HABS: One-game Scouting Report for Joonas Nattinen

Joonas Nattinen was the Montreal Canadiens third round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. He's a 6'2", 195 lbs right-handed centre, who played right wing in the game scouted. Nattinen has always had above-average vision and hockey instincts. The challenge for him has always been his foot speed.

This one-game scouting report is from a March 29th, 2012 AHL game between the Hamiton Bulldogs and the Texas Stars.

Nattinen scored 11 goals, and added 10 assists through 63 AHL games in 2011-12. 


OVERALL GRADE

Nattinen played on the top line with Andreas Engqvist and Brian Willsie. He scored one goal, had 2 shots on goal, and earned a plus-2 traditional plus/minus.  His best work was produced in the defensive-zone, which is unusual for someone playing the wing, as their defensive-zone event totals are usually quite low. Naatinen however, had almost as many defensive-zone events per minute played, as he did offensive-zone events.

*the average grade among forwards is 65 

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WINS	48	WINS
EVENTS	62	EVENTS
GRADE	77	GRADE
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EVEN-STRENGTH RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Nattinen had an even-strength risk/reward rating of 1.91, and an ES ratio of 2.8 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. His defensive-zone passing, and loose-puck recovery totals buoyed his high numbers. He engaged in 4.04 events per-minute played. 

*the average ES risk/reward among forwards is 1.10
*the average ES ratio among forwards is 1.87   

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POS	42	POS
NEG	15	NEG
RATIO	2.80	RATIO
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POS/MIN	2.98	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	1.06	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	4.04	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	1.91	RISK/REWARD
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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

 Nattinen earned an offensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.57, and an offensive-zone ratio of 2 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won 4 of 6 offensive-zone puck-battles, and recovered 6 loose-pucks. He completed 2 of 3 attempts to beat opposing players 1on1 (deke), got 2 of his 4 shot-attempts through to the net, and engaged in 1.70 offensive-zone events per-minute played.

*the average offensive-zone risk/reward among forwards is 0.39
*the average offensive-zone ratio among forwards is 1.62

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OZ POS	16	OZ POS
OZ NEG	8	OZ NEG
RATIO	2.00	RATIO.
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POS/MIN	1.13	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.57	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	1.70	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.57	RISK/REWARD
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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Nattinen earned a defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.78, and a defensive-zone ratio of 2.83 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won 1 of his 2 d-zone puck-battles, and recovered 5 loose-pucks.  He completed each of his 8 defensive-zone pass-attempts, and engaged in 1.63 defensive-zone events per-minute played.

*the average defensive-zone risk/reward among forwards is 0.38
*the average defensive-zone ratio among forwards is 1.95 

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DZ POS	17	DZ POS
DZ NEG	6	DZ NEG
RATIO	2.83	RATIO
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POS/MIN	1.20	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.43	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	1.63	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.78	RISK/REWARD
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NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Nattinen produced a neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.57, and an incredible neutral-zone ratio of 9  successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won his only neutral-zone puck-battle, recovered 3 loose-pucks, and completed each of his 2 n-zone passes. He was also successful with both of his attempts to beat opposing players 1on1 (deke), and engaged in 0.71 neutral-zone events per-minute played.

*the average neutral-zone risk/reward among forwards is 0.30
*the average neutral-zone ratio among forwards is 2.14  

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NZ POS	9	NZ POS
NZ NEG	1	NZ NEG
RATIO	9.00	RATIO
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POS/MIN	0.64	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.07	NEG/MIN
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EV/ MIN	0.71	EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.57	RISK/REWARD
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