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Tampa Bay Lightning

Waltteri Merela

#39Center28 years oldShoots R6'3"209 lb

2023-24 regular season
19
GP
1
G
0
A
1
P
17
SOG
5.9% SH
9:49
TOI/GP

C · TBL · NHL id 8484325

Waltteri Merela has played 19 games for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2023-24, scoring 1 goal and 0 assists (1 points) on 17 shots while averaging 9:49 a night (8:58 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 0:49 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Lightning have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Merela on the ice (4-2 in goals, 49% offensive-zone starts). In the Lightning's most recent game against NJD he was on L4 with Luke Glendening and Mitchell Chaffee and off the power play. He is shooting 5.9% this season.

Right now

From the Jan 27 game vs NJD, detected from shift data

Line
L4
Luke GlendeningMitchell Chaffee
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: L4 · L4 · L4 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

2023-24 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 5 games, 7:40 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine444440m3m7m10mDec 14Dec 19Dec 23Dec 30Jan 2Jan 6Jan 11Jan 18Jan 21Jan 25
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
5 games shown, 7:40 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2023-24 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed41st4222.0 mph
Bursts 20+ mph35th3532
Hardest shot19th1980.1 mph
Offensive-zone time22nd2239.9%
Distance skated22nd2231.2 mi
High-danger SOG26th268
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

2023-24 · 28 attempts, 17 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at TBL: 28 attempts, 17 on goal, 1 goal, 1.53 expected goals; best chance Waltteri Merela at 0.27 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).

Puck luck

2023-24 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.511.522.5-0.5goals below expected-0.5σOct 10Jan 27
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2023-24 regular season · 14 of 19 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.013
Season net
−0.04xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.363
Season
−0.01G
25.0%4 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 1-1 · NZ 0-0 · DZ 0-2

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.76
Attempts
5
0.051

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.39G
Per 60
+0.125
Drawn / taken
4 / 2minors

MethodLeaders
51.3%
56.0%
50.2%
Transition CF/60
3.2
Turnovers won/60
10.6
Turnovers lost/60
12.3

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
17 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Net Side29%4%1
L Circle0%13%0
Low Slot29%22%0
High Slot0%7%0
L Point0%6%0
R Point0%6%0
Outside L0%5%0

How his goals happened

1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Jan 18, 2024 vs MINForecheck turnover—043.9one-timer

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2023-24 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Merela

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

19 games in 2023-24, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Jan 27vs NJDW 6-300000030—9:379:37——
Jan 25vs ARIW 6-3000+200300%7:187:18——
Jan 21@ DETL 1-200000011—6:326:32——
Jan 20@ BUFW 3-100000001—7:297:29——
Jan 18vs MINW 7-3101+11021100%7:267:26——
Nov 16@ CHIW 4-200002020—8:457:570:030:45
Nov 14@ STLL 0-500000020—10:3010:30——
Nov 11vs CARL 0-400001010—11:1110:03—1:08
Nov 9vs CHIL 3-5000-11040—8:368:08—0:13
Nov 2@ CBJL 2-400001230—9:497:13—2:36
Oct 30vs SEAOTL 3-4000+11030—11:0210:03—0:59
Oct 26vs SJSW 6-000002221—13:0212:050:060:51
Oct 24vs CARW 3-000002000—12:3710:59—1:38
Oct 21vs TOROTL 3-400003001—11:3810:06—1:32
Oct 19vs VANW 4-300003030—11:2810:28—1:00
Oct 17@ BUFOTL 2-300000000—5:495:14—0:35
Oct 15@ OTTL 2-500000000—11:199:250:021:52
Oct 14@ DETL 4-6000-100200%12:0110:46—1:15
Oct 10vs NSHW 5-300000011—10:219:11—1:10

Season splits by strength

2023-24 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations19186:309:4913916146.3%44.6%62844267%5.66.941%
Even strength19170:308:5813513649.8%48.0%62694267%5.25.249%
5v519170:308:5813513649.8%48.0%62694267%5.25.249%
Power play30:110:0400——0000—0.00.0100%
Penalty kill1315:341:1242513.8%17.4%01500—0.41.80%
4v51315:341:1242513.8%17.4%01500—0.41.80%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2023-24TBL19101+24175.9%3269:49

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.