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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Marko Dano WPG · 11 P in 38 GP Jiri Hudler DAL · 11 P in 32 GP Tyler Pitlick EDM · 11 P in 31 GP Dmitrij Jaskin STL · 11 P in 51 GP Michael Raffl PHI · 11 P in 52 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

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
36 6 5 11 -7 20 49 33 0.31 12.2 16:51

Contract

$950KCap hit2016-17
$86KCap dollars per point11 points in 36 games
-$253KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.2MValueworth 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 664 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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

-1.3Goals above replacement584th of 664 skaters, 388th of 435 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 435 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-1.0 37th percentileEven-strength defence-0.5 36th percentilePower play+0.0 68th percentilePenalty kill-1.2 1st percentilePenalties-0.3 29th 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.

-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

46.2Corsi for %438 attempts for, 510 against
-2.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.3Expected goals for %18.3 expected for, 19.6 against
-1.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.5Goals for %20 for, 24 against
99.6PDO8.1% shooting + 91.5% saves
84Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 565 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
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson28269:0746.850.612-7
Brian Gionta · Evander Kane · Johan Larsson1780:3348.251.74-6
Kyle Okposo · Evander Kane · Johan Larsson627:5930.841.10-1
Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons2123:0151.766.10-0

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
5.7Expected goalsfrom 73 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.57 expected goals per 60 minutes24th
Shot quality 7.8% chance per attempt59th
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected59thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Goals 6Expected 5.7

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
Dec 31, 2016 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:43
Dec 29, 2016 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 15:25
Dec 27, 2016 @ DET W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 18:33
Dec 23, 2016 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 18:04
Dec 22, 2016 vs CAR L 1-3 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 13:17
Dec 20, 2016 @ FLA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:51
Dec 17, 2016 @ CAR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 16:59
Dec 16, 2016 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 16:00
Dec 13, 2016 vs LAK W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 16:03
Dec 9, 2016 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:33
Dec 6, 2016 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:45
Dec 5, 2016 @ WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:04
Dec 3, 2016 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:07
Dec 1, 2016 vs NYR W 4-3 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 15:13
Nov 29, 2016 @ OTT W 5-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 13:39
Nov 25, 2016 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20:02
Nov 23, 2016 vs DET L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 19:01
Nov 21, 2016 vs CGY W 4-2 1 0 1 -1 2 6 1 19:49
Nov 19, 2016 vs PIT W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 22:26
Nov 17, 2016 vs TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:11
Nov 15, 2016 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17:08
Nov 12, 2016 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:05
Nov 11, 2016 vs NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:07
Nov 9, 2016 vs OTT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:26
Nov 7, 2016 @ BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 16:02
Nov 5, 2016 @ OTT W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:22
Nov 3, 2016 vs TOR L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 17:03
Nov 1, 2016 @ MIN W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:06
Oct 30, 2016 @ WPG W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:58
Oct 29, 2016 vs FLA W 3-0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 17:32
Oct 27, 2016 vs MIN L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:03
Oct 25, 2016 @ PHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20:49
Oct 20, 2016 @ VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:44
Oct 18, 2016 @ CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 18:46
Oct 16, 2016 @ EDM W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 20:09
Oct 13, 2016 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:36