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Defence · #50

Juuso Riikola

Age
32
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
86 kg
Born
Joensuu, FIN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2018–19 to 2021–22

Games
80
Goals
3
Points
13
TOI per game
15:05
xGF% (5v5)
52.4%
Goals above expected
−2.2

Season by season

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

2018–19PIT37235+316:41434.7%22.549.2%
2019–20PIT36167+313:53382.6%22.456.1%
2020–21PIT2000011:2610.0%00.0–
2021–22PIT5011+213:2370.0%00.357.0%
Total1 team8031013+815:05893.4%45.252.4%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.50.61020304050607080
13m14m15m16m17m18m1020304050607080Game

Player card

How 2018–19 to 2021–22 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

66th 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 /600.1542nd pct
  • Assists /600.5028th pct
  • ixG /600.2676th pct
  • Shots /604.4255th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)52.4%81st pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.4%48th pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.478th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.2289th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game15:0520th pct
  • PP time share27.5%75th pct
  • PK time share1.8%4th pct
  • Quality of competition23.6%33rd 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.

−2.2 goals above expected

0123451020304050607080Game

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 speed32.2 km/h6th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph01st pct
  • Hardest shot133.8 km/h14th pct
  • Distance skated16 km10th pct
  • Offensive-zone time50.7%100th 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

32.2 km/h0th pct

2021–22 only

303234363821–222021–22: 32.2 km/h, 0th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.00th pct

2021–22 only

012321–222021–22: 0.0, 0th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

14.5 km95th pct

2021–22 only

1313.51414.51521–222021–22: 14.5 km, 95th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

133.8 km/h2nd pct

2021–22 only

13014015016021–222021–22: 133.8 km/h, 2nd percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

50.7%100th pct

2021–22 only

35%40%45%50%55%21–222021–22: 50.7%, 100th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)