2018, the Senators signed Pääjärvi to a one-year, $900,000 contract extension. In his second and final season with Ottawa in 2018–19, Pääjärvi registered his highest points totals since his 2011 rookie season, contributing with 11 goals and 18 points in 80 games. KHL As a free agent leading into the 2019–20 season, Pääjärvi halted his NHL career to sign a two-year contract with Russian club, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL, on 22 October 2019. In the midst of his final year under contract in the 2020–21 season, Pääjärvi added 3 goals and 11 points in 26 appearances before he was traded to HC Dynamo Moscow in exchange for Teemu Pulkkinen on 30 November 2020. In 24 games with Dynamo, Pääjärvi posted a further four goals and eight points. International play Pääjärvi made his international debut for Sweden at age 14 with the under-16 team during the 2005–06 season; the following season, he became the scoring leader for the U16s. During the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic, at 16 years and eight months old, he became the youngest player ever to play for Sweden during a World Junior Hockey Championship. During the tournament, he scored one goal, and helped Sweden to the finals when assisting Mikael Backlund on Sweden's overtime game-winning goal against Russia in the semifinal. Pääjärvi played in the 2010 World Championships, where he led the senior Swedish team in scoring and was selected to the tournament all-star team. He contributed to Sweden's win at the 2018 World Championships by scoring three goals. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International References External links 1991 births Living people Chicago Wolves players HC Dynamo Moscow players Edmonton Oilers draft picks Edmonton Oilers players Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players Malmö Redhawks players National Hockey League first-round draft picks Oklahoma City Barons players Ottawa Senators players Sportspeople from Norrköping St. Louis Blues players Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in Canada Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Swedish ice hockey left wingers Swedish people of Finnish descent Timrå IK players