#15 · Defense · Inactive
Sami Niku
- Age
- 30
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 176 lb
- Shoots
- L
- Born
- Haapavesi, FIN
- GP
- 13
- G
- 0
- A
- 6
- P
- 6
- +/-
- +3
- SOG
- 14
2021–22 regular season
Drafted 2015 · Round 7, #198 overall (WPG)
Advanced · 2021–22
- CF%
- 51.2
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 51.6
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- +5.5
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 1.026
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 0.5
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- -0.5
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 51.5
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 13:12
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
27 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How Niku is used
#15 · D
Sami Niku
How he’s used · 2021–22 · 13 games with shift charts
- Pair 3
- PP1
- PK · rarely
- Ice time / game
- 0:00
- 13:12 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 51.5%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 51.6%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 51.2%
- at 5v5 with him on
Shift profile · against NHL defensemen
Average shift
Niku–
NHL average–
Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer
Niku–
NHL average–
Shifts include power-play and penalty-kill time. Across the league, 5v5 shots go in nearly twice as often against a skater 80s+ into his shift.
daily.hockeyUpdated after every game
| Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | Montréal Canadiens | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2020–21 | Winnipeg Jets | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | Winnipeg Jets | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2018–19 | Winnipeg Jets | 30 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017–18 | Winnipeg Jets | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Opp | TOI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Jan 12 | @ BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 18:33 |
| Sat, Jan 1 | @ FLA | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 20:40 |
| Thu, Dec 30 | @ CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:07 |
| Tue, Dec 28 | @ TBL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:59 |
| Mon, Nov 29 | vs VAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:21 |
| Sat, Nov 27 | @ PIT | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:50 |
| Fri, Nov 26 | @ BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:57 |
| Wed, Nov 24 | @ WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 14:25 |
| Tue, Nov 2 | vs DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:31 |
| Sat, Oct 30 | @ LAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:57 |
| Thu, Oct 28 | @ SJS | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:23 |
| Tue, Oct 26 | @ SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:26 |
| Sat, Oct 23 | vsDET | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 15:32 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Linköping HC · SHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025–26 | Lausanne HC · NL | 50 | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| 2025–26 | Lausanne HC · Champions HL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025–26 (P) | Lausanne HC · NL | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024–25 | EHC Kloten · NL | 52 | 5 | 25 | 30 |
| 2024–25 (P) | EHC Kloten · NL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023–24 | JYP · Liiga | 37 | 11 | 26 | 37 |
| 2023–24 | Finland · EHT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | Ilves · Liiga | 16 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 2023–24 (P) | Ilves · Liiga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022–23 | JYP · Liiga | 54 | 9 | 33 | 42 |
| 2022–23 | Finland · EHT | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021–22 | Laval Rocket · AHL | 36 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2021–22 (P) | Laval Rocket · AHL | 15 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2019–20 | Manitoba Moose · AHL | 18 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 2018–19 | Manitoba Moose · AHL | 20 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2017–18 | Manitoba Moose · AHL | 76 | 16 | 38 | 54 |
| 2017–18 (P) | Manitoba Moose · AHL | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016–17 | JYP · Liiga | 59 | 5 | 22 | 27 |
| 2016–17 | JYP · Champions HL | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016–17 (P) | JYP · Liiga | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2015–16 | JYP · Liiga | 38 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2015–16 | JYP · Champions HL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015–16 | JYP-Akatemia · Mestis | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015–16 | Finland U20 · WJC-20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014–15 | JYP · Finland | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014–15 | JYP-Akatemia · Finland-2 | 39 | 3 | 22 | 25 |
| 2014–15 (P) | JYP-Akatemia · Finland-2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2013–14 | JyP U18 · Fin-U18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013–14 | JyP Jr. · Fin-Jr. | 20 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 2013–14 | JYP-Akatemia · Finland-2 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013–14 | Finland · WJ18-A | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012–13 | JyP U18 · Fin-U18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012–13 | JyP Jr. · Fin-Jr. | 30 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2012–13 (P) | JyP Jr. · Fin-Jr. | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | JyP U18 · Fin-U18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011–12 (P) | JYP U16 · U16 SM-sarja | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010–11 | JYP U16 · Jr. C SM-sarja Q | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010–11 (P) | JYP U16 · U16 SM-sarja | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |