GRIT & GF
Urho Vaakanainen

New York Rangers, Defence

Urho Vaakanainen

  • Steady
  • Depth
Points, 2025–26
6
0 G, 6 A in 34 GP
Individual xG
1.1
0 goals from it
Ice time per game
13:51
23 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
47.3
share of chances while he's on

Urho Vaakanainen has 0 goals and 6 assists (6 points) in 34 games for the New York Rangers in 2025–26, with 23 shots on goal and 13:51 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 1.3 out of 100.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

1.3050100
Rated above 3% of defencemen
Goals above average
−1.7
Wins
−0.29
Physicality4thGF6thIntimidation28thChemistry40thClutch65th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −1.24, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 3.2% of 281 rated players

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Clutch

+0.31 SD · 65th percentile · weight 0%

His team's expected-goal differential with him on the ice in the third period or overtime of a one-goal game, against his own usual rate. Not counted in the rating since grit-0.5: it didn't repeat from season to season, so it was mostly luck.

  • Close-and-late liftxGD per 60Heavily shrunk: close-and-late minutes are scarce.0.0465th pct
  • Close-and-late ice timeminutesThe sample behind the clutch number.7724th pct

Percentiles are against 281 rated defencemen in 2025-26, on 446 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Percentile among 239 defencemen with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game13:51
    8
  • Points per 600.76
    38
  • Goals per 600.00
    6
  • Individual xG per 600.14
    21
  • Shots per 602.9
    24

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.13
    10
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.38
    70
  • xGF%47.3%
    31

Physical

  • Hits per 601.4
    23
  • Blocks per 603.3
    21
  • Penalty minutes per 601.8
    36

Who he plays with

His most-used defence partners at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

PartnerGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Braden Schneider31187:31170–1706.8–7.06–749%
Will Borgen2785:1375–682.6–3.42–143%
Scott Morrow763:5361–582.9–2.83–350%
Matthew Robertson2451:5449–471.6–2.01–345%
Carson Soucy1618:516–160.4–0.31–052%
Vladislav Gavrikov3215:5213–120.6–0.61–148%
Vincent Iorio110:249–180.5–0.80–037%
Adam Fox187:4714–40.6–0.32–064%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 0 goals from 42 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal
0.000.100.20
11-2404-11

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–2634066231.113:51112647.3
2024–255121416421.816:25194946.2
2023–246811314672.117:29558046.7

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-04-1115:380010.02000
2026-03-183:050000.00000
2026-03-1615:510000.00100
2026-03-1414:370100.05020
2026-03-1216:130010.01010
2026-03-1015:260100.01110
2026-03-0915:180010.04010
2026-02-0516:500000.00010
2026-01-3113:380020.03000
2026-01-2913:340020.04012
2026-01-2813:540010.03110
2026-01-2612:330110.00010
2026-01-1916:170020.12110
2026-01-1714:010000.00010
2026-01-0514:220000.01122
2025-12-213:590010.01000
2025-12-1511:290000.19000
2025-12-1311:330000.00020
2025-11-2611:560000.00000
2025-11-2414:210010.03120