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Centre · #15

Petteri Nokelainen

Age
40
Shoots
Right
Height
185 cm
Weight
91 kg
Born
Imatra, FIN
Draft
2004, round 1, #16 (NYI)

Career · 2 seasons

Games
123
Goals
8
Points
20
TOI per game
10:42
xGF% (5v5)
41.8%
Goals above expected
−2.8

Season by season

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

2009–10ANA504711−712:56705.7%25.8–
2009–10PHX17112−210:24185.6%02.2–
2009–10All teams675813−912:17885.7%28.0–
After a break: 2011–12PHX5011−110:5830.0%00.446.9%
2011–12MTL51336−58:35348.8%02.341.1%
2011–12All teams56347−68:48378.1%02.841.8%
Total3 teams12381220−1510:421256.4%210.841.8%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.50.620406080100120
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Player card

How 2 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

5th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.3614th pct
  • Assists /600.5516th pct
  • ixG /600.4912th pct
  • Goals above expected−2.831st pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)41.8%6th pct
  • CF% (5v5)45.8%18th pct
  • Relative xGF%−5.814th pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.1427th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game10:4215th pct
  • PP time share2.6%19th pct
  • Offensive zone starts36.6%11th pct
  • Quality of competition22.7%12th 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 Nokelainen wins the draw over 2 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 407+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

48.7%

366–386 · #122 of 183 regulars, 34th percentile

Against an average centre

49.5%

Opponents won 50.8% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.2% against them.

Wins above average

−4

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

6.2

752 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

45%129 · +0.447%68 · +0.347%139 · +1.059%29 · +1.551%43 · −0.259%34 · +0.150%36 · +3.052%79 · +2.448%195 · +2.6Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone46.6% 96–110
  • Neutral zone49.8% 135–136
  • Defensive zone49.1% 135–140

By strength

  • Even strength50.0% 286–286
  • Power play34.5% 10–19
  • Shorthanded46.3% 63–73

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +5 after a win, −18 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.4 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2009–1044345.4%46.4%
2011–1230953.4%53.9%

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.

−2.8 goals above expected

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40+50+60