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Joona Saarelainen

Position Center Current Team Tampa Bay Lightning
Shoots Left Current Contract
Height 5'9" Expires
Weight (lbs) 193 Expiry Age (Jun 30)
Age 19 (Apr 4, 2006) Expiry Status
Drafted 2024, Round 5, Overall 149 (TBL)

News and Opinions

Date Team Transaction
Status History Coming Soon
Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G
2019-20 U16 Mestis Jukurit U16 7 8 5 13 2
2020-21 U16 SM-sarja Jukurit U16 29 26 17 43 16
2021-22 U20 SM-sarja Jukurit U20 2 2 2 4 +1
2021-22 U18 SM-sarja Jukurit U18 26 19 13 32 8
2021-22 U16 SM-sarja Jukurit U16 14 14 14 28 64
2022-23 U20 SM-sarja KalPa U20 14 0 5 5 -9 2 3 -1
2022-23 U18 SM-sarja KalPa U18 2 3 5 8 2
2022-23 U20 SM-sarja Jukurit U20 11 0 3 3 -2 4
2022-23 U18 SM-sarja Jukurit U18 6 2 6 8 4
2022-23 WHC-17 Finland U17 7 4 3 7 10
2022-23 Hlinka Gretzky Cup Finland U18 4 1 0 1 2
2023-24 Liiga KalPa 8 0 1 1
2023-24 Spengler Cup KalPa 1 0 0 0
2023-24 WJC-18 Finland U18 5 3 1 4 +4 2
2023-24 U20 SM-sarja KalPa U20 41 13 23 36 +11 20
2023-24 Mestis IPK 1
2023-24 U18 SM-sarja KalPa U18 3 2 3 5 4 8 7 15 2
2023-24 Hlinka Gretzky Cup Finland U18 5 1 1 2 6
2024-25 Liiga KalPa 21 2 3 5 +1 4 7 1 1 -1
2024-25 Mestis Hokki 3 0 0 0 -7 2
2024-25 WJC-20 Finland U20 7 0 1 1 -1
2024-25 U20 SM-sarja KalPa U20 15 12 4 16 +4 2 2 2 4 +3 2

5v5 Individual Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI G/60 A/60 Pts/60 xG/60 GAE/60 Sh% xSh% Sh%AE %SA Rush %SA Reb.

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAF/60 GF/60 xGF/60 SAA/60 GA/60 xGA/60 GF% xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel

NHL Edge Stats

Skating Shooting Zone Time
Season GP Top Speed Bursts>20/mi Avg. Speed ES Avg. Speed Top Speed Avg. Speed %Long Range %Mid Range %High Danger ES DZ% ES NZ% ES OZ%
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - - - -
2024-25 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100
Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

Glossary

Type Statistic Definition
IndividualG/60Goals Against per 60 minutes.
IndividualA/60Assists per 60 minutes.
IndividualPts/60Points per 60 minutes.
IndividualxG/60Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
IndividualGAE/60Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
IndividualSh%Shooting Percentage.
IndividualxSh%Expected Shooting Percentage.
IndividualSh%AEShooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual%SA RushPercentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual%SA Reb.Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On IceSAF/60Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On IceGF/60Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IcexGF/60Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IceSAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IcexGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGF%Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On IcexGF%Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On IcexGF RelxGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On IcexGA RelxGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On IcexGF% RelxGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.
Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.
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