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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Maxim Lapierre PIT · 11 P in 80 GP Derek MacKenzie FLA · 11 P in 82 GP Pascal Dupuis PIT · 11 P in 16 GP Olli Jokinen STL · 10 P in 62 GP Barclay Goodrow SJS · 12 P in 60 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
62 6 5 11 0 24 61 55 0.18 9.8 12:26

Contract

$800KCap hit2014-15
$73KCap dollars per point11 points in 62 games
$1.741MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.5 goals above replacement
$827KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$27KValueworth 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 649 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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

+0.5Goals above replacement471st of 665 skaters, 318th of 432 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 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-2.6 16th percentileEven-strength defence+2.4 91st percentilePower play-0.3 27th percentilePenalty kill-0.6 4th percentilePenalties-0.6 20th 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

50.6Corsi for %481 attempts for, 470 against
+4.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.7Expected goals for %19.0 expected for, 18.5 against
+4.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
46.4Goals for %13 for, 15 against
99.9PDO5.6% shooting + 94.3% saves
100Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 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
Tuomo Ruutu · Jordin Tootoo · Jacob Josefson1581:3550.040.33-1
Dainius Zubrus · Stephen Gionta · Jacob Josefson1148:4650.042.90-2
Tuomo Ruutu · Jacob Josefson · Mike Sislo639:4056.053.70-0
Michael Ryder · Tuomo Ruutu · Jacob Josefson937:0650.061.33-0

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.6Expected goalsfrom 87 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.52 expected goals per 60 minutes21st
Shot quality 7.6% chance per attempt60th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected50thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 6.6Goals 6

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 11, 2015 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 13:09
Apr 9, 2015 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:45
Apr 7, 2015 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 11:28
Apr 4, 2015 @ NYR L 1-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 13:43
Apr 3, 2015 vs MTL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:17
Mar 31, 2015 @ CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:48
Mar 29, 2015 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:46
Mar 28, 2015 @ CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:06
Mar 26, 2015 @ WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 13:30
Mar 23, 2015 vs LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:26
Mar 21, 2015 vs NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:05
Mar 20, 2015 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 14:15
Mar 17, 2015 vs PIT W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:14
Mar 14, 2015 @ ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:13
Mar 12, 2015 @ COL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:21
Mar 10, 2015 @ MIN L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 12:02
Mar 8, 2015 vs PHI W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 13:28
Mar 6, 2015 vs CBJ L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 13:34
Mar 3, 2015 vs NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:37
Feb 28, 2015 @ CBJ W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:56
Feb 27, 2015 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 12:04
Feb 25, 2015 vs CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:33
Feb 23, 2015 vs ARI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:14
Feb 21, 2015 vs CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:09
Feb 20, 2015 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:13
Feb 17, 2015 vs BUF W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:07
Feb 14, 2015 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:27
Feb 13, 2015 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:21
Feb 9, 2015 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:04
Feb 7, 2015 @ MTL L 2-6 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 11:36
Feb 6, 2015 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 09:45
Feb 3, 2015 vs OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 09:57
Jan 31, 2015 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:01
Jan 30, 2015 vs PIT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:05
Jan 28, 2015 vs TOR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:07
Jan 19, 2015 @ SJS W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 10:42
Dec 27, 2014 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 12:05
Dec 17, 2014 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:21
Dec 15, 2014 @ NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:07
Dec 13, 2014 @ DAL L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:29
Dec 11, 2014 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:41
Dec 9, 2014 vs CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 4 1 1 16:46
Dec 8, 2014 @ CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:37
Dec 4, 2014 @ TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:18
Dec 2, 2014 @ PIT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:08
Nov 29, 2014 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:02
Nov 28, 2014 vs DET L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:47
Nov 25, 2014 @ VAN L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 09:40
Nov 22, 2014 @ CGY L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12:51
Nov 21, 2014 @ EDM W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:04
Nov 15, 2014 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:09
Nov 14, 2014 @ WSH W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 09:01
Nov 11, 2014 vs MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 09:47
Nov 10, 2014 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:51
Nov 7, 2014 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:10
Nov 6, 2014 @ STL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:52
Nov 4, 2014 vs STL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:02
Nov 1, 2014 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:20
Oct 30, 2014 vs WPG W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 09:41
Oct 28, 2014 @ PIT L 3-8 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 12:21
Oct 25, 2014 @ OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:18
Oct 24, 2014 vs DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 07:09