LW · WPG · NHL id 8480005
Kristian Vesalainen has played 53 games for the Winnipeg Jets in 2021-22, scoring 2 goals and 1 assist (3 points) on 43 shots while averaging 8:40 a night (8:31 at even strength, 0:04 on the power play and 0:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Jets have controlled 46% of shot attempts with Vesalainen on the ice (12-20 in goals, 55% offensive-zone starts). In the Jets' most recent game against BOS he was on L4 with Dominic Toninato and Jansen Harkins and off the power play. He is shooting 4.7% this season against 3.8% across the 74 games in our data.
Right now
From the Mar 18 game vs BOS, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2021-22 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 15 games, 7:57 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 3 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2021-22 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
2021-22 · 64 attempts, 43 on goal, 2 goals
Shot map, OPP at WPG: 64 attempts, 43 on goal, 2 goals, 2.79 expected goals; best chance Kristian Vesalainen at 0.19 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2021-22 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2021-22 regular season · 41 of 53 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.013
- Season net
- −0.10xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.80
- Attempts
- 6
- 0.014
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
- Played 6:02 more than his 5-game averageOct 23, 2021 alerts →
- Moved up to L2 from L4Feb 9, 2021 alerts →
Linemates
2021-22 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Vesalainen
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
53 games in 2021-22, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18 | vs BOS | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3:04 | 3:04 | — | — |
| Mar 15 | vs VGK | W 7-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 8:42 | 8:42 | — | — |
| Mar 13 | @ STL | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6:40 | 6:40 | — | — |
| Mar 11 | @ NYI | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4:56 | 4:56 | — | — |
| Mar 10 | @ NJD | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 6:47 | 6:45 | — | — |
| Mar 8 | vs TBL | W 7-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 7:00 | 7:00 | — | — |
| Mar 6 | vs NYR | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 6:31 | 6:31 | — | — |
| Mar 4 | vs DAL | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4:08 | 4:08 | — | — |
| Mar 1 | vs MTL | W 8-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 11:36 | 11:36 | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @ ARI | W 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10:00 | 10:00 | — | — |
| Feb 25 | @ COL | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 7:15 | 7:07 | — | 0:08 |
| Feb 23 | @ DAL | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 6:06 | 6:06 | — | — |
| Feb 19 | vs EDM | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 15:30 | 14:43 | 0:47 | — |
| Feb 17 | vs SEA | W 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 12:32 | 12:07 | 0:25 | — |
| Feb 8 | vs MIN | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8:27 | 7:54 | 0:33 | — |
| Feb 1 | @ PHI | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 8:27 | 8:27 | — | — |
| Jan 29 | @ STL | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8:09 | 8:09 | — | — |
| Jan 27 | vs VAN | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8:22 | 8:15 | 0:07 | — |
| Jan 25 | vs FLA | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6:26 | 6:26 | — | — |
| Jan 23 | @ PIT | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 8:20 | 8:20 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 53 | 459:32 | 8:40 | 377 | 447 | 45.8% | 45.3% | 201 | 224 | 12 | 20 | 38% | 16.9 | 16.6 | 56% |
| Even strength | 53 | 451:45 | 8:31 | 368 | 438 | 45.7% | 45.1% | 195 | 220 | 12 | 20 | 38% | 15.7 | 15.9 | 55% |
| 5v5 | 53 | 451:38 | 8:31 | 368 | 438 | 45.7% | 45.1% | 195 | 220 | 12 | 20 | 38% | 15.7 | 15.9 | 55% |
| Power play | 13 | 3:43 | 0:17 | 7 | 1 | 87.5% | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.5 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 4 | 0:37 | 0:09 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 5v4 | 13 | 3:40 | 0:17 | 7 | 1 | 87.5% | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.5 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 6 | 3:05 | 0:31 | 1 | 8 | 11.1% | 12.5% | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.6 | 0.6 | — |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | WPG | 53 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -8 | 6 | 43 | 4.7% | 72 | 14 | 8:40 |
| 2020-21Playoffs | WPG | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 8 | 3 | 10:43 |
| 2020-21 | WPG | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | 8 | 5 | 8:41 |
| 2018-19 | WPG | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 6:50 |
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.