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Johan Larsson

#22 · Left wing · Washington Capitals

Born Jul 25, 1992 in Lau, SWE · 5'11", 206 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 56th overall in 2010 by MIN (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Victor Rask SEA · 21 P in 47 GP Jakob Silfverberg ANA · 21 P in 53 GP Alex Galchenyuk ARI · 21 P in 60 GP Owen Tippett PHI · 21 P in 63 GP Brian Boyle PIT · 21 P in 66 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.

051015202012-13: 0 points012-132013-14: 4 points413-142014-15: 16 points1614-152015-16: 17 points1715-162016-17: 11 points1116-172017-18: 17 points1717-182018-19: 14 points1418-192019-20: 18 points1819-202020-21: 14 points1420-212021-22: 21 points2121-22

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 MIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.00
2013-14 BUF 28 0 4 4 0 19 21 52 0.14 $763K
2014-15 BUF 39 6 10 16 0 12 50 59 0.41 $763K
2015-16 BUF 74 10 7 17 -4 27 95 113 0.23 $800K
2016-17 BUF 36 6 5 11 -7 20 49 33 0.31 $950K
2017-18 BUF 80 4 13 17 -30 49 86 117 0.21 $1.475M
2018-19 BUF 73 6 8 14 -8 37 79 112 0.19 $1.475M
2019-20 BUF 62 6 12 18 8 26 60 85 0.29 $1.55M
2020-21 ARI 52 8 6 14 -13 24 58 77 0.27 $1.4M
2021-22 ARI 29 6 9 15 -3 30 30 53 0.52 $1.4M
2021-22 WSH 14 1 5 6 -1 2 14 17 0.43
10 seasons Career 488 53 79 132 -58 246 544 720 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
2021-22 WSH 6 0 2 2 -2 2 4 20 0.33
1 season Playoffs 6 0 2 2 -2 2 4 20 0.33

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
43 7 14 21 -4 32 44 70 0.49 15.9 15:55

Contract

$1.4MCap hit2021-22
$67KCap dollars per point21 points in 43 games
$422KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.3 goals above replacement
$3.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.7MValueworth 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 716 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
2020-21 to 2021-22 $1.4M
2019-20 to 2019-20 $1.55M
2017-18 to 2018-19 $1.475M
2016-17 to 2016-17 $950K
2013-14 to 2015-16 $763K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+3.3Goals above replacement275th of 723 skaters, 193rd of 481 forwards
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 481 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-0.8 43rd percentileEven-strength defence+2.4 92nd percentilePower play+0.2 77th percentilePenalty kill0.0 34th percentilePenalties-0.4 22nd 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.

-6-4-20242012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

51.1Corsi for %506 attempts for, 485 against
+4.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.8Expected goals for %22.9 expected for, 19.6 against
+8.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.3Goals for %26 for, 29 against
98.4PDO9.9% shooting + 88.5% saves
72Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 636 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Phil Kessel · Johan Larsson · Lawson CrouseARI16151:3651.256.89-13
Nic Dowd · Johan Larsson · Garnet HathawayWSH1194:1756.767.14-4
Phil Kessel · Johan Larsson · Dmitrij JaskinARI645:5347.149.31-1
Andrew Ladd · Johan Larsson · Ryan DzingelARI332:2247.238.92-1

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.7Expected goalsfrom 64 unblocked attempts
+1.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.42 expected goals per 60 minutes4th
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt26th
Finishing +1.3 goals above expected67thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 451 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Goals 6Expected 4.7

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 29, 2022 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:18
Apr 28, 2022 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:03
Apr 26, 2022 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:38
Apr 24, 2022 vs TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:43
Apr 22, 2022 @ ARI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:31
Apr 20, 2022 @ VGK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 12:03
Apr 18, 2022 @ COL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 11:36
Apr 16, 2022 @ MTL W 8-4 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 10:06
Apr 14, 2022 @ TOR L 3-7 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 11:49
Apr 12, 2022 vs PHI W 9-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 13:35
Apr 10, 2022 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:27
Apr 9, 2022 @ PIT W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 14:30
Apr 6, 2022 vs TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:19
Apr 3, 2022 vs MIN L 1-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10:48
Jan 25, 2022 @ PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:02
Jan 22, 2022 @ NYR L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 17:07
Jan 21, 2022 @ NYI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:12
Jan 19, 2022 @ NJD W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 18:23
Jan 17, 2022 vs MTL W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 16:20
Jan 15, 2022 vs COL L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:11
Jan 14, 2022 @ COL L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 16:35
Jan 12, 2022 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 20:27
Jan 8, 2022 vs NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 20:11
Jan 6, 2022 vs CHI W 6-4 3 0 3 1 2 3 0 19:46
Jan 4, 2022 vs WPG L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 20:57
Dec 28, 2021 @ SJS L 7-8 (SO) 0 3 3 3 0 3 0 20:52
Dec 17, 2021 @ ANA W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 5 0 5 16:43
Nov 30, 2021 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 13:52
Nov 13, 2021 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:11
Nov 12, 2021 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:59
Nov 10, 2021 vs MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:21
Nov 6, 2021 vs SEA W 5-4 0 2 2 1 0 0 3 17:16
Nov 5, 2021 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 15:07
Nov 2, 2021 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 20:17
Oct 31, 2021 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:53
Oct 29, 2021 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 18:24
Oct 28, 2021 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 20:05
Oct 25, 2021 @ FLA L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 17:43
Oct 23, 2021 vs NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:14
Oct 21, 2021 vs EDM L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 18:05
Oct 18, 2021 vs STL L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:21
Oct 16, 2021 @ BUF L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 18:25
Oct 14, 2021 @ CBJ L 2-8 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:43