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Right wing · #48

Valtteri Puustinen

Pittsburgh Penguins
Age
27
Shoots
Right
Height
180 cm
Weight
82 kg
Born
Kuopio, FIN
Draft
2019, round 7, #203 (PIT)

Career · 3 seasons

Games
66
Goals
7
Points
24
TOI per game
11:22
xGF% (5v5)
54.1%
Goals above expected
−2.7

Season by season

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

2021–22PIT1011+210:1410.0%00.268.5%
After a break: 2023–24PIT5251520+411:45865.8%28.454.8%
2024–25PIT13213−49:54825.0%21.148.3%
Total1 team6671724+211:22957.4%49.754.1%

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)
00.20.40.60.8102030405060
8m10m12m14m16m102030405060Game

Player card

Model-based

How 3 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd line

58th 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

3rd line
  • Goals /600.5630th pct
  • Assists /601.3680th pct
  • ixG /600.7851st pct
  • Goals above expected−2.735th pct

Play-driving

2nd line
  • xGF% (5v5)54.1%86th pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.9%70th pct
  • Relative xGF%+3.485th pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.1625th pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game11:2221st pct
  • PP time share26.4%54th pct
  • Offensive zone starts66.5%82nd pct
  • Quality of competition24.0%46th 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

  1. Arthur Kaliyev0.77
  2. Philip TomasinoPIT0.75
  3. Luke EvangelistaNSH0.71
  4. Jesse PuljujarviPIT0.71
  5. Olle LycksellPHI0.71
  6. Nic Petan0.68

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.

−2.7 goals above expected

0246810102030405060Game

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

−30−20−100+10+20+30+40+50

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 speed37.1 km/h85th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph3134th pct
  • Hardest shot108.8 km/h5th pct
  • Distance skated34 km20th pct
  • Offensive-zone time44.3%81st 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

37.1 km/h81st pct

▲ +1.3 km/h since 2023–24

33343536373821–2222–2323–2424–252022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 33.9 km/h, 3rd percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 35.8 km/h, 44th percentile (52 games)2024–25: 37.1 km/h, 81st percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

14.597th pct

▲ +6.4 since 2023–24

01020304021–2222–2323–2424–252022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 29.3, 100th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 8.1, 78th percentile (52 games)2024–25: 14.5, 97th percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

16.0 km75th pct

▲ +0.3 km since 2023–24

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–252022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 15.2 km, 32nd percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 15.7 km, 60th percentile (52 games)2024–25: 16.0 km, 75th percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

108.8 km/h0th pct

▼ −41.7 km/h since 2023–24

10012014016021–2222–2323–2424–252022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 120.7 km/h, 1st percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 150.5 km/h, 83rd percentile (52 games)2024–25: 108.8 km/h, 0th percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

44.3%82nd pct

▲ +0.5 points since 2023–24

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–252022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 39.8%, 26th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 43.9%, 75th percentile (52 games)2024–25: 44.3%, 82nd percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)