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Jacob Josefson

#10 · Centre · Buffalo Sabres

Born Mar 2, 1991 in Stockholm, SWE · 6'0", 196 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 20th overall in 2009 by NJD (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tim Wallace TBL · 9 P in 49 GP Tommy Wingels SJS · 9 P in 33 GP David Moss CGY · 9 P in 32 GP Jimmy Hayes CHI · 9 P in 31 GP Eric Wellwood PHI · 9 P in 24 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.

05102010-11: 10 points1010-112011-12: 9 points911-122012-13: 3 points312-132013-14: 3 points313-142014-15: 11 points1114-152015-16: 14 points1415-162016-17: 10 points1016-172017-18: 4 points417-18

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 NJD 28 3 7 10 5 6 31 8 0.36
2011-12 NJD 41 2 7 9 10 6 37 16 0.22
2012-13 NJD 22 1 2 3 -10 2 20 12 0.14
2013-14 NJD 27 1 2 3 0 4 21 15 0.11 $725K
2014-15 NJD 62 6 5 11 0 24 61 55 0.18 $800K
2015-16 NJD 58 4 10 14 -21 20 86 67 0.24 $800K
2016-17 NJD 38 1 9 10 -1 16 44 31 0.26 $1.1M
2017-18 BUF 39 2 2 4 -4 6 35 26 0.10 $700K
8 seasons Career 315 20 44 64 -21 84 335 230 0.20

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 NJD 6 0 1 1 1 0 8 3 0.17
1 season Playoffs 6 0 1 1 1 0 8 3 0.17

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
41 2 7 9 10 6 37 16 0.22 5.4 12:06

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2017-18 to 2017-18 $700K
2016-17 to 2016-17 $1.1M
2013-14 to 2015-16 $725K

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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.5Goals above replacement391st of 680 skaters, 270th of 445 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals 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-0.4 47th percentileEven-strength defence+0.3 51st percentilePower play-0.1 47th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 16th percentilePenalties+0.6 64th 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.

-2-101232010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

53.4Corsi for %336 attempts for, 293 against
+2.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.8Expected goals for %15.3 expected for, 13.7 against
+1.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
73.7Goals for %14 for, 5 against
104.8PDO7.8% shooting + 97.0% saves
54Attempts 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
Alexei Ponikarovsky · David Clarkson · Jacob Josefson19127:5659.270.24-1
Alexei Ponikarovsky · Steve Bernier · Jacob Josefson2037:2653.752.11-1
Ilya Kovalchuk · Nick Palmieri · Jacob Josefson436:4065.564.72-0
Steve Bernier · Ryan Carter · Jacob Josefson524:4656.371.71-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.1Expected goalsfrom 50 unblocked attempts
-2.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.49 expected goals per 60 minutes18th
Shot quality 8.2% chance per attempt76th
Finishing -2.1 goals above expected30thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Game 40Expected 4.1Goals 2

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 3, 2012 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:24
Mar 31, 2012 @ CAR W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:28
Mar 29, 2012 vs TBL W 6-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 11:36
Mar 27, 2012 vs CHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:00
Mar 25, 2012 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:58
Mar 23, 2012 vs TOR L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 12:13
Mar 20, 2012 @ OTT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:14
Mar 19, 2012 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 15:12
Mar 17, 2012 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:05
Mar 15, 2012 vs COL W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:08
Mar 13, 2012 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:17
Mar 11, 2012 vs PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:51
Mar 10, 2012 @ NYI W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:55
Mar 8, 2012 vs NYI W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:20
Mar 6, 2012 vs NYR W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13:52
Mar 4, 2012 @ NYI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:13
Mar 2, 2012 @ WSH W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:19
Mar 1, 2012 @ BOS L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 15:20
Feb 27, 2012 @ NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:22
Feb 26, 2012 vs TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:36
Feb 24, 2012 vs VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:24
Feb 21, 2012 @ TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:08
Feb 19, 2012 @ MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:46
Feb 17, 2012 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:05
Feb 14, 2012 @ BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:18
Feb 11, 2012 vs FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 06:45
Feb 9, 2012 vs STL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:08
Feb 7, 2012 @ NYR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:25
Feb 5, 2012 vs PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:57
Feb 4, 2012 @ PHI W 6-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:37
Feb 2, 2012 vs MTL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:00
Jan 31, 2012 vs NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:03
Jan 24, 2012 vs BUF L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:07
Jan 21, 2012 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:25
Jan 19, 2012 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:59
Jan 17, 2012 vs WPG W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:40
Oct 21, 2011 vs SJS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:53
Oct 15, 2011 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:00
Oct 13, 2011 vs LAK W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:19
Oct 10, 2011 vs CAR W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 15:29
Oct 8, 2011 vs PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:12