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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 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Johnny Boychuk BOS · 16 P in 69 GP Ryan Wilson COL · 16 P in 67 GP Eric Brewer TBL · 16 P in 76 GP Filip Kuba OTT · 16 P in 64 GP Radek Martinek NYI · 16 P in 64 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

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 4 12 16 10 55 56 72 0.23 7.1 17:33

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+3.8Goals above replacement264th of 672 skaters, 66th of 233 defencemen
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 233 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-1.1 53rd percentileEven-strength defence+3.4 94th percentilePower play-0.5 30th percentilePenalty kill-1.0 5th percentilePenalties-1.0 41st 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. 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

51.5Corsi for %954 attempts for, 900 against
+0.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.9Expected goals for %37.8 expected for, 36.4 against
+3.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
57.1Goals for %44 for, 33 against
101.9PDO8.7% shooting + 93.3% saves
119Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 skaters who played enough to be ranked: 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sami Lepisto · Oliver Ekman-LarssonPHX29246:3054.253.89-8
Adrian Aucoin · Sami LepistoPHX28159:3251.555.510-5
Jan Hejda · Sami LepistoCBJ16152:3654.043.25-4
Ed Jovanovski · Sami LepistoPHX1974:2051.448.72-4

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.0Expected goalsfrom 83 unblocked attempts
+1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.15 expected goals per 60 minutes37th
Shot quality 3.6% chance per attempt71st
Finishing +1.0 goals above expected77thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 4Expected 3.0

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 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 9, 2011 vs BUF L 4-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 17:45
Apr 8, 2011 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 1 6 2 1 17:37
Apr 5, 2011 @ DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 4 1 1 22:59
Apr 3, 2011 vs STL L 1-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 22:13
Apr 1, 2011 vs CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 22:38
Mar 31, 2011 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:30
Mar 29, 2011 vs FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:40
Mar 27, 2011 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 17:06
Mar 24, 2011 @ PHX L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 4 2 3 22:47
Mar 22, 2011 @ COL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:45
Mar 20, 2011 vs NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:12
Mar 19, 2011 @ MIN W 5-4 (OT) 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 19:40
Mar 17, 2011 vs DET L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 20:08
Mar 15, 2011 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 21:15
Mar 12, 2011 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:43
Mar 11, 2011 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 19:30
Mar 4, 2011 @ CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:15
Mar 3, 2011 @ EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 17:54
Mar 1, 2011 @ VAN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 21:46
Feb 27, 2011 @ CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:15
Feb 25, 2011 @ CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 19:02
Feb 23, 2011 @ TBL L 3-8 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:10
Feb 22, 2011 @ PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:40
Feb 19, 2011 @ NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 23:11
Feb 17, 2011 vs ATL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:23
Feb 14, 2011 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 21:13
Feb 12, 2011 vs CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 20:47
Feb 9, 2011 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 19:27
Feb 7, 2011 vs COL W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 22:57
Feb 5, 2011 vs MIN W 1-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 19:32
Feb 2, 2011 vs VAN L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 19:11
Feb 1, 2011 @ SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:44
Jan 26, 2011 @ COL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:06
Jan 25, 2011 vs EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:54
Jan 22, 2011 vs LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 21:44
Jan 20, 2011 @ LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 1 4 0 4 15:13
Jan 18, 2011 vs NSH L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 17:47
Jan 17, 2011 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:31
Jan 15, 2011 vs ANA W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 19:20
Jan 13, 2011 vs TOR W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 19:09
Jan 11, 2011 @ CBJ W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:55
Jan 10, 2011 @ STL W 4-3 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 13:27
Jan 8, 2011 vs BUF L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:16
Jan 6, 2011 @ COL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:49
Jan 4, 2011 vs CBJ W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 14:11
Jan 2, 2011 @ MIN L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:09
Dec 31, 2010 @ STL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:58
Dec 29, 2010 vs LAK W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:06
Dec 28, 2010 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 11:52
Dec 26, 2010 @ DAL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:09
Dec 23, 2010 @ SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:18
Dec 16, 2010 @ NYR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 06:06
Dec 15, 2010 @ NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16:02
Dec 9, 2010 vs MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:22
Dec 5, 2010 @ ANA W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 09:31
Nov 23, 2010 vs EDM W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 20:05
Nov 21, 2010 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:11
Nov 13, 2010 vs STL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:47
Nov 12, 2010 vs CGY W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:52
Nov 10, 2010 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 1 5 0 2 13:06
Nov 8, 2010 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 21:40
Nov 6, 2010 vs PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 18:29
Nov 5, 2010 @ DAL L 3-6 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 18:30
Nov 3, 2010 vs NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 20:59
Oct 30, 2010 vs TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:57
Oct 26, 2010 @ OTT L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 14:33
Oct 25, 2010 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15:59
Oct 17, 2010 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:48
Oct 10, 2010 vs BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:24
Oct 9, 2010 @ BOS W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 20:43