3	16	19	4	-6	1	0	0	0.071	0.381	0.452	93	3.2
2025‑26	JYP Jyväskylä	Liiga	34	36	5	19	24	26	-10	0	0	1	0.139	0.528	0.667	112	4.5
2025‑26	Team Finland		34	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	NHL Totals			473	47	153	200	212	-5	21	1	3	0.099	0.323	0.423	860	5.5
	Liiga Totals			192	37	90	127	140	30	16	0	5	0.193	0.469	0.661	1016	3.6
	NLA Totals			141	22	88	110	32	7	14	0	5	0.156	0.624	0.780	368	6.0
	AHL Totals			70	11	41	52	48	0	6	0	3	0.157	0.586	0.743	149	7.4
	Mestis Totals			9	1	1	2	12	-2	1	0	0	0.111	0.111	0.222	33

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
2009‑10	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	18	14	3	4	7	6	1	2	0	1	0.214	0.286	0.500	76	3.9
2010‑11	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	19	3	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	0.333	0.333	0.667	9	11.1
2011‑12	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	20	4	2	0	2	4	2	1	0	1	0.500	0.000	0.500	25	8.0
2013‑14	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	22	5	0	3	3	4	2	0	0		0.000	0.600	0.600	8	0.0
2013‑14	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	22	5	0	1	1	0	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.200	0.200	10	0.0
2014‑15	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	23	16	3	8	11	8	5	0	0	0	0.188	0.500	0.688	35	8.6
2015‑16	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	24	7	1	3	4	6	4	0	0	1	0.143	0.429	0.571	12	8.3
2016‑17	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	25	12	1	5	6	4	-5	1	0	0	0.083	0.417	0.500	22	4.5
2017‑18	New Jersey Devils	NHL	26	4	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	0	0.250	0.000	0.250	9	11.1
2019‑20	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	28	7	0	3	3	6	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.429	0.429	10	0.0
2021‑22	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	30	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.500	0.000	0.500	12	8.3
2022‑23	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	31	17	7	6	13	2	4	4	0	1	0.412	0.353	0.765	40	17.5
2023‑24	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	32	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	5	0.0
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	NHL Totals			51	6	20	26	24	0	1	0	1	0.118	0.392	0.510	98	6.1
	Liiga Totals			21	6	5	11	10	7	3	0	2	0.286	0.238	0.524	110	5.5
	NLA Totals			21	8	6	14	2	4	5	0	1	0.381	0.286	0.667	57	14.0
	AHL Totals			5	0	3	3	4	2	0	0		0.000	0.600	0.600	8	0.0

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 - U18 World Championship 2008	16	6	0	3	3	4	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500	15	0.0
Team Finland - Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2008	17	4	1	0	1	10	-1	1	0	0	0.250	0.000	0.250
Team Finland - U18 World Championship 2009	17	6	0	5	5	6	6	0	0	0	0.000	0.833	0.833	26	0.0
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 2010	18	6	2	3	5	0	2	1	0	0	0.333	0.500	0.833	25	8.0
Team Finland - World Championship 2010	18	7	0	0	0	6	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	11	0.0
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 2011	19	6	0	4	4	4	7	0	0	0	0.000	0.667	0.667	15	0.0
Team Finland - Olympics ‑ Sochi 2014	22	6	0	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0.833	0.833	6	0.0
Team Finland - World Cup 2016	25	3	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	4	0.0
Team Finland - Olympics ‑ Beijing 2022	30	6	0	3	3	4	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500	8	0.0
Team Finland - World Championship 2022	30	8	2	4	6	2	7	0	0	0	0.250	0.500	0.750	14	14.3
Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
World Championship Totals		15	2	4	6	8	5	0	0	0	0.133	0.267	0.400	25	8.0
U20 World Championship Totals		12	2	7	9	4	9	1	0	0	0.167	0.583	0.750	40	5.0
Olympics Totals		12	0	8	8	4	4	0	0	0	0.000	0.667	0.667	14	0.0
U18 World Championship Totals		12	0	8	8	10	4	0	0	0	0.000	0.667	0.667	41	0.0
Hlinka Gretzky Cup Totals		4	1	0	1	10	-1	1	0	0	0.250	0.000	0.250
World Cup Totals		3	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	4	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 - U16 2‑Nations 2007	15	3	1	2	3	0	-3	1	0	0	0.333	0.667	1.000	8	12.5
Team Finland - U18 5‑Nations 2009	17	4	0	2	2	22	3	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500	11	0.0
Team Finland - U18 Worlds Exhibition Games 2009	17	2	2	3	5	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.500	2.500	8	25.0
Team Finland - U20 5‑Nations 2009	18	4	4	3	7	2	2	3	0	0	1.000	0.750	1.750	12	33.3
Team Finland - EHT ‑ LG Hockey Games 2010	18	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	5	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ LG Hockey Games 2011	19	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333	7	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2011	20	3	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0.667	0.333	1.000	9	22.2
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2021	30	3	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	1.333	1.333
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2022	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2022	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Czech Hockey Games 2022	30	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Beijer Hockey Games 2022	30	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Tampere 2025	34	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333
Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Men Totals		23	2	7	9	8	0	1	0	0	0.087	0.304	0.391	21
U18 Men Totals		6	2	5	7	26	5	2	0	0	0.333	0.833	1.167	19	10.5
U20 Men Totals		4	4	3	7	2	2	3	0	0	1.000	0.750	1.750	12	33.3
U16 Men Totals		3	1	2	3	0	-3	1	0	0	0.333	0.667	1.000	8	12.5