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Markus Hannikainen

#37 · Left wing · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Mar 26, 1993 in Helsinki, FIN · 6'1", 200 lb · Shoots left

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.

Phil Varone PHI · 7 P in 47 GP Miikka Salomaki NSH · 7 P in 37 GP Joey Anderson NJD · 7 P in 34 GP Michael Dal Colle NYI · 7 P in 28 GP Christian Dvorak ARI · 7 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.

02462015-16: 0 points015-162016-17: 2 points216-172017-18: 6 points617-182018-19: 7 points718-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 CBJ 4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 7 0.00
2016-17 CBJ 10 1 1 2 0 6 8 16 0.20 $718K
2017-18 CBJ 33 3 3 6 -1 6 31 31 0.18 $675K
2018-19 CBJ 44 4 3 7 -5 2 52 63 0.16 $675K
4 seasons Career 91 8 7 15 -8 14 94 117 0.16

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2018-19 CBJ 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.00
1 season Playoffs 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.00

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
44 4 3 7 -5 2 52 63 0.16 7.7 9:29

Contract

$675KCap hit2018-19
$96KCap dollars per point7 points in 44 games
$593KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.1 goals above replacement
$1.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$731KValueworth 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 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 $718K

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.1Goals above replacement442nd of 699 skaters, 304th of 455 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
0.0Goals 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-1.0 38th percentileEven-strength defence+0.2 48th percentilePower play-0.1 53rd percentilePenalty kill+0.0 60th percentilePenalties+0.9 69th 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.

-1-0.500.511.52015-162016-172017-182018-19Goals 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

50.2Corsi for %333 attempts for, 330 against
+0.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.5Expected goals for %16.2 expected for, 17.2 against
-0.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
37.5Goals for %9 for, 15 against
96.1PDO4.6% shooting + 91.5% saves
84Attempts 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
Brandon Dubinsky · Riley Nash · Markus Hannikainen22142:0649.155.50-4
Riley Nash · Lukas Sedlak · Markus Hannikainen20138:5353.555.84-6
Boone Jenner · Oliver Bjorkstrand · Markus Hannikainen48:4552.056.70-1
Riley Nash · Oliver Bjorkstrand · Markus Hannikainen58:1341.762.30-0

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.4Expected goalsfrom 70 unblocked attempts
-1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.78 expected goals per 60 minutes55th
Shot quality 7.7% chance per attempt44th
Finishing -1.4 goals above expected41stOne 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.

024Game 20Game 40Expected 5.4Goals 4

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 24, 2019 @ VAN W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:22
Mar 5, 2019 @ NJD W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:23
Feb 14, 2019 vs NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:23
Feb 12, 2019 vs WSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:33
Feb 9, 2019 @ VGK W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 11:28
Feb 7, 2019 @ ARI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:27
Feb 5, 2019 @ COL W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:18
Feb 2, 2019 vs STL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:50
Jan 31, 2019 @ WPG L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:09
Jan 29, 2019 vs BUF L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 08:41
Jan 8, 2019 @ TBL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 06:22
Jan 5, 2019 @ FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:00
Jan 4, 2019 @ CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:30
Dec 31, 2018 vs OTT W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 09:07
Dec 28, 2018 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:14
Dec 27, 2018 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:12
Dec 23, 2018 @ NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:45
Dec 22, 2018 @ PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 09:14
Dec 20, 2018 vs NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:33
Dec 17, 2018 vs VGK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:24
Dec 15, 2018 vs ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 08:49
Dec 13, 2018 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 10:17
Dec 11, 2018 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:18
Dec 8, 2018 vs WSH L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:06
Dec 6, 2018 @ PHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 08:54
Dec 4, 2018 vs CGY L 6-9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:12
Dec 1, 2018 @ NYI L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 08:52
Nov 29, 2018 vs MIN W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 08:03
Nov 26, 2018 @ DET W 7-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 09:58
Nov 24, 2018 @ PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:33
Nov 23, 2018 vs TOR W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 08:33
Nov 19, 2018 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 09:25
Nov 17, 2018 @ CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 11:17
Nov 15, 2018 vs FLA W 7-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 08:53
Nov 12, 2018 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:49
Nov 10, 2018 vs NYR L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:23
Nov 9, 2018 @ WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:07
Nov 6, 2018 vs DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12:54
Nov 4, 2018 @ ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:26
Nov 3, 2018 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:47
Nov 1, 2018 @ SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:33
Oct 30, 2018 vs DET L 3-5 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 09:59
Oct 27, 2018 vs BUF W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:27
Oct 25, 2018 @ STL W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:32