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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 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.6Goals above replacement456th of 680 skaters, 142nd of 235 defencemen
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 235 ranked defencemen: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-0.5 57th percentileEven-strength defence-0.1 53rd percentilePower play-0.1 55th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 49th percentilePenalties+0.4 80th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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

50.6Corsi for %237 attempts for, 231 against
+0.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.0Expected goals for %9.6 expected for, 10.4 against
-1.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
60.0Goals for %12 for, 8 against
103.2PDO9.0% shooting + 94.2% saves
37Attempts 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
Steve Montador · Sami Lepisto971:1458.157.56-1
Sean O'Donnell · Sami Lepisto1062:5342.129.91-1
Sami Lepisto · Dylan Olsen726:4848.858.71-2
Sami Lepisto · Nick Leddy1724:5660.554.21-1

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 25 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.14 expected goals per 60 minutes37th
Shot quality 2.6% chance per attempt24th
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected68thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 233 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Goals 1Expected 0.7

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 this season, 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