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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)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Beau Bennett PIT · 12 P in 33 GP Radek Faksa DAL · 12 P in 45 GP Ryan Carter MIN · 12 P in 60 GP Matt Hendricks EDM · 12 P in 68 GP Kyle Chipchura ARI · 12 P in 70 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

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
36 6 6 12 2 14 65 5 0.33 9.2 11:34

Contract

$735KCap hit2015-16
$61KCap dollars per point12 points in 36 games
$537KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.4 goals above replacement
$1.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$693KValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 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 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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

+1.4Goals above replacement411th of 675 skaters, 283rd of 445 forwards
+0.2Wins 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 445 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-0.1 51st percentileEven-strength defence+0.5 62nd percentilePower play-0.3 27th percentilePenalty kill0.0 35th percentilePenalties+0.1 42nd 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.

-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

57.8Corsi for %332 attempts for, 242 against
+6.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.8Expected goals for %14.4 expected for, 11.0 against
+6.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
60.0Goals for %9 for, 6 against
100.3PDO5.1% shooting + 95.2% saves
92Attempts 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
Brad Richards · Pavel Datsyuk · Teemu Pulkkinen642:4462.266.52-1
Tomas Tatar · Teemu Pulkkinen · Dylan Larkin531:4154.152.33-0
Gustav Nyquist · Riley Sheahan · Teemu Pulkkinen831:0655.654.20-0
Johan Franzen · Riley Sheahan · Teemu Pulkkinen217:2350.044.30-0

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.9Expected goalsfrom 104 unblocked attempts
-0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.99 expected goals per 60 minutes91st
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt25th
Finishing -0.9 goals above expected46thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Expected 6.9Goals 6

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 13, 2016 vs TOR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:55
Mar 12, 2016 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:54
Mar 10, 2016 vs WPG W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:36
Mar 6, 2016 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 11:31
Feb 23, 2016 vs CBJ W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:07
Feb 21, 2016 @ NYR L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:26
Feb 20, 2016 @ OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:22
Feb 3, 2016 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12:01
Jan 23, 2016 vs ANA L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 09:52
Jan 22, 2016 @ BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 10:21
Jan 20, 2016 vs STL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 09:16
Jan 17, 2016 vs PHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:08
Dec 3, 2015 vs ARI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:11
Dec 1, 2015 vs BUF W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:06
Nov 27, 2015 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:59
Nov 25, 2015 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:26
Nov 21, 2015 @ STL W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 11:50
Nov 20, 2015 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:14
Nov 18, 2015 vs WSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:59
Nov 16, 2015 @ OTT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 10:29
Nov 13, 2015 vs SJS L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 13:47
Nov 10, 2015 vs WSH W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:32
Nov 8, 2015 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:36
Nov 6, 2015 @ TOR W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 13:21
Nov 3, 2015 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:55
Oct 31, 2015 @ OTT W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 09:52
Oct 30, 2015 vs OTT L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 16:56
Oct 27, 2015 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:10
Oct 24, 2015 @ VAN W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 13:56
Oct 23, 2015 @ CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 11:38
Oct 21, 2015 @ EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:59
Oct 17, 2015 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 16:22
Oct 16, 2015 vs CAR L 3-5 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 16:07
Oct 13, 2015 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:01
Oct 10, 2015 @ CAR W 4-3 2 0 2 2 6 3 0 13:20
Oct 9, 2015 vs TOR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:10