The Finnish champions remain undefeated (22 Aug 2015)
Two goals by Mäenalanen lead Finland over Czechs (02 Jan 2014)
Finland enters the WJC with an easy win (27 Dec 2013)
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Saku Mäenalanen
Саку Мяеналанен
- Position: right wing
- Player status: active player
- Gender: male
- Nationality: Finland
- Birth date: 29.05.1994 (30 years)
- Birth place: Tornio, Finland
- Height: 192 cm / 6' 4"
- Weight: 94 kg / 207 lbs
- Shoots: left
- Draft 1: Nashville Predators, year: 2013, round: 5, position: 125
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- Trivia:
Named to Jr. A SM-Liiga First All-Star team 2012-13
Most assists Jr. A SM-Liiga 2012-13
Top goal scorer WJC 2013-14
Drafted 2016, 2 #54 overall by Sibir Novosibirsk in the KHL Draft
Player national stats
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Finland | Euro Hockey Tour | 80 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023-24 | Finland | World Championship | 80 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 |
| 2023-24 | Finland | Euro Hockey Tour | 80 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 |
| 2021-22 | Finland | World Championship | 80 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 3 |
| 2021-22 | Finland | National team games | 80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021-22 | Finland | Olympics | 80 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021-22 | Finland | Euro Hockey Tour | 80 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| 2020-21 | Finland | World Championship | 80 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020-21 | Finland | Euro Hockey Tour | 80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | Finland | World Championship | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2013-14 | Finland | U20 National team games (U20) | |||||||
| 2013-14 | Finland | WJC (U20) | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 8 | |
| 2012-13 | Finland | U20 National team games (U20) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2012-13 | Finland | U19 National team games (U19) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -2 |
Player club stats
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 |  SCL Tigers | National League (Play-off) | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | -4 | |
| 2024-25 | Kärpät | Spengler Cup | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -2 | |
| 2024-25 | SCL Tigers | National League | 8 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 12 |
| 2023-24 | SCL Tigers | National League | 44 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 40 | -9 | |
| 2022-23 |  Winnipeg Jets | NHL (Play-off) | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 8 | 64 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | Kärpät | Liiga (Play-off) | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -2 |
| 2021-22 | Kärpät | Liiga | 8 | 47 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 67 | 14 |
| 2020-21 | Jokerit | KHL (Play-off) | 80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| 2020-21 | Jokerit | KHL | 80 | 38 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 5 |
| 2019-20 | Jokerit | KHL (Play-off) | 80 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 2019-20 | Jokerit | KHL | 80 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -7 |
| 2018-19 |  Carolina Hurricanes | NHL (Play-off) | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2018-19 | Charlotte Checkers | AHL | 31 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 | -14 | |
| 2018-19 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 34 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 0 | |
| 2017-18 | Kärpät | Liiga (Play-off) | 18 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | |
| 2017-18 | Kärpät | Liiga | 59 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 26 | 20 | |
| 2016-17 | Kärpät | Liiga (Play-off) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | |
| 2016-17 | Kärpät | Liiga | 34 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 6 | |
| 2016-17 | Kärpät | CHL | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2015-16 | Kärpät | Liiga (Play-off) | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2015-16 | Kärpät | CHL | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2015-16 | Kärpät | Liiga | 46 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 9 | |
| 2014-15 | Hokki Kajaani | Mestis (Play-off) | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2014-15 | Kärpät | Liiga (Play-off) | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014-15 | Kärpät | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20) | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | -4 | |
| 2014-15 | Hokki Kajaani | Mestis | 17 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2014-15 | Pelicans Lahti | Liiga | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 | |
| 2014-15 | Kärpät | CHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2014-15 | Kärpät | Liiga | 20 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2013-14 | Kärpät | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20, Play-off) | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -1 | |
| 2013-14 | Jokipojat Joensuu | Mestis | 15 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 9 | |
| 2013-14 | Kärpät | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | -2 | |
| 2013-14 | Kärpät | European Trophy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2013-14 | Kärpät | Liiga | 25 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2012-13 | Kärpät | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20, Play-off) | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 1 | |
| 2012-13 | Kärpät | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20) | 45 | 23 | 35 | 58 | 43 | 19 | |
| 2011-12 | Kärpät | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18, Preliminary) | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 36 | ||
| 2011-12 | Kärpät | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18, Play-off) | 9 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 2011-12 | Kärpät | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18) | 32 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 40 | ||
| 2010-11 | Kiekko-Laser Oulu | Jr. B II divisioona (U18) | 18 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 10 | ||
| 2010-11 | Kärpät | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2009-10 | Kärpät | Jr. C SM-sarja (U16, Play-off) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009-10 | Kärpät | Jr. C SM-sarja (U16) | 27 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 32 | ||
| 2009-10 | Kärpät | Jr. C SM-sarja (U16, Preliminary) | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
Note: All games might not be included
| Date | League | Teams | Score | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 09 2025 16:00 | Euro Hockey Tour | Beijer HG | Sweden Finland | 1-4 | | | 1 | | | | | 4 | | | 1 | |
| Feb. 08 2025 12:00 | Euro Hockey Tour | Beijer HG | Finland Czechia | 3-0 | | | | | | | | | ||||
| Feb. 06 2025 19:45 | Euro Hockey Tour | Beijer HG | Switzerland Finland | 0-1 SO | | | | | | | | | ||||
| Dec. 29 2024 20:15 | Spengler Cup | QF | HC Davos Kärpät Oulu | 4-3 | | | | | 2 | | | | | -1 | ||
| Dec. 27 2024 15:10 | Spengler Cup | Torriani Group | Kärpät Oulu HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 4-6 | | | 1 | | | | | | | -1 |
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