Sami Vatanen #45

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Player Information

The 34-year-old had 6 points (2 goals, 4 assists) in 39 games in his last season. Selected by the Anaheim Ducks in the 4th round (No. 106) of the 2009 NHL Draft, he had 200 points (47 goals, 153 assists) in 473 regular-season games for the Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils, Carolina Hurricanes and Dallas Stars and 26 points (6 goals, 20 assists) in 51 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

Country:	FIN
Age:	34.3 yrs (03.06.1991)
Height / Weight:	178 cm / 84 kg
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Drafted:	106th in 2009
Draft Team:	Anaheim Ducks
Awards:	-

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75

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Season by Season Ratings:

Sami Vatanen

Recent Games

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
20.04.2021	Red Wings	1	0	0	0	0	19:04	1	0.0%	2
24.04.2021	Red Wings	1	0	0	0	0	13:40	2	0.0%	0
26.04.2021	Hurricanes	1	0	0	0	1	18:55	3	0.0%	0
01.05.2021	Predators	1	0	0	0	0	15:24	3	0.0%	0
03.05.2021	Panthers	1	0	0	0	-1	12:04	1	0.0%	0
Total		5	0	0	0	0		10	0.0%	2

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
2012-13	Ducks	8	2	0	2	3	15:49	6	33.3%	0
2013-14	Ducks	48	6	15	21	9	17:26	73	8.2%	22
2014-15	Ducks	67	12	25	37	5	21:28	122	9.8%	36
2015-16	Ducks	71	9	29	38	8	21:19	140	6.4%	20
2016-17	Ducks	71	3	21	24	3	21:40	117	2.6%	30
2017-18	Ducks	15	1	3	4	-6	21:06	22	4.5%	8
2017-18	Devils	57	3	25	28	-1	22:45	123	2.4%	32
2018-19	Devils	50	4	13	17	-17	21:43	107	3.7%	22
2019-20	Devils	47	5	18	23	-12	21:45	95	5.3%	22
2020-21	Devils	30	2	4	6	2	17:13	41	4.9%	18
2020-21	Stars	9	0	0	0	1	16:16	14	0.0%	2
Total		473	47	153	200	-5		860	5.5%	212

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
2013-14	Ducks	5	0	1	1	-2	20:13	10	0.0%	0
2014-15	Ducks	16	3	8	11	5	21:13	35	8.6%	8
2015-16	Ducks	7	1	3	4	4	23:03	12	8.3%	6
2016-17	Ducks	12	1	5	6	-5	22:07	22	4.5%	4
2017-18	Devils	4	1	0	1	-1	19:13	9	11.1%	0
2019-20	Hurricanes	7	0	3	3	-1	18:10	10	0.0%	6
Total		51	6	20	26	0		98	6.1%	24

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