C · FLA · NHL id 8478839
Aleksi Saarela has played 9 games for the Florida Panthers in 2019-20, scoring 2 goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 15 shots while averaging 12:15 a night (11:49 at even strength, 0:19 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Panthers have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Saarela on the ice (4-2 in goals, 57% offensive-zone starts). In the Panthers' most recent game against STL he was on L2 with Brett Connolly and Lucas Wallmark and off the power play; added to PP2 in the last game. He is shooting 13.3% this season.
Right now
From the Mar 9 game vs STL, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2019-20 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 6 games, 12:30 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 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
2019-20 · 24 attempts, 15 on goal, 2 goals
Shot map, OPP at FLA: 24 attempts, 15 on goal, 2 goals, 1.41 expected goals; best chance Aleksi Saarela at 0.19 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2019-20 · 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 · 9 of 9 games through the sequence engine
- +0.046
- Season net
- +0.08xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 1.69
- Attempts
- 3
- 0.033
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2019-20 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Saarela
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
9 games in 2019-20, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9 | @ STL | W 2-1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 13:18 | 12:46 | 0:32 | — |
| Feb 27 | vs TOR | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12:02 | 12:02 | — | — |
| Feb 25 | @ ARI | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 13:01 | 12:07 | 0:54 | — |
| Feb 22 | @ VGK | L 3-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 12:35 | 12:09 | 0:26 | — |
| Feb 20 | @ LAK | L 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20% | 11:04 | 10:37 | 0:17 | — |
| Feb 19 | @ ANA | W 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 13:11 | 12:31 | 0:40 | — |
| Dec 10 | vs TBL | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | 11:46 | 11:46 | — | — |
| Dec 8 | vs SJS | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 12:44 | 11:54 | 0:03 | — |
| Dec 7 | vs CBJ | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 10:33 | 10:33 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2019-20 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 9 | 110:14 | 12:15 | 106 | 118 | 47.3% | 51.4% | 62 | 65 | 7 | 3 | 70% | 6.3 | 4.7 | 57% |
| Even strength | 9 | 106:25 | 11:49 | 95 | 116 | 45.0% | 48.2% | 54 | 65 | 4 | 3 | 57% | 4.7 | 4.7 | 57% |
| 5v5 | 9 | 106:13 | 11:48 | 95 | 115 | 45.2% | 48.5% | 54 | 64 | 4 | 2 | 67% | 4.7 | 4.5 | 57% |
| Power play | 6 | 2:52 | 0:29 | 9 | 1 | 90.0% | 100.0% | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0.7 | 0.0 | — |
| 5v4 | 6 | 2:52 | 0:29 | 9 | 1 | 90.0% | 100.0% | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0.7 | 0.0 | — |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | FLA | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 0 | 15 | 13.3% | 1 | 3 | 12:15 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | CAR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 9:10 |
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.