Career profile Last roster: 2020-21 WPG
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Sami Vatanen

D · FIN
+ 1 other team
Status
Retired 5 yrs ago
Career
2013–2021 (8 yrs)
Age
35 (30 in 2021)
Vitals
5'10" · 185 lb
Drafted
2009 Rd 3 (#86) BUF

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2013-14 FLA 10 0 0 0 0.00 0 4 0 0 0 4 0.0% 4
2014-15 WPG 75 3 17 20 0.27 -21 61 0 1 0 60 5.0% 117
2015-16 WPG 82 12 26 38 0.46 -32 64 2 10 0 119 10.1% 88
2016-17 WPG 82 14 43 57 0.70 -26 64 1 5 1 147 9.5% 124
2017-18 WPG 82 13 52 65 0.79 -14 41 2 10 0 158 8.2% 141
2018-19 WPG 82 6 60 66 0.80 -1 64 1 4 0 122 4.9% 126
2019-20 WPG 80 9 45 54 0.68 -7 44 3 9 0 153 5.9% 187
2020-21 WPG 69 6 31 37 0.54 -10 56 0 1 0 118 5.1% 133
CAREER 8 yrs 562 63 274 337 0.60 -111 398 9 40 1 -- 7.2% 920
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2019-20 WPG 12 0 7 7 0.58 -4 8 0 0 0 23 0.0% 30
CAREER 1 app. 12 0 7 7 0.58 -4 8 0 0 0 -- 0.0% 30
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2012-13 ANH 8 2 0 2 0.25 3 0 0 1 1 33.3% 15:49
2013-14 ANH 48 6 15 21 0.44 9 22 0 2 7 8.2% 17:27
2014-15 ANH 67 12 25 37 0.55 5 36 1 7 17 9.8% 21:28
2015-16 ANH 71 9 29 38 0.54 8 20 2 4 19 6.4% 21:19
2016-17 ANH 71 3 21 24 0.34 3 30 0 2 14 2.6% 21:40
2017-18 ANH 15 1 3 4 0.27 -6 8 0 0 2 4.5% 21:06
2017-18 NJD 57 3 25 28 0.49 -1 32 0 1 11 2.4% 22:45
2018-19 NJD 50 4 13 17 0.34 -17 22 0 3 5 3.7% 21:44
2019-20 NJD 47 5 18 23 0.49 -12 22 0 1 10 5.3% 21:45
2020-21 NJD 30 2 4 6 0.20 2 18 0 0 0 4.9% 17:14
2020-21 DAL 9 0 0 0 0.00 1 2 0 0 0 0.0% 16:17
Career NHL 473 47 153 200 0.42 -5 212 3 21 86 5.5% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Defensemen, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2013-14 22 D FLA 53 35 75 72 61 54 58 56 30 50 54 66 55 56 47 58
2014-15 23 D WPG 58 38 76 77 62 54 51 62 30 57 57 66 58 58 50 61
2015-16 24 D WPG 57 37 74 80 61 71 67 67 31 61 64 73 77 60 52 65
2016-17 25 D WPG 77 43 90 88 65 79 86 80 25 72 58 81 79 62 64 73
2017-18 26 D WPG 76 43 87 88 65 83 88 81 25 65 48 86 25 65 67 73
2018-19 27 D WPG 78 43 83 88 65 86 89 80 25 69 48 82 75 67 69 73
2019-20 28 D WPG 79 43 86 88 66 84 78 77 25 61 49 84 75 66 68 72
2020-21 29 D WPG 76 43 86 87 66 83 66 86 25 68 51 83 75 68 70 72
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2013-14 22 D FLA 53 35 75 72 61 54 58 56 30 50 54 66 55 56 47 58
2014-15 23 D WPG +5 +3 +1 +5 +1 · −7 +6 · +7 +3 · +3 +2 +3 +3
2015-16 24 D WPG −1 −1 −2 +3 −1 +17 +16 +5 +1 +4 +7 +7 +19 +2 +2 +4
2016-17 25 D WPG +20 +6 +16 +8 +4 +8 +19 +13 −6 +11 −6 +8 +2 +2 +12 +8
2017-18 26 D WPG −1 · −3 · · +4 +2 +1 · −7 −10 +5 −54 +3 +3 ·
2018-19 27 D WPG +2 · −4 · · +3 +1 −1 · +4 · −4 +50 +2 +2 ·
2019-20 28 D WPG +1 · +3 · +1 −2 −11 −3 · −8 +1 +2 · −1 −1 −1
2020-21 29 D WPG −3 · · −1 · −1 −12 +9 · +7 +2 −1 · +2 +2 ·
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2013-14 FLA $785,000 3 yr 1.2% 22 ELC Rookie
2016-17 WPG $4,875,000 4 yr 6.7% 25 RFA
2020-21 WPG $6,000,000 4 yr 7.4% 29 UFA
2010-11
Aug 5 2010
2010-11
to PANTHERS
2014-15
Sep 21 2014
2014-15
to JETS
to PANTHERS

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