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Jori Lehtera

#15 · Centre · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Dec 23, 1987 in Helsinki, FIN · 6'2", 212 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 65th overall in 2008 by STL (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Vinni Lettieri NYR · 3 P in 27 GP Matt Hendricks WPG · 3 P in 26 GP Zac Rinaldo NSH · 3 P in 23 GP Michael McLeod NJD · 3 P in 21 GP Anders Bjork BOS · 3 P in 20 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0102030402014-15: 44 points4414-152015-16: 34 points3415-162016-17: 22 points2216-172017-18: 8 points817-182018-19: 3 points318-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 STL 75 14 30 44 21 48 103 43 0.59 $2.75M
2015-16 STL 79 9 25 34 12 38 83 43 0.43 $2.75M
2016-17 STL 64 7 15 22 -6 34 67 64 0.34 $4.7M
2017-18 PHI 62 3 5 8 -8 14 45 55 0.13 $4.7M
2018-19 PHI 27 1 2 3 -7 33 17 29 0.11 $4.7M
5 seasons Career 307 34 77 111 12 167 315 234 0.36

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 STL 5 0 2 2 -2 0 2 1 0.40
2015-16 STL 20 3 6 9 0 10 29 14 0.45
2016-17 STL 8 1 3 4 5 4 5 15 0.50
2017-18 PHI 6 0 2 2 0 0 5 5 0.33
4 seasons Playoffs 39 4 13 17 3 14 41 35 0.44

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
27 1 2 3 -7 33 17 29 0.11 5.9 9:07

Contract

$4.7MCap hit2018-19
$1.567MCap dollars per point3 points in 27 games
-$667KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5.4MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 696 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2016-17 to 2018-19 $4.7M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $2.75M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2018-19 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

-1.9Goals above replacement632nd of 699 skaters, 423rd of 455 forwards
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 ranked forwards: 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-1.2 34th percentileEven-strength defence+0.3 52nd percentilePower play0.0 55th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 15th percentilePenalties-1.4 5th 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 forwards. 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.

-4-202462014-152015-162016-172017-182018-19Goals 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

46.0Corsi for %156 attempts for, 183 against
-3.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.7Expected goals for %7.0 expected for, 7.6 against
-0.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
27.8Goals for %5 for, 13 against
92.4PDO6.1% shooting + 86.3% saves
23Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jori Lehtera · Scott Laughton · Nicolas Aube-Kubel727:5448.831.31-0
Jori Lehtera · Scott Laughton · Michael Raffl424:1043.954.01-1
Jori Lehtera · Dale Weise · Michael Raffl622:4261.857.21-0
Jori Lehtera · Dale Weise · Scott Laughton716:2250.059.82-2

The lines 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 lines 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
1.3Expected goalsfrom 18 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.32 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 7.2% chance per attempt28th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected53rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Game 20Expected 1.3Goals 1

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
Jan 19, 2019 @ MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 06:37
Jan 16, 2019 vs BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 05:40
Jan 14, 2019 vs MIN W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:51
Dec 15, 2018 @ VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 08:35
Dec 9, 2018 @ WPG L 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:18
Dec 8, 2018 @ BUF W 6-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 07:35
Dec 6, 2018 vs CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 04:56
Dec 1, 2018 @ PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 06:30
Nov 21, 2018 @ BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 06:20
Nov 13, 2018 vs FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:19
Nov 10, 2018 vs CHI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:58
Nov 8, 2018 vs ARI W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 04:51
Nov 5, 2018 @ ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:52
Nov 3, 2018 @ SJS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:31
Nov 1, 2018 @ LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10:16
Oct 30, 2018 @ ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:21
Oct 27, 2018 vs NYI L 1-6 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 14:40
Oct 25, 2018 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:35
Oct 22, 2018 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:18
Oct 20, 2018 vs NJD W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 11:14
Oct 18, 2018 @ CBJ L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:00
Oct 16, 2018 vs FLA W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:23
Oct 13, 2018 vs VGK L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 10:12
Oct 10, 2018 @ OTT W 7-4 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 14:20
Oct 9, 2018 vs SJS L 2-8 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:06
Oct 6, 2018 @ COL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:47
Oct 4, 2018 @ VGK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:55