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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 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brian McGrattan CGY · 3 P in 21 GP Chris Kreider NYR · 3 P in 23 GP Daniel Carcillo CHI · 3 P in 23 GP Teemu Hartikainen EDM · 3 P in 23 GP Pierre-Cedric Labrie TBL · 3 P in 19 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

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
22 1 2 3 -10 2 20 12 0.14 5.0 12:59

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacement480th of 605 skaters, 326th of 397 forwards
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 397 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-1.1 26th percentileEven-strength defence+0.0 48th percentilePower play-0.3 21st percentilePenalty kill-0.1 17th percentilePenalties+0.4 58th 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.

-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

50.3Corsi for %150 attempts for, 148 against
-3.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.2Expected goals for %6.7 expected for, 7.3 against
-9.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
23.5Goals for %4 for, 13 against
90.1PDO5.0% shooting + 85.1% saves
31Attempts 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
Krys Barch · Jacob Josefson · Bobby Butler829:2748.541.00-0
Ilya Kovalchuk · Travis Zajac · Jacob Josefson715:3943.829.20-0
Alexei Ponikarovsky · Matt D'Agostini · Jacob Josefson215:1270.094.41-0
Steve Sullivan · Dainius Zubrus · Jacob Josefson214:4657.179.11-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.6Expected goalsfrom 34 unblocked attempts
-1.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.54 expected goals per 60 minutes22nd
Shot quality 7.5% chance per attempt53rd
Finishing -1.6 goals above expected29thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012Game 20Expected 2.6Goals 1

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 27, 2013 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:12
Apr 25, 2013 vs PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:43
Apr 23, 2013 vs MTL W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:10
Apr 20, 2013 vs FLA W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:17
Apr 18, 2013 @ PHI W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:31
Apr 7, 2013 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:51
Feb 24, 2013 vs WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 08:57
Feb 16, 2013 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 10:55
Feb 15, 2013 vs PHI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:56
Feb 12, 2013 vs CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 11:34
Feb 10, 2013 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:37
Feb 9, 2013 vs PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:14
Feb 7, 2013 vs TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:11
Feb 5, 2013 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:08
Feb 3, 2013 @ NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:16
Feb 2, 2013 @ PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:43
Jan 31, 2013 vs NYI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:06
Jan 29, 2013 @ BOS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:20
Jan 27, 2013 @ MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 17:04
Jan 25, 2013 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 18:52
Jan 22, 2013 vs PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:26
Jan 19, 2013 @ NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:33