| Position: | Right Wing |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 195 |
| Birth Date: | June 19, 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Gävle, Sweden |
| Career Start: | 1986 |
| Career End: | 2008 |
| Draft: | 132nd overall |
| Draft Year: | 1987 |
| Draft Team: | Los Angeles Kings |
| Played For: | Brynäs IF Djurgårdens IF Augsburger Panther Södertälje SK MoDo Luleå HF Los Angeles Kings |
Kyösti Tapani Karjalainen (born June 19, 1967) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the seventh round, 132nd overall, in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft.[1] He played 28 regular-season and three playoff National Hockey League games with the Kings in the 1991–92 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1986 to 2008, was mainly spent in the Swedish Hockey League.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1986–87 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 39 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1989–90 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 38 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1990–91 | Phoenix Roadrunners | IHL | 70 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1991–92 | NHL | 28 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 1991–92 | Phoenix Roadrunners | IHL | 43 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Luleå HF | SEL | 39 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1993–94 | Luleå HF | SEL | 36 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | MODO | SEL | 35 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | MODO | SEL | 35 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | ||
| 1996–97 | Timrå IK | SWE-2 | 32 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | Södertälje SK | SEL | 45 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Augsburger Panther | DEL | 52 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1999–00 | Augsburger Panther | DEL | 43 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | ||
| 2000–01 | Djurgårdens IF | SEL | 48 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | ||
| 2001–02 | Djurgårdens IF | SEL | 48 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | Brynäs IF | SEL | 43 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Skutskärs SK | SWE-2 | 28 | 30 | 21 | 51 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Tierps HK | SWE-2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Tierps HK | SWE-2 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | EV Zeltweg | AUT-2 | 22 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Tierp | SWE-2 | 37 | 14 | 41 | 55 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Alfta GIF | SWE-3 | 21 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| SEL totals | 437 | 104 | 112 | 206 | 228 | 64 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 46 | ||||
| NHL totals | 28 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||