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Peter Forsberg

#21 · Centre · Colorado Avalanche · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Jul 20, 1973 in Ornskoldsvik, SWE · 6'0", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 6th overall in 1991 by PHI (round 1)

Trophy case

×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2000-01, 1995-96
Art Ross Trophy Top Point Scorer 2002-03
Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 2002-03
Calder Memorial Trophy Rookie of the Year 1994-95

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ben Holmstrom PHI · 0 P in 2 GP Hugh Jessiman FLA · 0 P in 2 GP Mark Parrish BUF · 0 P in 2 GP Matthew Lombardi NSH · 0 P in 2 GP Mike Duco FLA · 0 P in 2 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0501001994-95: 50 points5094-951995-96: 116 points11695-961996-97: 86 points8696-971997-98: 91 points9197-981998-99: 97 points9798-991999-00: 51 points5199-002000-01: 89 points8900-012002-03: 106 points10602-032003-04: 55 points5503-042005-06: 75 points7505-062006-07: 55 points5506-072007-08: 14 points1407-082010-11: 0 points010-11

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1994-95 QUE 47 15 35 50 17 16 86 0 1.06
1995-96 COL 82 30 86 116 26 47 217 0 1.41
1996-97 COL 65 28 58 86 31 73 188 0 1.32
1997-98 COL 72 25 66 91 6 94 202 51 1.26
1998-99 COL 78 30 67 97 27 108 217 108 1.24
1999-00 COL 49 14 37 51 9 52 105 70 1.04
2000-01 COL 73 27 62 89 23 54 178 85 1.22
2002-03 COL 75 29 77 106 52 70 166 39 1.41
2003-04 COL 39 18 37 55 16 30 85 45 1.41
2005-06 PHI 60 19 56 75 21 46 132 46 1.25
2006-07 PHI 40 11 29 40 2 72 63 46 1.00
2006-07 NSH 17 2 13 15 5 16 36 19 0.88
2007-08 COL 9 1 13 14 7 8 15 9 1.56
2010-11 COL 2 0 0 0 -4 4 3 3 0.00
13 seasons Career 708 249 636 885 238 690 1693 521 1.25

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1994-95 QUE 6 2 4 6 2 4 13 0 1.00
1995-96 COL 22 10 11 21 10 18 50 0 0.95
1996-97 COL 14 5 12 17 -6 10 35 0 1.21
1997-98 COL 7 6 5 11 3 12 18 10 1.57
1998-99 COL 19 8 16 24 7 31 54 37 1.26
1999-00 COL 16 7 8 15 9 12 54 26 0.94
2000-01 COL 11 4 10 14 5 6 23 32 1.27
2001-02 COL 20 9 18 27 8 20 35 46 1.35
2002-03 COL 7 2 6 8 3 6 23 11 1.14
2003-04 COL 11 4 7 11 6 12 16 21 1.00
2005-06 PHI 6 4 4 8 2 6 12 9 1.33
2006-07 NSH 5 2 2 4 2 12 7 16 0.80
2007-08 COL 7 1 4 5 3 14 13 5 0.71
13 seasons Playoffs 151 64 107 171 54 163 353 213 1.13

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
2 0 0 0 -4 4 3 3 0.00 0.0 17:35

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence+0.1Power play-0.1Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.3

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

On the ice

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

41.8Corsi for %23 attempts for, 32 against
+0.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.0Expected goals for %1.3 expected for, 1.1 against
+18.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
36.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 2 against
91.3PDO0.0% shooting + 91.3% 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
Peter Forsberg · Milan Hejduk · Matt Duchene219:0950.073.10-2
Peter Forsberg · Milan Hejduk · Paul Stastny16:2330.821.80-0
Peter Forsberg · Chris Stewart · Matt Duchene11:0650.020.40-0
Peter Forsberg · Brandon Yip · Matt Duchene10:5120.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 5 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.42 expected goals per 60 minutes5th
Shot quality 4.9% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected48thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 0

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 this season, 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, 2011 @ NSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 4 2 1 17:32
Feb 11, 2011 @ CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 17:38