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Winnipeg Jets

Ville Heinola

#34Defenseman25 years oldShoots L6'0"185 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2025-26 regular season
5
GP
0
G
0
A
0
P
7
SOG
0.0% SH
14:06
TOI/GP

D · WPG · NHL id 8481572

Ville Heinola has played 5 games for the Winnipeg Jets in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 7 shots while averaging 14:06 a night (12:56 at even strength, 1:07 on the power play and 0:02 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 31% of his 5v5 minutes with Kyle Connor and 30% with Mark Scheifele over the last 5 games, and the Jets have controlled 57% of shot attempts with Heinola on the ice (2-2 in goals, 48% offensive-zone starts). In the Jets' most recent game against SJS he was on D2 with Haydn Fleury and off the power play; lost his PP2 spot in the last game. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 1.5% across the 58 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 16 game vs SJS, detected from shift data

Pair
D2
Haydn Fleury
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Lost his PP2 spot in the last gameLast 5: D3/PP2 · D3/PP2 · D3/PP1 · D2 · D3

Deployment timeline

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

Usage: 2 games, 15:24 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine23▼0m3m7m10m13m17mMar 10Mar 14Mar 17Mar 21Mar 24Mar 28Apr 2Apr 6Apr 11Apr 14
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
2 games shown, 15:24 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2024-25 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 5 GP in 2025-26; showing 2024-25 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed44th4521.5 mph
Bursts 20+ mph29th309
Hardest shot13th1483.8 mph
Offensive-zone time61st6242.5%
Distance skated22nd2237.7 mi
High-danger SOG25th251
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 · 15 attempts, 7 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at WPG: 15 attempts, 7 on goal, 0 goals, 0.51 expected goals; best chance Ville Heinola at 0.25 xG.

  • 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 · 5 GP · 0 points vs 1.9 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

0.0%
97.2
0.0%
G vs xG
0 / 0.5
  • • Only 5 games: treat the meter as a hint.
Goals against expected goals
00.20.40.60.81-0.5goals below expected-0.7σ2/254/16
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Player analytics

Compare with another player →

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

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

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

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

Beyond the box score

2024-25 regular season · 17 of 18 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.049
Season net
−0.20xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.24
Attempts
1
0.003

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.19G
Per 60
+0.044
Drawn / taken
3 / 2minors

MethodLeaders
46.9%
49.5%
47.2%
Transition CF/60
3.4
Turnovers won/60
19.1
Turnovers lost/60
20.5

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

Linemates

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

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Heinola apartCF% mate apart
Kyle ConnorLW519:3831%57.1%50% (2-2)57.5% 44:1042.0% 61:48
Mark ScheifeleC518:5530%58.3%50% (2-2)57.0% 44:5343.5% 63:22
Luke SchennD217:1727%45.9%50% (1-1)80.0% 5:1142.9% 7:05
Cole PerfettiC516:4926%60.5%— (0-0)56.0% 46:5957.0% 49:51
Adam LowryC516:2726%60.0%— (0-0)56.3% 47:2164.0% 49:18
Jonathan ToewsC515:1824%61.3%— (0-0)56.0% 48:3038.2% 43:11
Cole KoepkeLW414:2623%46.2%— (0-0)60.8% 37:4644.4% 20:43
Gabriel VilardiC514:2323%52.8%50% (2-2)59.3% 49:2544.0% 61:11
Alex IafalloLW310:1616%46.2%— (0-0)56.9% 23:4860.3% 30:46
Haydn FleuryD19:5315%50.0%0% (0-1)75.0% 5:0755.6% 6:08
Gustav NyquistC38:4514%43.8%— (0-0)58.3% 25:1949.0% 24:59
Nino NiederreiterRW28:3013%78.9%— (0-0)51.3% 21:1444.8% 15:54
Tanner PearsonLW38:0813%50.0%— (0-0)55.8% 25:5660.4% 25:10
Colin MillerD17:2812%50.0%— (0-0)66.7% 7:1642.9% 7:33

Game log

5 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 16vs SJSL 1-6000-10400—15:5415:530:01—
Apr 14@ UTAL 3-5000+12010—14:5414:44—0:10
Mar 5vs TBLW 4-100001011—13:5111:362:15—
Feb 27@ ANAOTL 4-5000-12021—12:0710:511:13—
Feb 25@ VANW 3-2000+12021—13:4411:372:07—

Season splits by strength

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

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations570:3014:06805559.3%59.0%44272250%4.73.152%
Even strength564:4112:56725258.1%57.9%38242250%4.12.748%
5v5563:4812:46705257.4%57.0%36242250%4.12.748%
Power play45:361:248372.7%70.0%6300—0.60.4100%
Penalty kill10:100:1000——0000—0.00.0—
5v445:361:248372.7%70.0%6300—0.60.4100%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26WPG50000470.0%6314:06
2024-25WPG18011+64120.0%81614:11
2022-23WPG10011-5250.0%7713:16
2021-22WPG12055-210250.0%9714:54
2020-21WPG5000-2290.0%2915:32
2019-20WPG8145+341010.0%3518:04

Ville Heinola news

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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.