RW · VAN · NHL id 8477937
Jake Virtanen has played 38 games for the Vancouver Canucks in 2020-21, scoring 5 goals and 0 assists (5 points) on 50 shots while averaging 12:15 a night (11:25 at even strength, 0:36 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Canucks have controlled 44% of shot attempts with Virtanen on the ice (9-11 in goals, 43% offensive-zone starts). In the Canucks' most recent game against TOR he was on L4 with J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser and on PP2; moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 10.0% this season against 9.9% across the 252 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 29 game vs TOR, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2020-21 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 19 games, 13:05 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 10 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
Puck and player tracking
No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.
Shot map
2020-21 · 98 attempts, 50 on goal, 5 goals
Shot map, OPP at VAN: 98 attempts, 50 on goal, 5 goals, 5.82 expected goals; best chance Jake Virtanen at 0.26 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2020-21 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2020-21 regular season · 37 of 38 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- +0.020
- Season net
- +0.15xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.84
- Attempts
- 6
- 0.072
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to L2 from L4Apr 5, 2018 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1Feb 26, 2018 alerts →
- Moved up to L2 from L4Dec 23, 2017 alerts →
Linemates
2020-21 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Virtanen
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
38 games in 2020-21, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29 | @ TOR | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 50% | 13:50 | 11:52 | 1:16 | — |
| Apr 28 | @ OTT | L 3-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 9:29 | 8:40 | 0:49 | — |
| Apr 26 | @ OTT | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 11:39 | 9:58 | — | — |
| Apr 24 | vs OTT | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 8:54 | 8:39 | 0:15 | — |
| Apr 22 | vs OTT | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0% | 11:32 | 9:49 | 1:27 | — |
| Apr 20 | vs TOR | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 12:44 | 12:09 | 0:35 | — |
| Mar 24 | vs WPG | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12:56 | 11:44 | 0:53 | — |
| Mar 22 | vs WPG | L 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 15:59 | 15:25 | 0:34 | — |
| Mar 20 | @ MTL | OTL 4-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 12:37 | 12:37 | — | — |
| Mar 19 | @ MTL | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 13:02 | 11:46 | 1:16 | — |
| Mar 17 | @ OTT | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 16:35 | 16:18 | 0:17 | — |
| Mar 15 | @ OTT | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:56 | 13:56 | — | — |
| Mar 13 | vs EDM | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 15:17 | 15:17 | — | — |
| Mar 10 | vs MTL | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11:30 | 10:12 | 1:18 | — |
| Mar 8 | vs MTL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14:38 | 14:19 | 0:19 | — |
| Mar 6 | vs TOR | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 17:22 | 16:46 | — | — |
| Mar 4 | vs TOR | W 3-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | 15:10 | 13:31 | 0:12 | — |
| Mar 2 | @ WPG | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 12:47 | 12:05 | 0:42 | — |
| Mar 1 | @ WPG | W 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 14:40 | 13:10 | 0:29 | — |
| Feb 25 | vs EDM | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 11:59 | 11:58 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2020-21 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 38 | 465:36 | 12:15 | 380 | 459 | 45.3% | 45.2% | 204 | 255 | 11 | 13 | 46% | 19.3 | 23.6 | 45% |
| Even strength | 38 | 434:06 | 11:25 | 342 | 436 | 44.0% | 44.0% | 181 | 239 | 9 | 11 | 45% | 16.2 | 20.5 | 42% |
| 5v5 | 38 | 429:04 | 11:17 | 339 | 433 | 43.9% | 44.0% | 180 | 237 | 9 | 11 | 45% | 16.0 | 20.2 | 43% |
| Power play | 25 | 22:44 | 0:55 | 28 | 11 | 71.8% | 69.7% | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 67% | 2.6 | 0.8 | 89% |
| 3v3 (OT) | 3 | 3:42 | 1:14 | 2 | 3 | 40.0% | 40.0% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.3 | — |
| 5v4 | 25 | 22:12 | 0:53 | 28 | 11 | 71.8% | 69.7% | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 67% | 2.6 | 0.8 | 89% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 10 | 4:44 | 0:28 | 10 | 2 | 83.3% | 75.0% | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.4 | 1.4 | 100% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 9 | 3:56 | 0:26 | 0 | 10 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.9 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | VAN | 38 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 41 | 50 | 10.0% | 83 | 12 | 12:15 |
| 2019-20 | VAN | 69 | 18 | 18 | 36 | -4 | 41 | 150 | 12.0% | 102 | 28 | 13:05 |
| 2018-19 | VAN | 70 | 15 | 10 | 25 | -4 | 44 | 154 | 9.7% | 154 | 37 | 14:49 |
| 2017-18 | VAN | 75 | 10 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 46 | 130 | 7.7% | 156 | 29 | 11:59 |
Jake Virtanen news
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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.