D · UTA · NHL id 8479976
Juuso Välimäki has played 43 games for the Utah Mammoth in 2024-25, scoring 2 goals and 3 assists (5 points) on 40 shots while averaging 16:33 a night (15:06 at even strength, 0:15 on the power play and 1:02 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Mammoth have controlled 51% of shot attempts with Välimäki on the ice (23-26 in goals, 66% offensive-zone starts). In the Mammoth's most recent game against OTT he was on D3 with Nick DeSimone and off the power play. He is shooting 5.0% this season against 3.5% across the 273 games in our data.
Right now
From the Jan 26 game vs OTT, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2024-25 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 20 games, 16:03 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 7 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2024-25 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
2024-25 · 109 attempts, 40 on goal, 2 goals
Shot map, OPP at UTA: 109 attempts, 40 on goal, 2 goals, 2.79 expected goals; best chance Juuso Välimäki at 0.44 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2024-25 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2024-25 regular season · 43 of 43 games through the sequence engine
- −0.068
- Season net
- −0.72xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.28
- Attempts
- 3
- 0.008
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 D3Mar 7, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Feb 13, 2023 alerts →
- Played 6:14 more than his 5-game averageFeb 10, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Jan 28, 2023 alerts →
- Played 8:55 more than his 5-game averageJan 28, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Oct 30, 2022 alerts →
How his goals happened
4 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 2024 vs MIN | Rush | carry | 0 | 12.5 | — | |
| Dec 8, 2024 @ PHI | Deflection | — | 1 | 26.6 | deflection | |
| Feb 10, 2024 @ NSH | Rebound | — | 0 | 45.8 | rebound | |
| Jan 22, 2024 vs PIT | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 59.4 | — |
* 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 Välimäki
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
43 games in 2024-25, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26 | @ OTT | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | 15:47 | 15:09 | — | 0:38 |
| Jan 24 | @ WPG | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 15:40 | 15:40 | — | — |
| Jan 23 | @ MIN | W 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 16:59 | 14:58 | — | 2:01 |
| Jan 20 | vs WPG | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 14:43 | 14:43 | — | — |
| Jan 18 | vs STL | W 4-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 16:18 | 12:41 | 0:41 | 2:56 |
| Jan 16 | vs NYR | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 11:04 | 11:01 | — | 0:03 |
| Jan 14 | vs MTL | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 17:13 | 16:09 | — | 0:55 |
| Jan 11 | vs NYI | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 16:51 | 14:46 | — | 2:05 |
| Jan 10 | vs SJS | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16:57 | 16:01 | — | 0:23 |
| Jan 8 | vs FLA | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 15:29 | 15:19 | — | — |
| Jan 4 | @ DAL | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 15:00 | 15:00 | — | — |
| Jan 2 | @ CGY | W 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | 16:52 | 15:31 | — | 0:41 |
| Dec 31 | @ EDM | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 15:50 | 13:31 | — | 2:19 |
| Dec 30 | @ SEA | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 18:48 | 17:04 | — | 1:44 |
| Dec 27 | vs COL | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 16:59 | 16:02 | — | 0:41 |
| Dec 23 | vs DAL | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 16:46 | 14:57 | — | 1:37 |
| Dec 22 | vs ANA | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 15:15 | 13:22 | 0:13 | 1:03 |
| Dec 20 | @ MIN | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | 13:46 | 10:30 | — | 3:16 |
| Dec 18 | vs VAN | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 21:07 | 19:50 | — | 1:17 |
| Dec 14 | @ SJS | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | — | 16:37 | 15:05 | — | 1:11 |
Season splits by strength
2024-25 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 43 | 711:47 | 16:33 | 659 | 707 | 48.2% | 47.7% | 301 | 352 | 23 | 35 | 40% | 28.7 | 33.6 | 62% |
| Even strength | 43 | 649:19 | 15:06 | 631 | 623 | 50.3% | 49.7% | 286 | 312 | 23 | 28 | 45% | 27.0 | 27.4 | 66% |
| 5v5 | 43 | 638:00 | 14:50 | 624 | 610 | 50.6% | 50.0% | 282 | 306 | 23 | 26 | 47% | 26.8 | 26.4 | 66% |
| Power play | 10 | 11:03 | 1:06 | 15 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.1 | 0.0 | 83% |
| Penalty kill | 35 | 44:37 | 1:16 | 10 | 76 | 11.6% | 11.3% | 6 | 37 | 0 | 7 | 0% | 0.3 | 5.7 | 0% |
| 4v4 | 11 | 9:25 | 0:51 | 4 | 12 | 25.0% | 25.0% | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.1 | 0.8 | 50% |
| 5v4 | 10 | 11:03 | 1:06 | 15 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.1 | 0.0 | 83% |
| 4v5 | 35 | 44:00 | 1:15 | 10 | 74 | 11.9% | 11.5% | 6 | 37 | 0 | 7 | 0% | 0.3 | 5.6 | 0% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 12 | 3:56 | 0:20 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 6 | 2:52 | 0:29 | 0 | 8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.5 | — |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | UTA | 43 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 14 | 40 | 5.0% | 23 | 49 | 16:33 |
| 2023-24 | ARI | 68 | 2 | 15 | 17 | +12 | 12 | 69 | 2.9% | 69 | 90 | 19:06 |
| 2022-23 | ARI | 78 | 4 | 30 | 34 | -10 | 59 | 93 | 4.3% | 53 | 98 | 18:11 |
| 2021-22 | CGY | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 0.0% | 8 | 9 | 15:42 |
| 2020-21 | CGY | 49 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 26 | 72 | 2.8% | 28 | 60 | 15:26 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | CGY | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 16:47 |
| 2018-19 | CGY | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 12 | 28 | 3.6% | 21 | 43 | 15:29 |
Juuso Välimäki news
- Hurricanes’ Patient Approach to Free Agency Is SmartThe Hockey Writers
- Juuso Valimaki News: Back with CarolinaRotoWire
- Hurricanes sign Juuso Valimaki to one-year contract extensionDaily Faceoff
- Hurricanes' Juuso Valimaki: Back with CarolinaCBS Sports
- Hurricanes re-sign Juuso Valimaki to one-year contractSportsnet.ca
- Hurricanes Sign Juuso Valimaki to One Year DealCanes Country
- Juuso Valimaki: Off to SHLCBS Sports
- Hurricanes Acquire Valimaki From the Mammoth in Late Night TradeNHL Trade Talk
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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.