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Goalie · #31

Leevi Meriläinen

Ottawa Senators Vancouver Canucks(traded during the season)
Age
24
Catches
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
84 kg
Born
Oulu, FIN
Draft
2020, round 3, #71 (OTT)

Career · 4 seasons

Games
36
Save %
.888
GAA
2.92
GSAx
−17.1
Wins
17
HD save %
.689

Season by season

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

2022–23OTT22011.8784.230−0.7
After a break: 2024–25OTT1211831.9251.993+4.0
2025–26OTT20198101.8603.510−21.4
2026–27VAN21100.9431.320+1.0
Total2 teams363317143.8882.923−17.1

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Save percentage, ten-game rolling

Leevi Meriläinen's save percentage over the previous ten appearances. The dashed line is .900.

.840.860.880.900.920.940101520253035Appearance.900

Player card

How 4 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Backup

6th percentile among qualified goalies, blending goaltending 75%, usage 25%.

  1. Starter
  2. Backup
  3. Third string / AHL

Goaltending

Backup
  • Save %.88815th pct
  • GSAx−17.121st pct
  • GSAx /60-0.537th pct
  • High-danger SV%.6895th pct
  • Medium-danger SV%.8235th pct
  • Low-danger SV%.96526th pct
  • Rebound control−1.588th pct
  • GAA (lower is better)2.9253rd pct

Usage

Backup
  • Games started3317th pct
  • Shots faced /6025.957th pct
  • xG faced /602.392nd pct

Percentiles among goalies with 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Saves against expectation

Goals allowed against the expected goals of the shots faced.

Leevi Meriläinen −17.1 GSAx

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GSAx, every goalie with 10+ games

−60−40−200+20+40+60+80+100

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time.

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

  • Goals-against average1.3287th pct
  • Share of games above .900100.0%100th pct
  • Goal differential per 604.63100th pct
  • Goal support per game5.9595th pct
  • Team points % in starts50.0%58th pct