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Montreal Canadiens

Jesse Ylonen

#56Right Wing26 years oldShoots R6'2"194 lb

2023-24 regular season
59
GP
4
G
4
A
8
P
50
SOG
8.0% SH
10:14
TOI/GP

RW · MTL · NHL id 8481058

Jesse Ylonen has played 59 games for the Montreal Canadiens in 2023-24, scoring 4 goals and 4 assists (8 points) on 50 shots while averaging 10:14 a night (8:49 at even strength, 0:51 on the power play and 0:29 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Canadiens have controlled 39% of shot attempts with Ylonen on the ice (19-14 in goals, 38% offensive-zone starts). In the Canadiens' most recent game against DET he was on L4 with Christian Dvorak and Michael Pezzetta and off the power play; dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last game. He is shooting 8.0% this season against 10.9% across the 111 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 15 game vs DET, detected from shift data

Line
L4
Christian DvorakMichael Pezzetta
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last gameLost his PP2 spot in the last gameLast 5: L2/PP2 · L3/PP2 · L4/PP2 · L4/PP2 · L4

Deployment timeline

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

Usage: 10 games, 10:29 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 3 line changes.

PPLine4433▼32▲3▼4▼44▼0m3m7m10m13m17mMar 5Mar 9Mar 14Mar 19Mar 24Mar 28Apr 2Apr 6Apr 9Apr 13
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
10 games shown, 10:29 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 speed66th6622.5 mph
Bursts 20+ mph62nd6382
Hardest shot83rd8492.6 mph
Offensive-zone time3rd436.9%
Distance skated40th4199.2 mi
High-danger SOG31st3212
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 · 80 attempts, 50 on goal, 4 goals

Shot map, OPP at MTL: 80 attempts, 50 on goal, 4 goals, 4.19 expected goals; best chance Jesse Ylonen 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).

Puck luck

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

0246-0.2goals below expected-0.1σOct 11Apr 15
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2023-24 regular season · 47 of 59 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−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.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.04
Attempts
9
0.114

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.39G
Per 60
−0.039
Drawn / taken
4 / 6minors

MethodLeaders
39.0%
40.8%
38.6%
Transition CF/60
3.5
Turnovers won/60
15.6
Turnovers lost/60
14.3

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
50 shots on goal, 4 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot18%22%2
R Point2%6%0
Crease0%2%0
Center Point10%8%0
L Point4%6%0
R Net Side2%4%0
R Circle14%12%1

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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How his goals happened

4 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Mar 28, 2024 vs PHIRebound—021.8rebound
Nov 16, 2023 vs VGKForecheck turnover—248.0one-timer
Nov 16, 2023 vs VGKRushloose038.9—
Oct 11, 2023 @ TOROdd-man rushloose130.01-on-0

* 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 Ylonen

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

59 games in 2023-24, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 15@ DETOTL 4-500000040—8:418:41——
Apr 13@ OTTOTL 4-500000000—9:298:430:46—
Apr 4vs TBLL 4-700001010—9:127:161:56—
Apr 2vs FLAW 5-3000-10201—10:109:140:56—
Mar 30vs CARL 0-300000010—15:0413:241:40—
Mar 28vs PHIW 4-1101+11000—9:158:290:200:04
Mar 26@ COLW 2-1000020000%8:558:55——
Mar 24@ SEAW 5-100004011—12:1411:300:44—
Mar 7@ CARL 1-400001200—11:398:182:33—
Mar 5@ NSHW 4-300000020—11:2110:141:07—
Mar 2@ TBLOTL 3-400000011—10:218:401:41—
Feb 29@ FLAOTL 3-400001012—10:429:211:16—
Feb 27vs ARIW 4-2000+10010—8:488:48——
Feb 24@ NJDL 3-400001001—8:208:20——
Feb 22@ PITL 1-4000+12001—10:549:041:50—
Feb 21vs BUFL 2-3000-10010—8:168:16——
Feb 13vs ANAW 5-0000+10020—8:457:590:46—
Feb 11vs STLL 2-7000020000%10:387:323:06—
Feb 10vs DALL 2-3000-10000—8:195:562:23—
Feb 6@ WSHW 5-200001030—9:539:180:33—

Season splits by strength

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

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations59604:0310:1447070739.9%41.2%239324202248%20.432.840%
Even strength59520:238:4939061738.7%40.3%199274191458%16.226.138%
5v559516:468:4638561238.6%40.3%196271191458%16.025.538%
Power play3950:261:18741187.1%82.5%3681150%4.21.388%
Penalty kill1328:312:125676.9%8.5%435050%0.14.70%
4v462:180:235455.6%50.0%3200—0.20.360%
5v43950:261:18741187.1%82.5%3681150%4.21.388%
4v51328:312:125676.9%8.5%435050%0.14.70%
5v6, opponent net empty83:590:301127.7%0.0%07020%0.00.80%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2023-24MTL59448+212508.0%413210:14
2022-23MTL3761016-1104314.0%142813:27
2021-22MTL14235+221612.5%5411:34
2020-21MTL10000010.0%0011:23

Jesse Ylonen 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.