Centre · #51
Valtteri Filppula
Detroit Red Wings
Tampa Bay Lightning
Philadelphia Flyers
New York Islanders(traded during the season)- Age
- 42
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 86 kg
- Born
- Vantaa, FIN
- Draft
- 2002, round 3, #95 (DET)
Career · 2009–10 to 2020–21
- Games
- 821
- Goals
- 156
- Points
- 436
- TOI per game
- 17:28
- xGF% (5v5)
- 48.0%
- Goals above expected
- +31.7
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2009–10 | DET | 55 | 11 | 24 | 35 | −4 | 18:14 | 114 | 9.6% | 8 | 11.4 | – |
| 2010–11 | DET | 71 | 16 | 23 | 39 | −1 | 16:43 | 115 | 13.9% | 8 | 10.4 | 49.6% |
| 2011–12 | DET | 81 | 23 | 43 | 66 | +18 | 18:16 | 144 | 16.0% | 11 | 19.4 | 51.2% |
| 2012–13 | DET | 41 | 9 | 8 | 17 | −4 | 17:47 | 78 | 11.5% | 3 | 8.0 | 52.1% |
| 2013–14 | TBL | 75 | 25 | 33 | 58 | +5 | 19:59 | 131 | 19.1% | 20 | 11.8 | 49.4% |
| 2014–15 | TBL | 82 | 12 | 36 | 48 | −14 | 19:01 | 91 | 13.2% | 17 | 10.7 | 50.3% |
| 2015–16 | TBL | 76 | 8 | 23 | 31 | −6 | 18:15 | 101 | 7.9% | 8 | 8.7 | 50.5% |
| 2016–17 | TBL | 59 | 7 | 27 | 34 | +1 | 17:30 | 74 | 9.5% | 7 | 7.6 | 48.2% |
| 2016–17 | PHI | 20 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −2 | 17:08 | 23 | 21.7% | 0 | 2.8 | 45.0% |
| 2016–17 | All teams | 79 | 12 | 30 | 42 | −1 | 17:24 | 97 | 12.4% | 7 | 10.4 | 47.4% |
| 2017–18 | PHI | 81 | 11 | 22 | 33 | −7 | 16:29 | 70 | 15.7% | 4 | 11.0 | 43.2% |
| 2018–19 | NYI | 72 | 17 | 14 | 31 | +19 | 14:16 | 78 | 21.8% | 0 | 10.2 | 46.6% |
| 2019–20 | DET | 70 | 6 | 15 | 21 | −42 | 16:37 | 63 | 9.5% | 5 | 8.9 | 41.7% |
| 2020–21 | DET | 38 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −1 | 15:36 | 25 | 24.0% | 0 | 3.3 | 45.9% |
| Total | 4 teams | 821 | 156 | 280 | 436 | −38 | 17:28 | 1,107 | 14.1% | 91 | 124.3 | 48.0% |
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 2020–21 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
2nd line
63rd 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 /600.6550th pct
- Assists /601.1777th pct
- ixG /600.5218th pct
- Goals above expected+31.797th pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)48.0%40th pct
- CF% (5v5)49.0%48th pct
- Relative xGF%−3.724th pct
- Penalty diff /600.2367th pct
Usage
1st line- TOI per game17:2888th pct
- PP time share39.7%76th pct
- Offensive zone starts55.5%47th pct
- Quality of competition24.6%75th 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 Filppula wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2020–21, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 2256+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
50.6%
4966–4845 · #93 of 199 regulars, 54th percentile
Against an average centre
50.8%
Opponents won 50.2% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.8% against them.
Wins above average
+76
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
12.2
9,811 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 zone52.4% 1739–1582
- Neutral zone48.9% 1593–1662
- Defensive zone50.5% 1634–1601
By strength
- Even strength50.8% 3912–3793
- Power play54.5% 672–562
- Shorthanded43.7% 370–476
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +12 after a win, −16 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Sidney Crosby45.5% 75–90
- Travis Zajac37.6% 53–88
- Patrice Bergeron42.6% 55–74
- Kyle Turris54.0% 68–58
- Jonathan Toews47.5% 57–63
- Derick Brassard48.3% 58–62
- Claude Giroux45.3% 53–64
- Tyler Bozak51.8% 59–55
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 573 | 51.7% | 52.2% |
| 2010–11 | 928 | 51.5% | 51.9% |
| 2011–12 | 373 | 51.7% | 52.4% |
| 2012–13 | 323 | 55.4% | 55.5% |
| 2013–14 | 1326 | 52.3% | 52.3% |
| 2014–15 | 1185 | 52.4% | 52.5% |
| 2015–16 | 1216 | 52.0% | 52.2% |
| 2016–17 | 1162 | 47.8% | 48.2% |
| 2017–18 | 950 | 51.3% | 50.9% |
| 2018–19 | 811 | 49.1% | 49.3% |
| 2019–20 | 722 | 44.9% | 44.9% |
| 2020–21 | 242 | 45.0% | 44.6% |
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.
+31.7 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games