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Not on an NHL roster · Left wing · Shoots R

Patrik Laine

Age 28 · 6'4" · 208 lb · Born in Tampere, FIN

No contract on file.

2025-26 regular season

GP

5

Goals

0

0.0% shooting

Assists

1

1 primary

Points

1

0.20 per game

TOI/GP

12:36

PP 2:26 · PK 0:00

xGF%

37.7

5v5, -6.6 vs. last yr

Game Score

-0.16

per game, goals above average

Faceoff %

—

2 W · 1 L

Plus/minus

-3

Blocks 0 · Hits 2

Game log

Last 5 games · NHL API

GameGASOGHITBLKTOIPPPKFOOZS%GVTK+/-GS
Oct 16
vs NSH · W 3-2
0001012:102:130:001-0000-1+0.01
Oct 14
vs SEA · W 5-4
0120010:432:010:00—3300+1+0.16
Oct 11
@ CHI · W 3-2
0031013:336:010:000-1010-1-0.49
Oct 9
@ DET · W 5-1
0000013:451:110:00—100000-0.16
Oct 8
@ TOR · L 5-2
0010012:510:460:001-05010-2-0.32

GS = our Game Score, goals above average. FO = faceoffs won-lost. OZS% = share of his 5v5 offensive and defensive zone faceoff starts that were in the offensive zone. GV/TK = giveaways/takeaways.

Advanced metrics

5v5 unless noted · 2024-25 · 521 min · percentile vs. NHL forwards

xGF%44.2%

17th percentile

Relative xGF%-6.0

14th percentile

HDCF%43.9%

25th percentile

CF%41.3%

3rd percentile

Relative CF%-7.5

4th percentile

FF%42.1%

6th percentile

GF%40.5%

20th percentile

CF/6047.8

8th percentile

CA/6067.9

4th percentile

ixG/601.40

81st percentile

Goals above expected+7.8

96th percentile

IPP58.8%

27th percentile

PDO99.2

42nd percentile

OZS%81.3%

99th percentile

xGF% is his team's share of 5v5 expected goals while he was on the ice, from our own expected goals model; HDCF% counts only high-danger chances (xG of 0.15 or more). IPP is the share of his team's 5v5 goals while he was on the ice that he scored or assisted on. Relative stats compare him with his team when he was off the ice. Goals above expected and ixG/60 use his own shots at all strengths. PDO and OZS% describe luck and deployment, so their bars are grey.

Play style

Trait percentiles vs. NHL wingers · 2024-25

Shooting volume
87
Playmaking
59
Zone entries(est.)
—
Forechecking
—
Physicality
27
Defensive impact
20
Puck management
38
Speed
—

Where he shoots from

No unblocked shots yet.

Strengths

  • Shooting volume: 87th percentile among wingers.

Watch-outs

  • Defensive impact: 20th percentile among wingers.
  • Physicality: 27th percentile among wingers.

Similar style: Jack Quinn (BUF), Dmitri Voronkov (CBJ)

Built from play-by-play, shift data, and NHL EDGE tracking. Zone entries is an estimate (rush chances while he is on the ice) until tracking data is added. A written scouting summary appears once Claude play-style writing is switched on.

Where his Game Score comes from

2024-25 · 52 GP · goals above average

Season total +6.2 goals, or +0.12 per game.

Even strength offense
-0.1
Even strength defense
-1.0
Power play
-0.1
Finishing
+7.8
Playmaking
-0.3
Penalties
-0.2

Game Score adds up a player's impact in goals compared with an average player given the same ice time: his share of expected goals for and against at even strength, on the power play, and on the penalty kill, plus finishing (goals minus expected goals), primary assists, penalties drawn and taken, and faceoffs. Goalies are measured by goals saved above expected.

By season

Regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-SOGTOI/GPFO%GS/GP
2025-26MTL5011-3612:36—-0.16
2024-25MTL52201333-1411614:18—+0.12
2023-24CBJ18639-104115:1338.0%+0.06
2022-23CBJ55223052-1218419:0735.0%+0.11

Sentiment & chatter

Fans

—

Beat writers

—

Media

—

Fan, beat writer, and media scores, the 14-day trade chatter chart, and the latest mentions appear once sentiment scoring is switched on. Mentions are already being collected.

Age curve

How players at his position age, and where his contract falls on that curve, arrives with the trade tools.

Skating · NHL EDGE

2025-26, as of Oct 2

Top speed
20.2 mph
2nd pct
20+ mph bursts
2
Hardest shot
87.8 mph
68th pct
Distance
9.6 mi
OZ time
43.8%
72nd pct
DZ time
39.2%