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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 the 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.

Linemate and opposition quality

2024-25 · 5v5 · 913 min on ice · ranked against 273 defencemen

47.7%

teammates' average xGF%

18th percentile · higher = stronger linemates

49.8%

opponents' average ice-time share

36th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes

Plays with weaker-than-usual linemates.

QoT averages the season xGF% of Merrill's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Merrill's opponents get, so a high QoC means facing top lines. Both are weighted by time shared on the ice, lean on last season for small samples, and are ranked within forwards or defence.

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.