Urho Vaakanainen

#18Defenseman27 years oldShoots L6'2"205 lb

0.0 in 3 days

2025-26 regular season

SOG

0.0% SH

13:51

TOI/GP

D · NYR · NHL id 8480001

Urho Vaakanainen has played 34 games for the New York Rangers in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 6 assists (6 points) on 23 shots while averaging 13:51 a night (13:09 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 0:37 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 53% of his 5v5 minutes with Will Borgen and 29% with Noah Laba over the last 10 games, and the Rangers have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Vaakanainen on the ice (16-15 in goals, 26% offensive-zone starts). In the Rangers' most recent game against DAL he was on D2 with Braden Schneider and off the power play; moved up to D2 (from D3) in the last game. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 1.5% across the 221 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 11 game vs DAL, detected from shift data

Pair

Braden Schneider

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Moved up to D2 (from D3) in the last gameLast 5: D3 · D3 · D3 · D3 · D2

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

7 games shown, 13:40 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed21st2220.8 mph

Bursts 20+ mph34th3510

Hardest shot18th1983.6 mph

Offensive-zone time55th5641.9%

Distance skated33rd3364.1 mi

High-danger SOG1st00

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

2025-26 · 66 attempts, 23 on goal, 0 goals

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).

Luck

2025-26 · 34 GP · 6 points vs 6.0 expected

Luck Meter →

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Luck meter-13

Last 20 games: -17. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting−1.0 G

On-ice SH%+0.8 G

On-ice SV%+2.4 G

IPP+0.0 G

Points vs expected−0.0 P

: 0.0%
: 101.9
: 37.5%
G vs xG: 0 / 1.0

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

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2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played34
Goals0685th of 715
Assists6573rd of 715
Points6639th of 715
Power-play points0437th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal23678th of 715
Hits11681st of 715
Blocked shots26510th of 715
Plus/minus0307th of 715
Penalty minutes14548th of 715
Faceoffs won0451st of 715

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Corsi (CF%)50.2%288th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)48.6%428th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)48.1%438th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)48.3%426th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)46.3%535th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)49.6%365th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.00704th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.021233rd of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.4155th of 719
Faceoff win %—
Draw Equity /100—

Usage

Ice time per game13:51490th of 715
Power-play time per game0:01689th of 715
Power-play share2.2%678th of 713
Ice-time share22.8%489th of 715
Offensive-zone start %26.0%699th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−0.51583rd of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO1019145th of 719
Goals above expected−1.0471st of 715
Luck Meter−13484th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed20.8696th of 715
20+ mph bursts10669th of 715
Hardest shot83.6570th of 715
Offensive-zone time41.9%342nd of 715

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 32 of 34 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.057
Season net: −0.42xG

Offensive TK/600.13 (1)

Offensive GV/600.27 (2)

Neutral TK/600.13 (1)

Neutral GV/600.67 (5)

Defensive TK/600.40 (3)

Defensive GV/602.02 (15)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.00
Attempts: 0
: 0.000

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: −0.81G
Per 60: −0.104
Drawn / taken: 3 / 7minors

Method Leaders

: 48.3%
: 46.3%
: 48.2%
Transition CF/60: 3.1
Turnovers won/60: 22.6
Turnovers lost/60: 17.6

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

23 shots on goal, 0 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League
L Point	35%	5%
Low Slot	0%	23%
Center Point	26%	9%
R Circle	0%	12%
R Point	0%	6%
L Circle	17%	13%
Outside L	9%	4%

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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Moved up to D2 from D3Jan 15, 2022 alerts →

How the goals happened

3 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
Feb 25, 2025 @ NYI	Forecheck turnover	—	1	65.2	—
Feb 8, 2025 @ CBJ	Deflection	—	1	28.9	deflection
Jan 25, 2024 @ DAL	Cycle	—	0	41.3	—

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Vaakanainen

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Vaakanainen apart	CF% mate apart
Braden Schneider	D	19	184:40	41%	49.0%	46% (6-7)	57.3% 86:26	46.9% 126:57
Noah Laba	C	33	148:30	33%	50.6%	60% (6-4)	50.4% 283:01	45.0% 230:31
Taylor Raddysh	RW	29	115:04	26%	47.6%	56% (5-4)	52.0% 269:47	42.7% 187:49
Will Cuylle	LW	30	107:55	24%	49.2%	75% (3-1)	51.0% 306:11	49.8% 294:44
Alexis Lafrenière	LW	30	93:01	21%	51.6%	60% (6-4)	51.4% 321:18	52.5% 324:44
Sam Carrick	C	27	92:00	21%	49.1%	17% (1-5)	49.9% 266:28	46.5% 172:44
Conor Sheary	LW	24	86:33	19%	55.1%	50% (1-1)	48.5% 226:56	50.9% 219:59
Will Borgen	D	17	82:24	18%	52.1%	67% (2-1)	50.4% 136:02	43.7% 180:19
Artemi Panarin	C	20	80:01	18%	53.8%	33% (2-4)	49.2% 197:18	55.7% 245:00
Vincent Trocheck	C	23	79:10	18%	46.8%	60% (3-2)	50.0% 236:24	48.8% 251:07
Mika Zibanejad	C	27	77:06	17%	48.9%	50% (3-3)	51.2% 299:17	48.5% 313:50
Jonny Brodzinski	C	20	73:34	16%	46.6%	33% (1-2)	52.0% 186:42	47.1% 133:15
Adam Edstrom	C	20	71:00	16%	54.2%	50% (3-3)	50.3% 212:45	44.7% 127:59
Scott Morrow	D	7	64:08	14%	51.3%	50% (3-3)	53.3% 17:54	35.7% 30:09

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 446 min on ice · ranked against 270 defencemen

46.8%

teammates' average xGF%

15th percentile · higher = stronger linemates

28.3%

opponents' average ice-time share

17th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes

Sheltered minutes: mostly faces weaker opposition.

QoT averages the season xGF% of Vaakanainen's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Vaakanainen'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

34 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 11	@ DAL	L 0-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	15:38	14:49	0:01	0:48
Mar 18	vs NJD	L 3-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	3:05	3:05	—	—
Mar 16	vs LAK	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	—	15:51	14:48	—	1:03
Mar 14	@ MIN	W 4-2	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	—	14:37	11:35	0:10	2:22
Mar 12	@ WPG	W 6-3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	16:13	15:27	—	0:46
Mar 10	vs CGY	W 4-0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1	—	15:26	14:09	—	1:17
Mar 9	@ PHI	W 6-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	15:18	13:32	—	1:46
Feb 5	vs CAR	L 0-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	—	16:50	13:19	—	3:31
Jan 31	@ PIT	L 5-6	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	—	13:38	11:25	—	1:58
Jan 29	vs NYI	L 1-2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	—	13:34	13:34	—	—
Jan 28	@ NYI	L 2-5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	—	13:54	12:34	—	1:20
Jan 26	vs BOS	W 4-3	1	1	+2	1	0	0	1	—	12:33	12:05	—	—
Jan 19	@ ANA	L 3-5	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	—	16:17	15:19	—	0:51
Jan 17	@ PHI	W 6-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	—	14:01	14:01	—	—
Jan 5	vs UTA	OTL 2-3	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2	—	14:22	14:22	—	—
Dec 21	@ NSH	L 1-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	3:59	3:59	—	—
Dec 15	vs ANA	L 1-4	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	—	11:29	11:29	—	—
Dec 13	vs MTL	W 5-4	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	—	11:33	11:33	—	—
Nov 26	@ CAR	W 4-2	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	—	11:56	11:51	—	—
Nov 24	vs STL	W 3-2	0	0	-2	1	0	1	2	—	14:21	13:54	—	—

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	34	471:05	13:51	405	441	47.9%	46.1%	162	208	16	19	46%	15.9	19.7	24%
Even strength	34	447:09	13:09	400	397	50.2%	48.7%	162	187	16	15	52%	15.3	16.4	26%
5v5	34	445:53	13:07	399	396	50.2%	48.6%	161	187	16	15	52%	15.3	16.4	26%
Power play	3	0:17	0:06	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	0.0	0.0	100%
Penalty kill	17	20:49	1:13	2	37	5.1%	6.3%	0	16	0	3	0%	0.0	2.8	0%
4v5	17	20:49	1:13	2	37	5.1%	6.3%	0	16	0	3	0%	0.0	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
2025-26	NYR	34	0	6	6	0	14	23	0.0%	11	26	13:51
2024-25	NYR, ANA	51	2	14	16	+8	18	42	4.8%	19	49	16:25
2023-24	ANA	68	1	13	14	0	26	67	1.5%	55	79	17:29
2022-23	ANA	23	0	2	2	-16	0	27	0.0%	18	28	16:27
2021-22	ANA, BOS	29	0	6	6	-5	10	27	0.0%	27	28	19:19
2020-21	BOS	9	0	2	2	-3	2	15	0.0%	3	19	18:55
2019-20	BOS	5	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0.0%	8	3	16:51
2018-19	BOS	2	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0%	0	0	9:06