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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dennis Rasmussen CHI · 9 P in 44 GP Kyle Clifford LAK · 9 P in 56 GP Scott Gomez OTT · 9 P in 34 GP Kerby Rychel CBJ · 9 P in 32 GP Jordin Tootoo NJD · 9 P in 66 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

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
48 3 6 9 -9 8 88 44 0.19 3.4 12:51

Contract

$700KCap hit2015-16
$78KCap dollars per point9 points in 48 games
$152KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.6 goals above replacement
$3.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.8MValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

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
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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+4.6Goals above replacement213th of 675 skaters, 150th of 445 forwards
+0.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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+1.3 68th percentileEven-strength defence+0.2 53rd percentilePower play-0.1 46th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 57th percentilePenalties+1.5 84th 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. 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

54.9Corsi for %584 attempts for, 479 against
+4.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.9Expected goals for %24.1 expected for, 19.8 against
+6.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %14 for, 21 against
96.6PDO4.3% shooting + 92.3% saves
136Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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
Paul Stastny · Magnus Paajarvi · Vladimir Tarasenko16116:5358.759.82-3
David Backes · Patrik Berglund · Magnus Paajarvi1163:4956.764.01-2
David Backes · Troy Brouwer · Magnus Paajarvi1650:5451.638.51-1
David Backes · Magnus Paajarvi · Dmitrij Jaskin1448:1155.358.71-2

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.8Expected goalsfrom 121 unblocked attempts
-5.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.85 expected goals per 60 minutes77th
Shot quality 7.2% chance per attempt43rd
Finishing -5.8 goals above expected5thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Expected 8.8Goals 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
Apr 9, 2016 vs WSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:22
Apr 7, 2016 @ CHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 12:07
Apr 4, 2016 vs ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 13:03
Apr 3, 2016 @ COL W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 12:46
Apr 1, 2016 vs BOS L 5-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 09:52
Mar 16, 2016 @ EDM L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 05:15
Mar 14, 2016 @ CGY L 4-7 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 11:09
Mar 1, 2016 @ OTT W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:33
Feb 28, 2016 @ CAR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:05
Feb 27, 2016 @ NSH L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:05
Feb 25, 2016 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 14:02
Feb 22, 2016 vs SJS L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 14:42
Feb 9, 2016 vs WPG L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:50
Feb 6, 2016 vs MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:24
Feb 4, 2016 vs SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:04
Feb 2, 2016 @ NSH W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:49
Jan 9, 2016 @ LAK W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:52
Jan 8, 2016 @ ANA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 14:26
Jan 6, 2016 @ COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:44
Jan 4, 2016 vs OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:11
Jan 2, 2016 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:09
Dec 31, 2015 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:42
Dec 29, 2015 vs NSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:28
Dec 27, 2015 @ DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:28
Dec 26, 2015 vs DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:09
Dec 22, 2015 @ BOS W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:36
Dec 21, 2015 @ PHI L 3-4 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 13:06
Dec 19, 2015 vs CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:35
Dec 17, 2015 vs NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:36
Dec 15, 2015 @ WPG W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 12:57
Dec 13, 2015 vs COL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 15:34
Dec 12, 2015 vs DAL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:22
Dec 10, 2015 vs PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 3 2 17:13
Dec 8, 2015 vs ARI W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 13:19
Dec 5, 2015 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:04
Dec 1, 2015 vs FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:47
Nov 28, 2015 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:30
Nov 25, 2015 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:26
Nov 23, 2015 @ BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:10
Nov 21, 2015 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:11
Nov 19, 2015 vs BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:59
Nov 17, 2015 @ CBJ L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 15:19
Nov 16, 2015 vs WPG W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:48
Nov 14, 2015 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 12:41
Nov 12, 2015 @ NYR L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 13:07
Nov 10, 2015 @ NJD W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 10:08
Nov 7, 2015 @ NSH W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 09:39
Nov 4, 2015 @ CHI W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 13:24