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Defence · #80 · Rookie

Markus Niemelainen

Age
28
Shoots
Left
Height
196 cm
Weight
91 kg
Born
Kuopio, FIN
Draft
2016, round 3, #63 (EDM)

Career · 2021–22 to 2022–23

Games
43
Goals
0
Points
1
TOI per game
11:30
xGF% (5v5)
46.2%
Goals above expected
−0.9

Season by season

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

2021–22EDM20011−513:12120.0%00.343.8%
2022–23EDM23000+310:02160.0%00.548.7%
Total1 team43011−211:30280.0%00.946.2%

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)
00.020.040.060.080.110152025303540
9m10m11m12m13m14m10152025303540Game

Player card

How 2021–22 to 2022–23 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

3rd 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

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.004th pct
  • Assists /600.121st pct
  • ixG /600.107th pct
  • Shots /603.4025th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)46.2%26th pct
  • CF% (5v5)47.6%35th pct
  • Relative xGF%−5.84th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.8817th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game11:301st pct
  • PP time share0.4%5th pct
  • PK time share20.5%37th pct
  • Quality of competition23.9%45th 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.

−0.9 goals above expected

00.20.40.60.81510152025303540Game

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

−15−10−50+5+10+15+20+25

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed35.2 km/h63rd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph1242nd pct
  • Hardest shot140.0 km/h24th pct
  • Distance skated52 km26th pct
  • Offensive-zone time41.2%41st pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

35.2 km/h51st pct

▲ +0.4 km/h since 2021–22

3434.53535.53636.521–2222–232021–22: 34.8 km/h, 39th percentile (20 games)2022–23: 35.2 km/h, 51st percentile (23 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

3.190th pct

▲ +1.3 since 2021–22

0123421–2222–232021–22: 1.8, 62nd percentile (20 games)2022–23: 3.1, 90th percentile (23 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.5 km51st pct

▼ −0.1 km since 2021–22

1313.213.413.613.81414.221–2222–232021–22: 13.6 km, 49th percentile (20 games)2022–23: 13.5 km, 51st percentile (23 games)

Hardest shot

140.0 km/h8th pct

▼ −10.7 km/h since 2021–22

13514014515015516021–2222–232021–22: 150.7 km/h, 45th percentile (20 games)2022–23: 140.0 km/h, 8th percentile (23 games)

Offensive-zone time

41.2%42nd pct

▼ −1.9 points since 2021–22

39%40%41%42%43%44%21–2222–232021–22: 43.1%, 71st percentile (20 games)2022–23: 41.2%, 42nd percentile (23 games)