D · NYR · #18
Urho Vaakanainen
- Height
- HT 6'2"
- Weight
- WT 204 lbs
- Birth date
- Jan 1, 1999 (age 27)
- Bio
- FIN · Shoots L
He ranks D218 among 301 defensemen in 2025–26 NHL standard scoring (goal = 3).
Prime production window for a skater.
Dynasty Value Score
175
#588 overall · D192 of 272
2025–26 scoring
32.9 pts
34 GP · 1.0 PPG
2026–27 Engine Projections
79.4 pts
58.5 games · 1.4 PPG
2.2 G · 12.5 A · 14.7 P · 15:47 TOI · 0:01 PP · 1.8 xG
Projection range
67.5–87.3
If the season runs shorter or longer at the same per-game pace.
Ice time and shot quality
Last season vs the 2026–27 Engine line. Expected goals use NHL EDGE shot location and league shooting rates.
| TOI | PP | OZ | G | xG | Top speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 13:51 | 0:01 | 41.9% | 0 | 1.0 | 20.8 mph |
| 2026–27Proj | 15:47 | 0:01 | 40.3% | 2.2 | 1.8 | 21.6 mph |
NHL standard (goal = 3) over time
Hatched bar is the 2026–27 Engine projection.
Career (NHL standard (goal = 3))
| Season | GP | FP | PPG | TOI | PP | G | A | P | PPP | SHP | SOG | Hits | Blk | +/− | PIM | FO | xG | HD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27Proj | 58.5 | 79.4 | 1.4 | 15:47 | 0:01 | 2.2 | 12.5 | 14.7 | — | 0.3 | 47.8 | 28.3 | 55.5 | 1.5 | 22.4 | — | 1.8 | 2.2 |
| 2025–26 | 34 | 32.9 | 1.0 | 13:51 | 0:01 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2024–25 | 51 | 78.6 | 1.5 | 16:25 | 0:02 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 19 | 49 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 1.5 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | 68 | 100.8 | 1.5 | 17:29 | 0:02 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 55 | 79 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | 23 | 24.4 | 1.1 | 16:27 | 0:03 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18 | 28 | -16 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | 29 | 37.7 | 1.3 | 19:19 | 0:20 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 28 | -5 | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020–21 | 9 | 18.1 | 2.0 | 18:55 | 0:04 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 19 | -3 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019–20 | 5 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 16:51 | 0:21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018–19 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 9:06 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | -1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Engine nhl-v0.3 · value board nhl-dvs-v0.2.
FAQ
- How are Urho Vaakanainen's fantasy points calculated?
- This public page uses NextDyne's NHL standard scoring (a goal is 3 points). It is not half-PPR and it is not your league's custom scoring. League scoring shows up inside the NHL app.
- What is Vaakanainen's Dynasty Value Score?
- Vaakanainen scores 175 out of 10,000 (#588 on the NHL board). The score is hockey VORP from NHL-standard projections and a 3-year age horizon — not the football board and not half-PPR. Version nhl-dvs-v0.2.
- What is Vaakanainen's 2026–27 Engine projection?
- We project 79.4 NHL-standard fantasy points over 58.545 games. Counting stats (goals, assists, and the rest of the template) feed both this line and Dynasty Value Score.