- Age
- 32
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 82 kg
- Born
- Espoo, FIN
- Draft
- Undrafted
Career · 2018–19 to 2020–21
- Games
- 51
- Goals
- 4
- Points
- 15
- TOI per game
- 10:40
- xGF% (5v5)
- 55.2%
- Goals above expected
- −3.3
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2018–19 to 2020–21 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
3rd line
53rd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
3rd line- Goals /600.4418th pct
- Assists /601.2176th pct
- ixG /600.8161st pct
- Goals above expected−3.327th pct
Play-driving
1st line- xGF% (5v5)55.2%93rd pct
- CF% (5v5)51.7%75th pct
- Relative xGF%+3.386th pct
- Penalty diff /600.0039th pct
Usage
Extra / AHL- TOI per game10:4014th pct
- PP time share1.6%11th pct
- Offensive zone starts63.2%67th pct
- Quality of competition23.5%27th 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).
Most similar players this season
Faceoffs
How often Suomela wins the draw over 2018–19 to 2020–21, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 517+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
48.1%
167–180 · below the 517 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
47.4%
Opponents won 49.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.7% against them.
Wins above average
−9
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
7.2
347 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone48.7% 56–59
- Neutral zone48.6% 70–74
- Defensive zone46.6% 41–47
By strength
- Even strength48.2% 163–175
- Power play60.0% 3–2
- Shorthanded25.0% 1–3
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +19 after a win, −16 after a loss. Each win was worth 2.5 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Robert Thomas54.5% 6–5
- Nick Schmaltz72.7% 8–3
- Lucas Wallmark33.3% 3–6
- Sam Steel0.0% 0–8
- Jason Dickinson28.6% 2–5
- Jori Lehtera50.0% 3–3
- Evan Rodrigues66.7% 4–2
- Sebastian Aho33.3% 2–4
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | 229 | 44.5% | 44.1% |
| 2019–20 | 93 | 54.8% | 54.3% |
| 2020–21 | 25 | 56.0% | 52.2% |
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.
−3.3 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games