D · PIT · NHL id 8480945
Juuso Riikola has played 5 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2021-22, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 7 shots while averaging 13:23 a night (11:30 at even strength, 1:35 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Penguins have controlled 54% of shot attempts with Riikola on the ice (4-2 in goals, 77% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against OTT he was on D3 with Mark Friedman and on PP2. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 3.4% across the 80 games in our data.
Right now
From the Nov 13 game vs OTT, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2021-22 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 5 games, 13:06 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2021-22 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 5 GP in 2021-22: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.
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
2021-22 · 14 attempts, 7 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at PIT: 14 attempts, 7 on goal, 0 goals, 0.33 expected goals; best chance Juuso Riikola at 0.17 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2021-22 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2019-20 regular season · 34 of 36 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.025
- Season net
- −0.18xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.41
- Attempts
- 3
- 0.001
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2021-22 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Riikola
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
5 games in 2021-22, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13 | @ OTT | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 15:08 | 13:49 | 1:19 | — |
| Nov 9 | @ CHI | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9:45 | 8:37 | 1:08 | — |
| Nov 6 | vs MIN | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 12:45 | 11:04 | 1:17 | — |
| Nov 4 | vs PHI | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 11:18 | 10:25 | 0:42 | — |
| Oct 30 | vs NJD | L 2-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 18:00 | 13:37 | 3:30 | — |
Season splits by strength
2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 5 | 66:56 | 13:23 | 85 | 61 | 58.2% | 57.5% | 46 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 67% | 5.0 | 3.2 | 75% |
| Even strength | 5 | 57:32 | 11:30 | 67 | 56 | 54.5% | 54.3% | 39 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 67% | 4.0 | 3.1 | 77% |
| 5v5 | 5 | 57:32 | 11:30 | 67 | 56 | 54.5% | 54.3% | 39 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 67% | 4.0 | 3.1 | 77% |
| Power play | 5 | 7:56 | 1:35 | 15 | 3 | 83.3% | 81.8% | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.9 | 0.0 | 50% |
| 5v4 | 5 | 7:56 | 1:35 | 15 | 3 | 83.3% | 81.8% | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.9 | 0.0 | 50% |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | PIT | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 7 | 0.0% | 13 | 2 | 13:23 |
| 2020-21 | PIT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 5 | 1 | 11:26 |
| 2019-20 | PIT | 36 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +3 | 6 | 38 | 2.6% | 74 | 24 | 13:53 |
| 2018-19 | PIT | 37 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +3 | 10 | 43 | 4.7% | 86 | 38 | 16:41 |
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.