Markus Niemelainen

Age 23 Jun 8, 1998

Defense shoots left

6'6" 198 cm

189 lbs 86 kg

ELC Signing Age 21

Waivers Signing Age 22

UFA Year 2025

Draft Year 2016
Drafted Overall 63
Draft Round 3
Draft Team

Transaction History

Jan 11, 2022	Assigned	Edmonton Oilers \| Markus Niemelainen \| Niemelainen (hand) was reassigned to AHL Bakersfield on Tuesday.
Dec 23, 2021		Edmonton Oilers \| Markus Niemelainen \| Niemelainen has a broken bone in his hand and will miss at least three weeks, Mark Spector of Sportsnet.ca reports.
Dec 17, 2021		Edmonton Oilers \| Markus Niemelainen \| Niemelainen has suffered a hand injury and is expected to be placed on injured reserve, Jason Gregor of OilersNation.com
Nov 30, 2021	Recalled	Edmonton Oilers \| Markus Niemelainen \| Niemelainen was recalled by the Oilers on Tuesday.
Jan 9, 2021	Assigned	Edmonton Oilers \| Markus Niemelainen \| Niemelainen was assigned to AHL Bakersfield on Saturday.
Jan 3, 2021		Edmonton Oilers \| Markus Niemelainen \| Niemelainen will report to the Oilers' training camp, Dustin Nielson of TSN 1260 reports.
Aug 1, 2020	Assigned	Edmonton Oilers \| assigned D Markus Niemelainen to Assat Pori (Finland).
Apr 30, 2020		Edmonton Oilers \| signed D Markus Niemelainen to a two-year, entry-level contract.
Sep 27, 2016	Assigned	Edmonton Oilers \| assigned D Markus Niemelainen to Saginaw (OHL).

2021-2022 Regular Season Stats

Markus Niemelainen	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
Edmonton Oilers	7	0	0	0	-2	2	89	25.00	37.80	-13.80	46.80	-4.30
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Career Stats

	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
	2011-2012	HPK U16	U16 SM-sarja	8	0	4	4	4
	2012-2013	HPK U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	9	3	8	11	8
	2012-2013	HPK U16	U16 SM-sarja	31	3	6	9	10
	2012-2013	HPK U17	U17 SM-sarja	1	0	0	0	0							Playoffs	9	2	3	5	0
	2013-2014	Tappara U18	U18 SM-sarja	40	3	11	14	14							Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
	2013-2014	Finland U16 (all)	International-Jr	11	1	4	5	6
	2013-2014	Tappara U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	1	1	1	2	0
	2013-2014	Tappara U16	U16 SM-sarja	10	0	4	4	4
	2014-2015	HPK U20	U20 SM-sarja	39	2	14	16	28							Playoffs	12	0	5	5	0
	2014-2015	Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	14	1	3	4	6
	2014-2015	HPK U18	U18 SM-sarja	4	0	2	2	0
	2014-2015	Finland U17	WHC-17	6	1	0	1	2
	2014-2015	Finland U17	EYOF	3	0	3	3	2
	2014-2015	Finland U18	WJC-18	7	0	0	0	0
	2014-2015	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	12	0	0	0	2
Draft Yr	2015-2016	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	65	1	26	27	28							Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
Draft Yr	2015-2016	Finland U18	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	5	0	2	2	6
Draft Yr	2015-2016	Finland U18	WJC-18	7	0	1	1	6
	2016-2017	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	59	3	6	9	40
	2016-2017	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	8	1	0	1	6
	2017-2018	HPK	Liiga	42	1	2	3	24
	2017-2018	LeKi	Mestis	1	0	0	0	0
	2017-2018	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	9	0	1	1	4
	2017-2018	HPK	Spengler Cup	3	0	0	0	0
	2018-2019	HPK	Liiga	50	1	4	5	8							Playoffs	18	0	2	2	0
	2019-2020	Ässät	Liiga	55	1	6	7	42
	2020-2021	Ässät	Liiga	14	0	3	3	35
	2020-2021	Bakersfield Condors	AHL	21	2	4	6	6
	2021-2022	Bakersfield Condors	AHL	17	1	2	3	4
	2021-2022	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	7	0	0	0	2	89	25.00	37.80	-13.80	46.80	-4.30
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Signing Team

Signing Date April 30, 2020
Agent Mark Gandler & Todd Diamond

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Entry Level Contract | 2 Years $1,635,000 1.00% of cap space