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Petteri Rimpinen
Goaltender · LAK · Liiga

Petteri Rimpinen

Age
20
Height
6'0"
Weight
176 lb
Catches
L
Drafted
2025, round 5, 152nd overall
Born
FIN
2026-27
Liiga · Kiekko-Espoo
Games
9
Save pct
.912
GAA
2.31
Prospect score · 2026-27
High end

72nd of 1,160 prospects in the NHLnew

1st in the LAK system · 1st among its goalies

+3.4WAR a season if he sticks
Outlook
NHL odds44%Becomes a full-time NHL player — 100 games by 27
Impact odds31%Better than the typical NHL regular among goalies
Arrival2030-31The season his comps who made it typically became regulars
WAR a season if he sticks+0.1+3.4+4.5Low, middle and high outcomes among his comparables who became regulars

Of the 10 players most like him at the same point in their development, 4 became full-time NHL players.

Development

His save percentage, adjusted for league, against every goalie his age that season. Zero is the average player his age; the band is where his comparables were at each age.

-10+1+21819Age2024-25, age 18, 40 GP: +1.01 vs. his age group2025-26, age 19, 35 GP: +1.06 vs. his age group
HimMiddle half of his comps at that ageAverage player his age
Comparables

Past prospects at the same position and the same stage after their draft, matched on draft slot, age, size and league-adjusted production. What they became is already known. The outcome is judged at 27: 100 NHL games by then makes a regular.

#PlayerMatchNHL GP by 27Career NHL GPOutcomeWAR a season
1Jaroslav Janus2009 · #162 · at 2041%00Did not stick—
2Juuse Saros2013 · #99 · at 2038%286473Regular+3.37
3Kieran Millan2009 · #124 · at 2135%00Did not stick—
4Igor Shesterkin2014 · #118 · at 2135%213330Regular+3.57
5Mike Murphy2008 · #165 · at 2234%22Did not stick—
6Dustin Tokarski2008 · #122 · at 2033%3486Did not stick—
7Joe Cannata2009 · #173 · at 2033%00Did not stick—
8Ville Husso2014 · #94 · at 2132%113167Regular+0.08
9Ilya Sorokin2014 · #78 · at 2132%136313Regular+4.54
10Patrik Bartosak2013 · #146 · at 2232%00Did not stick—
Season by season
SeasonGPRecordSv%GAASO
2026-27Liiga · Kiekko-Espoo95-1-2.9122.311
2025-26Liiga · Kiekko-Espoo3513-11-11.9112.295
2024-25WJC-20 · Finland U2075-2-0.9332.340
2024-25U20 SM-sarja · Kiekko-Espoo U2020-1-0.9152.440
2024-25Liiga · Kiekko-Espoo4016-9-14.9122.352
2023-24WJC-18 · Finland U1842-2-0.8762.990
2023-24U20 SM-sarja · Kiekko-Espoo U201810-7-0.9052.322
2023-24U18 SM-sarja · Kiekko-Espoo U1863-3-0.9501.671
2023-24Mestis · Kiekko-Espoo146-4-3.9251.942
2022-23WHC-17 · Finland U1763-3-0.8693.770
2022-23U20 SM-sarja · TPS U201610-3-0.9311.752
2022-23U18 SM-sarja · TPS U1897-2-0.9441.652
2021-22U20 SM-sarja · Kiekko-Espoo U20177-8-0.9172.611
2021-22U18 SM-sarja · Kiekko-Espoo U181514-1-0.9331.672
2021-22U16 SM-sarja · Kiekko-Espoo U1622-0-0.9770.501
2020-21U16 SM-sarja · Kiekko-Espoo U16120-0-0.9242.330
2019-20U16 SM-sarja · Blues U16 Akatemia10-0-0.8725.000

The prospect score is a percentile of his expected outcome among every prospect in the league: the chance he becomes a regular, times how good his comparables who did became against others at their position. A player who never sticks counts as zero, which is why a long shot with a high ceiling can rank below a safe bet. Goalie projections carry the widest error on the site — goaltending develops late, and there are few goalies to learn from. All Sabres prospects · How the rankings work