GRIT & GF
Ville Heinola

Winnipeg Jets, Defence

Ville Heinola

  • Play-driver
  • Physical
  • Net-front
Points, 2025–26
0
0 G, 0 A in 5 GP
Individual xG
0.5
0 goals from it
Ice time per game
14:06
7 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
60.4
share of chances while he's on

Ville Heinola has 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) in 5 games for the Winnipeg Jets in 2025–26, with 7 shots on goal and 14:06 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 21.4 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

5 games in. The methodology requires 15 to 20 games to be accurate, so this season's rating still leans on the league average for his position and will move.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

21.4050100
Rated above 54% of defencemen
Goals above average
+0.1
Wins
+0.02
Physicality40thGF88thIntimidation82thChemistry55thClutch45th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.48, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 53.7% of 281 rated players

The default weights are our call. Set your own; they get rescaled to add up to 100%.

GF

−1.08 SD · 88th percentile · weight 38% · +0.0 goals

Goals from the hard areas: attempts from inside 20 feet, rebounds and tips, and his own expected goals, all situations.

  • Inner-slot attemptsper 60Unblocked attempts from inside 20 feet.0.6588th pct
  • Rebounds and tipsper 60Second chances and redirects: the goals you get by standing where it hurts.0.9593th pct
  • Individual expected goalsper 60The quality of his own chances, all situations.0.2676th pct

Percentiles are against 281 rated defencemen in 2025-26, on 64 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. He hasn't played enough yet to be ranked, so treat these as early. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game14:06
    10
  • Points per 600.00
    0
  • Goals per 600.00
    6
  • Individual xG per 600.38
    91
  • Shots per 606.0
    92

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice3.71
    100
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.43
    66
  • xGF%60.4%
    99

Physical

  • Hits per 605.1
    83
  • Blocks per 602.6
    4
  • Penalty minutes per 603.4
    11

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
Luke Schenn217:1017–201.1–1.11–150%
Haydn Fleury210:047–70.4–0.50–141%
Colin Miller27:457–70.3–0.40–046%
Isaak Phillips17:052–60.0–0.30–00%
Dylan Samberg56:3811–40.6–0.10–085%
Jacob Bryson14:084–50.2–0.20–055%
Dylan DeMelo54:0310–10.7–0.01–0100%
Elias Salomonsson33:276–10.4–0.00–097%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 0 goals from 12 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
12-0504-16

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–26500070.514:066360.4
2024–2518011120.514:1181648.1

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-04-1615:540000.00004
2026-04-1414:540020.19100
2026-03-0513:510010.10110
2026-02-2712:070020.11210
2026-02-2513:440020.05210
2025-04-1317:520010.00110
2025-02-2212:160010.01020
2025-01-1613:200000.00100
2025-01-1417:370010.05030
2025-01-0715:400120.10000
2025-01-0414:100010.08000
2025-01-0213:390000.00110
2024-12-2812:590010.06002
2024-12-2312:550000.01010
2024-12-2117:070000.05020
2024-12-1812:390000.00000
2024-12-1212:040000.00210
2024-12-1017:360010.01110
2024-12-0713:300010.06020
2024-12-0510:570010.00110