- Age
- 28
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 201 lb
- Shoots
- L
- Born
- Tampere, FIN
- GP
- 43
- G
- 2
- A
- 3
- P
- 5
- +/-
- -5
- SOG
- 40
2024–25 regular season
Drafted 2017 · Round 1, #16 overall (CGY)
Advanced · 2024–25
- CF%
- 49.5
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 51.8
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- -2.4
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 0.997
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 2.7
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- -0.7
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 62.7
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 15:09
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
109 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How Välimäki is used
#8 · D · Carolina Hurricanes
Juuso Välimäki
How he’s used · 2024–25 · 43 games with shift charts
- Pair 3
- PP · rarely
- PK · rarely
- Ice time / game
- 16:33
- 15:09 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 62.7%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 51.8%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 49.5%
- at 5v5 with him on
Shift profile · against NHL defensemen
Average shift
Välimäki42.6s
NHL average48.6s
Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer
Välimäki16%
NHL average26%
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.
Most-used linemates · 5v5
Nick Schmaltz188.3 min together47%shot attempts
Clayton Keller181.1 min together48%shot attempts
Logan Cooley179.4 min together48%shot attempts
daily.hockeyUpdated after every game
| Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 | Utah Hockey Club | 43 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023–24 | Arizona Coyotes | 68 | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| 2022–23 | Arizona Coyotes | 78 | 4 | 30 | 34 |
| 2021–22 | Calgary Flames | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | Calgary Flames | 49 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2018–19 | Calgary Flames | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018–19 (P) | Calgary Flames | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Chicago Wolves · AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025–26 | Tucson Roadrunners · AHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025–26 (P) | Chicago Wolves · AHL | 21 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2024–25 | Tucson Roadrunners · AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | Stockton Heat · AHL | 35 | 2 | 16 | 18 |
| 2021–22 (P) | Stockton Heat · AHL | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | Ilves · Liiga | 19 | 2 | 17 | 19 |
| 2018–19 | Stockton Heat · AHL | 20 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 2017–18 | Tri-City Americans · WHL | 43 | 14 | 31 | 45 |
| 2017–18 | Finland U20 · WJC-20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017–18 (P) | Tri-City Americans · WHL | 12 | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 2016–17 | Tri-City Americans · WHL | 60 | 19 | 42 | 61 |
| 2016–17 | Finland U20 · WJC-20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016–17 (P) | Tri-City Americans · WHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015–16 | Tri-City Americans · WHL | 56 | 7 | 25 | 32 |
| 2015–16 | Finland U18 · Ivan Hlinka Memorial | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015–16 | Finland U18 · WJC-18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014–15 | Ilves U20 · U20 SM-sarja | 44 | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| 2014–15 | Finland U17 · EYOF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014–15 | Finland U18 · WJC-18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014–15 (P) | Finland U18 · Hlinka Gretzky Cup | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013–14 | Ilves U18 · Jr. B SM-sarja | 44 | 7 | 26 | 33 |
| 2013–14 (P) | Ilves U18 · U18 SM-sarja | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2012–13 | Ilves U16 · Jr. C SM-sarja Q | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2012–13 (P) | Ilves U16 · U16 SM-sarja | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
