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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 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jordan Szwarz PHX · 3 P in 26 GP Mikael Samuelsson DET · 3 P in 26 GP Cam Janssen NJD · 3 P in 24 GP Carter Ashton TOR · 3 P in 32 GP Jerry D'Amigo TOR · 3 P in 22 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

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
27 1 2 3 0 4 21 15 0.11 4.8 10:08

Contract

$725KCap hit2013-14
$242KCap dollars per point3 points in 27 games
$57KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$668KValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 641 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
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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

-0.8Goals above replacement546th of 672 skaters, 365th of 438 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 438 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-1.8 26th percentileEven-strength defence-0.4 36th percentilePower play0.0 53rd percentilePenalty kill+0.1 73rd percentilePenalties+0.5 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

49.9Corsi for %174 attempts for, 175 against
-5.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.9Expected goals for %7.0 expected for, 7.9 against
-9.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.9Goals for %6 for, 8 against
99.6PDO6.8% shooting + 92.8% saves
35Attempts 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
Steve Bernier · Ryan Carter · Jacob Josefson1120:3550.045.20-1
Jaromir Jagr · Travis Zajac · Jacob Josefson316:5270.479.51-0
Cam Janssen · Tim Sestito · Jacob Josefson415:3594.1100.00-0
Stephen Gionta · Ryan Carter · Jacob Josefson214:3429.417.00-0

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
1.6Expected goalsfrom 29 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.36 expected goals per 60 minutes5th
Shot quality 5.7% chance per attempt7th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected47thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.5Game 20Expected 1.6Goals 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 4, 2014 vs WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:23
Apr 1, 2014 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10:28
Mar 31, 2014 vs FLA W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 12:07
Mar 27, 2014 vs PHX L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 10:44
Mar 22, 2014 vs NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:07
Mar 20, 2014 vs MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:22
Mar 15, 2014 @ TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 06:34
Mar 2, 2014 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:12
Mar 1, 2014 @ NYI W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:24
Jan 28, 2014 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:46
Jan 26, 2014 vs NYR L 3-7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:55
Dec 23, 2013 @ CHI L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 10:30
Dec 14, 2013 vs TBL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:22
Dec 13, 2013 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:27
Dec 6, 2013 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:41
Dec 2, 2013 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:56
Nov 30, 2013 vs BUF W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:50
Nov 29, 2013 @ CAR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:53
Nov 27, 2013 vs CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:05
Nov 25, 2013 vs WPG L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:25
Nov 23, 2013 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:12
Nov 12, 2013 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:59
Nov 10, 2013 vs NSH W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:59
Nov 3, 2013 @ MIN L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 12:08
Nov 2, 2013 vs PHI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:59
Oct 19, 2013 vs NYR W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 12:19
Oct 11, 2013 @ CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:48