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Defence · #4

Juuso Välimäki

Calgary Flames Arizona Coyotes Utah Hockey Club(traded during the season)
Age
28
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
91 kg
Born
Tampere, FIN
Draft
2017, round 1, #16 (CGY)

Career · 6 seasons

Games
43
Goals
2
Points
5
TOI per game
16:33
xGF% (5v5)
52.0%
Goals above expected
−0.5
ShowAll teamsCalgary FlamesArizona CoyotesUtah Hockey Club

Season by season

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

2018–19CGY24123−215:29283.6%01.248.2%
After a break: 2020–21CGY492911−215:26722.8%02.754.0%
2021–22CGY9022015:42110.0%00.349.6%
2022–23ARI7843034−1018:11934.3%126.450.8%
2023–24ARI6821517+1219:06692.9%44.249.8%
2024–25UTA43235−516:33405.0%02.552.0%
Total3 teams271116172−717:203133.5%1617.350.9%

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)
00.10.20.310152025303540
14m15m16m17m18m19m10152025303540Game

Player card

Model-based

How 6 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

76th 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

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.1435th pct
  • Assists /600.7869th pct
  • ixG /600.2268th pct
  • Shots /604.0051st pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)50.9%69th pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.5%68th pct
  • Relative xGF%+2.888th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4169th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game17:2050th pct
  • PP time share17.7%68th pct
  • PK time share16.6%34th pct
  • Quality of competition24.2%48th 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).

Most similar players this season

  1. Erik BrannstromOTT/VAN0.84
  2. Declan ChisholmMIN0.76
  3. Jordan SpenceLAK0.74
  4. Matt GrzelcykBOS0.72
  5. Victor MeteMTL/OTT0.70
  6. Darren RaddyshTBL0.68

Finishing

Model-based

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.

−0.5 goals above expected

00.511.522.5510152025303540Game

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

−20−100+10+20+30

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 speed35.1 km/h58th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph2658th pct
  • Hardest shot132.0 km/h11th pct
  • Distance skated172 km39th pct
  • Offensive-zone time41.7%50th 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

35.1 km/h47th pct

▼ −0.8 km/h since 2023–24

303234363821–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 32.3 km/h, 0th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 35.2 km/h, 45th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 35.8 km/h, 69th percentile (68 games)2024–25: 35.1 km/h, 47th percentile (43 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.272nd pct

▲ +0.9 since 2023–24

012321–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 0.4, 10th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 1.2, 40th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 1.2, 36th percentile (68 games)2024–25: 2.2, 72nd percentile (43 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.5 km92nd pct

▲ +0.3 km since 2023–24

12.51313.51414.51521–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 13.9 km, 67th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 14.4 km, 94th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 14.2 km, 86th percentile (68 games)2024–25: 14.5 km, 92nd percentile (43 games)

Hardest shot

132.0 km/h3rd pct

▼ −3.5 km/h since 2023–24

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 128.4 km/h, 1st percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 141.3 km/h, 14th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 135.6 km/h, 6th percentile (68 games)2024–25: 132.0 km/h, 3rd percentile (43 games)

Offensive-zone time

41.7%49th pct

▲ +0.5 points since 2023–24

39%40%41%42%43%44%21–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 43.4%, 74th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 42.1%, 57th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 41.2%, 42nd percentile (68 games)2024–25: 41.7%, 49th percentile (43 games)