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Elias Pettersson

#25 · Defenseman · Vancouver Canucks

Shoots left · 22 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season5101616:13
Last season7037104614:59

Role

Where he fits on Vancouver right now.

Line

P3 with V. Mancini · 11:28 a game together

Power play

Not on either unit

Penalty kill

Second wave 14 of 17 kills · 0:56 a kill · starts only 4

Ice time

16:13 a game, 5th-most among Vancouver defensemen · 13:17 5-on-5 · 2:38 PK

Competition

Easier opponents than 66% of defensemen · home 58%, road 69%

Easier opponents than 81% of defensemen · home 94%

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

  • Drawing penaltiesTop 5

    0.89 penalties drawn /60better than 98% of defensemen

  • Hardest shot

    98.2 mphharder than 85% of defensemen

  • Hitting

    hitting score 1807.60 hits /60better than 84% of defensemenmore than 94% of defensemen

  • Shot blocking

    blocking score 1225.05 blocks /60better than 83% of defensemenmore than 73% of defensemen

Behind most at his position

  • Setting up goals

    0.24 first assists /60behind 98% of defensemen

  • Time in the offensive zone

    39.6% of his timeless than 94% of defensemen

  • Preventing chances

    +0.12 expected goals against /60behind 90% of defensemen

  • Creating chances

    −0.18 expected goals /60behind 89% of defensemen

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with defensemen who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

  • Drawing penalties

    0.63 penalties drawn /60better than 84% of defensemen

Behind most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most defensemen.

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with defensemen who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other defensemen.

Elias PetterssonAverage defensemanLikely range

This season’s 5 games blended with last season’s 70, and pulled toward the average defenseman by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

This season’s 5 games only, pulled toward the average defenseman. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    −0.18 expected goals /60bottom 11%

    +0.06 expected goals /60top 25%

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    +0.12 expected goals against /60bottom 10%

    no measurable changeaverage

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    9.5 shot attempts /60average

    10.5 shot attempts /60top 34%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.14 expected goals /60bottom 22%

    0.19 expected goals /60top 40%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    +0.5 goals above expected /100 shotstop 13%

    +0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 32%

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.24 first assists /60bottom 2%

    0.33 first assists /60average

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    0.72 expected goals /60too few games

    0.72 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.96 expected goals for /60top 17%

    0.93 expected goals for /60top 27%

Physical and puck

  • Hitting
    Avoids contactPhysical

    hitting score 180top 16%7.60 hits /60top 6%

    hitting score 131top 27%5.18 hits /60top 16%

  • Shot blocking
    Rarely blocksShot blocker

    blocking score 122top 17%5.05 blocks /60top 27%

    blocking score 111top 30%6.66 blocks /60top 1%

  • Takeaways
    RarePuck thief

    takeaway score 104top 39%0.85 takeaways /60top 44%

    takeaway score 108top 36%1.48 takeaways /60top 3%

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penaltiesTop 5
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.89 penalties drawn /60top 2%

    0.63 penalties drawn /60top 16%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.73 penalties taken /60bottom 41%

    0.69 penalties taken /60average

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average defenseman); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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91 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 4 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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8 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left16
  • Wide right16
  • Over the net4
  • Off the post or crossbar2
  • Short or other1

39 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

  • Wide left1
  • Wide right1
  • Over the net0
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other0

2 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

  • Top speed
    SlowerBurner

    22.6 mphtop 21%

    20.3 mphbottom 28%

  • Fast bursts
    RareFrequent

    2.2 bursts /60top 31%

    0.7 bursts /60bottom 27%

  • Hardest shot
    SofterCannon

    98.2 mphtop 15%

    83.2 mphbottom 41%

  • Distance skated
    ShorterCovers ground

    8.57 miles /60top 39%

    8.56 miles /60average

  • Time in the offensive zone
    DefendingAttacking

    39.6% of his timebottom 6%

    41.8% of his timebottom 44%

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.