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Alexander Wennberg

#21 · Centre · San Jose Sharks

Born Sep 22, 1994 in Stockholm, SWE (age 32) · 6'2", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 14th overall in 2013 by CBJ (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adrian Kempe LAK · 29 P in 56 GP Anthony Mantha WSH · 29 P in 56 GP Paul Stastny WPG · 29 P in 56 GP Tim Stützle OTT · 29 P in 53 GP Evgeny Kuznetsov WSH · 29 P in 41 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.

020402014-15: 20 points2014-152015-16: 40 points4015-162016-17: 59 points5916-172017-18: 35 points3517-182018-19: 25 points2518-192019-20: 22 points2219-202020-21: 29 points2920-212021-22: 37 points3721-222022-23: 38 points3822-232023-24: 30 points3023-242024-25: 35 points3524-252025-26: 55 points5525-262026-27: 1 points126-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 CBJ 68 4 16 20 -19 22 85 58 0.29 $925K
2015-16 CBJ 69 8 32 40 -1 2 97 32 0.58 $925K
2016-17 CBJ 80 13 46 59 9 21 109 58 0.74 $925K
2017-18 CBJ 66 8 27 35 22 12 74 28 0.53 $4.9M
2018-19 CBJ 75 2 23 25 -1 12 64 34 0.33 $4.9M
2019-20 CBJ 57 5 17 22 -5 16 72 21 0.39 $4.9M
2020-21 FLA 56 17 12 29 6 8 82 29 0.52 $2.25M
2021-22 SEA 80 11 26 37 -26 28 95 47 0.46 $4.5M
2022-23 SEA 82 13 25 38 -7 20 101 43 0.46 $4.5M
2023-24 SEA 60 9 16 25 1 14 80 37 0.42 $4.5M
2023-24 NYR 19 1 4 5 -1 0 10 9 0.26
2024-25 SJS 77 10 25 35 -21 14 82 30 0.45 $5M
2025-26 SJS 80 18 37 55 -25 18 93 28 0.69 $5M
2026-27 SJS 5 0 1 1 -1 0 6 1 0.20 $6M
13 seasons Career 874 119 307 426 -69 187 1050 455 0.49

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 CBJ 5 0 1 1 -3 2 10 4 0.20
2017-18 CBJ 3 1 1 2 -1 0 4 2 0.67
2018-19 CBJ 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
2019-20 CBJ 10 3 2 5 5 2 11 8 0.50
2020-21 FLA 6 1 1 2 -1 0 4 2 0.33
2022-23 SEA 14 2 5 7 -5 2 13 23 0.50
2023-24 NYR 16 1 1 2 -2 4 13 11 0.13
7 seasons Playoffs 58 8 11 19 -7 10 55 54 0.33

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 17 12 29 6 8 82 29 0.52 20.7 18:10

Contract

$2.25MCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$78KCap dollars per point29 points in 56 games
$1.401MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.6 goals above replacement
$2.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$79KValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 633 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Florida Panthers on Oct 9, 2020, as a new contract: 1 year and $2.25M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2020-21, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2020-21 $2.25M $2.25M $0 $2.25M

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jan 4, 2026 San Jose Sharks Extension 2026-27 to 2028-29 3 $18M $6M
Jul 1, 2024 San Jose Sharks New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $10M $5M
Jul 28, 2021 Seattle Kraken New contract 2021-22 to 2023-24 3 $13.5M $4.5M
Oct 9, 2020 Florida Panthers New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $2.25M $2.25M
Sep 1, 2017 Columbus Blue Jackets New contract bought out, Oct 8, 2020 2017-18 to 2019-20 6 $29.4M $4.9M
May 26, 2014 Columbus Blue Jackets Entry-level 2014-15 to 2016-17 3 $4.2M $925K

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.7Even-strength defence-0.1Power play+0.2Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.0

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.

-505102014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

50.0Corsi for %68 attempts for, 68 against
-6.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.6Expected goals for %2.2 expected for, 3.3 against
-14.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
100.5PDO2.9% shooting + 97.6% saves
5Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patric Hornqvist · Alexander Wennberg · Frank Vatrano536:1655.049.00-0
Jonathan Huberdeau · Alexander Wennberg · Owen Tippett59:3636.822.60-1
Anthony Duclair · Alexander Wennberg · Frank Vatrano46:3441.726.70-0
Patric Hornqvist · Alexander Wennberg · Mason Marchment25:5387.5100.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 6 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.32 expected goals per 60 minutes3rd
Shot quality 9.5% chance per attempt78th
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected67thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 78 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.6

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
May 10, 2021 vs TBL W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 19:57
May 8, 2021 vs TBL W 5-1 3 0 3 3 0 3 1 21:21
May 3, 2021 vs DAL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 18:58
May 1, 2021 @ CHI W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:31
Apr 29, 2021 @ CHI W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 19:34
Apr 27, 2021 @ NSH W 7-4 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 17:56
Apr 26, 2021 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:11
Apr 24, 2021 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 18:35
Apr 22, 2021 vs CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 20:40
Apr 20, 2021 vs CBJ W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 19:03
Apr 19, 2021 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:45
Apr 17, 2021 @ TBL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:30
Apr 15, 2021 @ TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:28
Apr 13, 2021 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 20:09
Apr 10, 2021 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 18:13
Apr 8, 2021 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:14
Apr 6, 2021 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 5 3 20:27
Apr 4, 2021 vs CBJ W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:53
Apr 3, 2021 vs CBJ W 5-2 3 0 3 3 0 4 1 22:28
Apr 1, 2021 vs DET W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 22:26
Mar 30, 2021 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 20:50
Mar 28, 2021 @ DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 21:31
Mar 27, 2021 @ DAL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:00
Mar 25, 2021 @ CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:58
Mar 23, 2021 @ CHI L 2-3 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 19:37
Mar 21, 2021 @ TBL L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 18:31
Mar 20, 2021 vs NSH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:34
Mar 18, 2021 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:15
Mar 15, 2021 vs CHI W 6-3 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 15:28
Mar 13, 2021 vs CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:55
Mar 11, 2021 @ CBJ W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 18:24
Mar 9, 2021 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 1 1 -2 0 1 2 14:40
Mar 7, 2021 @ CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:57
Mar 6, 2021 @ NSH W 6-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 15:47
Mar 4, 2021 @ NSH W 5-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 15:18
Mar 1, 2021 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:07
Feb 27, 2021 vs CAR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:38
Feb 25, 2021 vs DAL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 18:08
Feb 24, 2021 vs DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 14:54
Feb 22, 2021 vs DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:23
Feb 20, 2021 @ DET L 1-2 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 17:19
Feb 19, 2021 @ DET W 7-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 18:29
Feb 17, 2021 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 17:44
Feb 15, 2021 @ TBL W 6-4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20:54
Feb 13, 2021 vs TBL L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 19:41
Feb 11, 2021 vs TBL W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 17:02
Feb 9, 2021 vs DET W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:21
Feb 7, 2021 vs DET L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13:49
Feb 5, 2021 vs NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:24
Feb 4, 2021 vs NSH L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17:11
Jan 31, 2021 @ DET W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:44
Jan 30, 2021 @ DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:11
Jan 28, 2021 @ CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:41
Jan 26, 2021 @ CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 21:45
Jan 19, 2021 vs CHI W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:55
Jan 17, 2021 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:57