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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jordan Schroeder MIN · 13 P in 37 GP Oliver Bjorkstrand CBJ · 13 P in 26 GP Austin Czarnik BOS · 13 P in 49 GP Tyler Ennis BUF · 13 P in 51 GP Nic Petan WPG · 13 P in 54 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

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
32 8 5 13 9 6 51 29 0.41 15.7 12:09

Contract

$700KCap hit2016-17
$54KCap dollars per point13 points in 32 games
$208KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.4 goals above replacement
$2.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2MValueworth 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 664 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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+3.4Goals above replacement274th of 664 skaters, 192nd of 435 forwards
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 435 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+0.7 63rd percentileEven-strength defence+0.9 67th percentilePower play+0.1 71st percentilePenalty kill+0.3 82nd percentilePenalties+0.4 55th 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.

-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

50.8Corsi for %326 attempts for, 316 against
+3.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.8Expected goals for %13.1 expected for, 11.7 against
+0.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
66.7Goals for %18 for, 9 against
105.2PDO10.5% shooting + 94.7% saves
78Attempts 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
Patrik Berglund · David Perron · Magnus Paajarvi1385:1848.952.45-1
Jori Lehtera · Magnus Paajarvi · Dmitrij Jaskin437:5447.541.91-1
Patrik Berglund · Magnus Paajarvi · Jaden Schwartz328:3156.966.12-0
Magnus Paajarvi · Kenny Agostino · Ivan Barbashev424:5951.162.32-1

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.

8Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.8Expected goalsfrom 63 unblocked attempts
+3.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.75 expected goals per 60 minutes60th
Shot quality 7.7% chance per attempt52nd
Finishing +3.2 goals above expected82ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Goals 8Expected 4.8

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, 2017 vs COL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11:16
Apr 8, 2017 @ CAR W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:29
Apr 6, 2017 @ FLA W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:25
Apr 4, 2017 vs WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 15:47
Apr 2, 2017 vs NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 11:41
Mar 31, 2017 @ COL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:27
Mar 29, 2017 @ ARI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 15:07
Mar 27, 2017 vs ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:21
Mar 25, 2017 vs CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:52
Mar 23, 2017 vs VAN W 4-1 2 0 2 2 0 4 2 10:34
Mar 21, 2017 @ COL W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 13:43
Mar 18, 2017 @ ARI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:16
Mar 16, 2017 @ SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:08
Mar 15, 2017 @ ANA L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 11:25
Mar 13, 2017 @ LAK W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 10:34
Mar 11, 2017 vs NYI W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:02
Mar 10, 2017 vs ANA W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 10:17
Mar 7, 2017 @ MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:43
Mar 5, 2017 @ COL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:44
Mar 3, 2017 @ WPG L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:11
Feb 28, 2017 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:41
Feb 26, 2017 @ CHI L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 14:26
Feb 20, 2017 vs FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:03
Feb 18, 2017 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 09:42
Feb 16, 2017 vs VAN W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11:33
Feb 15, 2017 @ DET W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:19
Feb 11, 2017 @ MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 13:12
Feb 9, 2017 @ TOR W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 15:11
Feb 7, 2017 @ OTT W 6-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 13:03
Oct 18, 2016 @ VAN L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:52
Oct 15, 2016 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:33
Oct 13, 2016 vs MIN W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 07:22