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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Derek MacKenzie FLA · 13 P in 64 GP Dmitrij Jaskin STL · 13 P in 65 GP Josh Jooris CGY · 13 P in 59 GP Nick Spaling SJS · 13 P in 58 GP Jake Virtanen VAN · 13 P in 55 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

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
63 5 8 13 -10 8 76 152 0.21 6.6 10:45

Contract

$818KCap hit2015-16
$63KCap dollars per point13 points in 63 games
$470KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$348KValueworth 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 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
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 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

-0.1Goals above replacement515th of 675 skaters, 350th of 445 forwards
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.0Goals 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-2.5 15th percentileEven-strength defence-0.8 30th percentilePower play+0.3 78th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 18th percentilePenalties+1.1 77th 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. 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

46.0Corsi for %450 attempts for, 529 against
-4.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.7Expected goals for %16.4 expected for, 22.9 against
-8.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
37.1Goals for %13 for, 22 against
98.0PDO5.7% shooting + 92.3% saves
130Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Lauri Korpikoski · Mark Letestu · Iiro Pakarinen1252:4438.319.70-2
Luke Gazdic · Anton Lander · Iiro Pakarinen1251:1044.945.71-2
Taylor Hall · Iiro Pakarinen · Leon Draisaitl1250:0149.347.71-3
Matt Hendricks · Lauri Korpikoski · Iiro Pakarinen847:0841.337.81-0

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.5Expected goalsfrom 107 unblocked attempts
-1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.57 expected goals per 60 minutes28th
Shot quality 6.1% chance per attempt14th
Finishing -1.5 goals above expected38thOne 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 20Game 40Game 60Expected 6.5Goals 5

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, 2016 @ VAN L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 11:55
Apr 6, 2016 vs VAN W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 14:20
Mar 26, 2016 @ LAK L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 14:05
Mar 24, 2016 @ SJS W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:03
Mar 22, 2016 @ ARI L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 14:22
Mar 20, 2016 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 12:15
Mar 18, 2016 vs VAN W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:08
Mar 16, 2016 vs STL W 6-4 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 11:38
Mar 14, 2016 vs NSH L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 11:41
Mar 12, 2016 vs ARI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 11:13
Mar 10, 2016 @ MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:56
Mar 4, 2016 @ CBJ L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:25
Mar 1, 2016 @ BUF W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:04
Feb 23, 2016 vs OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:46
Feb 20, 2016 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 7 09:31
Feb 18, 2016 vs MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:38
Feb 16, 2016 vs ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:26
Feb 13, 2016 vs WPG L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 07:22
Feb 11, 2016 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:04
Feb 9, 2016 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:18
Feb 7, 2016 @ NYI L 1-8 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 11:25
Feb 6, 2016 @ MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:43
Feb 4, 2016 @ OTT W 7-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 11:46
Feb 2, 2016 vs CBJ W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 14:04
Jan 23, 2016 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 13:43
Jan 21, 2016 @ DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 15:07
Jan 19, 2016 @ TBL L 4-6 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 14:36
Jan 18, 2016 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 11:00
Jan 16, 2016 vs CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:18
Jan 14, 2016 @ SJS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 14:04
Jan 12, 2016 @ ARI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 15:47
Jan 10, 2016 vs FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 08:20
Jan 8, 2016 vs TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 05:12
Dec 29, 2015 vs LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 01:13
Dec 27, 2015 @ CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 08:36
Dec 26, 2015 @ VAN L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 07:19
Dec 21, 2015 vs WPG W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 06:25
Dec 19, 2015 @ COL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:55
Dec 17, 2015 @ CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:22
Dec 15, 2015 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:36
Dec 14, 2015 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:22
Dec 11, 2015 vs NYR W 7-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 11:08
Dec 9, 2015 vs SJS W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 10:50
Dec 6, 2015 vs BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 05:53
Dec 4, 2015 vs DAL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:00
Dec 2, 2015 vs BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 14:57
Nov 30, 2015 @ TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:51
Nov 28, 2015 @ PIT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11:37
Nov 27, 2015 @ DET L 3-4 (OT) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 10:39
Nov 25, 2015 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:57
Nov 23, 2015 @ WSH L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:41
Nov 20, 2015 vs NJD W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:20
Nov 18, 2015 vs CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 08:58
Nov 14, 2015 @ LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:09
Nov 12, 2015 @ ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 11:17
Nov 11, 2015 @ ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:37
Nov 8, 2015 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 07:58
Nov 6, 2015 vs PIT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:27
Nov 3, 2015 vs PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 05:42
Oct 31, 2015 vs CGY L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:07
Oct 29, 2015 vs MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:22
Oct 27, 2015 @ MIN L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 13:26
Oct 25, 2015 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 06:10