Juuso Välimäki

Juuso Välimäki

D · Left shotThird PairingAge 286'2" · 201 lbTampere, Finland
cap hit$0.9M1-year signingsigned June 24, 2026contract ledger →

Points by season

Career NHL points, ending with the 84-game projection (violet).

19: 3 pts31921: 11 pts1122: 2 pts22223: 34 pts3424: 17 pts172425: 5 pts536PROJ27: 4 pts (projected 36)27

Pool value

Projected full-season fantasy worth.

61/100
why 61?

Each row is one fantasy category turned into points over a full 84-game season. Add the rows up and that is his total fantasy worth.

  • proj goals18 × 3+54
  • proj assists18 × 1+18
  • PP points0 × 0.5+0
  • game-winning goals0 × 0.5+0
  • OT goals0 × 0.25+0
  • shots112 × 0.1+11.2
  • PIM112 × 0.05+5.6
  • ice time (min)1203 × 0.01+12
  • total101 pool points  ·  an elite defenseman season scores 166101 = 61/100

Weights follow what the average fantasy league actually counts: goals at 3× assists (the universal core), power-play points and game-winners at half weight (common extra categories), OT goals, shots and PIM small (many leagues skip them), and ice time as a quiet availability bonus. The scale: add up a whole season of those categories and compare against the best defensemen in the NHL — an elite season scores about 166 points, and that is what 100 means. So 101 points is 61 out of a perfect fantasy season at his position. Defensemen and forwards are graded on separate scales because the D slot can only be filled by a defenseman. Goals and assists come from the backtested season model; the rest ride your own season-to-date pace over 84 games (9 games so far — small sample, secondary lines will move as roles settle). Hits/blocks are excluded: the free NHL feeds don't publish full-season totals, and we don't invent them.

The Situation

  • Availability: played 9 of 15 for CAR — missed 6 games (2026-10-13, 2026-10-17, 2026-10-18, 2026-11-07, …).
  • Ironman warning: multiple absences already — treat nightly projections for this player as low-confidence.
  • Not on the NHL Status Report — recent absences were healthy scratches or coach's decisions unless a wire note says otherwise.

Every line is measured from our own boxscore ledger; absence reasons from the NHL Status Report and our transaction wire only — no insider guessing.

Season stats

NHL regular-season totals, season by season. The 84-G proj line extends the current season with our public model — methodology in the caption below the table.

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPPSHGTOI/GPGWGOTGSS%FOW%
2018-19Flames24123-21200015:2910283.6%0.0%
2020-21Flames492911-22600015:2600722.8%0.0%
2021-22Flames902201000015:4200110.0%0.0%
2022-23Coyotes7843034-1059112018:1110934.3%0.0%
2023-24Coyotes6821517121204019:0600692.9%0.0%
2024-25Utah Hockey Club43235-51400016:3300405.0%0.0%
2026-27Hurricanes931471200014:19001225.0%0.0%
84-G projHurricanes84181836—79—0—17:02——105——

84-G proj — current pace blended with the player's own history (recent seasons weighted heaviest), mixed with a similarity projection from historical players with comparable profiles, then adjusted for the aging curve (league-average peak at 27; decline after) — at age 28 that is -1%. Dashes mark stats the model doesn't project.

Goals — with the line

TimeSTTypeGoalHis lineOpp ice
Nov 12 · @ SEA
P2 09:34EVGoalValimaki (Stankoven) → 3-0
Ehlers · Stankoven · Blake
Gostisbehere · Valimaki
Stephenson · Gaudreau · Samoskevich
Montour · Evans
Grubauer (G)
Nov 1 · vs WPG
P2 01:55EVGoalValimaki (Gostisbehere, Stankoven) → 2-0
Ehlers · Stankoven · Blake
Gostisbehere · Valimaki
Lowry · Iafallo · Barron
Fleury · Ferraro
Skinner (G)
Oct 22 · @ EDM
P3 17:20EVGoalVälimäki (Martinook, Gostisbehere) → 5-4
Jarvis · Martinook · Kotkaniemi
Gostisbehere · Välimäki
Joseph · Dach · Michaels
Murphy · Walman
Levi (G)
Oct 20 · @ VAN
P1 04:44EVAssistStankoven (Blake, Valimaki) → 1-0
Robinson · Stankoven · Blake
Gostisbehere · Valimaki
Cotter · O'Connor · Lekkerimaki
Hronek · Pettersson
Merilainen (G)

Line mates

Teammates sharing the most ice time with Juuso over the last 6 games — reconstructed shift-by-shift from the NHL's official timing feed (goalies excluded).

PlayerShared minGP
Shayne Gostisbehere CAR706
Logan Stankoven CAR326
Seth Jarvis CAR285
Jackson Blake CAR276
Nikolaj Ehlers CAR256

Data via the public NHL API · 2026 Pro Hockey Stats