PensBurgh · Jul 3, 2018
2018 Player Report Card: Olli Maatta
Position: Defenseman
Shoots: Left
Age: 23
2017/2018 Stats: 82GP/7G/22A/29P
Playoffs: 12GP/0G/2A/2P
Olli Maatta settled into his role as a second pairing defenseman this season and his underlying numbers will back that up. Maatta is middle of the pack in most advanced stats categories among Penguins defenseman and all of those same numbers are good for a defenseman with his amount of ice time.
Maatta sits third in Points/60 but the only two players above him were Ian Cole and Jamie Oleksiak, both who played 500 minutes less than Maatta in a Penguins uniform this season. His underlying offensive numbers were really good despite only posting 29 points during the regular season.