Who is Kasperi Kapanen?

Kasperi Kapanen is a forward from Finland who plays for Edmonton Oilers in the NHL.

What team does Kasperi Kapanen play for?

Kasperi plays for Edmonton Oilers in the NHL.

How tall is Kasperi Kapanen?

Kasperi Kapanen is 185 cm (6'1") tall.

How much does Kasperi Kapanen weigh?

Kasperi Kapanen weighs 88 kg (194 lbs).

When was Kasperi Kapanen born?

Kasperi Kapanen was born on 1996-07-23 in Kuopio, FIN.

How old is Kasperi Kapanen?

Kasperi Kapanen is 30 years old.

What is Kasperi Kapanen's nationality?

Kasperi Kapanen is from Finland.

Kasperi Kapanen

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Date of Birth: Jul 23, 1996
Age: 30
Place of Birth: Kuopio, FIN
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: KalPa
Position: W/C
Height: 185 cm / 6'1"
Weight: 88 kg / 194 lbs
Shoots: R
Contract: 26/27

Player Type: Speedster
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NHL Rights: Edmonton Oilers / Signed
Drafted: 2014 round 1 #22 overall by Pittsburgh Penguins
Agency: Premium
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Father: Sami Kapanen
Brother: Konsta Kapanen
Grandfather: Hannu Kapanen
Granduncle: Jari Kapanen
Uncle: Kimmo Kapanen
Cousins: Oliver Kapanen, Ilari Kapanen

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S	Team	League	Regular Season						Postseason
S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
10-11	KalPa U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	0	0	0	0	0	-
10-11	KalPa U16	U16 SM-sarja	26	14	8	22	10	-
11-12	KalPa U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	8	12	4	16	4	-
11-12	KalPa U16	U16 I-divisioona	2	1	1	2	10	-	Playoffs	4	4	7	11	0	-
11-12	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	2	0	0	0	2	-
11-12	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	25	13	11	24	6	-	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	-
11-12	Finland U16 (all)	International-Jr	16	11	6	17	20	11
12-13	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	3	3	3	6	0	-
12-13	KalPa U20	U20 SM-liiga	36	14	15	29	16	-3
12-13	KalPa	SM-liiga	13	4	0	4	2	1	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	2	1
12-13	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	8	1	1	2	15	-1
12-13	Finland U17"A"	WHC-17	5	3	6	9	4	-
12-13	Finland U18	WJC-18	7	5	3	8	4	4
13-14	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	2	5	1	6	0	-	Playoffs	4	6	1	7	2	-
13-14	KalPa	Liiga	47	7	7	14	10	-8
13-14	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	5	1	1	2	0	-3
13-14	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	5	1	0	1	0	-
13-14	Finland U18	WJC-18	5	1	1	2	0	-3
14-15	KalPaLoan	Liiga	41	11	10	21	14	2	Playoffs	6	0	5	5	2	2
14-15	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL	4	1	1	2	0	-1	Playoffs	7	3	2	5	0	0
14-15	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	10	3	2	5	0	-1
14-15	Finland U20	WJC-20	5	1	0	1	0	-1
15-16	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	9	0	0	0	2	-3
15-16	Toronto Marlies	AHL	44	9	16	25	8	7	Playoffs	14	3	5	8	2	1
15-16	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	9	2	4	6	2	0
15-16	Finland U20	WJC-20	7	2	3	5	2	-2
16-17	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	8	1	0	1	0	-2	Playoffs	6	2	0	2	0	-2
16-17	Toronto Marlies	AHL	43	18	25	43	16	2	Playoffs	9	2	6	8	8	-2
17-18	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	38	7	2	9	4	-1	Playoffs	7	1	0	1	0	-3
17-18	Toronto Marlies	AHL	28	12	12	24	12	8
17-18	Finland (all)	International	8	3	0	3	0	1
17-18	Finland	WC	8	3	0	3	0	1
18-19	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	78	20	24	44	27	12	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	2	-1
19-20	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	69	13	23	36	22	0	Playoffs	5	0	2	2	14	-2
20-21	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	40	11	19	30	7	15	Playoffs	6	1	2	3	0	-3
21-22	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	79	11	21	32	16	2	Playoffs	7	0	3	3	2	4
22-23	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	43	7	13	20	8	-8
22-23	St. Louis Blues	NHL	23	8	6	14	10	0
22-23	Finland (all)	International	13	4	3	7	4	7
22-23	Finland	WC	8	3	2	5	2	8
23-24	St. Louis Blues	NHL	73	6	16	22	14	-5
24-25	St. Louis Blues	NHL	10	1	0	1	2	-6
24-25	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	57	5	8	13	14	-16	Playoffs	12	3	3	6	18	4
25-26	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	41	8	9	17	14	5	Playoffs	6	4	2	6	0	7
26-27	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	3	1	1	2	2	-4
26-27	Projected	NHL	84	28	28	56	56	-112

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S	Team	League	Regular Season						Postseason
S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
11-12	Finland U16	YOG	6	4	2	6	2	3
12-13	Finland U18	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	4	1	1	2	0	1
13-14	KalPa	ET	6	3	0	3	16	-
22-23	Finland	EHT	3	0	1	1	2	-1

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League	Regular Season								Postseason
League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	4	119	40	54	94	0.79	36	16	3	30	8	13	21	0.70	10	-1
EHT	1	3	0	1	1	0.33	2	-1	0
ET	1	6	3	0	3	0.50	16	-	0
International	2	21	7	3	10	0.48	4	8	0
International-Jr	5	53	19	14	33	0.62	37	6*	0
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup)	1	4	1	1	2	0.50	0	1	0
Liiga (SM-liiga)	3	101	22	17	39	0.39	26	-5	2	10	0	6	6	0.60	4	3
NHL	12	571	99	142	241	0.42	142	-11	8	56	12	13	25	0.45	36	4
U16 I-divisioona	1	2	1	1	2	1.00	10	-	1	4	4	7	11	2.75	0	-
U16 SM-sarja	1	26	14	8	22	0.85	10	-	0
U16 SM-sarja Q	2	8	12	4	16	2.00	4	-	0
U18 SM-sarja	3	30	21	15	36	1.20	6	-	2	6	6	1	7	1.17	2	-
U18 SM-sarja Q	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	2	-	0
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	1	36	14	15	29	0.81	16	-3	0
WC	2	16	6	2	8	0.50	2	9	0
WHC-17	1	5	3	6	9	1.80	4	-	0
WJC-18	2	12	6	4	10	0.83	4	1	0
WJC-20	2	12	3	3	6	0.50	2	-3	0
YOG	1	6	4	2	6	1.00	2	3	0

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Kasperi Kapanen — Career Totals

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AHL

119

EHT

International

International-Jr

Ivan Hlinka Memorial

Liiga

101

NHL

571

142

241

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Kasperi Kapanen — Awards by Season
Season	Awards by Season
2010-2011	U16 Huippu-Pohjola Camp Roster (KalPa)
2011-2012	U18 SM-sarja Rookie of the Year (Heino Pulli Award) YOG Gold Medal
2012-2013	U18 WJC Bronze Medal U20 SM-liiga Rookie of the Month (December)
2013-2014	Liiga Most Points by U18 Junior (14) U18 SM-sarja Bronze Medal
2015-2016	U20 WJC Gold Medal U20 WJC Scorer of the Championship Winning Goal
2016-2017	AHL All-Star Game AHL Player of the Week (Oct. 16)
2017-2018	AHL All-Star Game
2022-2023	World Championship Top 3 Player on Team

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Kasperi Kapanen — Transactions
Date	Status	From	To	Source
07/01/2026	Extension	Edmonton Oilers	Edmonton Oilers	Details
06/30/2025	Extension	Edmonton Oilers	Edmonton Oilers	Details
11/19/2024	Confirmed	St. Louis Blues	Edmonton Oilers	Details
07/01/2024	Extension	St. Louis Blues	St. Louis Blues	Details
02/25/2023	Confirmed	Pittsburgh Penguins	St. Louis Blues	Details
07/21/2022	Extension	Pittsburgh Penguins	Pittsburgh Penguins	Details
08/25/2020	Confirmed	Toronto Maple Leafs	Pittsburgh Penguins	Details
06/28/2019	Extension	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Maple Leafs	Details
07/01/2015	Confirmed	Pittsburgh Penguins	Toronto Maple Leafs	Details
07/11/2014	Confirmed	KalPa	Pittsburgh Penguins	Details

Kasperi Kapanen Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2013, 1 #25 by Barys Astana in the KHL Draft
2014 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #26 by FCHockey
2014 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #18 by McKeen's Hockey
Cult/Star player for KalPa

Career transactions
- 2015-07-01 • Traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs with Nick Spaling, Scott Harrington, a first-round draft pick in 2016 and a third-round draft pick in 2016 from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Phil Kessel, Tyler Biggs, Tim Erixon and a second-round draft pick in 2016
- 2014-07-11 • Signed to a three-year entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins
- 2013-04-19 • Signed to a three-year contract with KalPa

Career assingments
- 2015-10-04 • Reassigned to the Toronto Marlies by the Toronto Maple Leafs
- 2014-04-03 • Reassigned from KalPa to the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins by the Pittsburgh Penguins
- 2014-09-10 • Loaned to KalPa by the Pittsburgh Penguins for the rest of the current season

Other memorable dates
- 2016-01-05 • Won World Junior Championship gold medal
- 2016-01-05 • Scored a game winning goal at the overtime in the U20 World Junior Championship final |

- 2015-12-23 • Selected to U20 World Junior Championship roster
- 2015-04-24 • Scored first AHL playoff goals with two tallies against the Syracuse Crunch(Kristers Gudlevskis) |

- 2015-04-08 • Made AHL debut against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and scored first AHL goal(Rob Zepp) and an assist at the same game.+/-: +1 PIM: 0 S: 3 |

- 2014-12-22 • Selected to U20 World Junior Championship roster
- 2014-04-16 • Selected to U18 World Junior Championship roster
- 2013-04-18 • Selected to U18 World Junior Championship roster
- 2013-01-19 • Scored first Liiga goal on penalty shot against Kärpät |

- 2012-12-20 • Made Liiga debut (vs. SaiPa)
- 2012-12-10 • Selected to U17 World Hockey Challenge roster
- 2011-12-20 • Selected to U16 Youth Olympic Games roster

Other
- 2013-01-12 • Played alongside his father Sami Kapanen in his 2nd SM-liiga game, marking the 2nd occasion that a father and son have played together in SM-liiga game.