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2019-20 TOP CHEDDAR HOCKEY #45 SAMI VATANEN New Jersey Devils · Defense
NM-MT Season grade
8
Card #2020-08475222
Sami Vatanen in action
45 D Defense
84 OVR
Sami Vatanen New Jersey Devils
2019-20 · 47 GP · 5 G · 18 A · 23 PTS
2020-21
2018-19

Season Report

8 Near Mint–Mint 8

Game Score 0.47 a game, 79th percentile of the league's defense that season.

GP
47
G
5
A
18
P
23
+/-
-12
PIM
22
PPP
10
SHP
1
GWG
0
S
95
TOI
21:45
HIT
50
BLK
80
TK
14
FO%
—

Under the Hood

Against every regular at the position in 2019-20. Only the stats that season kept.

Shooting 88

Goals / 60
0.29

75th percentile of defense

Shots / 60
5.58

75th percentile of defense

Playmaking 92

Points / 60
1.35

83rd percentile of defense

Assists / 60
1.06

84th percentile of defense

PP Points / GP
0.21

91st percentile of defense

Defensive Awareness 65

Corsi For %
47.5%

29th percentile of defense

Takeaways / 60
0.82

44th percentile of defense

Physicality 68

Hits / 60
2.93

35th percentile of defense

Blocks / 60
4.70

71st percentile of defense

PIM / 60
1.29

45th percentile of defense

Connections

Every 2019-20 goal he scored or set up, from the play-by-play.

Set up most by

C 54OVR Jack Hughes Devils 2 of his goals RC L 88OVR Taylor Hall Coyotes 2 of his goals R 62OVR Wayne Simmonds Sabres 1 of his goals C 91OVR Kyle Palmieri Devils 1 of his goals

Set up most

C 54OVR Jack Hughes Devils Set up 4 goals RC C 82OVR Nico Hischier Devils Set up 3 goals L 88OVR Taylor Hall Coyotes Set up 2 goals L 84OVR Nikita Gusev Devils Set up 2 goals
Scored on most
Ryan Miller 1 goal Curtis McElhinney 1 goal Laurent Brossoit 1 goal
Best game
December 29, 2019 vs OTT: 3A

Rivals

Who he fought, hit (and was hit by), and faced on the draw most in 2019-20, from the play-by-play.

Hit most

C 86OVR William Karlsson Golden Knights Hit him 2 times D 46OVR Cody Ceci Maple Leafs Hit him 2 times R 44OVR Patrick Russell Oilers Hit him 2 times C 42OVR Frans Nielsen Red Wings Hit him 1 time

Hit most by

R 55OVR Brett Ritchie Bruins Hit by him 4 times R 91OVR Jordan Eberle Islanders Hit by him 2 times C 64OVR Casey Cizikas Islanders Hit by him 2 times R 96OVR Blake Wheeler Jets Hit by him 1 time

2019-20 New Jersey Devils

28-29-12 · 68 points · 26th of 31

Top teammates

C 91OVR Kyle Palmieri Devils 65 GP · 25 G · 20 A · 45 PTS D 87OVR Damon Severson Devils 69 GP · 8 G · 23 A · 31 PTS L 84OVR Nikita Gusev Devils 66 GP · 13 G · 31 A · 44 PTS C 82OVR Nico Hischier Devils 58 GP · 14 G · 22 A · 36 PTS L 79OVR Jesper Bratt Devils 60 GP · 16 G · 16 A · 32 PTS G 78OVR Mackenzie Blackwood Devils 47 GP · 22 W · .915 SV% · 2.77 GAA RC