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Teemu Pulkkinen

#12 · Left wing · Arizona Coyotes

Born Jan 2, 1992 in Vantaa, FIN · 5'10", 185 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 111th overall in 2010 by DET (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tom Sestito PIT · 2 P in 13 GP Drew Shore VAN · 2 P in 14 GP Teddy Purcell LAK · 2 P in 12 GP Peter Cehlarik BOS · 2 P in 11 GP Pontus Aberg NSH · 2 P in 15 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.

05102013-14: 0 points013-142014-15: 8 points814-152015-16: 12 points1215-162016-17: 2 points216-17

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 DET 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 0.00
2014-15 DET 31 5 3 8 5 10 67 3 0.26 $698K
2015-16 DET 36 6 6 12 2 14 65 5 0.33 $735K
2016-17 MIN 9 1 0 1 -1 2 4 2 0.11 $813K
2016-17 ARI 4 1 0 1 -1 4 6 2 0.25
4 seasons Career 83 13 9 22 5 32 146 14 0.27

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
13 2 0 2 -2 6 10 4 0.15 20.0 9:30

Contract

$813KCap hit2016-17
$406KCap dollars per point2 points in 13 games

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.

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 2016-17 $813K
2014-15 to 2015-16 $698K

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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

-0.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence-0.5Power play-0.1Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.2

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-1-0.500.511.52013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

45.0Corsi for %91 attempts for, 111 against
-1.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.4Expected goals for %4.0 expected for, 5.0 against
-4.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.9Goals for %6 for, 8 against
99.4PDO12.8% shooting + 86.7% saves
16Attempts 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zac Dalpe · Jason Zucker · Teemu PulkkinenMIN722:1057.547.62-2
Jason Pominville · Zac Dalpe · Teemu PulkkinenMIN212:5750.042.20-0
Peter Holland · Teemu Pulkkinen · Anthony DuclairARI210:0956.558.40-1
Chris Stewart · Zac Dalpe · Teemu PulkkinenMIN28:3130.04.30-2

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.0Expected goalsfrom 15 unblocked attempts
+1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.49 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 6.7% chance per attempt25th
Finishing +1.0 goals above expected66thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 1.0

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
Mar 20, 2017 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:15
Mar 18, 2017 vs STL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:43
Mar 16, 2017 vs DET L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 07:09
Mar 2, 2017 @ BUF L 3-6 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 10:55
Dec 17, 2016 vs ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:15
Oct 27, 2016 @ BUF W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:15
Oct 25, 2016 @ BOS W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 09:31
Oct 23, 2016 @ NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 10:36
Oct 22, 2016 @ NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 08:32
Oct 20, 2016 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 07:32
Oct 18, 2016 vs LAK W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 07:31
Oct 15, 2016 vs WPG W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:57
Oct 13, 2016 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:20