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Marcus Johansson

#90 · Left wing · Free agent, last with the Minnesota Wild

Born Oct 6, 1990 in Landskrona, SWE · 6'1", 203 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 24th overall in 2009 by WSH (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.

Evan Rodrigues PIT · 14 P in 35 GP Tage Thompson BUF · 14 P in 38 GP Bobby Ryan DET · 14 P in 33 GP Jake DeBrusk BOS · 14 P in 41 GP Joel Armia MTL · 14 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.

020402010-11: 27 points2710-112011-12: 46 points462012-13: 22 points2212-132013-14: 44 points442014-15: 47 points4714-152015-16: 46 points462016-17: 58 points5816-172017-18: 14 points142018-19: 30 points3018-192019-20: 30 points302020-21: 14 points1420-212021-22: 29 points292022-23: 46 points4622-232023-24: 30 points302024-25: 34 points3424-252025-26: 49 points49

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2010-11 WSH 69 13 14 27 2 10 102 47 0.39 $900K
2011-12 WSH 80 14 32 46 -5 8 90 61 0.58 $900K
2012-13 WSH 34 6 16 22 3 4 40 14 0.65 $900K
2013-14 WSH 80 8 36 44 -21 4 107 49 0.55 $2M
2014-15 WSH 82 20 27 47 6 10 138 69 0.57 $2M
2015-16 WSH 74 17 29 46 12 16 132 38 0.62 $3.75M
2016-17 WSH 82 24 34 58 25 10 129 32 0.71 $4.583M
2017-18 NJD 29 5 9 14 -11 14 42 8 0.48 $4.583M
2018-19 NJD 48 12 15 27 -15 8 103 23 0.56 $4.583M
2018-19 BOS 10 1 2 3 -1 0 12 5 0.30
2019-20 BUF 60 9 21 30 -12 20 87 39 0.50 $4.5M
2020-21 MIN 36 6 8 14 -10 4 46 12 0.39 $4.5M
2021-22 SEA 51 6 17 23 -22 4 81 17 0.45 $1.5M
2021-22 WSH 18 3 3 6 -4 0 30 14 0.33
2022-23 WSH 60 13 15 28 -3 8 95 25 0.47 $1.1M
2022-23 MIN 20 6 12 18 6 0 42 1 0.90
2023-24 MIN 78 11 19 30 -15 22 112 44 0.38 $2M
2024-25 MIN 72 11 23 34 -7 12 121 49 0.47 $2M
2025-26 MIN 75 15 34 49 18 12 106 34 0.65 $800K
16 seasons Career 1058 200 366 566 -54 166 1615 581 0.53

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 WSH 9 2 4 6 -2 0 14 8 0.67
2011-12 WSH 14 1 2 3 -6 0 22 20 0.21
2012-13 WSH 7 1 1 2 -3 0 13 6 0.29
2014-15 WSH 14 1 3 4 2 2 18 34 0.29
2015-16 WSH 12 2 5 7 -2 2 25 19 0.58
2016-17 WSH 13 2 6 8 -1 2 23 29 0.62
2017-18 NJD 3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 5 0.00
2018-19 BOS 22 4 7 11 0 0 36 15 0.50
2020-21 MIN 3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 8 0.00
2021-22 WSH 6 1 1 2 1 0 9 10 0.33
2022-23 MIN 6 2 0 2 -5 0 14 11 0.33
2024-25 MIN 5 0 2 2 0 0 5 8 0.40
2025-26 MIN 11 4 0 4 0 2 18 21 0.36
13 seasons Playoffs 125 20 31 51 -19 8 202 194 0.41

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
36 6 8 14 -10 4 46 12 0.39 13.0 15:56

Contract

$4.5MCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$321KCap dollars per point14 points in 36 games
-$451KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. 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 Buffalo Sabres on Jul 6, 2019, as a new contract: 2 years and $9M, beginning in 2019-20. 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
2019-20 $4.5M $5M $0 $5M M-NTC
2020-21 $4.5M $4M $0 $4M M-NTC

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
2025-26 to 2025-26 $800K
May 2, 2023 Minnesota Wild Extension 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $4M $2M
Jul 13, 2022 Washington Capitals New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $1.1M $1.1M
Aug 6, 2021 Seattle Kraken New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $1.5M $1.5M
Jul 6, 2019 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $9M $4.5M
Jul 20, 2016 Washington Capitals New contract 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $13.75M $4.583M
Jul 31, 2015 Washington Capitals New contract 2015-16 to 2015-16 1 $3.75M $3.75M
Sep 8, 2013 Washington Capitals New contract 2013-14 to 2014-15 2 $4M $2M
May 17, 2010 Washington Capitals Entry-level 2010-11 to 2012-13 3 $2.7M $900K

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 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-1.1Goals above replacement578th of 643 skaters, 396th of 430 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 430 ranked forwards: 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.

Even-strength offence-2.0 13th percentileEven-strength defence-1.6 9th percentilePower play+0.3 78th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 79th percentilePenalties+0.5 66th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-202468102010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-25Goals 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

45.6Corsi for %351 attempts for, 418 against
-0.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.6Expected goals for %14.0 expected for, 18.1 against
-9.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
37.1Goals for %13 for, 22 against
98.2PDO7.3% shooting + 90.9% saves
68Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 579 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
Marcus Johansson · Ryan Hartman · Kevin Fiala15138:0345.243.55-7
Nick Bonino · Marcus Johansson · Kevin Fiala1050:3553.551.20-2
Marcus Johansson · Victor Rask · Kevin Fiala632:5958.043.51-2
Marcus Johansson · Nick Bjugstad · Ryan Hartman421:0542.436.12-2

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.3Expected goalsfrom 66 unblocked attempts
+0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.56 expected goals per 60 minutes19th
Shot quality 8.0% chance per attempt48th
Finishing +0.7 goals above expected60thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 411 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Goals 6Expected 5.3

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
May 13, 2021 @ STL L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:59
May 12, 2021 @ STL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:50
May 8, 2021 vs ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:12
May 7, 2021 vs ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:22
May 5, 2021 vs VGK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 17:14
Apr 29, 2021 vs STL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:16
Apr 28, 2021 vs STL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:04
Apr 24, 2021 @ SJS W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:24
Apr 23, 2021 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:17
Apr 21, 2021 @ ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:42
Apr 19, 2021 @ ARI W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 15:11
Apr 17, 2021 vs SJS W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13:51
Apr 16, 2021 vs SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:42
Apr 14, 2021 vs ARI W 5-2 0 2 2 -1 0 1 0 12:36
Apr 10, 2021 @ STL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 16:06
Apr 9, 2021 @ STL L 1-9 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 17:52
Apr 7, 2021 vs COL W 8-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:07
Apr 5, 2021 vs COL L 4-5 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 17:22
Apr 3, 2021 @ VGK W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:16
Apr 1, 2021 @ VGK W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:11
Mar 31, 2021 @ SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:07
Mar 29, 2021 @ SJS L 3-4 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 16:52
Mar 25, 2021 vs STL W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 19:57
Mar 24, 2021 vs ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:28
Mar 22, 2021 vs ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:37
Feb 18, 2021 @ ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:03
Feb 16, 2021 @ LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:52
Jan 30, 2021 vs COL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:15
Jan 28, 2021 vs LAK W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 18:48
Jan 26, 2021 vs LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:57
Jan 24, 2021 vs SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:26
Jan 22, 2021 vs SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:51
Jan 20, 2021 @ ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:13
Jan 18, 2021 @ ANA L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:19
Jan 16, 2021 @ LAK W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 18:54
Jan 14, 2021 @ LAK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 17:29