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Antti Suomela

#14 · Centre · San Jose Sharks

Born Mar 17, 1994 in Espoo, FIN · 6'0", 180 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Austin Czarnik NYI · 0 P in 4 GP David Gustafsson WPG · 0 P in 4 GP Drew Shore CAR · 0 P in 4 GP Micheal Haley OTT · 0 P in 4 GP Patrick Brown VGK · 0 P in 4 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.

024682018-19: 8 points818-192019-20: 7 points719-202020-21: 0 points020-21

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2018-19 SJS 27 3 5 8 1 4 42 10 0.30 $925K
2019-20 SJS 20 1 6 7 4 4 18 27 0.35 $700K
2020-21 SJS 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0.00
3 seasons Career 51 4 11 15 5 8 64 43 0.29

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0.00 0.0 11:07

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2019-20 to 2019-20 $700K
2018-19 to 2018-19 $925K

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Rating

+0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence+0.8Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+0.0

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.

00.511.52018-192019-202020-21Goals 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

54.0Corsi for %27 attempts for, 23 against
+4.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
69.7Expected goals for %1.4 expected for, 0.6 against
+24.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
65.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
5Attempts 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
Ryan Donato · Antti Suomela · John Leonard314:0338.963.10-0
Antti Suomela · John Leonard · Fredrik Handemark15:1775.096.30-0
Kurtis Gabriel · Ryan Donato · Antti Suomela14:3942.921.40-0
Patrick Marleau · Antti Suomela · Fredrik Handemark13:34100.0100.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 5 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.50 expected goals per 60 minutes11th
Shot quality 7.5% chance per attempt30th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 411 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.4Goals 0

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 27, 2021 @ ARI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:58
Mar 26, 2021 @ ARI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:36
Mar 24, 2021 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:00
Mar 20, 2021 vs STL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 11:55