RW · WPG · NHL id 8477357
Saku Maenalanen has played 64 games for the Winnipeg Jets in 2022-23, scoring 4 goals and 6 assists (10 points) on 61 shots while averaging 10:20 a night (8:49 at even strength, 0:03 on the power play and 1:24 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Jets have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Maenalanen on the ice (14-16 in goals, 38% offensive-zone starts). In the Jets' most recent game against VGK he was on L2 with Kevin Stenlund and Karson Kuhlman and off the power play. He is shooting 6.6% this season against 7.5% across the 112 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 27 game vs VGK, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2022-23 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 18 games, 8:24 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2022-23 percentiles among skaters at his position
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2022-23 · 113 attempts, 64 on goal, 4 goals
Shot map, OPP at WPG: 113 attempts, 64 on goal, 4 goals, 5.16 expected goals; best chance Saku Maenalanen at 0.38 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2022-23 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2022-23 regular season · 61 of 64 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.008
- Season net
- −0.07xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.85
- Attempts
- 8
- 0.077
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2022-23 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Maenalanen
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
69 games in 2022-23, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27PO | @ VGK | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 7:41 | 7:12 | — | 0:29 |
| Apr 24PO | vs VGK | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6:40 | 4:36 | — | 2:04 |
| Apr 22PO | vs VGK | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 8:58 | 6:22 | — | 2:36 |
| Apr 20PO | @ VGK | L 2-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 10:07 | 8:27 | — | 1:40 |
| Apr 18PO | @ VGK | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | — | 9:08 | 7:40 | — | 1:28 |
| Apr 13 | @ COL | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11:37 | 9:26 | 0:09 | 2:02 |
| Apr 11 | @ MIN | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 5:58 | 4:11 | — | 1:47 |
| Apr 10 | vs SJS | W 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 9:29 | 8:23 | — | 0:36 |
| Apr 8 | vs NSH | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6:13 | 5:38 | — | 0:35 |
| Apr 5 | vs CGY | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8:19 | 2:50 | — | 5:29 |
| Mar 28 | @ SJS | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7:21 | 5:51 | — | 1:30 |
| Mar 25 | @ LAK | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 7:17 | 6:21 | — | 0:56 |
| Mar 23 | @ ANA | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8:59 | 7:56 | — | 1:03 |
| Mar 21 | vs ARI | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 7:14 | 4:07 | — | 3:07 |
| Mar 19 | @ STL | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 7:35 | 5:36 | — | 1:59 |
| Mar 18 | @ NSH | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7:40 | 6:46 | — | 0:54 |
| Mar 16 | vs BOS | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 8:07 | 6:05 | — | 2:02 |
| Mar 14 | @ CAR | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 13:12 | 11:49 | 0:02 | 1:21 |
| Mar 12 | @ TBL | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11:26 | 10:15 | — | 1:11 |
| Mar 11 | @ FLA | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | 11:09 | 9:22 | — | 1:47 |
Season splits by strength
2022-23 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 64 | 661:15 | 10:20 | 472 | 674 | 41.2% | 41.4% | 250 | 356 | 16 | 21 | 43% | 19.9 | 32.3 | 34% |
| Even strength | 64 | 563:47 | 8:49 | 443 | 548 | 44.7% | 43.9% | 228 | 301 | 14 | 16 | 47% | 17.2 | 23.2 | 38% |
| 5v5 | 64 | 561:53 | 8:47 | 441 | 547 | 44.6% | 43.8% | 227 | 300 | 14 | 16 | 47% | 16.9 | 23.1 | 38% |
| Power play | 10 | 2:46 | 0:17 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50% |
| Penalty kill | 60 | 89:07 | 1:29 | 27 | 118 | 18.6% | 24.0% | 20 | 53 | 0 | 5 | 0% | 1.5 | 8.3 | 8% |
| 5v4 | 10 | 2:46 | 0:17 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50% |
| 4v5 | 60 | 89:07 | 1:29 | 27 | 118 | 18.6% | 24.0% | 20 | 53 | 0 | 5 | 0% | 1.5 | 8.3 | 8% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 11 | 4:41 | 0:26 | 2 | 7 | 22.2% | 33.3% | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 1.2 | 0.4 | — |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23Playoffs | WPG | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0.0% | 20 | 1 | 8:31 |
| 2022-23 | WPG | 64 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 61 | 6.6% | 113 | 31 | 10:20 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | CAR | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 7 | 0.0% | 18 | 2 | 10:09 |
| 2018-19 | CAR | 34 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 36 | 11.1% | 45 | 10 | 9:26 |
On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.