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Defence · #25

Joni Pitkanen

Age
43
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
100 kg
Born
Oulu, FIN
Draft
2002, round 1, #4 (PHI)

Career · 2009–10 to 2012–13

Games
195
Goals
17
Points
107
TOI per game
25:13
xGF% (5v5)
48.4%
Goals above expected
−2.6

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2009–10CAR7164046−1127:231613.7%199.4–
2010–11CAR7253035−225:011443.5%126.148.6%
2011–12CAR3051217−1522:18628.1%82.646.5%
2012–13CAR22189+222:49342.9%21.450.2%
Total1 team1951790107−2625:134014.2%4119.648.4%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.811.220406080100120140160180
18m20m22m24m26m28m30m20406080100120140160180Game

Player card

How 2009–10 to 2012–13 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

65th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st pair
  • Goals /600.2165th pct
  • Assists /601.1091st pct
  • ixG /600.2477th pct
  • Shots /604.8981st pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)48.4%35th pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.0%56th pct
  • Relative xGF%+0.963rd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.784th pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game25:1398th pct
  • PP time share56.1%90th pct
  • PK time share25.9%46th pct
  • Quality of competition24.6%60th pct

Percentiles among defencemen 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).

Finishing

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

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

0510152050100150Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−15−10−50+5+10+15+20