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Kristian Vesalainen
Кристиан Весалаинен
- Position: left wing
- Player status: active player
- Gender: male
- Nationality: Finland
- Birth date: 01.06.1999 (25 years)
- Birth place: Helsinki, Finland
- Height: 192 cm / 6' 4"
- Weight: 95 kg / 209 lbs
- Shoots: left
- Draft 1: Winnipeg Jets, year: 2017, round: 1, position: 24
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- Trivia:
Drafted 2015, 4 #54 overall by Waterloo Black Hawks in the USHL Futures Draft
Drafted 2016, 1 #19 overall by SKA St. Petersburg in the KHL Draft
Drafted 2016, 2 #68 overall by Flint Firebirds in the CHL Import Draft
Named to WJC18 All-Star team 2016-17
Named Best Forward WJC18 2016-17
Top goal scorer WJC18 2016-17
Top scorer WJC18 2016-17
Named WJC18 MVP 2016-17
Player national stats
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Finland | National team games | 10 | ||||||
| 2024-25 | Finland | Euro Hockey Tour | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023-24 | Finland | Euro Hockey Tour | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| 2017-18 | Finland | WJC (U20) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2017-18 | Finland | U20 National team games (U20) | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 2016-17 | Finland | WJC18 (U18) | 7 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 5 | |
| 2016-17 | Finland | U18 National team games (U18) | 9 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 | ||
| 2016-17 | Finland | WJC (U20) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -4 | |
| 2016-17 | Finland | U20 National team games (U20) | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | -4 | |
| 2015-16 | Finland | WJC18 (U18) | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | |
| 2014-15 | Finland | EYOF (U18) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Player club stats
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | HIFK | Liiga | 10 | 40 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 11 |
| 2023-24 | HIFK | Liiga (Play-off) | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | |
| 2023-24 | HIFK | Liiga | 10 | 58 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 10 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | HIFK | Spengler Cup | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022-23 | HIFK | Liiga | 10 | 40 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 8 | 7 |
| 2022-23 |  Malmö Redhawks | SHL | 93 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -6 |
| 2021-22 |  Manitoba Moose | AHL (Play-off) | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 13 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -3 |
| 2021-22 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 93 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -8 |
| 2020-21 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL (Play-off) | 93 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | -2 |
| 2020-21 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 93 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | HPK Hämeenlinna | Liiga | 72 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 60 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 10 | -16 | |
| 2018-19 | Jokerit | KHL (Play-off) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2018-19 | Jokerit | KHL | 31 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 3 | |
| 2018-19 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018-19 | Manitoba Moose | AHL | 22 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | -1 | |
| 2017-18 | Kärpät | Liiga (Play-off) | 18 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -2 | |
| 2017-18 | Kärpät | Liiga | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017-18 | HPK Hämeenlinna | Liiga | 44 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2016-17 | Frölunda HC | SHL (Play-off) | 78 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | Frölunda HC | J20 SuperElit (U20, Play-off) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2 | |
| 2016-17 | Frölunda HC | J20 SuperElit (U20) | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | -7 | |
| 2016-17 | HPK Hämeenlinna | Liiga | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | |
| 2016-17 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 26 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | -1 | |
| 2016-17 | Frölunda HC | CHL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2015-16 | Frölunda HC | J20 SuperElit (U20, Play-off) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015-16 | Frölunda HC | J18 Allsvenskan (U18, Play-off) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015-16 | Frölunda HC | SHL (Play-off) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2015-16 | Frölunda HC | CHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015-16 | Frölunda HC | SHL | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2015-16 | Frölunda HC | J20 SuperElit (U20) | 37 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 0 | 14 | |
| 2014-15 | HIFK | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18, Play-off) | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 2014-15 | HIFK | Jr. C SM-sarja (U16, Play-off) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 | HIFK | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20, Play-off) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | |
| 2014-15 | HIFK | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18) | 18 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 29 | ||
| 2014-15 | HIFK | Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20) | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -3 | |
| 2013-14 | HJK Helsinki | Jr. B Mestis (U18) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2013-14 | HIFK | Jr. B SM-sarja (U18) | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 | HIFK | Jr. C SM-sarja (U16, Play-off) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2013-14 | HIFK | Jr. C SM-sarja (U16, Preliminary) | 9 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 | HIFK | Jr. C SM-sarja (U16) | 28 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 8 | ||
| 2012-13 | HIFK | Jr. C SM-sarja (U16, Play-off) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012-13 | HIFK | Jr. C SM-sarja (U16, Preliminary) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2012-13 | HIFK | Jr. C SM-sarja (U16) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Note: All games might not be included
| Date | League | Teams | Score | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr. 17 2025 18:00 | National team games | Sweden Finland | 2-1 | | | | | | | | | ||||
| Nov. 10 2024 17:00 | Euro Hockey Tour | Karjala Tourn. | Finland Sweden | 5-4 | | | | | | | | | 1 | |||
| Nov. 09 2024 17:00 | Euro Hockey Tour | Karjala Tourn. | Finland Czechia | 4-0 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
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