Career
Korpikoski has also played in the National Hockey League for the Arizona Coyotes, and the New York Rangers, the organization that drafted him in the first round, 19th overall, at the 2004 National Hockey League Entry Draft. Korpikoski was drafted in the first round, 19th overall, in the 2004 National Hockey League Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. He originally played for TPS" junior team in the Master of Science-liiga before moving up to the main team for the 2004-2005 season.
He then played two seasons of professional hockey in Finland before joining the Rangers" American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack, after TPS" 2005-2006 season.
He played five regular season games and 11 playoff games for Hartford for the team"s 2005-2006 AHL season. On May 4, He dressed for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Pittsburgh Penguins, and 2:03 into the game"s third period, he scored his first career National Hockey League goal on just his second-ever shot.
The goal brought the Rangers to within one goal of tying (which they did), although the team eventually lost in overtime, eliminating them from the playoffs. After scoring points in every pre-season game in which he played, Korpikoski survived cuts to make the Rangers" 23-man roster for the start of the 2008-2009 season, the only rookie to make the team
He later scored his first career regular season National Hockey League goal against Kevin Weekes of the New Jersey Devils on November 12, 2008.
On July 13, 2009, Korpikoski was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Enver Lisin. On July 11, 2013, the Coyotes re-signed Korpikoski to a four-year contract extension. On June 30, 2015, with two seasons left on his contract, Korpikoski was traded by the rebuilding Coyotes to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Boyd Gordon.
He scored his first career National Hockey League hat trick on December 11, 2015 against the New York Rangers.