- Age
- 33
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 91 kg
- Born
- Milford, USA
- Draft
- 2011, round 5, #129 (NJD)
Career · 2015–16 to 2018–19
- Games
- 38
- Goals
- 1
- Points
- 4
- TOI per game
- 12:47
- xGF% (5v5)
- 40.6%
- Goals above expected
- −2.3
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 2015–16 to 2018–19 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
Extra / AHL
6th 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 /600.123rd pct
- Assists /600.377th pct
- ixG /600.416th pct
- Goals above expected−2.338th pct
Play-driving
Extra / AHL- xGF% (5v5)40.6%4th pct
- CF% (5v5)40.5%2nd pct
- Relative xGF%−4.717th pct
- Penalty diff /600.1255th pct
Usage
3rd line- TOI per game12:4741st pct
- PP time share8.0%35th pct
- Offensive zone starts42.2%20th pct
- Quality of competition23.6%38th 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).
Most similar players this season
Faceoffs
How often Pietila wins the draw over 2015–16 to 2018–19, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 810+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
46.5%
59–68 · below the 810 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
45.6%
Opponents won 49.1% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.9% against them.
Wins above average
−6
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
7.1
127 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 zone56.3% 18–14
- Neutral zone50.0% 24–24
- Defensive zone36.2% 17–30
By strength
- Even strength46.5% 47–54
- Power play62.5% 5–3
- Shorthanded38.9% 7–11
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +15 after a win, −34 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.9 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Lars Eller20.0% 2–8
- Sam Gagner57.1% 4–3
- Sidney Crosby33.3% 2–4
- Colby Cave33.3% 2–4
- Bo Horvat50.0% 3–3
- Nic Dowd20.0% 1–4
- Nick Bonino60.0% 3–2
- Adam Gaudette60.0% 3–2
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 45 | 51.1% | 50.8% |
| 2018–19 | 82 | 43.9% | 42.8% |
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.
−2.3 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games