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Juha Jaaska

#54 · Left wing · Carolina Hurricanes

Born Feb 9, 1998 in Helsinki, FIN (age 28) · 6'0", 210 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ivan Miroshnichenko WSH · 4 P in 18 GP Kieffer Bellows NSH · 4 P in 19 GP Arthur Kaliyev NYR · 4 P in 14 GP Oliver Moore CHI · 4 P in 9 GP Jimmy Snuggerud STL · 4 P in 7 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.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2024-25 CAR 18 0 4 4 0 9 11 20 0.22 $850K
1 season Career 18 0 4 4 0 9 11 20 0.22

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
18 0 4 4 0 9 11 20 0.22 0.0 8:56

Contract

$850KCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$213KCap dollars per point4 points in 18 games
$3.329MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.3 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Carolina Hurricanes on Apr 9, 2024, as an entry-level contract: 1 year and $850K, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $850K $775K $75K $850K

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
2025-26 to 2026-27 $775K
Apr 9, 2024 Carolina Hurricanes Entry-level 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $850K $850K

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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.9Even-strength defence+0.9Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.2

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.

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

62.3Corsi for %172 attempts for, 104 against
+5.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
59.1Expected goals for %5.9 expected for, 4.1 against
+4.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
62.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.5Goals for %5 for, 6 against
92.8PDO6.1% shooting + 86.7% saves
27Attempts 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
Jack Drury · Jackson Blake · Juha Jaaska742:1067.063.31-1
Jack Roslovic · Jack Drury · Juha Jaaska518:4263.449.00-0
Eric Robinson · Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Juha Jaaska210:07100.0100.01-0
Tyson Jost · Logan Stankoven · Juha Jaaska18:2961.141.10-3

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.4Expected goalsfrom 22 unblocked attempts
-1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.50 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 6.1% chance per attempt8th
Finishing -1.4 goals above expected39thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 428 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Expected 1.4Goals 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 22, 2025 @ LAK L 2-7 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 12:00
Feb 8, 2025 vs UTA W 7-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 09:12
Feb 6, 2025 @ MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:31
Feb 1, 2025 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 08:26
Jan 30, 2025 vs CHI W 3-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 08:59
Jan 28, 2025 @ NYR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:34
Jan 25, 2025 @ NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:10
Jan 23, 2025 vs CBJ W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 09:11
Jan 21, 2025 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:34
Jan 20, 2025 @ CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:57
Jan 17, 2025 vs VGK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 08:38
Jan 15, 2025 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10:43
Jan 12, 2025 vs ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 06:58
Jan 10, 2025 vs VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:52
Jan 9, 2025 vs TOR W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 09:52
Jan 7, 2025 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:29
Jan 5, 2025 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 09:16
Jan 2, 2025 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:21