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Jesse Ylonen

#56 · Right wing · Montréal Canadiens

Born Oct 3, 1999 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA · 6'2", 193 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 35th overall in 2018 by MTL (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Matt Martin NYI · 8 P in 57 GP William Carrier VGK · 8 P in 39 GP Dryden Hunt CGY · 8 P in 28 GP Cole Guttman CHI · 8 P in 27 GP Travis Boyd ARI · 8 P in 16 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.

0510152020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 5 points521-222022-23: 16 points1622-232023-24: 8 points823-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2020-21 MTL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
2021-22 MTL 14 2 3 5 2 2 16 5 0.36
2022-23 MTL 37 6 10 16 -11 0 43 14 0.43 $880K
2023-24 MTL 59 4 4 8 2 12 50 41 0.14 $775K
4 seasons Career 111 12 17 29 -7 14 110 60 0.26

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
59 4 4 8 2 12 50 41 0.14 8.0 10:14

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2024
$97KCap dollars per point8 points in 59 games
-$2.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3MValueworth 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 718 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 2023-24, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2023-24 $775K

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
2023-24 to 2023-24 $775K
2022-23 to 2022-23 $880K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

-4.0Goals above replacement696th of 721 skaters, 458th of 469 forwards
-0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-5.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 469 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-3.7 9th percentileEven-strength defence-0.8 29th percentilePower play-0.8 13th percentilePenalty kill-0.3 16th percentilePenalties-0.1 35th 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.

-4-2022020-212021-222022-232023-24Goals 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

39.3Corsi for %397 attempts for, 613 against
-7.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.2Expected goals for %15.4 expected for, 25.0 against
-8.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
58.8Goals for %20 for, 14 against
105.0PDO10.1% shooting + 94.9% saves
64Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 616 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
Mitchell Stephens · Michael Pezzetta · Jesse Ylonen1457:0539.830.74-0
Jake Evans · Michael Pezzetta · Jesse Ylonen1454:2339.036.04-3
Josh Anderson · Jake Evans · Jesse Ylonen1151:5640.238.10-2
Tanner Pearson · Colin White · Jesse Ylonen536:5640.953.42-0

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.1Expected goalsfrom 66 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.41 expected goals per 60 minutes4th
Shot quality 6.2% chance per attempt8th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected50thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 438 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Game 40Expected 4.1Goals 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
Apr 15, 2024 @ DET L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 08:41
Apr 13, 2024 @ OTT L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:29
Apr 4, 2024 vs TBL L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:12
Apr 2, 2024 vs FLA W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 10:10
Mar 30, 2024 vs CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:04
Mar 28, 2024 vs PHI W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 09:15
Mar 26, 2024 @ COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:55
Mar 24, 2024 @ SEA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 12:14
Mar 7, 2024 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:39
Mar 5, 2024 @ NSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:21
Mar 2, 2024 @ TBL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:21
Feb 29, 2024 @ FLA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:42
Feb 27, 2024 vs ARI W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 08:48
Feb 24, 2024 @ NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:20
Feb 22, 2024 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 10:54
Feb 21, 2024 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:16
Feb 13, 2024 vs ANA W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 08:45
Feb 11, 2024 vs STL L 2-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:38
Feb 10, 2024 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:19
Feb 6, 2024 @ WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:53
Jan 27, 2024 @ PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:27
Jan 18, 2024 @ OTT L 2-6 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 10:43
Jan 17, 2024 @ NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:19
Jan 15, 2024 vs COL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:26
Jan 13, 2024 vs EDM L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:00
Jan 11, 2024 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:35
Jan 10, 2024 @ PHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:06
Jan 6, 2024 vs NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 11:36
Jan 4, 2024 vs BUF L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 5 2 13:28
Jan 2, 2024 @ DAL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:05
Dec 31, 2023 @ TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:08
Dec 30, 2023 @ FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:19
Dec 28, 2023 @ CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:01
Dec 22, 2023 @ CHI W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 12:30
Dec 21, 2023 @ MIN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:04
Dec 18, 2023 @ WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:44
Dec 16, 2023 vs NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:06
Dec 13, 2023 vs PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 07:26
Dec 10, 2023 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:56
Dec 9, 2023 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:44
Dec 7, 2023 vs LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:51
Dec 4, 2023 vs SEA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:09
Dec 2, 2023 vs DET L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:50
Nov 30, 2023 vs FLA L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 11:07
Nov 29, 2023 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:27
Nov 25, 2023 @ LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 09:52
Nov 24, 2023 @ SJS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:16
Nov 22, 2023 @ ANA W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 07:23
Nov 18, 2023 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 11:37
Nov 16, 2023 vs VGK L 5-6 2 0 2 2 0 4 1 07:22
Nov 14, 2023 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 09:03
Nov 2, 2023 @ ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:28
Oct 26, 2023 vs CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:26
Oct 24, 2023 vs NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:20
Oct 23, 2023 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:50
Oct 21, 2023 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:51
Oct 17, 2023 vs MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:09
Oct 14, 2023 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:19
Oct 11, 2023 @ TOR L 5-6 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11:01