
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.
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 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%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- 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
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
- Vincent Lecavalier40.9% 9–13
- Scott Nichol47.1% 8–9
- Manny Malhotra56.3% 9–7
- Ryan Kesler78.6% 11–3
- Gregory Campbell57.1% 8–6
- Patrice Bergeron69.2% 9–4
- Paul Gaustad33.3% 4–8
- Dave Bolland36.4% 4–7
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 443 | 45.4% | 46.4% |
| 2011–12 | 309 | 53.4% | 53.9% |
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
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games