Leevi Meriläinen
Age 24 · Catches left · 6′3″ · 186 lb · Born Oulu, FIN
Drafted 2020, #71 overall by Ottawa
at Carolina · 7:00 PM ET2025-262025-26: 20 games, 8-10-1, .860 save %, 3.51 GAA Season detail →
Leevi Meriläinen has a .943 save percentage over 2 games of 2026-27, after .860 in 20 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sampleA .943 save percentage over 2 games, top-15% in even-strength save %
Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 1+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.
Save % · ten-game blocks
Dashed line: season average (.943). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Ninety-nine points of save percentage above the league at even strength
1 start in 2026-27: save percentage split by strength, how often he finished what he started, and the goal support in front of him.
Workload
24.9 goals below expected in 2025-26
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
2026-27. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed.
A 1.000 save percentage from the slot, 1st of 38 goalies
Every shot on goal he faced, split into the same five zones as our shot maps. The map shows where the goals against came from.
Save % by zone
See all: Save % by zone →Save % and rank among the 38 goalies who faced at least a third of the league-high shot total in 2026-27. Bars start at .750. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Save % by zone, every goalieThe last ten games
VGKL 2-300—0:00
CGYW 4-1241.95860:00
EDML 7-9111.90930:41EDMOTL 5-6 OT00—0:00A .860 save percentage over 20 games
Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 25+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.
Percentiles need 25 games in 2025-26; Leevi Meriläinen has 20.
Save % · ten-game blocks
Dashed line: season average (.860). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Thirty-four points of save percentage below the league at even strength
19 starts in 2025-26: save percentage split by strength, how often he finished what he started, and the goal support in front of him.
Workload
24.9 goals below expected in 2025-26
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
2026-27. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed.
A .765 save percentage from the slot
Every shot on goal he faced, split into the same five zones as our shot maps. The map shows where the goals against came from.
Save % by zone
See all: Save % by zone →Not enough shots yet to rank in 2025-26. Bars start at .750.
Save % by zone, every goalie.900 or better in 5 of 19 starts
How often he gives his team a chance, from the game log.
The last ten games
MTLOTL 5-6 OT196.68460:33
NYRW 8-4224.81860:00VANW 2-1201.95060:00
FLAL 2-3213.85757:48
COLL 2-8183.83342:35
UTAL 1-3213.85757:34
DETL 3-593.66720:00
WPGW 4-2232.91360:00
WSHW 4-3293.89760:00
CBJL 1-4224.81855:50VGKL 2-300—0:00CGYW 4-1241.95860:00EDML 7-9111.90930:41EDMOTL 5-6 OT00—0:00Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he saved −22.60 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 59th of 59 goalies with 20 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With Vancouver
38th in franchise wins since 1990-91
Franchise ranks
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Regular season and playoffsThree seasons, all with the Senators
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct