Veli-Matti Savinainen

#19 TPS / Liiga - 26/27

Date of Birth: Jan 05, 1986
Age: 40
Place of Birth: Espoo, FIN
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: EKS
Position: W/C
Height: 182 cm / 6'0"
Weight: 86 kg / 190 lbs
Shoots: L
Contract: 26/27

Veli-Matti Savinainen Facts

Player Type: AgitatorSpeedster

Veli-Matti Savinainen Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2001-2002	Blues U16	U16 SM-sarja	12	11	4	15	18	-	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	-
2002-2003	Did not play		-	-	-	-	-	-
2003-2004	FoPS U20	U20 I-divisioona	28	9	8	17	45	-
2004-2005	FoPS U20	U20 I-divisioona	12	2	6	8	20	-
2004-2005	FoPS U20	U20 Suomi-sarja	13	6	7	13	24	-	Playoffs	2	0	3	3	32	-
2005-2006	FoPS U20	U20 Suomi-sarja	1	0	2	2	2	-
2005-2006	FPS	Mestis	35	3	3	6	20	-2
2006-2007	FPS	Mestis	44	14	19	33	60	-15
2007-2008	Ässät	SM-liiga	48	4	7	11	52	-3
2007-2008	KooKoo Loan	Mestis	2	1	1	2	2	3
2008-2009	Ässät	SM-liiga	51	6	19	25	18	10
2009-2010	Ässät	SM-liiga	50	6	7	13	48	-1
2010-2011	Ässät	SM-liiga	55	9	13	22	34	16	Playoffs	6	0	3	3	0	-2
2011-2012	Ässät	SM-liiga	60	17	14	31	67	13	Playoffs	4	1	1	2	2	0
2011-2012	Finland (all)	International	5	2	0	2	2	2
2012-2013	Ässät	SM-liiga	46	20	16	36	43	7	Playoffs	16	4	5	9	10	2
2012-2013	Finland	WC	10	3	1	4	4	-3
2012-2013	Finland (all)	International	13	5	1	6	6	-3
2013-2014	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	KHL	49	13	6	19	54	1
2013-2014	Finland	WC	7	0	0	0	2	-2
2013-2014	Finland (all)	International	19	2	2	4	2	1
2014-2015	Leksands IF	SHL	24	5	5	10	12	-4
2014-2015	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	KHL	25	2	3	5	4	-8	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	10	1
2014-2015	Finland (all)	International	3	0	0	0	0	-2
2015-2016	Tappara	Liiga	44	7	15	22	18	13	Playoffs	18	2	2	4	28	-9
2016-2017	Tappara "A"	Liiga	55	30	26	56	36	15	Playoffs	17	5	6	11	30	6
2016-2017	Finland	WC	10	3	4	7	4	-3
2016-2017	Finland (all)	International	16	7	5	12	10	-9
2017-2018	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	KHL	50	9	8	17	14	-23
2017-2018	Finland Olympics	OG	5	1	1	2	2	-1
2017-2018	Finland	WC	8	4	4	8	6	10
2017-2018	Finland (all) "A"	International	28	7	9	16	66	13
2018-2019	Kunlun Red Star	KHL	37	9	9	18	45	-12
2018-2019	Finland "A"	WC	10	0	5	5	0	2
2018-2019	Finland (all)	International	14	1	5	6	0	4
2019-2020	Jokerit	KHL	44	11	13	24	27	-4	Playoffs	6	3	0	3	6	1
2019-2020	Finland (all)	International	2	1	0	1	0	2
2020-2021	Jokerit	KHL	52	14	10	24	58	5	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	2	-2
2020-2021	Finland (all)	International	1	0	0	0	0	0
2021-2022	Jokerit	KHL	45	5	7	12	23	-5
2021-2022	Tappara	Liiga	8	3	0	3	29	0	Playoffs	15	8	2	10	2	5
2021-2022	Finland (all)	International	2	0	0	0	0	0
2022-2023	Tappara	Liiga	54	17	27	44	30	6	Playoffs	14	7	7	14	12	7
2023-2024	Tappara	Liiga	23	8	11	19	8	7	Playoffs	15	4	7	11	35	9
2024-2025	Tappara	Liiga	47	10	13	23	46	-3	Playoffs	5	1	0	1	6	-3
2024-2025	Finland (all)	International	2	0	0	0	0	-3
2025-2026	TPS	Liiga	47	9	17	26	71	-14
2026-2027	TPS	Liiga	8	1	3	4	2	1
2026-2027	Projected	Liiga	55	7	21	28	14	7

Veli-Matti Savinainen Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2012-2013	Finland	EHT	3	2	0	2	2	0
2013-2014	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	Nadezhda Cup	6	2	0	2	4	-5
2013-2014	Finland	EHT	6	0	1	1	0	0
2014-2015	Finland	EHT	1	0	0	0	0	-1
2015-2016	Tappara	Champions HL	8	0	3	3	2	3
2016-2017	Tappara	Champions HL	4	1	0	1	25	1
2016-2017	Finland	EHT	6	4	1	5	6	-6
2017-2018	Finland	EHT	10	1	2	3	31	0
2018-2019	Finland	EHT	2	1	0	1	0	2
2019-2020	Finland	EHT	2	1	0	1	0	2
2020-2021	Finland	EHT	1	0	0	0	0	0
2021-2022	Finland	EHT	2	0	0	0	0	0
2021-2022	Tappara	Champions HL	1	0	0	0	0	0
2022-2023	Tappara	Champions HL	13	4	3	7	12	2
2023-2024	Tappara	Champions HL	5	0	2	2	12	-3
2024-2025	Tappara	Champions HL	8	0	4	4	2	-1
2024-2025	Finland	EHT	2	0	0	0	0	-3

Veli-Matti Savinainen Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Champions HL	6	39	5	12	17	0.44	53	2	0
EHT	10	35	9	4	13	0.37	39	-6	0
International	11	105	25	22	47	0.45	86	5	0
KHL	7	302	63	56	119	0.39	225	-46	3	14	3	0	3	0.21	18	0
Liiga (SM-liiga)	14	596	147	188	335	0.56	502	67	9	110	32	33	65	0.59	125	15
Mestis	3	81	18	23	41	0.51	82	-14	0
Nadezhda Cup	1	6	2	0	2	0.33	4	-5	0
OG	1	5	1	1	2	0.40	2	-1	0
SHL	1	24	5	5	10	0.42	12	-4	0
U16 SM-sarja	1	12	11	4	15	1.25	18	-	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	-
U20 I-divisioona	2	40	11	14	25	0.63	65	-	0
U20 Suomi-sarja	2	14	6	9	15	1.07	26	-	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	32	-
WC	5	45	10	14	24	0.53	16	4	0

Veli-Matti Savinainen Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Ässät	6	310	62	76	138	0.45	262	42	3	26	5	9	14	0.54	12	0
Blues U16	1	12	11	4	15	1.25	18	-	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	-
Finland	5	45	10	14	24	0.53	16	4	0
Finland (EHT)	10	35	9	4	13	0.37	39	-6	0
Finland (all)	11	105	25	22	47	0.45	86	5	0
Finland Olympics	1	5	1	1	2	0.40	2	-1	0
FoPS U20	3	54	17	23	40	0.74	91	-	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	32	-
FPS	2	79	17	22	39	0.49	80	-17	0
Jokerit	3	141	30	30	60	0.43	108	-4	2	10	3	0	3	0.30	8	-1
KooKoo	1	2	1	1	2	1.00	2	3	0
Kunlun Red Star	1	37	9	9	18	0.49	45	-12	0
Leksands IF	1	24	5	5	10	0.42	12	-4	0
Tappara	6	270	80	104	184	0.68	220	40	6	84	27	24	51	0.61	113	15
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	1	25	2	3	5	0.20	4	-8	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	10	1
TPS	2	55	10	20	30	0.55	73	-13	0
Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	2	105	24	14	38	0.36	72	-27	0

Veli-Matti Savinainen Career Highlights

Season	Awards
2000-2001	U16 Pohjola Camp Roster (EKS)
2012-2013	SM-liiga Champion
2013-2014	World Championship Silver Medal
2015-2016	Liiga Champion
2016-2017	Liiga All-Star Team Liiga Champion Liiga Most Game-Winning Goals (8) Liiga Most Goals (Aarne Honkavaara Trophy) (30) World Championship Top 3 Player on Team
2018-2019	World Championship Gold Medal
2021-2022	Liiga Champion
2022-2023	Champions Hockey League Champion Liiga All-Star Team Liiga Best Player in Playoffs (Jari Kurri Award) Liiga Champion
2023-2024	Liiga Champion Liiga Playoffs Best Plus/Minus (+9)

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
05/30/2025	Confirmed	Tappara	TPS
04/29/2024	Extension	Tappara	Tappara
05/10/2023	Extension	Tappara	Tappara
05/25/2022	Extension	Tappara	Tappara
02/28/2022	Confirmed	Jokerit	Tappara
08/10/2021	Extension	Jokerit	Jokerit
05/04/2019	Confirmed	Kunlun Red Star	Jokerit
05/02/2018	Confirmed	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	Kunlun Red Star
06/14/2017	Confirmed	Tappara	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
07/11/2015	Confirmed	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	Tappara
11/27/2014	Confirmed	Leksands IF	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
08/30/2014	Confirmed	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk	Leksands IF
07/03/2013	Confirmed	Ässät	Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
11/17/2011	Extension	Ässät	Ässät
12/04/2009	Extension	Ässät	Ässät
02/09/2009	Extension	Ässät	Ässät

Veli-Matti Savinainen Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for FoPS U20
Cult/Star player for FPS
Cult/Star player for Tappara
Cult/Star player for Ässät