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Pontus Aberg

#46 · Left wing · Toronto Maple Leafs

Born Sep 23, 1993 in Stockholm, SWE · 6'0", 194 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 37th overall in 2012 by NSH (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Drew Shore VAN · 2 P in 14 GP Marek Hrivik NYR · 2 P in 16 GP Teemu Pulkkinen ARI · 2 P in 13 GP Tom Sestito PIT · 2 P in 13 GP Teddy Purcell LAK · 2 P in 12 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

05101520252016-17: 2 points216-172017-18: 16 points1617-182018-19: 25 points2518-192019-20: 1 points119-20

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 NSH 15 1 1 2 -2 4 12 9 0.13 $781K
2017-18 NSH 37 2 6 8 8 8 39 16 0.22 $650K
2017-18 EDM 16 2 6 8 1 2 31 8 0.50
2018-19 ANA 37 11 8 19 -10 14 74 31 0.51 $650K
2018-19 MIN 22 1 5 6 -4 6 27 14 0.27
2019-20 TOR 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 0.20 $700K
4 seasons Career 132 17 27 44 -7 34 187 79 0.33

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2015-16 NSH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
2016-17 NSH 16 2 3 5 -1 2 23 13 0.31
2 seasons Playoffs 18 2 3 5 -1 2 23 15 0.28

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
15 1 1 2 -2 4 12 9 0.13 8.3 12:20

Contract

$781KCap hit2016-17
$390KCap dollars per point2 points in 15 games

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2019-20 to 2019-20 $700K
2018-19 to 2018-19 $650K
2017-18 to 2017-18 $650K
2016-17 to 2016-17 $781K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2016-17 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2016-17 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+1.7Even-strength defence+0.2Power play-0.1Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.2

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-1.5-1-0.500.511.52016-172017-182018-192019-20Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

58.1Corsi for %215 attempts for, 155 against
+7.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
60.3Expected goals for %10.5 expected for, 7.0 against
+11.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
46.2Goals for %6 for, 7 against
97.9PDO4.9% shooting + 93.0% saves
47Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 142 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Pontus Aberg · Filip Forsberg · Colton Sissons978:0663.464.42-1
Craig Smith · Pontus Aberg · Colton Sissons429:4852.549.01-0
Mike Fisher · Colin Wilson · Pontus Aberg316:3951.450.70-2
Mike Fisher · Austin Watson · Pontus Aberg414:2848.467.80-1

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.1Expected goalsfrom 34 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.91 expected goals per 60 minutes78th
Shot quality 9.2% chance per attempt88th
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected27thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 83 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

0123Expected 3.1Goals 2

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Feb 12, 2017 vs DAL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:58
Feb 11, 2017 vs FLA L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 14:25
Feb 9, 2017 @ NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 14:10
Feb 7, 2017 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:28
Jan 12, 2017 vs BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:26
Jan 10, 2017 vs VAN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:10
Nov 29, 2016 @ COL W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 08:24
Nov 27, 2016 @ WPG L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:09
Nov 25, 2016 vs WPG W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:47
Nov 23, 2016 vs DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:35
Nov 21, 2016 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:38
Nov 19, 2016 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:32
Nov 17, 2016 @ OTT W 5-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 11:07
Nov 10, 2016 vs STL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:53
Nov 8, 2016 vs OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:20