RW · PIT · NHL id 8482758
Ville Koivunen has played 1 game for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2026-27, scoring 1 goal and 0 assists (1 points) on 2 shots while averaging 13:50 a night (11:08 at even strength, 2:42 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 79% of his 5v5 minutes with Hendrix Lapierre and 66% with Filip Hallander in his only game so far, and the Penguins have controlled 75% of shot attempts with Koivunen on the ice (3-0 in goals, 100% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against PHI he was on L4 with Filip Hallander and Hendrix Lapierre and on PP2.
Right now
From the Sep 30 game vs PHI, detected from shift data
- On-ice xGF/60 9.36 (was 2.57)
- +1:38 PP TOI
- 33% of team PP time (was 18%)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 13:50 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 1 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
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
2026-27 · 3 attempts, 2 on goal, 1 goal
Shot map, OPP at PIT: 3 attempts, 2 on goal, 1 goal, 0.24 expected goals; best chance Ville Koivunen at 0.15 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 39 GP · 7 points vs 13.5 expected
Last 20 games: -50. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 5.6%
- 93.6
- 43.8%
- G vs xG
- 2 / 4.5
- 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 forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 1 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 2 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played39
- Goals2578th of 715
- Assists5603rd of 715
- Points7615th of 715
- Power-play points4286th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal36610th of 715
- Hits5709th of 715
- Blocked shots14655th of 715
- Plus/minus−10561st of 715
- Penalty minutes10608th of 715
- Faceoffs won2418th of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)57.0%39th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)56.1%43rd of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)58.0%28th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)57.7%27th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)57.6%42nd of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)58.9%16th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.93333rd of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.025254th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.26420th of 719
- Faceoff win %100.0%
- Draw Equity /100+0.695
Usage
- Ice time per game12:44552nd of 715
- Power-play time per game0:56351st of 715
- Offensive-zone start %67.3%59th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.12368th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO936710th of 719
- Goals above expected−2.5591st of 715
- Luck Meter−76818th of 828
- Ascension score5953rd of 428
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.1423rd of 715
- 20+ mph bursts13651st of 715
- Hardest shot84.7517th of 715
- Offensive-zone time45.2%77th 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 · 35 of 39 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.011
- Season net
- −0.09xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.93
- Attempts
- 7
- 0.071
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
How his goals happened
3 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 @ PHI | Rush | pass | 2 | 23.9 | — | |
| Jan 4, 2026 @ CBJ | Deflection | — | 2 | 25.9 | deflection | |
| Dec 4, 2025 @ TBL | Cycle | — | 4 | 71.1 | — |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Koivunen
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Koivunen apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hendrix Lapierre | C | 1 | 8:48 | 79% | 85.0% | 100% (3-0) | 25.0% 2:20 | 100.0% 2:08 |
| Filip Hallander | C | 1 | 7:24 | 66% | 80.0% | 100% (3-0) | 66.7% 3:44 | 100.0% 1:04 |
| Samuel Girard | D | 1 | 4:41 | 42% | 81.8% | 100% (2-0) | 69.2% 6:27 | 50.0% 12:04 |
| Kaedan Korczak | D | 1 | 4:17 | 38% | 80.0% | 100% (2-0) | 71.4% 6:51 | 52.9% 11:34 |
| Declan Carlile | D | 1 | 4:06 | 37% | 66.7% | 100% (1-0) | 80.0% 7:02 | 52.4% 10:51 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 1 | 3:53 | 35% | 60.0% | — (0-0) | 78.9% 7:15 | 64.0% 13:30 |
| Erik Karlsson | D | 1 | 2:49 | 25% | 75.0% | 100% (1-0) | 75.0% 8:19 | 56.3% 9:51 |
| Kris Letang | D | 1 | 2:32 | 23% | 80.0% | — (0-0) | 73.7% 8:36 | 68.2% 14:00 |
| Blake Lizotte | C | 1 | 1:16 | 11% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 81.8% 9:52 | 58.8% 9:31 |
| Connor Dewar | C | 1 | 1:03 | 9% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 78.3% 10:05 | 50.0% 11:30 |
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 | @ PHI | W 7-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:50 | 11:08 | 2:42 | — |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | 13:50 | 13:50 | 20 | 7 | 74.1% | 69.6% | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 100% | 2.0 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Even strength | 1 | 11:08 | 11:08 | 18 | 6 | 75.0% | 70.0% | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 100% | 1.7 | 0.2 | 100% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 11:08 | 11:08 | 18 | 6 | 75.0% | 70.0% | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 100% | 1.7 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Power play | 1 | 2:42 | 2:42 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.1 | — |
| 5v4 | 1 | 2:42 | 2:42 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 66.7% | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.1 | — |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | PIT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 2 | 50.0% | 0 | 0 | 13:50 |
| 2025-26 | PIT | 39 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -10 | 10 | 36 | 5.6% | 5 | 14 | 12:44 |
| 2024-25 | PIT | 8 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0.0% | 1 | 8 | 18:07 |
Ville Koivunen news
- Penguins' Ville Koivunen: Pots goal in openerCBS Sports
- Penguins' Ville Koivunen Contract Extension Gets Immediate Returnheavy.com
- Ville Koivunen nets goal for PenguinsESPN
- Ville Koivunen delivers with familiar move in Penguins' openerdkpittsburghsports.com
- Ville Koivunen lights the lampESPN
- Ville Koivunen News: Playing ThursdayRotoWire
- NHL Injury Notes: Avs, Blue Jackets, Stars, Wings, Kings, Penguins, Capitals and MoreNHLRumors.com
- Penguins' Ville Koivunen: Playing ThursdayCBS Sports
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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.