Position: D
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-2 Weight: 198 lbs.
Born: July 3, 1968 in Tampere, Finland
Drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in the 2nd round (29th overall) of the 1986 NHL Entry Draft.
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| Season | Age | Team | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
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| 1984-85 | 16 | Whitby Lawmen | OJHL | 16 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.75 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985-86 | 17 | Tappara Tampere Jr. | Fin-Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985-86 | 17 | Tappara Tampere | Finland | 31 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.19 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985-86 | 17 | Finland | EJC-A | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.00 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986-87 | 18 | Tappara Tampere | Finland | 44 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 0.41 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986-87 | 18 | Finland | WEC-A | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.50 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987-88 | 19 | Finland | Can-Cup | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987-88 | 19 | Tappara Tampere | Finland | 40 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0.50 | 29 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987-88 | 19 | Finland | WJC-A | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1.00 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1987-88 | 19 | Finland | Olympics | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.83 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988-89 | 20 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 69 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 0.22 | 5 | 0.07 | 65 | 13 | 73 | 10 | -11 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 1.23 | 1.2 | ||
| 1989-90 | 21 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 79 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 0.54 | 15 | 0.19 | 88 | 22 | 92 | 22 | -4 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 1.33 | 10.5 | ||
| 1990-91 | 22 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 80 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 0.41 | 11 | 0.14 | 88 | 31 | 99 | 27 | -15 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 1.89 | 5.3 | ||
| 1990-91 | 22 | Finland | WEC-A | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.40 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991-92 | 23 | Finland | Can-Cup | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991-92 | 23 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 80 | 5 | 34 | 39 | 0.49 | 12 | 0.16 | 106 | 38 | 85 | 32 | 15 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 143 | 1.79 | 3.5 | ||
| 1992-93 | 24 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 66 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 0.56 | 12 | 0.18 | 92 | 26 | 96 | 34 | 4 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 1.56 | 6.8 | ||
| 1993-94 | 25 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 57 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 0.40 | 8 | 0.14 | 68 | 24 | 108 | 41 | -23 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 1.56 | 5.6 | ||
| 1994-95 | 26 | TuTo Turku | Finland | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.92 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994-95 | 26 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 42 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0.50 | 7 | 0.17 | 68 | 17 | 60 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 2.05 | 5.8 | ||
| 1995-96 | 27 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 74 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 0.73 | 19 | 0.25 | 115 | 53 | 109 | 43 | -4 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 165 | 2.23 | 6.7 | ||
| 1995-96 | 27 | Finland | WC-A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996-97 | 28 | Finland | W-Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996-97 | 28 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 82 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 0.33 | 8 | 0.10 | 93 | 20 | 102 | 26 | -3 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 1.65 | 1.5 | ||
| 1996-97 | 28 | Finland | WC-A | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.80 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997-98 | 29 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 82 | 11 | 40 | 51 | 0.62 | 17 | 0.21 | 101 | 30 | 84 | 38 | 25 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 126 | 1.54 | 8.7 | ||
| 1997-98 | 29 | Finland | Olympics | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998-99 | 30 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 82 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 0.49 | 14 | 0.17 | 89 | 27 | 81 | 22 | 3 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 1.90 | 6.4 | 2004 | 24:26 |
| 1999-00 | 31 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 79 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 0.53 | 14 | 0.17 | 102 | 27 | 75 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 126 | 1.59 | 6.3 | 1866 | 23:37 |
| 2000-01 | 32 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 72 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 0.43 | 10 | 0.14 | 95 | 40 | 74 | 28 | 9 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 1.51 | 4.6 | 1762 | 24:28 |
| 2001-02 | 33 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 76 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 0.63 | 17 | 0.22 | 101 | 40 | 76 | 28 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 117 | 1.54 | 11.1 | 1813 | 23:51 |
| 2001-02 | 33 | Finland | Olympics | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002-03 | 34 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 78 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 0.38 | 10 | 0.13 | 81 | 27 | 88 | 34 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 108 | 1.38 | 5.6 | 1861 | 23:51 |
| 2003-04 | 35 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 62 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 0.27 | 5 | 0.09 | 48 | 14 | 54 | 15 | -5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 1.34 | 3.6 | 1343 | 21:40 |
| 2004-05 | 36 | Finland | W-Cup | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | 37 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 75 | 2 | 38 | 40 | 0.53 | 12 | 0.16 | 89 | 37 | 60 | 14 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0.80 | 3.3 | 1463 | 19:30 |
| 2005-06 | 37 | Finland | Olympics | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.38 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006-07 | 38 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 79 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 0.37 | 9 | 0.11 | 100 | 26 | 91 | 34 | 17 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 0.87 | 2.9 | 1643 | 20:48 |
| 2007-08 | 39 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 16 | 16:03 |
| Career | NHL | 1315 | 115 | 505 | 620 | 0.47 | 205 | 0.16 | 1589 | 512 | 1507 | 490 | 60 | 491 | 74 | 39 | 2 | 19 | 2017 | 1.53 | 5.7 | 13770 | 22:48 |
| Season | Age | Team | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI | |
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| 1985-86 | 17 | Tappara Tampere Jr. | Fin-Jr. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| 1985-86 | 17 | Tappara Tampere | Finland | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| 1986-87 | 18 | Tappara Tampere | Finland | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.56 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| 1987-88 | 19 | Tappara Tampere | Finland | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1.20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||||||
| 1989-90 | 21 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.43 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.43 | 10.0 | |||
| 1991-92 | 23 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.29 | 0.0 | |||
| 1992-93 | 24 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.50 | 11.1 | |||
| 1995-96 | 27 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.00 | 0.0 | |||
| 1996-97 | 28 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.86 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2.71 | 15.8 | |||
| 1997-98 | 29 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||||
| 1998-99 | 30 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.43 | -5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.57 | 11.1 | 183 | 26:09 | |
| 1999-00 | 31 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.40 | 8.3 | 116 | 23:11 | |
| 2001-02 | 33 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.50 | 0.0 | 102 | 25:33 | |
| 2003-04 | 35 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | 0.0 | 77 | 19:13 | |
| 2005-06 | 37 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.58 | 14.3 | 225 | 18:45 | |
| 2006-07 | 38 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.25 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.56 | 0.0 | 313 | 19:33 | |
| Career | NHL | 82 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 0.28 | 2 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 108 | 1.32 | 8.3 | 1016 | 21:10 |
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All-Star Games 1999 NHL2000 NHL 2001 NHL |
Games Played 1990-91 NHL 80 (3)1991-92 NHL 80 (3) 1996-97 NHL 82 (1) 1997-98 NHL 82 (2) 1998-99 NHL 82 (2) Career NHL 1315 (45) |
Total Goals For Career NHL 1589 (67) |
Power Play Goals For Career NHL 512 (88) |
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Total Goals Against Active 1507 (5)Career NHL 1507 (28) |
Power Play Goals Against 1995-96 NHL 43 (6)1997-98 NHL 38 (3) Active 490 (2) Career NHL 490 (12) |
Plus/Minus 1997-98 NHL 25 (8) |
July 1, 1996: Transferred to Phoenix after Winnipeg franchise relocated, July 1, 1996.
July 22, 2003: Traded to Dallas by Phoenix for Mike Sillinger, July 22, 2003.
August 4, 2005: Signed as a free agent by Buffalo, August 4, 2005.
September 20, 2007: Missed majority of 2007-08 recovering from open heart surgery on September 20, 2007.