D · EDM · NHL id 8479338
Markus Niemelainen has played 23 games for the Edmonton Oilers in 2022-23, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 16 shots while averaging 10:02 a night (9:13 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 0:47 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Oilers have controlled 48% of shot attempts with Niemelainen on the ice (10-8 in goals, 59% offensive-zone starts). He is shooting 0.0% this season against 0.0% across the 43 games in our data.
Right now
From the Jan 7 game vs COL, detected from shift data
No unit data for the most recent game yet. Lines appear once the game's shift data is processed.
Deployment timeline
2022-23 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 8 games, 10:33 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
2022-23 percentiles among skaters at his position
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
2022-23 · 33 attempts, 16 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at EDM: 33 attempts, 16 on goal, 0 goals, 0.56 expected goals; best chance Markus Niemelainen at 0.15 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2022-23 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2022-23 regular season · 20 of 23 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.136
- Season net
- −0.47xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.29
- Attempts
- 1
- 0.000
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 D2 from D3Oct 29, 2022 alerts →
- Moved down to D3 from D2Mar 3, 2022 alerts →
Linemates
2022-23 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Niemelainen
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
23 games in 2022-23, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7 | vs COL | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3:29 | 3:20 | 0:09 | — |
| Jan 5 | vs NYI | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3:06 | 2:19 | — | 0:47 |
| Dec 30 | @ SEA | W 7-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 14:53 | 12:13 | — | 2:40 |
| Dec 27 | @ CGY | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 12:47 | 11:43 | — | 1:04 |
| Dec 23 | vs VAN | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11:48 | 11:48 | — | — |
| Dec 21 | @ DAL | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 16:29 | 15:24 | — | 0:35 |
| Dec 19 | @ NSH | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 13:10 | 13:03 | — | — |
| Dec 17 | vs ANA | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9:20 | 9:20 | — | — |
| Nov 23 | @ NYI | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 8:45 | 8:45 | — | — |
| Nov 21 | @ NJD | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 7:42 | 7:09 | — | 0:33 |
| Nov 12 | @ FLA | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 8:52 | 7:55 | — | 0:57 |
| Nov 10 | @ CAR | L 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 7:53 | 6:59 | — | 0:54 |
| Nov 8 | @ TBL | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 7:22 | 6:45 | — | 0:37 |
| Nov 5 | vs DAL | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 9:49 | 9:24 | — | 0:25 |
| Nov 3 | vs NJD | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | — | 13:20 | 12:46 | — | 0:34 |
| Nov 1 | vs NSH | W 7-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 13:25 | 12:18 | 0:23 | 0:44 |
| Oct 29 | @ CGY | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 15:25 | 14:04 | — | 1:21 |
| Oct 27 | @ CHI | W 6-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 10:52 | 7:34 | 0:04 | 3:14 |
| Oct 26 | @ STL | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8:20 | 7:28 | — | 0:52 |
| Oct 24 | vs PIT | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 9:13 | 7:31 | — | 1:42 |
Season splits by strength
2022-23 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 23 | 230:57 | 10:02 | 202 | 251 | 44.6% | 43.7% | 109 | 135 | 11 | 11 | 50% | 11.1 | 11.6 | 53% |
| Even strength | 23 | 211:54 | 9:13 | 197 | 216 | 47.7% | 46.5% | 105 | 115 | 10 | 8 | 56% | 9.9 | 8.8 | 59% |
| 5v5 | 23 | 209:58 | 9:08 | 197 | 215 | 47.8% | 46.6% | 105 | 114 | 10 | 8 | 56% | 9.9 | 8.6 | 59% |
| Power play | 3 | 0:36 | 0:12 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| Penalty kill | 17 | 17:50 | 1:03 | 3 | 34 | 8.1% | 10.3% | 2 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 0.5 | 2.8 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 17 | 17:50 | 1:03 | 3 | 34 | 8.1% | 10.3% | 2 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 0.5 | 2.8 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | EDM | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 4 | 16 | 0.0% | 61 | 16 | 10:02 |
| 2021-22 | EDM | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 4 | 12 | 0.0% | 82 | 19 | 13:12 |
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.