Koppanen is one of five players returning to the AHL after the Penguins regular season finished on Tuesday. Playing primarily as a fourth liner during his promotions, Koppanen had just one assist in 13 NHL games this season.
With the Penguins resting all kinds of players on Saturday, Koppanen is one of three forwards who were recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton under emergency conditions. Koppanen has one assist in 10 games with Pittsburgh this season.
Koppanen had a 10-game stint with Pittsburgh earlier this season, scoring one assist, but has spent most of the 2025-26 campaign in the AHL. The 2016 fifth-round pick has 19 points (7G / 12A) in 37 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) this season.
Koppanen has one assist in 10 games with Pittsburgh this season, but will return to a familiar place in the AHL. The 27-year-old Finnish forward has 11 points (6G / 5A) in 22 games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) this season.
Through 10 games this season, Koppanen is averaging 12:28 time-on-ice and has one assist. The 27-year-old Koppanen heads to the sidelines as a healthy scratch, with Bokondji Imama set to fill in as his replacement.
Koppanen split his 2024-25 season between the NHL and AHL, but spent most of the season with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL), where he had 23 points (8G / 15A) in 56 games. Koppanen has just one goal and one assist in 20 career NHL games since being drafted in the fifth round of the 2016 NHL Draft.
Koppanen split his 2024-25 season between the NHL and AHL, but spent most of the season with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL), where he had 23 points (8G / 15A) in 56 games. Koppanen has just one goal and one assist in 20 career NHL games since being drafted in the fifth round of the 2016 NHL Draft.
Koppanen will slot in for Emil Bemstrom, who is a healthy scratch for Tuesday's game against the Islanders. Koppanen is yet to score a goal across nine career NHL games and has registered just a single assist.
Kopanen has one point (0G / 1A) in nine career NHL games but has primarily played in the AHL the previous several seasons. The 27-year-old forward has 21 points (6G / 15A) in 53 games with the Wilke-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) this season.
Koppanen will draw in for Jansen Harkins (undisclosed). Koppanen is yet to register a point in three games with the Penguins this season.
Koppanen earned his second call-up of the season from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) on Tuesday after putting up five goals, 16 points and 22 PIMs in 49 games in the minors. The 26-year-old towering left-winger has appeared in eight career NHL games prior to the call-up but has failed to score and has an assist and four assists.
Koppanen has been reassigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins along with Alex Nylander as Pittsburgh has recalled Marc Johnstone, Jonathan Gruden, and Valtteri Puustinen. Koppanen played three games with Pittsburgh, firing two shots on goal, averaging 7:25 time-on-ice, and scoring zero points.
Koppanen had an assist, two SOG, and four PIMs through five games with Boston in 2022-23 and has signed a two-year, two-way contract worth $1.55 million ($775,000 AAV) with Pittsburgh. The 25-year-old left-winger was Boston's 2016 fifth-round pick (135th overall) and made his NHL debut in 2022-23.
