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Ice Lab

Right wing · #8

Saku Maenalanen

Carolina Hurricanes Winnipeg Jets(traded during the season)
Age
32
Shoots
Left
Height
193 cm
Weight
97 kg
Born
Kemi, FIN
Draft
2013, round 5, #125 (NSH)

Career · 2 seasons

Games
98
Goals
8
Points
18
TOI per game
10:01
xGF% (5v5)
45.6%
Goals above expected
−1.5

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 ice866:0346.3%46.8%45.6%45.6%2.112.5127291,009.8
Team with player off ice3839:1353.8%54.2%54.0%54.1%2.812.391691461,004.3
Relative (on − off)–-7.5%–-8.4%––––––

Usage

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

Quality of competition
23.5%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.3%
Quality of teammates
24.2%
Teammates' xGF%: 52.1%
Offensive zone starts
46.6%
66.1% 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%23.023.524.024.525.025.5Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsCoppHayesTanevLowryLittleWheelerEhlersRoslovicLaineScheifeleConnorPerreaultKulikovChiarotTroubaMyersNikuBeaulieuGustafssonAppletonBarronDuboisGagnerPerfettiDeMeloPionkDillonMorrisseyStanleySchmidtJonsson-FjallbySambergHarkinsCapobiancoEyssimontHeinolaKuhlmanStenlundNiederreiterNamestnikovMaenalanen

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
45.6%
37.9%