- Age
- 51
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 178 cm
- Weight
- 82 kg
- Born
- Turku, FIN
- Draft
- 1993, round 1, #21 (MTL)
Career · 2009–10 to 2013–14
- Games
- 332
- Goals
- 64
- Points
- 191
- TOI per game
- 17:46
- xGF% (5v5)
- 46.1%
- Goals above expected
- +2.6
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2009–10 to 2013–14 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
3rd line
46th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
2nd line- Goals /600.6545th pct
- Assists /601.2981st pct
- ixG /600.6237th pct
- Goals above expected+2.674th pct
Play-driving
4th line- xGF% (5v5)46.1%23rd pct
- CF% (5v5)46.9%27th pct
- Relative xGF%−2.930th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.2018th pct
Usage
1st line- TOI per game17:4685th pct
- PP time share31.9%63rd pct
- Offensive zone starts41.2%15th pct
- Quality of competition25.1%81st pct
Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).
Faceoffs
How often Koivu wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2013–14, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 929+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
51.8%
2900–2700 · #57 of 176 regulars, 68th percentile
Against an average centre
52.3%
Opponents won 50.5% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.5% against them.
Wins above average
+126
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
16.9
5,600 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone56.0% 793–624
- Neutral zone51.3% 987–937
- Defensive zone49.6% 1120–1139
By strength
- Even strength51.7% 2044–1908
- Power play59.6% 356–241
- Shorthanded47.8% 450–492
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +8 after a win, −17 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.5 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Joe Pavelski43.8% 53–68
- Jarret Stoll38.3% 46–74
- Martin Hanzal52.1% 61–56
- Anze Kopitar48.3% 56–60
- Mikko Koivu51.4% 56–53
- Antoine Vermette50.0% 54–54
- Henrik Sedin49.1% 52–54
- Jonathan Toews35.6% 36–65
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 1110 | 51.5% | 52.2% |
| 2010–11 | 1339 | 52.8% | 53.2% |
| 2011–12 | 1233 | 52.4% | 52.7% |
| 2012–13 | 851 | 51.4% | 51.9% |
| 2013–14 | 1067 | 50.4% | 50.8% |
Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.
+2.6 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games