Nikolas Matinpalo

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Born
1998 (27 years old)
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Espoo, FIN

Position
Defenceman

Status
Active

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
33

Height
6'3" / 190 cm

Weight
207 lbs / 94 kg

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Ice Hockey

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Ottawa Senators

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NHL

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Nikolas Matinpalo (born 5 October 1998) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career
Finland
Matinpalo made his Liiga debut with Ilves during the 2018–19 season. He made 30 appearances for Ilves in the regular season, scoring two goals and four assists for six points. He also appeared in two games for KooVee Tampere of Mestis going scoreless. Ilves beat SaiPa in the qualifying round of the playoffs, but were eliminated by Oulun Kärpät in the quarterfinals. Matinpalo made seven playoff appearances, going scoreless. He returned to Ilves for the 2019–20 season and played in 33 games registering one assist. He also spent 13 games with KooVoo Tampere of Mestis, tallying one goal and three points. However, on 13 March 2020, the remainder of the season and playoffs were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

He began the 2020–21 season with Ilves and made 11 appearances, going scoreless. He also played one game for KooVoo Tampere. On 24 January 2021, Matinpalo was traded to Ässät for Niklas Peltomäki. In 30 games with Ässät to finish the season, he marked one goal and three points. In the 2021–22 season, he marked four goals and eight assists in 50 games in his first full season in Liiga. On 20 April 2022, it was announced that Matinpalo had signed a one-year extension to remain with Ässät. In his final year with the team in 2022–23, he set new career highs with 51 appearances, with seven goals and 16 points. Ässät knocked off TPS in the qualifying round to advance to the quarterfinals. There they faced Ilves, who eliminated them. In eight playoff games, Matinpalo tallied four assists.

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