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Centre · #39 · Rookie

Waltteri Merela

Age
28
Shoots
Right
Height
191 cm
Weight
95 kg
Born
Ylojarvi, FIN
Draft
Undrafted

2023–24

Games
19
Goals
1
Points
1
TOI per game
9:49
xGF% (5v5)
49.3%
Goals above expected
−0.7

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice160:0249.2%49.8%49.3%48.7%1.821.87421,039.6
Team with player off ice718:4151.4%51.5%50.3%50.1%2.742.713442986.0
Relative (on − off)–-2.2%–-0.9%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 1 game with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
23.2%
Opponents' xGF%: 47.9%
Quality of teammates
21.3%
Teammates' xGF%: 47.8%
Offensive zone starts
41.3%
59.5% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%22.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsGlendeningPaulPointEyssimontHagelMotteCirelliShearyJeannotKucherovStamkosRaddyshHaanPerbixHedmanCernakSergachevFleuryBarré-BouletWatsonCrozierLillebergChaffeeMerela

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
49.3%
44.7%