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Erik Haula

Nashville Predators
Position L
Age 35
Height 5'11"
Weight 191LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place Pori, FIN
Born Mar 22, 1991

Key Insights

2025-26
This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Haula with Blankenburg, Bunting, Evangelista and Hague, 31 minutes at 5v5.

76.0% of the expected goals, 0 goals for and 0 against
This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Blankenburg, Bunting, Evangelista and Wood: 7 goals in 25 minutes.

16.5 goals an hour, 3.8 expected
This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with O'Reilly, Perbix and Skjei: 0 goals against in 12 minutes.

0.0 against an hour, 2.7 expected
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Haula has been shuffled through 50 different five-man units, and only 1 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

15 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Haula this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split
Luke Evangelista is the partner who brings the best out of him
Luke Evangelista

Haula is at his best beside Evangelista: 60.1% of the expected goals together against 46.9% apart.

246 minutes together, 747 minutes apart

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 22, 1991
Birth Place Pori, FIN
Height 5'11"
Weight 191 LBS
Shoots/Catches L