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Centre · #20

Aleksi Heponiemi

Age
27
Shoots
Left
Height
178 cm
Weight
70 kg
Born
Tampere, FIN
Draft
2017, round 2, #40 (FLA)

Career · 2020–21 to 2022–23

Games
25
Goals
2
Points
6
TOI per game
11:12
xGF% (5v5)
48.6%
Goals above expected
−1.6

Season by season

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

2020–21FLA9112+112:14156.7%02.151.8%
2021–22FLA6011−614:0270.0%10.856.7%
2022–23FLA10123−18:35616.7%00.733.1%
Total1 team25246−611:12287.1%13.648.6%

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)
00.10.20.30.41012141618202224
8m9m10m11m12m13m14m1012141618202224Game

Player card

How 2020–21 to 2022–23 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

4th line

20th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

4th line
  • Goals /600.4317th pct
  • Assists /600.8642nd pct
  • ixG /600.7751st pct
  • Goals above expected−1.644th pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)48.6%46th pct
  • CF% (5v5)48.8%46th pct
  • Relative xGF%−7.34th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0040th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game11:1218th pct
  • PP time share2.0%14th pct
  • Offensive zone starts49.4%35th pct
  • Quality of competition22.5%4th 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).

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.

−1.6 goals above expected

01234510152025Game

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

−40−200+20+40

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 speed34.9 km/h30th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph817th pct
  • Hardest shot104.7 km/h5th pct
  • Distance skated22 km16th pct
  • Offensive-zone time36.9%3rd pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards 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 forwardMiddle 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

34.9 km/h17th pct

▲ +1.3 km/h since 2021–22

33343536373821–2222–232021–22: 33.6 km/h, 2nd percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 34.9 km/h, 17th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

5.656th pct

▲ +2.0 since 2021–22

24681021–2222–232021–22: 3.6, 28th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 5.6, 56th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

15.3 km44th pct

▼ −0.6 km since 2021–22

14.51515.51616.521–2222–232021–22: 16.0 km, 71st percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 15.3 km, 44th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

104.7 km/h0th pct

▼ −28.2 km/h since 2021–22

8010012014016021–2222–232021–22: 132.9 km/h, 13th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 104.7 km/h, 0th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

36.9%4th pct

▼ −8.4 points since 2021–22

30%35%40%45%50%21–2222–232021–22: 45.3%, 89th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 36.9%, 4th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)