Saku Maenalanen

SCL Tigers

31 y.o.

Right Wing

🏒Left Shot

Finland

Drafted125th Overallby

Nashville Predatorsin2013

Career Summary

Saku Maenalanen played 2 NHL SEASONS from 2018-19 to 2022-23 for the Hurricanes and Jets. Across his NHL career, Maenalanen recorded 8 GOALS and 10 ASSISTS for 18 CAREER POINTS. In the playoffs, Maenalanen added 0 GOALS and 2 POINTS in 14 games.

Statistics

Per game

International

Regular Season Stats


2009-10	Jr. C SM-sarja Q	Kärpät U16	5	4	8	12	0	-	-	2
2010-11	Fin-U18	Laser U18	26	27	38	65	-	-	-	20
2010-11	Fin-U18	Karpat U18	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	2
2011-12	Fin-U18	Karpat U18	41	14	35	49	-	-	-	72
2012-13	Fin-Jr.	Karpat Jr.	45	23	35	58	-	-	-	43
2013-14	Finland-2	Jokipojat	15	9	6	15	-	-	-	4
2013-14	Fin-Jr.	Karpat Jr.	5	3	3	6	-	-	-	2
2013-14	Finland	Karpat	25	4	3	7	-	-	-	0
2014-15	Fin-Jr.	Karpat Jr.	6	2	6	8	-	-	-	2
2014-15	Finland-2	Hokki	17	5	8	13	-	-	-	6
2014-15	Finland	Pelicans	8	1	0	1	-	-	-	0
2014-15	Finland	Karpat	20	4	1	5	-	-	-	2
2015-16	Liiga	Kärpät	46	6	10	16	9	-	-	14
2015-16	Champions HL	Kärpät	12	2	1	3	1	-	-	2
2016-17	Liiga	Kärpät	34	11	10	21	6	-	-	6
2016-17	Champions HL	Kärpät	4	1	3	4	4	-	-	4
2017-18	Liiga	Kärpät	59	17	29	46	20	-	-	26
2018-19	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	34	4	4	8	0	36	11.1%	20
2018-19	AHL	Charlotte Checkers	31	7	7	14	-14	-	-	8
2019-20	KHL	Jokerit	26	5	4	9	-7	-	-	8
2020-21	KHL	Jokerit	38	4	8	12	5	-	-	48
2021-22	Liiga	Kärpät	47	13	28	41	14	-	-	67
2022-23	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	64	4	6	10	0	61	6.6%	16
2023-24	NL	SCL Tigers	44	11	9	20	-9	-	-	40
2024-25	NL	SCL Tigers	27	8	10	18	12	-	-	14
2024-25	Spengler Cup	Kärpät	2	1	2	3	-2	-	-	0
2025-26	NL	SCL Tigers	47	9	21	30	6	-	-	43

NHL Totals	–	98	8	10	18	0	97	8.2%	36

AHL Totals	–	31	7	7	14	-14	-	-	8

Scores a goal every 5.2 games

Records an assist every 2.2 games

Earns a point every 1.6 games

Gets at least 2 PIMs every 2.2 games

Playoff Stats


2009-10	U16 SM-sarja	Kärpät U16	3	0	0	0	-	-	-	0
2011-12	Fin-U18	Karpat U18	12	8	4	12	-	-	-	6
2012-13	Fin-Jr.	Karpat Jr.	5	5	2	7	-	-	-	18
2013-14	Fin-Jr.	Karpat Jr.	12	4	4	8	-	-	-	10
2014-15	Finland-2	Hokki	10	2	4	6	-	-	-	22
2014-15	Finland	Karpat	7	0	1	1	-	-	-	0
2015-16	Liiga	Kärpät	13	3	1	4	1	-	-	6
2016-17	Liiga	Kärpät	2	0	0	0	-2	-	-	0
2017-18	Liiga	Kärpät	18	5	5	10	4	-	-	16
2018-19	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	9	0	1	1	1	7	0.0%	6
2019-20	KHL	Jokerit	6	2	3	5	4	-	-	6
2020-21	KHL	Jokerit	4	0	0	0	-3	-	-	0
2021-22	Liiga	Kärpät	7	1	0	1	-2	-	-	4
2022-23	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	5	0	1	1	0	3	0.0%	12
2024-25	NL	SCL Tigers	9	1	5	6	-4	-	-	4

NHL Totals	–	14	0	2	2	1	10	0.0%	18

Scores a goal every 9.0 games

Records an assist every 1.8 games

Earns a point every 1.5 games

Gets at least 2 PIMs every 4.5 games

Last 5 Games

Season	Opponent	Date	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	Shifts	TOI
Playoffs	@ VGK	Apr 27	0	0	0	0	2	11	7:41
Playoffs	vs VGK	Apr 24	0	0	-1	0	0	11	6:40
Playoffs	vs VGK	Apr 22	0	0	0	0	0	12	8:58
Playoffs	@ VGK	Apr 20	1	1	1	0	1	15	10:07
Playoffs	@ VGK	Apr 18	0	0	0	12	0	16	9:08