| Nikolas Matinpalo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | October 5, 1998 Espoo, Finland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| NHL team Former teams | Ottawa Senators Ilves Ässät | ||
| National team |  Finland | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2018–present | ||
Nikolas Matinpalo (born October 5, 1998) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). [1]
Matinpalo made his Liiga debut with Ilves during the 2018–19 Liiga season. [2]
Following the 2022–23 season, his sixth year in the Liiga, Matinpalo was signed as an undrafted free agent to a one-year, entry-level contract with the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Ottawa Senators on 26 May 2023. [3] Matinpalo attended the 2023 Senators training camp but did not make the team. He was assigned to Ottawa's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Belleville Senators, to begin the 2023–24 season. [4] After injuries to Thomas Chabot and Erik Brännström, Matinpalo was recalled by Ottawa on 28 October. [5] Matinpalo played in his first NHL game the same day, a 5–2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. [6] He was returned to Belleville after four games with Ottawa on 10 November. [7] Matinpalo spent the rest of the season with Belleville and appeared in the Calder Cup playoffs with them. On 20 June 2024 Matinpalo signed a one-year, two-way contract extension with Ottawa. [8]
Matinpalo passed through waivers, going unclaimed, and was assigned to Belleville to start the 2024–25 season. [9]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2016–17 | Blues | Jr. A | 33 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Blues | Jr. A | 52 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | Ilves | Liiga | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2018–19 | KOOVEE | Mestis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Ilves | Liiga | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | KOOVEE | Mestis | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Ilves | Liiga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | KOOVEE | Mestis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Ässät | Liiga | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Ässät | Liiga | 50 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Ässät | Liiga | 51 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2023–24 | Belleville Senators | AHL | 67 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2023–24 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Liiga totals | 205 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 121 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| NHL totals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Finland | WC | 7th | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Senior totals | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||
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