Blake Pietila

#56Left Wing

2018-19 regular season

SOG

0.0% SH

13:16

TOI/GP

LW · NJD · NHL id 8476370

Blake Pietila has played 19 games for the New Jersey Devils in 2018-19, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 22 shots while averaging 13:16 a night (11:51 at even strength, 0:39 on the power play and 0:46 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Devils have controlled 38% of shot attempts with Pietila on the ice (4-10 in goals, 50% offensive-zone starts). In the Devils' most recent game against BOS he was on L1 with Drew Stafford and Pavel Zacha and on PP2; moved up to L1 (from L3) in the last game. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 0.0% across the 21 games in our data.

Right now

From the Mar 21 game vs BOS, detected from shift data

Line

Drew Stafford Pavel Zacha

Power play

PP2

Drew Stafford Eric Tangradi Stefan Noesen Damon Severson

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Moved up to L1 (from L3) in the last gameLost his PP2 spot in the last gameLast 5: L1/PP2 · L2/PP2 · L4/PP2 · L3/PP2 · L1

Deployment timeline

2018-19 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

12 games shown, 14:44 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shot map

2018-19 · 45 attempts, 22 on goal, 0 goals

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2018-19 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Beyond the box score

2018-19 regular season · 17 of 19 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: +0.040
Season net: +0.15xG

Offensive TK/600.27 (1)

Offensive GV/600.27 (1)

Neutral TK/600.81 (3)

Neutral GV/600.00 (0)

Defensive TK/601.08 (4)

Defensive GV/600.00 (0)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.109
Season: −0.09G
: 43.9%82 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 9-8 · NZ 16-17 · DZ 11-21

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.35
Attempts: 5
: 0.025

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: +0.00G
Per 60: +0.000
Drawn / taken: 3 / 3minors

Method Leaders

: 40.9%
: 49.2%
: 41.3%
Transition CF/60: 4.3
Turnovers won/60: 14.0
Turnovers lost/60: 13.5

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

22 shots on goal, 0 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League
Low Slot	0%	24%
Outside R	14%	4%
Center Point	0%	8%
R Point	0%	7%
R Circle	18%	11%
L Point	0%	7%
R Net Side	9%	3%

Linemates

2018-19 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Pietila

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

19 games in 2018-19, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Mar 21	vs BOS	L 1-5	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	—	15:49	14:32	0:23	0:54
Mar 19	vs WSH	L 1-4	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	20%	14:30	12:51	1:39	—
Mar 17	@ COL	L 0-3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	33%	15:42	9:27	3:28	2:47
Mar 15	@ VAN	W 3-2	0	0	+1	2	2	3	0	43%	15:45	13:56	0:55	0:54
Mar 13	@ EDM	W 6-3	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	47%	18:37	16:42	0:56	0:59
Mar 12	@ CGY	L 4-9	0	0	-2	1	0	0	1	38%	16:01	13:34	2:13	0:09
Mar 9	@ NYR	L 2-4	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	64%	14:01	9:59	1:12	2:50
Mar 8	@ WSH	L 0-3	0	0	-1	1	0	3	3	33%	12:35	9:20	—	3:15
Mar 5	vs CBJ	OTL 1-2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	50%	11:49	10:40	1:09	—
Mar 2	@ BOS	L 0-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	15:20	15:14	0:03	—
Mar 1	vs PHI	L 3-6	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	100%	13:54	12:34	—	1:20
Feb 27	vs CGY	L 1-2	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	100%	12:53	11:48	—	1:05
Jan 17	@ NYI	L 1-4	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	—	11:00	11:00	—	—
Jan 15	@ CBJ	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	—	9:38	9:38	—	—
Jan 12	vs PHI	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	8:06	8:06	—	—
Jan 10	vs TOR	L 2-4	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	—	10:27	10:27	—	—
Jan 8	@ BUF	L 1-5	0	0	-1	1	0	3	1	—	12:47	12:32	0:15	—
Jan 6	@ VGK	L 2-3	0	0	-2	1	0	1	1	—	12:00	12:00	—	—
Jan 4	@ ARI	W 3-2	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	—	11:07	10:47	—	0:20

Season splits by strength

2018-19 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	19	252:01	13:16	175	290	37.6%	37.7%	93	148	4	11	27%	8.7	12.3	44%
Even strength	19	225:07	11:51	157	255	38.1%	37.6%	81	130	4	11	27%	7.4	10.0	49%
5v5	19	222:48	11:44	155	252	38.1%	37.6%	79	127	4	10	29%	6.9	9.8	50%
Power play	10	12:13	1:13	16	4	80.0%	87.5%	10	2	0	0	—	1.3	0.2	—
Penalty kill	10	14:33	1:27	2	31	6.1%	7.7%	2	16	0	0	—	0.0	2.2	0%
5v4	10	12:13	1:13	16	4	80.0%	87.5%	10	2	0	0	—	1.3	0.2	—
4v5	10	13:54	1:23	2	28	6.7%	8.3%	2	16	0	0	—	0.0	1.9	0%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2018-19	NJD	19	0	1	1	-7	6	22	0.0%	36	8	13:16
2017-18	NJD	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0%	5	0	9:28

On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Puck luck

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season