Valtteri Filppula

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2020-21 regular season

SOG

24.0% SH

15:36

TOI/GP

C · DET · NHL id 8470047

Valtteri Filppula has played 38 games for the Detroit Red Wings in 2020-21, scoring 6 goals and 9 assists (15 points) on 25 shots while averaging 15:36 a night (13:26 at even strength, 1:17 on the power play and 0:31 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Red Wings have controlled 42% of shot attempts with Filppula on the ice (21-22 in goals, 48% offensive-zone starts). In the Red Wings' most recent game against CBJ he was on L2 with Richard Panik and Jakub Vrana and on PP1. He is shooting 24.0% this season against 16.5% across the 275 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 8 game vs CBJ, detected from shift data

Line

Richard Panik Jakub Vrana

Power play

PP1

Evgeny Svechnikov Dennis Cholowski Michael Rasmussen Filip Zadina

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Last 5: L1/PP1 · L3/PP2 · L1/PP2 · L3/PP1 · L1/PP1

Deployment timeline

2020-21 · 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

18 games shown, 16:19 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shot map

2020-21 · 41 attempts, 25 on goal, 6 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).

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 38 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: +0.007
Season net: +0.06xG

Offensive TK/600.36 (3)

Offensive GV/600.24 (2)

Neutral TK/600.24 (2)

Neutral GV/600.36 (3)

Defensive TK/600.12 (1)

Defensive GV/600.12 (1)

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

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.050
Season: −0.12G
: 45.0%242 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 50-44 · NZ 25-43 · DZ 34-46

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.36
Attempts: 3
: 0.020

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

Method Leaders

Season: −0.16G
Per 60: −0.016
Drawn / taken: 5 / 6minors

Method Leaders

: 46.4%
: 45.9%
: 45.5%
Transition CF/60: 2.5
Turnovers won/60: 9.0
Turnovers lost/60: 13.3

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

25 shots on goal, 6 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	36%	23%	3
High Slot	20%	8%	0
Center Point	0%	9%	0
L Point	0%	8%	0
R Circle	4%	11%	1
R Point	0%	7%	0
L Net Side	8%	3%	0

Linemates

2020-21 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Filppula

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

38 games in 2020-21, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
May 8	@ CBJ	OTL 4-5	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	43%	20:38	19:35	1:03	—
May 7	@ CBJ	W 5-2	0	3	3	+3	1	0	0	0	79%	15:53	12:42	2:23	—
May 2	vs TBL	L 1-2	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	50%	17:21	15:13	2:05	0:02
May 1	vs TBL	W 1-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	14:42	12:05	2:37	—
Apr 29	@ CAR	L 1-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	50%	19:43	14:42	1:33	—
Apr 27	@ CBJ	OTL 0-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	—	16:50	15:56	0:54	—
Apr 24	vs DAL	OTL 1-2	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	23%	15:07	14:11	0:53	0:03
Apr 22	vs DAL	W 7-3	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	27%	14:06	13:05	0:53	0:08
Apr 20	@ DAL	L 2-5	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	33%	15:36	13:34	1:42	0:20
Apr 19	@ DAL	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	18:30	17:26	0:47	0:17
Apr 17	vs CHI	L 0-4	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	67%	18:59	12:25	5:16	—
Apr 15	vs CHI	W 4-1	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	67%	16:00	14:59	1:01	—
Apr 12	@ CAR	W 3-1	0	2	2	+1	0	2	0	1	17%	19:12	17:05	1:49	—
Apr 10	@ CAR	W 5-4	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	33%	16:48	14:45	2:03	—
Apr 8	vs NSH	L 1-7	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	100%	16:37	14:37	1:48	—
Apr 6	vs NSH	OTL 2-3	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	50%	17:54	15:43	2:09	0:02
Apr 4	@ TBL	W 5-1	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	67%	14:48	13:48	0:52	—
Apr 3	@ TBL	L 1-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	—	11:04	10:26	0:38	—
Feb 28	@ CHI	L 2-7	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	60%	13:49	12:46	1:03	—
Feb 27	@ CHI	W 5-3	0	2	2	+1	1	0	2	1	0%	15:16	14:33	—	—

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	38	592:42	15:36	411	530	43.7%	44.3%	247	283	26	30	46%	26.5	28.2	53%
Even strength	38	510:23	13:26	347	475	42.2%	43.3%	211	247	21	24	47%	19.2	22.8	49%
5v5	38	494:58	13:02	334	461	42.0%	43.0%	200	241	21	22	49%	18.2	21.8	48%
Power play	30	48:39	1:37	43	16	72.9%	67.4%	24	15	1	0	100%	2.8	1.1	100%
Penalty kill	22	19:39	0:54	5	32	13.5%	16.1%	4	18	0	4	0%	0.2	2.2	10%
4v4	10	8:19	0:50	5	8	38.5%	45.5%	4	3	0	0	—	0.3	0.4	71%
3v3 (OT)	6	7:06	1:11	8	6	57.1%	58.3%	7	3	0	2	0%	0.7	0.6	25%
5v4	30	48:02	1:36	43	16	72.9%	67.4%	24	15	1	0	100%	2.8	1.1	100%
4v5	22	19:26	0:53	5	32	13.5%	16.1%	4	18	0	4	0%	0.2	2.2	11%
6v5, own net empty	10	9:36	0:58	10	4	71.4%	66.7%	4	1	0	1	0%	0.5	1.5	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	9	3:02	0:20	6	2	75.0%	85.7%	4	1	4	0	100%	3.8	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
2020-21	DET	38	6	9	15	-1	12	25	24.0%	9	15	15:36
2019-20	DET	70	6	15	21	-42	24	63	9.5%	28	31	16:37
2018-19Playoffs	NYI	8	0	4	4	0	2	7	0.0%	3	3	14:43
2018-19	NYI	72	17	14	31	+19	16	78	21.8%	12	34	14:16
2017-18Playoffs	PHI	6	1	2	3	-3	2	6	16.7%	2	2	16:08
2017-18	PHI	81	11	22	33	-7	20	70	15.7%	25	55	16:29

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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Puck luck

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season