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Leevi Meriläinen
Goalie #1 Senators
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Leevi Meriläinen has 6 wins in 17 games with a .866 save percentage for the Ottawa Senators this season.

Selected in the 3rd round (No. 71) of the 2020 NHL Draft by the Ottawa Senators, he has 14 wins in 31 regular-season games and a .891 save percentage with 3 shutouts.

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  • Country: Country FlagFIN
    Age: 23.4 yrs (13.08.2002)
    Height / Weight: 188 cm / 88 kg
    Catches: L
    Drafted: 71st in 2020
    Draft Team: Team logoOttawa Senators
    Awards: -
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The 23-year-old has been a concern by goals saved above expected (GSAx: -13.3).

Relative to typical goalie benchmarks, he has been solid on low-danger chances, but a concern on medium-danger shots.

  • 59

    Overall Rating
    Overall: 72nd of 74 Goalies
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    16.00
    150
    LowDangerSV
    0.96
    0.9250.975
    MediumDangerSV
    0.80
    0.8250.925
    HighDangerSV
    0.68
    0.6750.825
    GSAx
    -13.30
    -1525
  • Career Trajectory Most comparable players to Leevi Meriläinen at his age (23.4 yrs):
    Filip Gustavsson (Rating of 60 in 2021, Today 83)
    Joonas Korpisalo (Rating of 65 in 2017, Today 72)
    Darcy Kuemper (Rating of 66 in 2013, Today 83)
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Actual AAV: $1.050M
Player Contract Value: $0.800M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 RFA
Age at the end: 24.9 yrs (13.08.2002)
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Leevi Meriläinen
Recent Games
Year Team GP Wins GA SA SVP GAA TOI/G SO
03.01.2026 Team Logo Jets 1 1 2 23 .913 2.00 60:00 0
05.01.2026 Team Logo Red Wings 1 0 3 9 .667 9.00 20:00 0
07.01.2026 Team Logo Mammoth 1 0 3 21 .857 3.13 57:34 0
08.01.2026 Team Logo Avalanche 1 0 3 18 .833 4.23 42:34 0
10.01.2026 Team Logo Panthers 1 0 3 21 .857 3.11 57:47 0
Total 5 1 14 92 .848 3.56 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP Wins GA SA SVP GAA TOI/G SO
2022-23 Team Logo Senators 2 0 6 49 .878 4.23 85:04 0
2024-25 Team Logo Senators 12 8 22 295 .925 1.99 662:58 3
2025-26 Team Logo Senators 17 6 53 396 .866 3.48 913:55 0
Season Projection 55 19 171 1281 .867 3.47 2956:48 0
Total 31 14 81 740 .891 2.93 3
Playoffs
Year Team GP Wins GA SA SVP GAA TOI/G SO
No games played
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Age GP Season
GAA		 Season
SV%		 Career
GAA		 Career
SV%		 Overall
Rating		 Actual AAV
Leevi Meriläinen Team Logo 23.4 yrs 17 3.48 .866 2.92 .891 59 $1.050M
86% Calvin Pickard Team Logo 33.7 yrs 16 3.68 .871 2.96 .901 66 $1.000M
83% Samuel Montembeault Team Logo 29.2 yrs 18 3.39 .869 3.22 .897 67 $3.150M
82% Charlie Lindgren Team Logo 32.1 yrs 14 3.13 .890 2.81 .904 66 $3.000M
81% Vitek Vanecek Team Logo 30 yrs 12 2.92 .879 2.83 .901 68 $1.500M
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