MATTIAS EKHOLM - Ekholm (undisclosed) will miss at least a week after getting injured versus the Hurricanes on Thursday, Jason Gregor of Sports 1440 Edmonton reports. JOHN GIBSON - Gibson sustained an upper-body injury versus the Canucks on Thursday and is questionable to return to the game. THEO LINDSTEIN - Lindstein was reassigned to AHL Springfield on Thursday. GUSTAV FORSLING - Forsling was hit up high by a puck in Thursday's game versus the Penguins and did not return, Jameson Olive of the Panthers' official site reports. IGOR CHERNYSHOV - Chernyshov (upper body) will be out for a little while with the injury he sustained Thursday versus the Senators, Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reports. PHILIPP GRUBAUER - Grubauer will protect the home goal versus the Mammoth on Thursday, per Sound of Hockey. KEVIN LANKINEN - Lankinen is expected to start at home against Detroit on Thursday, per Canucks play-by-play announcer Brendan Batchelor. MARCO ROSSI - Rossi (illness) will be in the lineup Thursday versus the Red Wings, Thomas Drance of The Athletic reports. JOHN GIBSON - Gibson is slated to start on the road against Vancouver on Thursday, per Thomas Drance of The Athletic. SETH JARVIS - Jarvis (shoulder) is expected to make his season debut Thursday versus the Oilers. MATTIAS EKHOLM - Ekholm (undisclosed) will miss at least a week after getting injured versus the Hurricanes on Thursday, Jason Gregor of Sports 1440 Edmonton reports. JOHN GIBSON - Gibson sustained an upper-body injury versus the Canucks on Thursday and is questionable to return to the game. THEO LINDSTEIN - Lindstein was reassigned to AHL Springfield on Thursday. GUSTAV FORSLING - Forsling was hit up high by a puck in Thursday's game versus the Penguins and did not return, Jameson Olive of the Panthers' official site reports. IGOR CHERNYSHOV - Chernyshov (upper body) will be out for a little while with the injury he sustained Thursday versus the Senators, Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reports. PHILIPP GRUBAUER - Grubauer will protect the home goal versus the Mammoth on Thursday, per Sound of Hockey. KEVIN LANKINEN - Lankinen is expected to start at home against Detroit on Thursday, per Canucks play-by-play announcer Brendan Batchelor. MARCO ROSSI - Rossi (illness) will be in the lineup Thursday versus the Red Wings, Thomas Drance of The Athletic reports. JOHN GIBSON - Gibson is slated to start on the road against Vancouver on Thursday, per Thomas Drance of The Athletic. SETH JARVIS - Jarvis (shoulder) is expected to make his season debut Thursday versus the Oilers. Get more news updates on our Player Newsfeed!

#28 ALEKSI SAARELA (C)

 

Age 29.7 Birth Date 1997-01-07
Shoots L Draft Info 2015 (3/89)
Height 5'10 Fantrax Roster% 0
Weight 200 Yahoo Roster% 0
Country FIN Status Off Roster
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NHL ID: 8478839

2026-2027 Regular Season Game Log

Date OPP Team Status G A PTS +/- PIM SOG PPG PPP HITS BKS FOW FO% PPTOI %PP SHTOI %SH TOI HIghlights

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Game Date Team Opponent DraftKings Yahoo FanDuel

2026-2027 Regular Season Game Log

Date OPP Team Status W L OTL GA SA GAA SV% GSAA SO QS RBS xGA GSAx STEAL PL MIN

DraftKings

Game Date Team Opponent DraftKings Yahoo FanDuel

2026-2027 Regular Season Line Combinations

Even Strength Line Combinations

Freq Line Combination
Num Time % Line GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%

Even Strength Line Production (total pts: )

PTS %Total Line Combination

Even Strength Best Linemate

PTS Linemate

Power Play Line Combinations

Freq Line Combination
Num Time % Line GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%

Power Play Line Production (total pts: )

PTS %Total Line Combination

Power Play Best Linemate

PTS Linemate

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Num Time % EV - FORWARDS GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%
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Num Time % PP - FORWARDS GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%
Num Time % PP - DEFENSE GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%
Num Time % SH - FORWARDS GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%
Num Time % SH - DEFENSE GF GA +/- SF SA SF% CF CA CF%

2026-2027 Regular Season Stats

Name GP W L OTL GA SHA GAA SV% GSAA GA 5v5 SA 5v5 SV% 5v5 xGA 5v5 GSAX GSAX/GP SO QS QS% RBS RBS% MIN

Prospect Profile Pages

Name Age Draf Year Draf Round Draf Pick Link Upside Certainty
BRENT JOHNSON49.6199551293.03.0
IVAN PROSVETOV27.6201841144.85.5
FILIP LARSSON28.1201661675.54.5
KEVIN MANDOLESE26.1201861573.54.5
ISAIAH SAVILLE26.0201951353.03.5
IVAN FEDOTOV29.9201571886.85.0
JAKUB SKAREK26.920183724.04.5
VADIM ZHERENKO25.6201972085.55.5
MAGNUS CHRONA26.1201851524.04.5
LUKAS PARIK25.620193874.82.0
JOE VRBETIC23.9202172144.03.0
VYACHESLAV PEKSA24.1202161855.05.0
GARIN BJORKLUND24.4202061796.06.5
HUGO OLLAS24.4202071976.03.0
TALYN BOYKO24.0202141126.54.0
TRISTAN LENNOX24.020213935.05.0
BENJAMIN GAUDREAU23.720213815.62.8
JESPER VIKMAN24.6202051256.04.0
AMIR MIFTAKHOV26.4202061866.06.5
NIKITA QUAPP23.7202161874.04.0
JAN BEDNAR24.1202041075.52.0
TYLER BRENNAN23.0202241024.04.5
REID DYCK22.7202261835.03.0
JAKUB VONDRAS22.4202261714.04.0
NICK MALIK24.4202251604.51.5
YANIV PERETS26.60003.04.0
LANDON MILLER20.8202441262.52.0
RYERSON LEENDERS20.3202472197.07.0
OWEN SAY25.30003.03.0

Career Stats (Regular Season)

Season Team GP G A PTS PTS/G 84GP Pace +/- PIM SOG S% SOG/G HITS PPG PPP SHG SHP BLKS FOW FOW% PPTOI %PP %SH TOI
2019-2020FLA92240.4437201513.31.7101003635.300:197.90.012:15
CAREER 92240.4437201513.31.7101003635.300:197.90.012:15

Career Stats (Per Game)

Season Team GP G G/GP A A/GP PTS PTS/G PIM PIM/GP SOG SOG/GP PPP PPP/GP HITS HITS/GP BKS BKS/GP FOW FOW/GP
2019-2020FLA920.2220.2240.4400.00151.6710.1110.1130.3360.67

Career Stats (Non-NHL)

 AHL Profile Page
Season League Team GP G A PTS PTS/G PIM +/- SOG SOG/G S% PPP NHLe
2026-2027LiigaLukko143250.360600.00014
2025-2026LiigaTPS532015350.668-1700.00025
2024-2025NLSCL Tigers491811290.592-500.00023
2023-2024NLSCL Tigers501823410.828-1300.00032
2023-2024EHTFinland31010.330100.000
2022-2023NLSCL Tigers482415390.8110-500.00032
2022-2023Spengler CupHC Davos40110.250-300.000
2021-2022NLSCL Tigers311012220.716-1000.00028
2020-2021LiigaLukko432314370.86221000.00033
2020-2021EHTFinland31010.332-200.000
2019-2020AHLSpringfield Thunderbirds431219310.7212-21323.19.11429
2019-2020AHLRockford IceHogs50110.200200.0008
2018-2019AHLCharlotte Checkers693024540.78121800.00032
2017-2018AHLCharlotte Checkers692518430.628400.00025
2016-2017LiigaLukko491513280.5710-700.00022
2016-2017AHLCharlotte Checkers964101.112700.00045
2016-2017Champions HLLukko11011.000-100.000
2015-2016LiigaAssat512013330.6514400.00025
2015-2016WJC-20Finland U2074371.004200.000
2015-2016U20 SM-liigaAssat U2020221.000000.000
2015-2016EHTFinland20000.000000.000
2014-2015FinlandAssat5166120.2418000.000
2013-2014Fin-Jr.Lukko Jr.17616221.298000.000
2013-2014FinlandLukko120220.172000.000
2013-2014WJ18-AFinland21010.500-200.000
2012-2013Fin-Jr.Lukko Jr.22810180.826000.000
2012-2013Fin-U18Lukko U18161719362.2514000.000
2012-2013FinlandLukko31120.670000.000
2011-2012Jr. C SM-sarja QLukko U1681117283.504000.000
2010-2011Jr. C SM-sarja QLukko U1611011.000000.000
Season Team GP G A PTS PTS/G 84GP Pace +/- PIM SOG S% SOG/G HITS PPG PPP SHG SHP BLKS FOW FOW% PPTOI %PP %SH TOI
2019-2020FLA10000.0000010.01.0400000375.000:000.00.012:46
2018-2019CAR10000.0000000.00.0100000000:468.50.009:10
CAREER 20000.0000010.00.5500000375.000:236.80.010:58

Career Stats (Per Game)

Season Team GP G G/GP A A/GP PTS PTS/G PIM PIM/GP SOG SOG/GP PPP PPP/GP HITS HITS/GP BKS BKS/GP FOW FOW/GP
2019-2020FLA100.0000.0000.0000.0011.0000.0044.0000.0033.00
2018-2019CAR100.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0011.0000.0000.00

Career Stats (Non-NHL)

 AHL Profile Page
Season League Team GP G A PTS PTS/G PIM +/- SOG SOG/G S% PPP NHLe
2024-2025NLSCL Tigers81340.500-200.00020
2022-2023NLSCL Tigers62461.000200.00040
2020-2021LiigaLukko114480.734400.00028
2018-2019AHLCharlotte Checkers1778150.8841000.00036
2017-2018AHLCharlotte Checkers82130.382100.00015
2016-2017AHLCharlotte Checkers50000.002-200.0000
2015-2016U20 SM-liigaAssat U2031231.000100.000
2014-2015FinlandAssat20110.500000.000
2012-2013Fin-Jr.Lukko Jr.102680.802000.000
2011-2012U16 SM-sarjaLukko U1691415293.224000.000
Season Team GP G A PTS PTS/G 84GP Pace +/- PIM SOG S% SOG/G HITS PPG PPP SHG SHP BLKS FOW FOW% PPTOI %PP %SH TOI
2019-2020CHI,FLA41010.252100333.30.8200001250.001:2937.70.012:10
2018-2019CAR10000.0000030.03.00000001100.003:4439.40.013:06
2017-2018CAR30000.000-1220.00.7300001466.701:2421.517.613:40
CAREER 81010.1311-12812.51.0500002763.601:4431.09.012:51

Career Stats (Per Game)

Season Team GP G G/GP A A/GP PTS PTS/G PIM PIM/GP SOG SOG/GP PPP PPP/GP HITS HITS/GP BKS BKS/GP FOW FOW/GP
2019-2020CHI,FLA410.2500.0010.2500.0030.7500.0020.5010.2520.50
2018-2019CAR100.0000.0000.0000.0033.0000.0000.0000.0011.00
2017-2018CAR300.0000.0000.0020.6720.6700.0031.0010.3341.33

Regular Season Quarterly Comparison

2026-2027

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Advanced Stats

Year PDO 5 on 5 S% OZ Start% PTS/60 SOG/60 %PP IPP PPIPP CF% Sec Assists Sec Assist %

Expected Goals

Year GF 5v5 xGF 5v5 xGF/60 GA 5v5 xGA 5v5 xGA/60 xG% 5v5

NHL Edge

  Skating Speed Skating Distance Shot Speed Shot Location Zone Time%
Season Shot Map Top speed 22+ MPH 20+ MPH 18+ MPH Tot. dist Tot. dist/60 Tot. dist EV Tot. dist/60 EV Tot. dist PP Tot. dist/60 PP Tot. dist PK Tot. dist/60 PK Top Speed AVG Speed 100+ 90-100 80-90 70-80 High Danger SOG High Danger G Mid Danger SOG Mid Danger G Long SOG Long G Off Zone Def Zone OZ - EV DZ - EV OZ - PP DZ - PP OZ - PK DZ - PK

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