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Konsta Helenius

Shoots
Right
Height
5′11″
Weight
194 lb
Born
May 11, 2006 (age 20)
Birthplace
Ylojarvi, Finland
Draft
2024, BUF, round 1, 14th overall

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

2026-27 · All situations

GP
11
BUF
TOI
143
13:00 a game
CF%
49.0
119–124
xGF%
50.6
6.0–5.8
GF%
43.8
7–9

2026-27 individual

G
1
P
3
iSF
12
Sh%
8.3
ixG
1.34
G−ixG
-0.34

Shooting luck

2026-27 in all situations, beside his record before (his seasons since 2019-20) and the league's forwards.

Measure2026-27BeforeΔLeague
Sh%8.36.7+1.713.3
On-ice Sh%12.38.5+3.811.7
PDO98.0100.1-2.1100.3
G−ixG-0.34–––

Sh% z -0.4. 12 shots on goal: too few to judge yet (25 needed). Expected: his record before blended with 100 shots at the league rate; past ±2 is about one time in twenty by chance.

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 attempts36.1 FF/60 · league 40.2
−1.3+1.3
Against · at his net39.0 FF/60 · league 40.2
−1.3+1.3

Per 60 vs league average; darker = bigger gap. Green is better for him, red worse. 143 min.

His attempts
Missed · snap · 0.19 xG · Oct 3 vs CHI · P1 15:24On goal · snap · 0.18 xG · Oct 3 vs CHI · P1 10:40Missed · backhand · 0.17 xG · Oct 15 vs TOR · P1 3:53On goal · snap · 0.14 xG · Oct 3 vs CHI · P2 15:29Missed · snap · 0.13 xG · Oct 17 vs MTL · P2 11:56On goal · backhand · 0.10 xG · Oct 15 vs TOR · P1 3:52On goal · wrist · 0.06 xG · Oct 1 vs CBJ · P2 13:05On goal · snap · 0.04 xG · Oct 24 vs WSH · P3 18:33Missed · wrist · 0.04 xG · Oct 3 vs CHI · P1 1:35On goal · snap · 0.03 xG · Oct 3 vs CHI · P3 3:18On goal · wrist · 0.02 xG · Oct 8 vs DAL · P2 7:44On goal · snap · 0.04 xG · Oct 12 vs FLA · P2 3:17On goal · wrist · 0.02 xG · Oct 15 vs TOR · P1 1:41On goal · wrist · 0.02 xG · Oct 15 vs TOR · P2 16:22Missed · wrist · 0.01 xG · Oct 15 vs TOR · P3 4:20On goal · snap · 0.04 xG · Oct 15 vs TOR · P3 10:14Missed · wrist · 0.02 xG · Oct 17 vs MTL · P1 19:10Missed · wrist · 0.01 xG · Oct 27 vs SJS · P2 17:08Goal · snap · 0.09 xG · Oct 1 vs CBJ · P2 13:14

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.

19 unblocked · 12 SOG · 1 G · 1.34 ixG.

His unblocked attempts, shots on goal, goals and shooting percentage by zone, beside the league's
ZoneFFSOGGSh%Lg Sh%
Inner slot4200.020.6
High slot100–18.2
Circles97114.39.9
Point and perimeter5300.04.4
Behind the net000–4.7

By season

On-ice CF%, xGF% and GF% by season
SeasonGPTOICF%GF%xGF%xGF% RelxGFxGASh%Sv%PDO
2025-26
910757.555.660.1+15.55.823.878.591.7100.1
2026-27
1114349.043.850.6-2.46.005.8512.385.798.0
Total
BUF
2025052.848.054.9+5.711.829.7210.388.398.6

2026-27 game by game