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Iiro Pakarinen

#26 · Right wing · Edmonton Oilers

Born Aug 25, 1991 in Loviisa, FIN · 6'1", 212 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 184th overall in 2011 by FLA (round 7)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andy Andreoff LAK · 3 P in 18 GP Cory Conacher NYI · 3 P in 15 GP Adam Burish SJS · 3 P in 20 GP Matt Puempel OTT · 3 P in 13 GP Zac Dalpe BUF · 3 P in 21 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.

05102014-15: 3 points314-152015-16: 13 points1315-162016-17: 4 points416-172017-18: 3 points317-18

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 EDM 17 1 2 3 -4 2 34 51 0.18
2015-16 EDM 63 5 8 13 -10 8 76 152 0.21 $818K
2016-17 EDM 14 2 2 4 2 2 15 30 0.29 $725K
2017-18 EDM 40 2 1 3 1 6 50 72 0.08 $725K
4 seasons Career 134 10 13 23 -11 18 175 305 0.17

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 EDM 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 0.00
1 season Playoffs 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 0.00

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
17 1 2 3 -4 2 34 51 0.18 2.9 10:08

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2015-16 to 2017-18 $818K

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

-0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.7Even-strength defence-0.7Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.4

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.

-1-0.500.512014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

48.0Corsi for %131 attempts for, 142 against
+1.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.4Expected goals for %4.7 expected for, 6.6 against
-6.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
16.7Goals for %1 for, 5 against
95.3PDO1.4% shooting + 93.9% saves
48Attempts 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
Teddy Purcell · Iiro Pakarinen · Leon Draisaitl528:0351.861.51-0
Luke Gazdic · Anton Lander · Iiro Pakarinen427:4158.869.30-0
Benoit Pouliot · Anton Lander · Iiro Pakarinen327:1348.826.00-1
Matt Hendricks · Ryan Hamilton · Iiro Pakarinen420:3842.420.40-1

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
2.3Expected goalsfrom 38 unblocked attempts
-1.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.78 expected goals per 60 minutes67th
Shot quality 5.9% chance per attempt9th
Finishing -1.3 goals above expected43rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Expected 2.3Goals 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
Feb 28, 2015 vs STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:36
Feb 24, 2015 @ MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 12:30
Feb 21, 2015 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 12:59
Feb 20, 2015 vs MIN L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:40
Feb 18, 2015 vs BOS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:27
Feb 16, 2015 @ WPG L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 12:23
Feb 14, 2015 @ OTT L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 7 13:51
Feb 12, 2015 @ MTL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 10:21
Feb 10, 2015 @ NYI L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 4 7 14:21
Feb 9, 2015 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:29
Feb 7, 2015 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 11:32
Feb 4, 2015 vs PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 6 14:57
Nov 13, 2014 vs OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 06:25
Nov 11, 2014 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:39
Nov 9, 2014 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:38
Nov 7, 2014 @ BUF W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 07:40
Nov 6, 2014 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 05:50