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Markus Nutivaara

#65 · Defence · Florida Panthers

Born Jun 6, 1994 in Oulu, FIN · 6'1", 187 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 189th overall in 2015 by CBJ (round 7)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adam Pelech NYI · 9 P in 38 GP Caleb Jones EDM · 9 P in 43 GP Ryan Murray CBJ · 9 P in 27 GP Taylor Fedun DAL · 9 P in 27 GP Radim Simek SJS · 9 P in 48 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.

051015202016-17: 7 points716-172017-18: 23 points2317-182018-19: 21 points2118-192019-20: 9 points919-202020-21: 10 points1020-212021-22: 1 points121-22

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 CBJ 66 2 5 7 7 6 66 36 0.11 $818K
2017-18 CBJ 61 7 16 23 13 14 79 42 0.38 $818K
2018-19 CBJ 80 5 16 21 3 6 99 80 0.26 $2.7M
2019-20 CBJ 37 3 6 9 2 4 47 35 0.24 $2.7M
2020-21 FLA 30 0 10 10 1 12 45 35 0.33 $2.7M
2021-22 FLA 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1.00 $2.7M
6 seasons Career 275 17 54 71 26 42 336 229 0.26

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 CBJ 2 1 1 2 3 0 7 2 1.00
2017-18 CBJ 6 0 0 0 2 0 9 7 0.00
2018-19 CBJ 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.00
2019-20 CBJ 2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.00
2020-21 FLA 5 0 0 0 -4 14 6 10 0.00
5 seasons Playoffs 17 1 1 2 1 14 24 21 0.12

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
37 3 6 9 2 4 47 35 0.24 6.4 15:55

Contract

$2.7MCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$300KCap dollars per point9 points in 37 games
$660KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2MValueworth 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. It runs through 2021-22, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $2.7M
2020-21 $2.7M
2021-22 $2.7M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2021-22 to 2021-22 $2.7M
2020-21 to 2020-21 $2.7M
2018-19 to 2021-22 $2.7M
2016-17 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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

0.0Goals above replacement500th of 670 skaters, 142nd of 231 defencemen
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 231 ranked defencemen: 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-1.1 51st percentileEven-strength defence-0.5 43rd percentilePower play+0.1 77th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 38th percentilePenalties-0.3 61st 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 defencemen. 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.

-4-202462016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-22Goals 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

49.5Corsi for %511 attempts for, 521 against
+0.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.0Expected goals for %20.6 expected for, 21.4 against
-1.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.1Goals for %17 for, 15 against
100.3PDO5.7% shooting + 94.6% saves
85Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Werenski · Markus Nutivaara19196:3654.052.57-5
Scott Harrington · Markus Nutivaara14164:4043.942.94-2
Ryan Murray · Markus Nutivaara678:3548.453.55-4
David Savard · Markus Nutivaara2030:1943.441.80-2

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.1Expected goalsfrom 65 unblocked attempts
+0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.21 expected goals per 60 minutes54th
Shot quality 3.2% chance per attempt57th
Finishing +0.9 goals above expected71stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 229 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Goals 3Expected 2.1

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
Mar 8, 2020 @ VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:53
Mar 7, 2020 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 22:19
Mar 1, 2020 vs VAN W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 14:07
Feb 28, 2020 vs MIN L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 20:38
Feb 25, 2020 @ MIN L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:33
Feb 24, 2020 vs OTT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 6 2 21:28
Feb 22, 2020 @ NSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 19:52
Feb 20, 2020 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 18:23
Feb 18, 2020 @ PHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:51
Feb 16, 2020 @ NJD L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 21:02
Feb 14, 2020 vs NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 18:20
Feb 13, 2020 @ BUF L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 24:00
Feb 10, 2020 vs TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:56
Feb 8, 2020 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:27
Feb 7, 2020 vs DET W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:41
Feb 4, 2020 vs FLA W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:12
Feb 2, 2020 @ MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:56
Feb 1, 2020 @ BUF L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:18
Jan 22, 2020 vs WPG W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:19
Jan 19, 2020 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:24
Jan 18, 2020 vs NJD W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:12
Jan 16, 2020 vs CAR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:09
Jan 14, 2020 vs BOS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:43
Jan 11, 2020 @ VGK W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:06
Jan 9, 2020 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:08
Jan 7, 2020 @ ANA W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:01
Jan 6, 2020 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:17
Nov 5, 2019 vs VGK L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 05:20
Oct 30, 2019 vs EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:43
Oct 21, 2019 @ TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:17
Oct 19, 2019 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:05
Oct 18, 2019 @ CHI L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 17:06
Oct 16, 2019 vs DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:30
Oct 12, 2019 @ CAR W 3-2 1 0 1 3 0 2 4 18:12
Oct 11, 2019 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:47
Oct 7, 2019 vs BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:27
Oct 4, 2019 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 13:23