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Sami Lepisto

#20 · Defence · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Oct 17, 1984 in Espoo, FIN · 6'1", 193 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 66th overall in 2004 by WSH (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Matt Carkner OTT · 3 P in 29 GP Chris Summers PHX · 3 P in 21 GP Michael Sauer NYR · 3 P in 19 GP Frédéric St-Denis MTL · 3 P in 17 GP Adam Pardy DAL · 3 P in 36 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0510152007-08: 1 points107-082008-09: 4 points408-092009-10: 11 points1109-102010-11: 16 points1610-112011-12: 3 points311-12

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 WSH 7 0 1 1 -1 12 8 6 0.14
2008-09 WSH 7 0 4 4 -3 6 7 9 0.57
2009-10 PHX 66 1 10 11 14 60 68 62 0.17
2010-11 PHX 51 4 7 11 7 37 31 49 0.22
2010-11 CBJ 19 0 5 5 3 18 25 23 0.26
2011-12 CHI 26 1 2 3 3 4 19 24 0.12
5 seasons Career 176 6 29 35 23 137 158 173 0.20

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2009-10 PHX 7 1 0 1 -1 6 7 7 0.14
2011-12 CHI 3 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 10 1 0 1 -4 6 8 8 0.10

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
26 1 2 3 3 4 19 24 0.12 5.3 10:34

2011-12 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence-0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

012342010-112011-12Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

63.4Corsi for %26 attempts for, 15 against
-4.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.0Expected goals for %0.9 expected for, 0.8 against
-15.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
63.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 3 against
62.5PDO0.0% shooting + 62.5% saves
3Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sami Lepisto · Niklas Hjalmarsson312:4568.452.90-1
Sami Lepisto · Nick Leddy24:1437.527.40-1
Johnny Oduya · Sami Lepisto21:32100.0100.00-0
Duncan Keith · Sami Lepisto21:0660.056.50-1

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 3 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.22 expected goals per 60 minutes59th
Shot quality 2.4% chance per attempt20th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected54thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 56 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.1Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 2012 @ DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:06
Mar 6, 2012 @ STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:28
Mar 4, 2012 @ DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:31
Mar 2, 2012 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:10
Feb 29, 2012 vs TOR W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 09:26
Feb 26, 2012 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:25
Feb 25, 2012 @ LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:53
Feb 23, 2012 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:08
Feb 21, 2012 vs DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:49
Feb 19, 2012 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:49
Feb 18, 2012 @ CBJ W 6-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 05:59
Feb 16, 2012 @ NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:44
Feb 14, 2012 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:12
Feb 11, 2012 @ PHX L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:04
Feb 10, 2012 @ SJS L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:19
Jan 2, 2012 vs EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:22
Dec 11, 2011 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:38
Dec 8, 2011 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:31
Nov 18, 2011 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 13:08
Nov 16, 2011 @ VAN W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12:21
Nov 6, 2011 vs VAN L 2-6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:40
Nov 4, 2011 @ TBL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 15:49
Nov 3, 2011 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 12:02
Oct 31, 2011 vs NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:27
Oct 29, 2011 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13:06
Oct 7, 2011 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:35