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Urho Vaakanainen
Defenseman #18 Rangers
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Urho Vaakanainen has 3 points (0 goals, 3 assists) in 20 games for the New York Rangers this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 18) of the 2017 NHL Draft by the Boston Bruins, he has 43 points (3 goals, 40 assists) in 207 regular-season games for the Boston Bruins, the Anaheim Ducks and the New York Rangers.

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  • Country: Country FlagFIN
    Age: 27 yrs (01.01.1999)
    Height / Weight: 188 cm / 92 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 18th in 2017
    Draft Team: Team logoBoston Bruins
    Awards: -
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The 27-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Rangers controlling 44% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Urho Vaakanainen is off the ice, the Rangers control 49% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 7% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 54% in the defensive zone.

  • 66

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 222nd of 283 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 176th of 283 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    -0.04
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.44
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    13.71
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.00
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.22
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.44
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.14
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    2.09
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    2.19
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.00
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.61
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.63
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    1.31
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    3.28
    26
    Takeaways/60
    0.66
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1.75
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.54
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $1.550M
Player Contract Value: $1.900M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 29.5 yrs (01.01.1999)
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Urho Vaakanainen
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
26.11.2025 Team Logo Hurricanes 1 0 0 0 1 11:55 0 0
13.12.2025 Team Logo Canadiens 1 0 0 0 -2 11:33 0 0
15.12.2025 Team Logo Ducks 1 0 0 0 -1 11:28 0 0
21.12.2025 Team Logo Predators 1 0 0 0 0 3:58 1 0.0% 0
05.01.2026 Team Logo Mammoth 1 0 0 0 -1 14:22 0 2
Total 5 0 0 0 -3 1 0.0% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2018-19 Team Logo Bruins 2 0 0 0 -1 9:05 2 0.0% 0
2019-20 Team Logo Bruins 5 0 0 0 2 16:51 2 0.0% 0
2020-21 Team Logo Bruins 9 0 2 2 -3 18:55 15 0.0% 2
2021-22 Team Logo Bruins 15 0 4 4 0 19:16 15 0.0% 4
2021-22 Team Logo Ducks 14 0 2 2 -5 19:21 12 0.0% 6
2022-23 Team Logo Ducks 23 0 2 2 -16 16:26 27 0.0% 0
2023-24 Team Logo Ducks 68 1 13 14 0 17:28 67 1.5% 26
2024-25 Team Logo Ducks 5 0 1 1 0 13:35 3 0.0% 2
2024-25 Team Logo Rangers 46 2 13 15 8 16:43 39 5.1% 16
2025-26 Team Logo Rangers 20 0 3 3 -2 13:43 12 0.0% 12
Season Projection 56 0 8 8 -6 13:42 34 0.0% 34
Total 207 3 40 43 -17 194 1.5% 68
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
No games played
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Urho Vaakanainen Team Logo D 27 yrs 188 cm / 92 kg 0.15 0.21 54 73 $1.550M
87% Scott Morrow Team Logo D 23.2 yrs 188 cm / 95 kg 0.17 0.26 57 77 $0.917M
87% Ilya Lyubushkin Team Logo D 31.8 yrs 188 cm / 93 kg 0.21 0.15 51 77 $3.250M
86% Timothy Liljegren Team Logo D 26.7 yrs 185 cm / 91 kg 0.22 0.30 54 72 $3.000M
86% Zach Whitecloud Team Logo D 29.1 yrs 188 cm / 95 kg 0.12 0.21 51 78 $2.750M
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