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Defence · #45

Sami Vatanen

Age
35
Shoots
Right
Height
178 cm
Weight
84 kg
Born
Jyväskylä, FIN
Draft
2009, round 4, #106 (ANA)

Career · 2012–13 to 2020–21

Games
473
Goals
47
Points
200
TOI per game
20:48
xGF% (5v5)
50.8%
Goals above expected
+0.6

Season by season

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

2012–13ANA8202+315:49633.3%10.349.3%
2013–14ANA4861521+917:27738.2%74.455.4%
2014–15ANA67122537+521:281229.8%176.855.5%
2015–16ANA7192938+821:191406.4%198.552.5%
2016–17ANA7132124+321:401172.6%138.051.4%
2017–18ANA15134−621:06224.5%21.440.7%
2017–18NJD5732528−122:451232.4%116.047.9%
2017–18All teams7242832−722:241452.8%137.446.5%
2018–19NJD5041317−1721:441073.7%54.948.1%
2019–20NJD4751823−1221:45955.3%94.447.1%
2020–21NJD30246+217:14414.9%01.449.1%
2020–21DAL9000+116:17140.0%00.460.6%
2020–21All teams39246+317:01553.6%01.851.4%
Total3 teams47347153200−520:488605.5%8446.450.8%

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)
00.20.40.60.811.2100200300400
14m16m18m20m22m24m26m100200300400Game

Player card

How 2012–13 to 2020–21 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

86th 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 /600.2983rd pct
  • Assists /600.9387th pct
  • ixG /600.2887th pct
  • Shots /605.2481st pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)50.8%71st pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.8%58th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.450th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.3254th pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game20:4882nd pct
  • PP time share47.2%88th pct
  • PK time share32.4%58th pct
  • Quality of competition24.4%69th 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.

+0.6 goals above expected

01020304050100200300400Game

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

−200+20+40+60