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Ice Lab

Defence · #15

Sami Niku

Winnipeg Jets Montréal Canadiens(traded during the season)
Age
29
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
80 kg
Born
Haapavesi, FIN
Draft
2015, round 7, #198 (WPG)

Career · 2017–18 to 2021–22

Games
67
Goals
2
Points
16
TOI per game
14:41
xGF% (5v5)
41.6%
Goals above expected
−0.4

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 ice872:5643.7%43.9%41.6%41.9%2.002.8134321,022.9
Team with player off ice2168:5046.7%47.0%44.8%45.0%2.262.7889951,004.8
Relative (on − off)–-3.0%–-3.2%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 4 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

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

Quality of competition
23.4%
Opponents' xGF%: 50.5%
Quality of teammates
23.4%
Teammates' xGF%: 46.6%
Offensive zone starts
56.6%
62.2% 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%22.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsGallagherDeslauriersRoseGalchenyukMcCarronScherbakByronCarrShawLehkonenDrouinSchlemkoAlznerPetryReillyLernoutJuulsenDomiSuzukiKotkaniemiKovalchukCousinsWeiseDanaultPoehlingWealThompsonTatarWeberChiarotFleuryScandellaMeteAndersonArmiaToffoliPerryRomanovEdmundsonKulakEvansCaufieldDvorakHoffmanPerreaultSavardPaquettePezzettaBelzileWidemanYlonenClagueSchuenemanDauphinNiku

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
41.6%
33.0%