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Defence · #8 · CAR

Juuso Välimäki

Shoots
Left
Height
6′2″
Weight
201 lb
Born
Oct 6, 1998 (age 28)
Birthplace
Tampere, Finland
Draft
2017, CGY, round 1, 16th overall

On-ice shot attempts, shots and goals in all situations. With or without you →

2026-27 · All situations

GP
8
CAR
TOI
115
14:22 a game
CF%
62.1
141–86
xGF%
68.5
8.2–3.8
GF%
83.3
10–2

2026-27 individual

G
2
P
3
Sh%
25.0
ixG
0.67

2026-27 shot maps

Unblocked attempts in all situations, the net attacked at the top. A blocked attempt has no shot location, so these are goals, shots on goal and misses. Shots at an empty net are left out.

2026-27 shot maps
On the ice, against the league
For · his team's attempts53.8 FF/60 · league 40.2
−1.3+1.3
Against · at his net27.7 FF/60 · league 40.2
−1.3+1.3

Per 60 vs league average; darker = bigger gap. Green is better for him, red worse. 115 min.

His attempts
Missed · wrist · 0.27 xG · Oct 20 vs VAN · P3 5:10Missed · wrist · 0.06 xG · Oct 20 vs VAN · P3 1:50On goal · wrist · 0.02 xG · Oct 20 vs VAN · P2 1:27Missed · wrist · 0.01 xG · Oct 20 vs VAN · P2 1:31On goal · wrist · 0.02 xG · Oct 24 vs STL · P1 5:42On goal · snap · 0.02 xG · Oct 24 vs STL · P3 7:31Missed · snap · 0.02 xG · Oct 27 vs BOS · P1 13:44On goal · snap · 0.01 xG · Oct 27 vs BOS · P3 1:53Missed · slap · 0.04 xG · Nov 1 vs WPG · P3 17:57On goal · wrist · 0.01 xG · Nov 1 vs WPG · P3 18:39Missed · slap · 0.04 xG · Nov 3 vs NSH · P2 1:08On goal · wrist · 0.03 xG · Nov 3 vs NSH · P2 12:50Goal · snap · 0.09 xG · Oct 22 vs EDM · P3 17:20Goal · slap · 0.03 xG · Nov 1 vs WPG · P2 1:55

Select a shot for its type, xG and game.

on goal missgoal
Area = xG:0.050.200.50smallest ≤ 0.04

Under 50 attempts: too few for a density, so each is drawn.

14 unblocked · 8 SOG · 2 G · 0.67 ixG.

His unblocked attempts, shots on goal, goals and shooting percentage by zone, beside the league's
ZoneFFSOGGSh%Lg Sh%
Inner slot100–20.6
High slot000–18.2
Circles200–9.9
Point and perimeter118225.04.4
Behind the net000–4.7

By season

On-ice CF%, xGF% and GF% by season
SeasonGPTOICF%GF%xGF%xGF% RelxGFxGASh%Sv%PDO
2020-21
4975650.443.148.6-4.533.1535.088.489.597.8
2021-22
914148.850.043.4-16.45.657.376.494.0100.5
2022-23
78141851.050.350.1+12.068.6368.3211.988.099.9
2023-24
68129850.156.550.4+3.661.3160.3610.991.8102.7
2024-25
4371248.239.746.9-3.129.6133.567.690.197.7
2026-27
811562.183.368.5+11.98.193.7715.294.9110.0
Total
ARI/CAR/CGY/UTA
255444050.450.249.8+3.1206.54208.4610.390.1100.3

2026-27 game by game