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Minnesota Wild

Jon Merrill

#4Defenseman

2024-25 regular season
70
GP
2
G
4
A
6
P
47
SOG
4.3% SH
14:06
TOI/GP

D · MIN · NHL id 8475750

Jon Merrill has played 70 games for the Minnesota Wild in 2024-25, scoring 2 goals and 4 assists (6 points) on 47 shots while averaging 14:06 a night (13:05 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 0:51 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Wild have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Merrill on the ice (29-35 in goals, 40% offensive-zone starts). In the Wild's most recent game against VGK he was on D3 with Zach Bogosian and off the power play. He is shooting 4.3% this season against 4.6% across the 504 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 1 game vs VGK, detected from shift data

Pair
D3
Zach Bogosian
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: D3 · D2 · D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2024-25 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 15 games, 12:44 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 3 line changes.

PPLine333333323▼332▲3▼330m3m7m10m13m17mMar 19Mar 24Mar 27Mar 31Apr 4Apr 9Apr 12Apr 20Apr 24Apr 29
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
15 games shown, 12:44 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2024-25 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed12th1220.4 mph
Bursts 20+ mph21st215
Hardest shot30th3187.4 mph
Offensive-zone time44th4541.3%
Distance skated46th47134.5 mi
High-danger SOG25th251
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2024-25 · 115 attempts, 48 on goal, 2 goals

Shot map, OPP at MIN: 115 attempts, 48 on goal, 2 goals, 1.72 expected goals; best chance Jon Merrill at 0.18 xG.

  • 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

2024-25 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

0123+0.3goals above expected0.2σOct 10Apr 15
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2024-25 regular season · 65 of 70 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.078
Season net
−1.19xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.20
Attempts
3
0.000

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−1.13G
Per 60
−0.069
Drawn / taken
4 / 10minors

MethodLeaders
45.8%
48.6%
45.3%
Transition CF/60
4.1
Turnovers won/60
20.3
Turnovers lost/60
21.6

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
47 shots on goal, 2 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Point28%6%0
Low Slot2%21%0
R Circle0%13%0
Outside L17%5%0
Center Point17%8%2
High Slot0%7%0
L Circle9%13%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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How his goals happened

5 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Mar 27, 2025 vs WSHForecheck turnover—1*61.4—
Jan 7, 2025 vs STLForecheck turnover—069.7—
Mar 19, 2024 @ ANAOff the faceoff—057.4—
Mar 2, 2024 @ STLForecheck turnover—046.3—
Jan 27, 2024 vs ANADeflection—2*47.3deflection

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2024-25 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Merrill

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

72 games in 2024-25, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
May 1POvs VGKL 2-3000+11000—11:5211:49—0:03
Apr 29PO@ VGKOTL 2-3000-10012—12:4712:27—0:20
Apr 15vs ANAW 3-2000-10000—10:389:06—1:32
Apr 12@ VANW 3-200000010—15:0114:17—0:44
Apr 11@ CGYL 2-4000-10000—13:4412:28—1:16
Apr 9vs SJSW 8-7000-21022—13:0713:07——
Apr 6vs DALW 3-200001000—9:378:57—0:40
Apr 4@ NYIL 1-300001204—13:3112:01—1:30
Mar 31@ NJDOTL 2-3011+10010—11:2511:25——
Mar 29vs NJDL 2-5000+10000—12:4912:49——
Mar 27vs WSHW 4-2101+11003—12:4312:43——
Mar 25vs VGKL 1-5000-11010—13:5813:58——
Mar 24@ DALL 0-300000220—12:2912:29——
Mar 22vs BUFW 4-100000002—12:3012:30——
Mar 19vs SEAW 4-0000+11010—14:4414:36—0:08
Mar 17vs LAKW 3-100003002—12:3812:38——
Mar 15vs STLL 1-5000-11011—14:0013:59—0:01
Mar 13vs NYROTL 2-3000-10010—11:2710:21—1:06
Mar 11vs COLW 2-1000-10011—14:2614:26——
Mar 9vs PITL 1-300000001—12:1311:27—0:46

Season splits by strength

2024-25 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations70986:3914:06776104642.6%43.3%378501305237%29.743.437%
Even strength70915:2613:0576292745.1%46.1%370427293645%28.534.641%
5v570913:0613:0376192545.1%46.1%369425293545%28.334.240%
Power play51:230:1700——0000—0.00.050%
Penalty kill4459:441:21119110.8%12.2%8571147%0.86.70%
4v472:200:201233.3%33.3%12010%0.10.3100%
4v54355:441:18118211.8%13.5%8511137%0.85.50%
3v522:281:14060.0%0.0%04010%0.00.90%
5v6, opponent net empty147:430:331253.8%5.3%014020%0.41.8—

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2024-25PlayoffsMIN20000010.0%1212:20
2024-25MIN70246-820474.3%418514:06
2023-24MIN654711030429.5%375712:47
2022-23PlayoffsMIN2000+1230.0%1416:26
2022-23MIN7321012-238434.7%4710715:09
2021-22PlayoffsMIN6011-6070.0%31216:25
2021-22MIN6941620+1522596.8%4611217:07
2020-21PlayoffsMTL13000-4060.0%112312:53
2020-21MTL, DET49055-916410.0%347018:15
2019-20VGK49257+932375.4%517118:09
2018-19PlayoffsVGK7000-1050.0%91818:25
2018-19VGK5731215+1653724.2%717217:53
2017-18PlayoffsVGK8000+21020.0%91515:44
2017-18VGK34123+722303.3%354216:05

Jon Merrill 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.