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Kasperi Kapanen

#42 St. Louis Blues / NHL - 23/24

Date of Birth

Jul 23, 1996

Position

RW/LW

Age

Height

6'1" / 185 cm

Place of Birth

Kuopio, FIN

Weight

194 lbs / 88 kg

Nation

Finland

Shoots

Youth Team

KalPa

Contract

23/24

Cap Hit

NHL Rights

St. Louis Blues / Signed

Drafted

2014 round 1 #22 overall by Pittsburgh Penguins

Agency

PREMIUM

Father: Sami Kapanen
Brother: Konsta Kapanen
Grandfather: Hannu Kapanen
Granduncle: Jari Kapanen
Uncle: Kimmo Kapanen
Cousin: Oliver Kapanen

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Kasperi Kapanen Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2010-11	KalPa U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|
	KalPa U16	U16 SM-sarja	26*	14*	8*	22*	10*	-*	\|
2011-12	KalPa U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	8*	12*	4*	16*	4*	-*	\|
	KalPa U16	U16 I-divisioona	2*	1*	1*	2*	10*	-*	\|	Playoffs	4	4	7	11	0	-
	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	2*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-*	\|
	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	25*	13*	11*	24*	6*	-*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	-
	Finland U16 (all)	International-Jr	16*	11*	6*	17*	20*	11*	\|
2012-13	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	3*	3*	3*	6*	0*	-*	\|
	KalPa U20	U20 SM-liiga	36*	14*	15*	29*	16*	-3*	\|
	KalPa	SM-liiga	13*	4*	0*	4*	2*	1*	\|	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	2	1
	Finland U17 “A”	WHC-17	5*	3*	6*	9*	4*	-*	\|
	Finland U18	WJC-18	7*	5*	3*	8*	4*	4*	\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	8*	1*	1*	2*	15*	-1*	\|
2013-14	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	2*	5*	1*	6*	0*	-*	\|	Playoffs	4	6	1	7	2	-
	KalPa	Liiga	47*	7*	7*	14*	10*	-8*	\|
	Finland U18	WJC-18	5*	1*	1*	2*	0*	-3*	\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	5*	1*	1*	2*	0*	-3*	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	5*	1*	0*	1*	0*	-*	\|
2014-15	KalPa	Liiga	41*	11*	10*	21*	14*	2*	\|	Playoffs	6	0	5	5	2	2
	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL	4*	1*	1*	2*	0*	-1*	\|	Playoffs	7	3	2	5	0	0
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	10*	3*	2*	5*	0*	-1*	\|
	Finland U20	WJC-20	5*	1*	0*	1*	0*	-1*	\|
2015-16	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	9*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-3*	\|
	Toronto Marlies	AHL	44*	9*	16*	25*	8*	7*	\|	Playoffs	14	3	5	8	2	1
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7*	2*	3*	5*	2*	-2*	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	9*	2*	4*	6*	2*	0*	\|
2016-17	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	8*	1*	0*	1*	0*	-2*	\|	Playoffs	6	2	0	2	0	-2
	Toronto Marlies	AHL	43*	18*	25*	43*	16*	2*	\|	Playoffs	9	2	6	8	8	-2
2017-18	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	38*	7*	2*	9*	4*	-1*	\|	Playoffs	7	1	0	1	0	-3
	Toronto Marlies	AHL	28*	12*	12*	24*	12*	8*	\|
	Finland	WC	8*	3*	0*	3*	0*	1*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	8*	3*	0*	3*	0*	1*	\|
2018-19	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	78*	20*	24*	44*	27*	12*	\|	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	2	-1
2019-20	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	69*	13*	23*	36*	22*	0*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	2	2	14	-2
2020-21	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	40*	11*	19*	30*	7*	15*	\|	Playoffs	6	1	2	3	0	-3
2021-22	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	79*	11*	21*	32*	16*	2*	\|	Playoffs	7	0	3	3	2	4
2022-23	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	43*	7*	13*	20*	8*	-8*	\|
	St. Louis Blues	NHL	23*	8*	6*	14*	10*	0*	\|
	Finland	WC	8*	3*	2*	5*	2*	8*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	13*	4*	3*	7*	4*	7*	\|
2023-24	St. Louis Blues	NHL	73*	6*	16*	22*	14*	-5*	\|

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Kasperi Kapanen Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2011-12	Finland U16	YOG	6*	4*	2*	6*	2*	3*	\|
2012-13	Finland U18	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	4*	1*	1*	2*	0*	1*	\|
2013-14	KalPa	ET	6*	3*	0*	3*	16*	-*	\|
2022-23	Finland	EHT	3*	0*	1*	1*	2*	-1*	\|

Kasperi Kapanen Career Totals

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		*	*	*	*	*	*
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup)	1	4*	1*	1*	2*	0.50*	0*	1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International	2	21*	7*	3*	10*	0.48*	4*	8*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	5	53*	19*	14*	33*	0.62*	37*	6*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Liiga (SM-liiga)	3	101*	22*	17*	39*	0.39*	26*	-5*	\|	2	10	0 *	6 *	6 *	0.60 *	4 *	3 *
NHL	9	460*	84*	124*	208*	0.45*	110*	10*	\|	6	38	5 *	8 *	13 *	0.34 *	18 *	-7 *
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 Highlights

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

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
02/25/2023
02/25/2023	Confirmed	Pittsburgh Penguins	St. Louis Blues
07/21/2022
07/21/2022	Extension	Pittsburgh Penguins	Pittsburgh Penguins
08/25/2020
08/25/2020	Confirmed	Toronto Maple Leafs	Pittsburgh Penguins
06/28/2019
06/28/2019	Extension	Toronto Maple Leafs	Toronto Maple Leafs
07/01/2015
07/01/2015	Confirmed	Pittsburgh Penguins	Toronto Maple Leafs
07/11/2014
07/11/2014	Confirmed	KalPa	Pittsburgh Penguins

Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2013, 1 #25 overall 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.