Sami Kapanen

Player profile and career history

R · #24

Sami Kapanen was a right wing. Born June 14, 1973 in Vantaa, Finland, he stood 5'10", weighed 185 lbs and shot left. He was drafted in 1995 (round 4, 87th overall) by the HFD. In 831 NHL regular-season games he had 189 goals and 269 assists for 458 points.

NHL regular-season career

Games: 831
Goals: 189
Assists: 269
Points: 458

All supplied career statistics

Assists: 269
Game Winning Goals: 35
Games Played: 831
Goals: 189
Ot Goals: 3
Pim: 175
Plus Minus: -30
Points: 458
Power Play Goals: 46
Power Play Points: 144
Shooting Pctg: 0.0975
Shorthanded Goals: 8
Shorthanded Points: 12
Shots: 1938

NHL playoff career

Games: 87
Goals: 13
Assists: 22
Points: 35

All supplied career statistics

Assists: 22
Avg Toi: 17:51
Faceoff Winning Pctg: 0.5
Game Winning Goals: 1
Games Played: 87
Goals: 13
Ot Goals: 0
Pim: 22
Plus Minus: -12
Points: 35
Power Play Goals: 3
Power Play Points: 13
Shooting Pctg: 0.0844
Shorthanded Goals: 1
Shorthanded Points: 1
Shots: 154

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game: 0.23
Assists / game: 0.32
Points / game: 0.55
Shots / game: 2.33

Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.

NHL season record highs

Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.

Goals: 27
Assists: 42
Points: 69
Shots: 254

Teams & leagues through the years

Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.

2013–14
- KalPaLiiga
2012–13
- KalPaLiiga
2011–12
- KalPaLiiga
2009–10
- KalpaFinland
- FinlandWC-A
2008–09
- KalpaFinland
- FinlandWC-A
2007–08
- Philadelphia FlyersNHL
2006–07
- Philadelphia FlyersNHL
2005–06
- Philadelphia FlyersNHL
2004–05
- KalpaFinland-2
2003–04
- Philadelphia FlyersNHL
2002–03
- Carolina HurricanesNHL
- Philadelphia FlyersNHL
2001–02
- Carolina HurricanesNHL
- FinlandOlympics
2000–01
- Carolina HurricanesNHL
- FinlandWC-A
1999–00
- Carolina HurricanesNHL
1998–99
- Carolina HurricanesNHL
1997–98
- Carolina HurricanesNHL
- FinlandOlympics
- FinlandWC-A
1996–97
- Hartford WhalersNHL
- FinlandNat-Tm
- FinlandW-Cup
1995–96
- SpringfieldAHL
- Hartford WhalersNHL
- FinlandNat-Tm
- FinlandWC-A
1994–95
- HifkFinland
- FinlandNat-Tm
- FinlandWC-A
1993–94
- HC Kometa BrnoCzech2
- KalpaFinland
- FinlandNat-Tm
- FinlandOlympics
- FinlandWC-A
1992–93
- KalPa Jr.Fin-Jr.
- KalpaFinland
- KalPa U20U20 I-divisioona
- FinlandWJC-A
1991–92
- KalPa Jr.Fin-Jr.
- KalpaFinland
- FinlandWJC-A
1990–91
- FinlandEJC-A
- KalPa Jr.Fin-Jr.
- KalpaFinland
1989–90
- KalPa Jr.Fin-Jr.
1988–89
- KalPa U16Jr. C SM-sarja

Coverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.

Season-by-season history

All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.

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Season	League	Team	Type	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/−	Shots	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG
2013–14	Liiga	KalPa	Regular	35	7	6	13	26	-6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 6 Games Played 35 Goals 7 Pim 26 Plus Minus -6 Points 13
2012–13	Liiga	KalPa	Regular	38	7	11	18	14	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 11 Games Played 38 Goals 7 Pim 14 Plus Minus 1 Points 18
2012–13	Liiga	KalPa	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	2	-1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 5 Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -1 Points 1
2011–12	Liiga	KalPa	Regular	35	13	12	25	33	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 12 Games Played 35 Goals 13 Pim 33 Plus Minus 0 Points 25
2011–12	Liiga	KalPa	Playoffs	2	1	0	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 2 Goals 1 Pim 0 Plus Minus 0 Points 1
2009–10	Finland	Kalpa	Regular	49	15	31	46	58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 31 Games Played 49 Goals 15 Pim 58 Points 46
2009–10	WC-A	Finland	Regular	7	1	1	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Pim 0 Points 2
2009–10	Finland	Kalpa	Playoffs	13	6	7	13	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 7 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 13 Goals 6 Pim 0 Points 13
2008–09	Finland	Kalpa	Regular	55	20	24	44	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 24 Games Played 55 Goals 20 Pim 18 Points 44
2008–09	WC-A	Finland	Regular	7	2	3	5	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 7 Goals 2 Pim 2 Points 5
2008–09	Finland	Kalpa	Playoffs	12	4	5	9	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 12 Goals 4 Pim 4 Points 9
2007–08	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	Regular	74	5	3	8	16	-12	76	0	0	1	1	1	0	All stats Assists 3 Avg Toi 13:19 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4194 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 74 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 16 Plus Minus -12 Points 8 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0658 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 76
2007–08	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	Playoffs	16	2	0	2	2	-4	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 10:47 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 16 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -4 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.1053 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 19
2006–07	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	Regular	77	11	14	25	22	-21	129	1	2	2	4	1	0	All stats Assists 14 Avg Toi 16:58 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.3333 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 77 Goals 11 Ot Goals 0 Pim 22 Plus Minus -21 Points 25 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.0853 Shorthanded Goals 2 Shorthanded Points 4 Shots 129
2005–06	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	Regular	58	12	22	34	12	-9	123	3	11	4	4	2	2	All stats Assists 22 Avg Toi 18:04 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.3953 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 58 Goals 12 Ot Goals 2 Pim 12 Plus Minus -9 Points 34 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 11 Shooting Pctg 0.0976 Shorthanded Goals 4 Shorthanded Points 4 Shots 123
2005–06	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	2	-4	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 20:19 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -4 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 12
2004–05	Finland-2	Kalpa	Regular	10	6	3	9	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 10 Goals 6 Pim 2 Points 9
2004–05	Finland-2	Kalpa	Playoffs	9	5	3	8	4	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 9 Goals 5 Pim 4 Plus Minus 0 Points 8
2003–04	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	Regular	74	12	18	30	14	9	149	0	2	1	1	2	0	All stats Assists 18 Avg Toi 16:31 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4444 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 74 Goals 12 Ot Goals 0 Pim 14 Plus Minus 9 Points 30 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.0805 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 149
2003–04	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	Playoffs	18	3	7	10	6	5	24	0	1	1	1	1	0	All stats Assists 7 Avg Toi 17:41 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 18 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus 5 Points 10 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.125 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 24
2002–03	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Regular	43	6	12	18	12	-17	108	3	11	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 12 Avg Toi 18:09 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.3125 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 43 Goals 6 Ot Goals 0 Pim 12 Plus Minus -17 Points 18 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 11 Shooting Pctg 0.0556 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 108
2002–03	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	Regular	28	4	9	13	6	-1	81	2	5	0	1	1	0	All stats Assists 9 Avg Toi 19:21 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 28 Goals 4 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus -1 Points 13 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 5 Shooting Pctg 0.0494 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 81
2002–03	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	Playoffs	13	4	3	7	6	2	25	2	2	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 3 Avg Toi 20:12 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 13 Goals 4 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus 2 Points 7 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.16 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 25
2001–02	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Regular	77	27	42	69	23	9	248	11	32	0	0	4	1	All stats Assists 42 Avg Toi 20:38 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.1429 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 77 Goals 27 Ot Goals 1 Pim 23 Plus Minus 9 Points 69 Power Play Goals 11 Power Play Points 32 Shooting Pctg 0.1089 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 248
2001–02	Olympics	Finland	Regular	4	1	2	3	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 4 Goals 1 Pim 4 Points 3
2001–02	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Playoffs	23	1	8	9	6	-2	50	0	7	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 8 Avg Toi 20:03 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.6667 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 23 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus -2 Points 9 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 7 Shooting Pctg 0.02 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 50
2000–01	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Regular	82	20	37	57	24	-12	223	7	26	0	1	4	0	All stats Assists 37 Avg Toi 18:56 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.1667 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 82 Goals 20 Ot Goals 0 Pim 24 Plus Minus -12 Points 57 Power Play Goals 7 Power Play Points 26 Shooting Pctg 0.0897 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 223
2000–01	WC-A	Finland	Regular	8	7	4	11	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 8 Goals 7 Pim 8 Points 11
2000–01	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Playoffs	6	2	3	5	0	-7	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 3 Avg Toi 20:13 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -7 Points 5 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.125 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 16
1999–00	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Regular	76	24	24	48	12	10	229	7	16	0	0	5	0	All stats Assists 24 Avg Toi 19:53 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5 Game Winning Goals 5 Games Played 76 Goals 24 Ot Goals 0 Pim 12 Plus Minus 10 Points 48 Power Play Goals 7 Power Play Points 16 Shooting Pctg 0.1048 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 229
1998–99	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Regular	81	24	35	59	10	-1	254	5	17	0	0	7	0	All stats Assists 35 Avg Toi 19:25 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5 Game Winning Goals 7 Games Played 81 Goals 24 Ot Goals 0 Pim 10 Plus Minus -1 Points 59 Power Play Goals 5 Power Play Points 17 Shooting Pctg 0.0945 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 254
1998–99	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Playoffs	5	1	1	2	0	-2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 19:09 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -2 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.125 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 8
1997–98	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Regular	81	26	37	63	16	9	190	4	18	0	0	5	0	All stats Assists 37 Avg Toi 18:16 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4286 Game Winning Goals 5 Games Played 81 Goals 26 Ot Goals 0 Pim 16 Plus Minus 9 Points 63 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 18 Shooting Pctg 0.1368 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 190
1997–98	Olympics	Finland	Regular	6	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 6 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 1
1997–98	WC-A	Finland	Regular	10	4	3	7	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 10 Goals 4 Pim 2 Points 7
1996–97	NHL	Hartford Whalers	Regular	45	13	12	25	2	6	82	3	4	0	0	2	0	All stats Assists 12 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 45 Goals 13 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 6 Points 25 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.1585 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 82
1996–97	Nat-Tm	Finland	Regular	4	1	0	1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 4 Goals 1 Pim 4 Points 1
1996–97	W-Cup	Finland	Regular	3	0	0	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 3 Goals 0 Pim 4 Points 0
1995–96	AHL	Springfield	Regular	28	14	17	31	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 17 Games Played 28 Goals 14 Pim 4 Points 31
1995–96	NHL	Hartford Whalers	Regular	35	5	4	9	6	0	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 4 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 35 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus 0 Points 9 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.1087 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 46
1995–96	Nat-Tm	Finland	Regular	2	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 1
1995–96	WC-A	Finland	Regular	6	2	3	5	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 6 Goals 2 Pim 2 Points 5
1995–96	AHL	Springfield	Playoffs	3	1	2	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 3 Goals 1 Pim 0 Points 3
1994–95	Finland	Hifk	Regular	49	14	28	42	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 28 Games Played 49 Goals 14 Pim 42 Points 42
1994–95	Nat-Tm	Finland	Regular	19	3	1	4	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 19 Goals 3 Pim 8 Points 4
1994–95	WC-A	Finland	Regular	8	2	2	4	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 8 Goals 2 Pim 6 Points 4
1994–95	Finland	Hifk	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 3 Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 0 Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shots 0
1993–94	Finland	Kalpa	Regular	48	23	32	55	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 32 Games Played 48 Goals 23 Pim 16 Points 55
1993–94	Nat-Tm	Finland	Regular	20	9	3	12	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 20 Goals 9 Pim 0 Points 12
1993–94	Olympics	Finland	Regular	8	1	0	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 8 Goals 1 Pim 2 Points 1
1993–94	WC-A	Finland	Regular	8	4	2	6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 8 Goals 4 Pim 0 Points 6
1993–94	Czech2	HC Kometa Brno	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 1 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 0
1992–93	Fin-Jr.	KalPa Jr.	Regular	8	11	16	27	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 16 Games Played 8 Goals 11 Pim 2 Points 27
1992–93	Finland	Kalpa	Regular	37	4	17	21	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 17 Games Played 37 Goals 4 Pim 12 Points 21
1992–93	WJC-A	Finland	Regular	7	1	2	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Pim 2 Points 3
1992–93	U20 I-divisioona	KalPa U20	Playoffs	7	11	14	25	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 14 Games Played 7 Goals 11 Pim 2 Points 25
1991–92	Fin-Jr.	KalPa Jr.	Regular	8	1	3	4	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 8 Goals 1 Pim 12 Points 4
1991–92	Finland	Kalpa	Regular	42	15	10	25	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 10 Games Played 42 Goals 15 Pim 8 Points 25
1991–92	WJC-A	Finland	Regular	7	1	5	6	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Pim 8 Points 6
1990–91	EJC-A	Finland	Regular	6	6	4	10	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 6 Goals 6 Pim 0 Points 10
1990–91	Fin-Jr.	KalPa Jr.	Regular	31	9	27	36	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 27 Games Played 31 Goals 9 Pim 10 Points 36
1990–91	Finland	Kalpa	Regular	14	1	2	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 14 Goals 1 Pim 2 Points 3
1990–91	Finland	Kalpa	Playoffs	8	2	1	3	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 8 Goals 2 Pim 2 Plus Minus 0 Points 3
1989–90	Fin-Jr.	KalPa Jr.	Regular	30	14	13	27	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 13 Games Played 30 Goals 14 Pim 4 Points 27
1988–89	Jr. C SM-sarja	KalPa U16	Regular	19	13	15	28	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 15 Games Played 19 Goals 13 Pim 4 Points 28

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Date	Opponent	Time on ice
2008-05-18	PIT	9:50
2008-05-15	PIT	10:19
2008-05-13	PIT	9:31
2008-05-11	PIT	6:50
2008-05-09	PIT	5:34

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Profile updated Oct 13, 4:30 pm EDT. Missing stats are shown as –.

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