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Eeli Tolvanen

#17 · Right wing · New York Rangers

Born Apr 22, 1999 in Vihti, FIN (age 27) · 5'11", 183 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 30th overall in 2017 by NSH (round 1)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mason Marchment DAL · 31 P in 68 GP Jonathan Toews CHI · 31 P in 53 GP Trent Frederic BOS · 31 P in 79 GP Barclay Goodrow NYR · 31 P in 82 GP Nicolas Roy VGK · 30 P in 65 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.

0102030402017-18: 0 points017-182018-19: 2 points218-192020-21: 22 points2220-212021-22: 23 points2321-222022-23: 31 points3122-232023-24: 41 points4123-242024-25: 35 points3524-252025-26: 36 points3625-262026-27: 3 points326-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 NSH 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0.00 $925K
2018-19 NSH 4 1 1 2 2 0 2 4 0.50 $894K
2020-21 NSH 40 11 11 22 -10 4 65 78 0.55 $894K
2021-22 NSH 75 11 12 23 -7 16 151 176 0.31 $1.45M
2022-23 NSH 13 2 2 4 -2 4 19 22 0.31 $1.45M
2022-23 SEA 48 16 11 27 10 10 97 69 0.56
2023-24 SEA 81 16 25 41 -15 24 153 210 0.51 $1.45M
2024-25 SEA 81 23 12 35 3 23 137 237 0.43 $3.475M
2025-26 SEA 78 12 24 36 -18 30 141 187 0.46 $3.475M
2026-27 NYR 5 3 0 3 3 2 6 10 0.60 $1.5M
9 seasons Career 428 95 98 193 -34 113 774 995 0.45

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2020-21 NSH 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 0.00
2021-22 NSH 3 1 0 1 -2 2 4 5 0.33
2022-23 SEA 14 3 5 8 -4 6 28 48 0.57
3 seasons Playoffs 21 4 5 9 -6 8 43 61 0.43

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
61 18 13 31 8 14 116 91 0.51 15.5 14:31

Contract

$1.45MCap hitends in 2024
$47KCap dollars per point31 points in 61 games
$549KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.6 goals above replacement
$2.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.2MValueworth less cap hit

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 695 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Nashville Predators on Aug 30, 2021, as a new contract: 3 years and $4.35M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2023-24, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $1.45M $1.45M $0 $1.45M
2022-23 $1.45M $1.45M $0 $1.45M
2023-24 $1.45M $1.45M $0 $1.45M

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Sep 1, 2026 New York Rangers New contract 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $1.5M $1.5M
Jul 5, 2024 Seattle Kraken New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $6.95M $3.475M
Aug 30, 2021 Nashville Predators New contract 2021-22 to 2023-24 3 $4.35M $1.45M
Mar 29, 2018 Nashville Predators Entry-level 2018-19 to 2020-21 signed for 2017-18, slid 3 $9.438M $894K

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.6Goals above replacement327th of 696 skaters, 226th of 461 forwards
+0.4Wins 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 461 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-0.5 46th percentileEven-strength defence+2.0 85th percentilePower play-0.8 13th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 18th percentilePenalties-0.3 26th 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.

-101232017-182020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

52.9Corsi for %719 attempts for, 640 against
+1.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.1Expected goals for %28.3 expected for, 27.1 against
-0.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
58.6Goals for %41 for, 29 against
101.4PDO11.2% shooting + 90.2% saves
159Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 613 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Yanni Gourde · Oliver Bjorkstrand · Eeli TolvanenSEA41384:1355.751.524-16
Yanni Gourde · Eeli Tolvanen · Jesper FrodenSEA963:4555.553.65-1
Ryan Johansen · Nino Niederreiter · Eeli TolvanenNSH1042:4541.434.31-2
Yanni Gourde · Ryan Donato · Eeli TolvanenSEA833:0558.150.31-0

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.

18Goalsnot counting empty-netters
10.8Expected goalsfrom 168 unblocked attempts
+7.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.73 expected goals per 60 minutes43rd
Shot quality 6.4% chance per attempt7th
Finishing +7.2 goals above expected93rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 446 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 18Expected 10.8

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 13, 2023 vs VGK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:53
Apr 11, 2023 @ VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:25
Apr 10, 2023 @ ARI W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:33
Apr 8, 2023 vs CHI W 7-3 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 15:24
Apr 6, 2023 vs ARI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 17:07
Apr 4, 2023 @ VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:32
Apr 3, 2023 vs ARI W 8-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:36
Apr 1, 2023 vs LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:00
Mar 30, 2023 vs ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:20
Mar 27, 2023 @ MIN L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:37
Mar 25, 2023 @ NSH W 7-2 2 0 2 2 0 4 2 17:40
Mar 23, 2023 @ NSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:42
Mar 21, 2023 @ DAL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:33
Mar 18, 2023 vs EDM L 4-6 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 15:00
Mar 16, 2023 @ SJS W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 16:38
Mar 13, 2023 vs DAL L 2-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 15:27
Mar 11, 2023 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:05
Mar 9, 2023 vs OTT L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 15:12
Mar 7, 2023 vs ANA W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 12:38
Mar 5, 2023 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 16:43
Mar 3, 2023 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 14:52
Mar 2, 2023 @ DET W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 13:56
Feb 28, 2023 @ STL W 5-3 0 3 3 3 0 1 1 13:14
Feb 26, 2023 vs TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 14:25
Feb 23, 2023 vs BOS L 5-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:58
Feb 20, 2023 @ SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:50
Feb 18, 2023 vs DET W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 14:23
Feb 16, 2023 vs PHI W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:31
Feb 14, 2023 @ WPG L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 17:31
Feb 12, 2023 @ PHI W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 15:50
Feb 10, 2023 @ NYR L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 16:23
Feb 9, 2023 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 14:35
Feb 7, 2023 @ NYI L 0-4 0 0 0 -3 0 5 3 17:38
Jan 28, 2023 vs CBJ W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 13:43
Jan 27, 2023 vs CGY L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 2 2 1 14:18
Jan 25, 2023 vs VAN W 6-1 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 14:04
Jan 21, 2023 vs COL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 17:08
Jan 19, 2023 vs NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:33
Jan 17, 2023 @ EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 16:56
Jan 16, 2023 vs TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17:34
Jan 14, 2023 @ CHI W 8-5 1 0 1 -1 0 3 3 16:49
Jan 12, 2023 @ BOS W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 5 17:31
Jan 10, 2023 @ BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 12:25
Jan 9, 2023 @ MTL W 4-0 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 13:12
Jan 7, 2023 @ OTT W 8-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:51
Jan 5, 2023 @ TOR W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 10:43
Jan 3, 2023 @ EDM W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 13:02
Jan 1, 2023 vs NYI W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 12:53
Nov 19, 2022 vs TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:23
Nov 17, 2022 vs NYI W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:45
Nov 15, 2022 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 10:51
Nov 12, 2022 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:35
Nov 10, 2022 @ COL L 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 09:09
Nov 1, 2022 @ EDM L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 10:47
Oct 22, 2022 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 13:09
Oct 20, 2022 @ CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:00
Oct 18, 2022 vs LAK L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:45
Oct 15, 2022 @ DAL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:30
Oct 13, 2022 vs DAL L 1-4 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 15:46
Oct 8, 2022 @ SJS W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 14:49
Oct 7, 2022 vs SJS W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 13:08