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Leevi Meriläinen

Position Goaltender Current Team Ottawa Senators
Catches Left Current Contract 1 years
Height 6'2" Expires 2025-26
Weight (lbs) 196 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 23
Age 23 (Aug 13, 2002) Expiry Status RFA-arb
Drafted 2020, Round 3, Overall 71 (OTT)
Date Team Transaction
Oct 23, 2025 Ottawa Senators Recalled from AHL
Oct 19, 2025 Ottawa Senators Assigned to AHL
Jun 30, 2025 Ottawa Senators Signed 1 year @ $1.050M AAV starting in 2025-26
Apr 19, 2025 Ottawa Senators Recalled from AHL
Mar 12, 2025 Ottawa Senators Assigned to AHL
Mar 11, 2025 Ottawa Senators Recalled from AHL
Feb 2, 2025 Ottawa Senators Assigned to AHL
Dec 27, 2024 Ottawa Senators Recalled from AHL
Dec 23, 2024 Ottawa Senators Assigned to AHL
Dec 15, 2024 Ottawa Senators Recalled from AHL
Oct 25, 2024 Ottawa Senators Assigned to AHL
Oct 22, 2024 Ottawa Senators Recalled from AHL
Jun 14, 2021 Ottawa Senators Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon

About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance. In this case it shows the player performance over a 3 season span. Each square is separated into three separate sub-boxes with the two smaller boxes on top representing the past two seasons and the larger box on the bottom representing the current or most recent season. This allows the reader to guage how consistent a player has been, and if early in the season it can help identify whether a players performance may be impacted by small sample size and subject to regression or is consistent with recent past performance.

Notes and Definitions
  • The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
  • Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
  • Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
  • Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
  • Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
  • All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).
Data Sources
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5v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2022-23 OTT 2 61:17 44.06 32.31 2.19 1.96 0.23 93.94 93.23 0.71
2024-25 OTT 12 510:09 36.81 24.70 1.85 2.00 -0.14 91.90 92.49 -0.59
2025-26 OTT 2 99:25 36.81 25.35 2.07 3.02 -0.94 88.10 91.82 -3.72

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2022-23 OTT 2 6:15 96.00 67.20 9.79 19.20 -9.41 71.43 85.43 -14.00
2024-25 OTT 12 53:24 61.80 46.07 6.92 3.37 3.55 92.68 84.97 7.71
2025-26 OTT 2 4:40 102.86 90.00 8.75 38.57 -29.82 57.14 90.27 -33.13

Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100

Glossary

Statistic Definition
SAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes.
SA/60Shots Against per 60 minutes.
xGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes.
GA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
GS/60Goals Saved per 60 minutes (xGA/60 -GA/60).
Sv%Save Percentage.
xSv%Expected Save Percentage.
Sv%AESave Percentage above Expected (Sv% - xSv%).
Data from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16).

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Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2025-26 23 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 - - $1,050,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 RFA
Total - - $1,050,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000
Signed: June 30, 2025
Team: Ottawa Senators
GM: Steve Staios
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 1.1

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2021-22 19 $838,333 $838,333 - $80,000 - $80,000 - ELC
2022-23 20 $820,000 $820,000 - $80,000 $750,000 $830,000 $80,000 ELC
2023-24 21 $820,000 $820,000 - $80,000 $775,000 $855,000 $80,000 ELC
2024-25 22 $820,000 $820,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $80,000 ELC
Total - $240,000 $2,300,000 $2,540,000 $240,000
Signed: June 14, 2021
Team: Ottawa Senators
GM: Pierre Dorion
Exp. Status: RFA
Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Sv% GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Sv%
2017-18 U16 SM-sarja 12 1.75 0.921 4 1.50 0.927
2018-19 U18 SM-sarja 5 104 15 0.856
2018-19 U17 SM-sarja 22 717 59 0.918 6 206 14 2.33 0.932
2019-20 U20 SM-sarja 16 403 37 0.908
2019-20 U18 SM-sarja 19 468 27 0.942
2020-21 U20 SM-sarja 22 513 34 0.934 5 130 13 2.60 0.900
2021-22 OHL 53 31 16 5 1553 169 3.29 0.891 11 5 5 347 39 3.69 0.888
2021-22 WJC-20 4 3 1 103 11 2.70 0.893
2022-23 NHL 2 2 1 1 49 6 4.23 0.878
2022-23 Liiga 42 18 13 7 919 75 2.02 0.918
2022-23 AHL 4 3 105 7 2.06 0.933
2023-24 ECHL 13 9 4 499 37 2.97 0.926
2023-24 AHL 24 10 9 1 662 62 2.87 0.906 1 1 1 29 2 2.09 0.931
2024-25 NHL 12 12 8 3 1 295 22 1.99 0.925
2024-25 AHL 37 18 12 4 919 80 2.37 0.913
2025-26 NHL 2 2 1 1 54 9 4.57 0.833
2025-26 AHL 2 1 1 68 7 3.50 0.897
NHL Career 16 16 9 5 2 398 37 2.56 0.907