LeeviMeriläinen
6'3", 185 lb, catches L, born August 13, 2002
Compare Meriläinen with another player- 37
- Games
- 18
- Wins
- 91.3%
- Save %
- 2.37
- Goals Against Average
- 4
- Shutouts
The story
Meriläinen stopped 5.2 goals more than the shots he faced were worth — 19th of 70 in goals saved above expected, 15th of 70 in save percentage.
The split matters: 17th of 70 on high-danger shots but 44th of 70 on low-danger ones.
On rebounds he was 2nd of 70: 3.9% of high-danger saves gave up another attempt inside three seconds.
Against the league
Each bar is a percentile against the 70 goalies with at least 15 games. The tick is the league median. Metrics where less is better are flipped, so longer is always better.
Where he was beaten
Goals allowed less the goals those shots were worth, by where they came from. Red is ice he was beaten from more often than the chances warranted; green is ice he shut down. It sums to his goals saved above expected.
Shots faced, against the league
Every goaltender faces the same slot-heavy map, so this draws only the difference: warm is where he faced more shots than a typical goalie would across the same workload, cool is where he faced fewer. It is a picture of the defence in front of him as much as of him.
By danger
| Zone | Shots | Goals | Sv% |
|---|---|---|---|
| High danger | 134 | 31 | 76.9% |
| Medium | 185 | 22 | 88.1% |
| Low | 608 | 36 | 94.1% |
| All shots | 919 | 80 | 91.3% |
Rebound control
| Saves | Leaked | Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All saves | 838 | 31 | 3.7% |
| High danger | 103 | 4 | 3.9% |
A save “leaks” when the shooting club gets another attempt within three seconds. The high-danger split separates goaltenders the overall rate does not.
Workload
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Shots against | 919 |
| Saves | 839 |
| Goals against | 80 |
| Expected goals against | 85.19 |
| Goals saved above expected | 5.19 |
| Minutes | 2026:23 |
In the AHL
| Season | Club | GP | Sv% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | BEL | 19 | 90.9% |
| 2024-25 | BEL | 37 | 91.3% |
| 2023-24 | BEL | 24 | 90.6% |
| 2022-23 | BEL | 4 | 93.3% |
Every AHL season on file. A career total is only the AHL portion — junior, college and NHL games are not in this database.
Recent starts
| Date | Opp | Faced | Allowed | xGA | Sv% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-18 | @ LAV | 32 | 5 | 3.22 | 84.4% |
| 04-16 | @ LAV | 24 | 1 | 1.60 | 95.8% |
| 04-11 | @ SPR | 27 | 2 | 2.31 | 92.6% |
| 04-09 | @ ROC | 25 | 2 | 1.89 | 92.0% |
| 04-05 | vs ROC | 33 | 4 | 2.80 | 87.9% |
| 04-04 | vs ROC | 20 | 0 | 1.37 | 100.0% |
| 04-02 | vs SYR | 16 | 3 | 1.49 | 81.3% |
| 03-29 | vs TOR | 38 | 1 | 4.05 | 97.4% |
| 03-26 | vs CLE | 28 | 5 | 2.36 | 82.1% |
| 03-23 | vs CLE | 26 | 2 | 3.10 | 92.3% |
| 03-21 | vs TOR | 39 | 2 | 3.26 | 94.9% |
| 03-14 | vs BRI | 21 | 1 | 2.48 | 95.2% |