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Ice Lab

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
280
Goals
33
Points
126
TOI per game
20:36
xGF% (5v5)
52.6%
Goals above expected
+3.7

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice4150:0150.3%50.8%52.6%52.6%2.402.171681501,007.8
Team with player off ice8794:4450.7%51.3%51.8%51.8%2.342.183403011,004.5
Relative (on − off)–-0.4%–0.8%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 8 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
24.2%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.5%
Quality of teammates
22.9%
Teammates' xGF%: 51.8%
Offensive zone starts
51.8%
54.3% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%22.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsCoglianoSelanneRyanPerryKoivuBoninoGetzlafWinnikBeleskeyPalmieriEtemSmith-PellyFowlerSbisaBeaucheminSourayAllenLydmanSteckelLovejoyDvorakMaroonPerreaultSilfverbergFistricPennerLindholmHollandRakellJackmanRobidasKeslerThompsonStonerKarlssonWagnerMansonBourqueBrewerFleischmannSekacWisniewskiDespresHorcoffSantorelliHagelinStewartBieksaHolzerRitchieTheodorePerronGarbuttMcGinnBollVermetteLarssonCramarossaKaseShawMontourKossilaEavesMegnaRasmussenGrantRoyHenriqueWelinskiChimeraPetterssonSprongAbergGibbonsRowneySherwoodDotchinMahuraShoreJonesTerryDeslauriersSteelCarrickLundeströmComtoisGudbransonZottoVatanen

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
50.8%
53.1%