D · DAL · NHL id 8475222
Sami Vatanen has played 39 games for the Dallas Stars in 2020-21, scoring 2 goals and 4 assists (6 points) on 55 shots while averaging 17:01 a night (14:37 at even strength, 0:14 on the power play and 1:58 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Stars have controlled 53% of shot attempts with Vatanen on the ice (24-20 in goals, 49% offensive-zone starts). In the Stars' most recent game against FLA he was on D2 with Esa Lindell and off the power play; lost his PP2 spot in the last game. He is shooting 3.6% this season against 3.9% across the 212 games in our data.
Right now
From the May 3 game vs FLA, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2020-21 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 7 games, 16:28 average time on ice, PP1 in 2 games, 0 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
2020-21 · 102 attempts, 55 on goal, 2 goals
Shot map, OPP at DAL: 102 attempts, 55 on goal, 2 goals, 1.78 expected goals; best chance Sami Vatanen at 0.15 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2020-21 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2020-21 regular season · 38 of 39 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.039
- Season net
- −0.37xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.95
- Attempts
- 9
- 0.017
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2020-21 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Vatanen
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
39 games in 2020-21, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3 | @ FLA | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 12:04 | 11:50 | — | 0:14 |
| May 1 | @ NSH | OTL 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 15:24 | 14:22 | 1:02 | — |
| Apr 26 | vs CAR | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18:55 | 18:54 | — | 0:01 |
| Apr 24 | @ DET | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 13:41 | 13:41 | — | — |
| Apr 20 | vs DET | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 19:05 | 17:49 | 0:58 | 0:18 |
| Apr 19 | vs DET | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 16:39 | 15:47 | 0:52 | — |
| Apr 17 | vs CBJ | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 19:30 | 16:48 | 2:42 | — |
| Apr 15 | vs CBJ | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16:32 | 15:37 | 0:44 | 0:07 |
| Apr 13 | vs FLA | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 14:40 | 14:12 | 0:28 | — |
| Apr 11 | vs PIT | L 2-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 20:05 | 17:33 | — | 1:38 |
| Apr 9 | vs PIT | L 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 17:00 | 14:18 | — | 2:37 |
| Apr 8 | @ BUF | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 18:57 | 15:10 | — | 3:47 |
| Apr 6 | vs BUF | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 17:05 | 15:48 | — | 1:17 |
| Apr 4 | vs WSH | L 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 15:21 | 13:05 | 0:18 | 1:21 |
| Apr 2 | vs WSH | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 16:59 | 16:06 | — | 0:53 |
| Mar 30 | @ BOS | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 18:41 | 14:47 | 0:57 | 2:56 |
| Mar 28 | @ BOS | W 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 16:26 | 10:55 | 0:11 | 5:20 |
| Mar 26 | @ WSH | L 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 21:08 | 18:32 | — | 2:21 |
| Mar 25 | @ WSH | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | 13:49 | 11:49 | — | 1:31 |
| Mar 23 | @ PHI | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 16:24 | 13:02 | — | 3:22 |
Season splits by strength
2020-21 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 39 | 663:36 | 17:01 | 566 | 610 | 48.1% | 47.6% | 301 | 333 | 25 | 33 | 43% | 25.5 | 32.3 | 40% |
| Even strength | 39 | 570:19 | 14:37 | 536 | 487 | 52.4% | 51.9% | 277 | 257 | 24 | 21 | 53% | 24.2 | 22.7 | 48% |
| 5v5 | 39 | 566:04 | 14:31 | 533 | 481 | 52.6% | 51.9% | 276 | 255 | 24 | 20 | 55% | 24.1 | 22.5 | 49% |
| Power play | 16 | 8:59 | 0:34 | 9 | 4 | 69.2% | 62.5% | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 33 | 76:23 | 2:19 | 8 | 115 | 6.5% | 7.9% | 8 | 70 | 0 | 11 | 0% | 0.1 | 8.8 | 4% |
| 4v4 | 7 | 4:15 | 0:36 | 3 | 6 | 33.3% | 50.0% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0% |
| 5v4 | 15 | 8:02 | 0:32 | 8 | 4 | 66.7% | 57.1% | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.2 | 100% |
| 4v5 | 33 | 75:31 | 2:17 | 8 | 115 | 6.5% | 7.9% | 8 | 70 | 0 | 11 | 0% | 0.1 | 8.8 | 4% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 9 | 5:21 | 0:36 | 12 | 1 | 92.3% | 92.3% | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.9 | 0.4 | 100% |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | DAL, NJD | 39 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +3 | 20 | 55 | 3.6% | 27 | 49 | 17:01 |
| 2019-20 | NJD | 47 | 5 | 18 | 23 | -12 | 22 | 95 | 5.3% | 50 | 80 | 21:45 |
| 2018-19 | NJD | 50 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -17 | 22 | 107 | 3.7% | 68 | 77 | 21:44 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | NJD | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 9 | 11.1% | 7 | 4 | 19:14 |
| 2017-18 | NJD, ANA | 72 | 4 | 28 | 32 | -7 | 40 | 145 | 2.8% | 92 | 105 | 22:24 |
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.