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Magnus Paajarvi

#56 · Left wing · Ottawa Senators

Born Apr 12, 1991 in Norrkoping, SWE · 6'3", 206 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 10th overall in 2009 by EDM (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mike Sislo NJD · 1 P in 10 GP Paul Carey COL · 1 P in 10 GP Eric O'Dell WPG · 1 P in 11 GP Jordan Szwarz ARI · 1 P in 9 GP Josh Leivo TOR · 1 P in 9 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.

01020302010-11: 34 points3410-112011-12: 8 points811-122012-13: 16 points1612-132013-14: 12 points1213-142014-15: 1 points114-152015-16: 9 points915-162016-17: 13 points1316-172017-18: 12 points1217-182018-19: 19 points1918-19

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 EDM 80 15 19 34 -13 16 180 22 0.43
2011-12 EDM 41 2 6 8 -7 4 79 18 0.20
2012-13 EDM 42 9 7 16 -1 14 75 24 0.38 $900K
2013-14 STL 55 6 6 12 -6 6 60 26 0.22 $1.2M
2014-15 STL 10 0 1 1 -2 6 9 8 0.10 $1.2M
2015-16 STL 48 3 6 9 -9 8 88 44 0.19 $700K
2016-17 STL 32 8 5 13 9 6 51 29 0.41 $700K
2017-18 STL 44 2 2 4 -3 8 58 55 0.09 $800K
2017-18 OTT 35 6 2 8 -8 4 68 49 0.23
2018-19 OTT 80 11 8 19 -14 6 119 65 0.24 $900K
9 seasons Career 467 62 62 124 -54 78 787 340 0.27

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 STL 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0.33
2016-17 STL 8 1 2 3 1 2 9 10 0.38
2 seasons Playoffs 11 1 3 4 1 2 11 11 0.36

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
10 0 1 1 -2 6 9 8 0.10 0.0 9:48

Contract

$1.2MCap hitends in 2015, then RFA
$1.2MCap dollars per point1 points in 10 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. It runs through 2014-15, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2014-15 $1.2M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2018-19 $900K
2015-16 to 2017-18 $700K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $1.2M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $1.2M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

-0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.7Even-strength defence+0.0Power play+0.0Penalty 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.

-202462010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

54.1Corsi for %80 attempts for, 68 against
+1.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.9Expected goals for %3.1 expected for, 3.0 against
+3.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %1 for, 3 against
94.2PDO2.3% shooting + 91.9% saves
14Attempts 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
David Backes · Patrik Berglund · Magnus Paajarvi419:1038.224.10-0
David Backes · Magnus Paajarvi · Jaden Schwartz18:3171.466.80-0
Joakim Lindstrom · Patrik Berglund · Magnus Paajarvi38:2887.589.50-1
Maxim Lapierre · Chris Porter · Magnus Paajarvi26:5612.538.10-0

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
0.7Expected goalsfrom 14 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.46 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 5.4% chance per attempt4th
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected48thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.7Goals 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
Dec 16, 2014 vs LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:20
Dec 6, 2014 @ NYI W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:10
Nov 22, 2014 @ OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:08
Nov 20, 2014 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 11:56
Nov 11, 2014 vs BUF W 6-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 08:46
Nov 3, 2014 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:11
Nov 1, 2014 vs COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:48
Oct 30, 2014 vs ANA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:15
Oct 23, 2014 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:06
Oct 19, 2014 @ ANA L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:18