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Defence · #34

Ville Heinola

Winnipeg Jets
Age
25
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
84 kg
Born
Honkajoki, FIN
Draft
2019, round 1, #20 (WPG)

Career · 6 seasons

Games
58
Goals
1
Points
12
TOI per game
14:49
xGF% (5v5)
47.8%
Goals above expected
−1.8

Season by season

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

2019–20WPG8145+318:041010.0%10.341.7%
2020–21WPG5000−215:3290.0%00.242.0%
2021–22WPG12055−214:54250.0%01.246.0%
2022–23WPG10011−513:1650.0%00.250.4%
After a break: 2024–25WPG18011+614:11120.0%00.549.7%
2025–26WPG5000014:0670.0%00.458.9%
Total1 team5811112014:49681.5%12.847.8%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.51020304050
12m13m14m15m16m17m1020304050Game

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

3rd pair

32nd 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 /600.0712th pct
  • Assists /600.7767th pct
  • ixG /600.2060th pct
  • Shots /604.7575th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)47.8%38th pct
  • CF% (5v5)47.8%36th pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.628th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.6236th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game14:4919th pct
  • PP time share14.1%64th pct
  • PK time share1.8%3rd pct
  • Quality of competition23.6%22nd 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. Jeremy Davies0.84
  2. Dean Kukan0.84
  3. Zac Jones0.81
  4. Mikko Lehtonen0.79
  5. Declan ChisholmWPG/MIN0.72
  6. Christian Wolanin0.71

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.

−1.8 goals above expected

-0.500.511.522.531020304050Game

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

−20−100+10+20+30+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 speed32.7 km/h11th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph215th pct
  • Hardest shot125.8 km/h11th pct
  • Distance skated17 km15th pct
  • Offensive-zone time40.8%36th 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

32.7 km/h1st pct

▼ −2.0 km/h since 2024–25

32333435363721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 33.6 km/h, 10th percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 34.3 km/h, 23rd percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 34.6 km/h, 31st percentile (18 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 32.7 km/h, 1st percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.754th pct

▼ −0.4 since 2024–25

012321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 0.7, 21st percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 1.4, 48th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 2.1, 71st percentile (18 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 1.7, 54th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

14.8 km99th pct

▲ +0.5 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.51521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 14.3 km, 92nd percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 14.4 km, 92nd percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 14.3 km, 83rd percentile (18 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 14.8 km, 99th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

125.8 km/h0th pct

▼ −9.2 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 149.7 km/h, 42nd percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 135.9 km/h, 3rd percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 134.9 km/h, 5th percentile (18 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 125.8 km/h, 0th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

40.8%37th pct

▼ −1.7 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 42.7%, 66th percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 43.9%, 79th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 42.5%, 61st percentile (18 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 40.8%, 37th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)