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Joakim Nordstrom

#20 · Centre · Calgary Flames

Born Feb 25, 1992 in Stockholm, SWE · 6'1", 194 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 90th overall in 2010 by CHI (round 3)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2014-15

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.

Darren Archibald VAN · 3 P in 16 GP Tim Sestito NJD · 3 P in 16 GP Mikhail Grigorenko BUF · 3 P in 18 GP Casey Wellman WSH · 3 P in 13 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.

051015202013-14: 3 points313-142014-15: 3 points314-152015-16: 24 points2415-162016-17: 12 points1216-172017-18: 7 points717-182018-19: 12 points1218-192019-20: 7 points719-202020-21: 7 points720-21

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 CHI 16 1 2 3 -2 2 26 17 0.19
2014-15 CHI 38 0 3 3 -5 4 42 73 0.08 $617K
2015-16 CAR 71 10 14 24 1 12 81 98 0.34 $605K
2016-17 CAR 82 7 5 12 -12 17 104 148 0.15 $1.275M
2017-18 CAR 75 2 5 7 -11 6 97 107 0.09 $1.275M
2018-19 BOS 70 7 5 12 0 13 103 86 0.17 $1M
2019-20 BOS 48 4 3 7 -6 17 49 91 0.15 $1M
2020-21 CGY 44 1 6 7 1 6 46 92 0.16 $700K
8 seasons Career 444 32 43 75 -34 77 548 712 0.17

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2013-14 CHI 7 0 0 0 -4 0 6 7 0.00
2014-15 CHI 3 0 0 0 -3 0 3 9 0.00
2018-19 BOS 23 3 5 8 2 4 29 59 0.35
2019-20 BOS 10 0 1 1 -6 2 8 48 0.10
4 seasons Playoffs 43 3 6 9 -11 6 46 123 0.21

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
16 1 2 3 -2 2 26 17 0.19 3.8 11:41

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2020-21 to 2020-21 $700K
2018-19 to 2019-20 $1M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $1.275M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $617K

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.3Even-strength defence+0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-4-202462013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-21Goals 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

50.2Corsi for %142 attempts for, 141 against
-6.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.4Expected goals for %6.8 expected for, 5.5 against
-1.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.7Goals for %5 for, 7 against
97.4PDO6.0% shooting + 91.5% saves
44Attempts 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
Marcus Kruger · Brandon Bollig · Joakim Nordstrom1274:0757.071.52-3
Joakim Nordstrom · Andrew Shaw · Brandon Saad513:4751.669.60-1
Ben Smith · Brandon Bollig · Joakim Nordstrom511:4737.950.70-1
Bryan Bickell · Marcus Kruger · Joakim Nordstrom67:4652.924.80-0

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
2.3Expected goalsfrom 35 unblocked attempts
-1.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.74 expected goals per 60 minutes57th
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt25th
Finishing -1.3 goals above expected39thOne 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.

00.511.52Expected 2.3Goals 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 12, 2014 @ NSH L 5-7 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 16:40
Apr 11, 2014 @ WSH L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 11:41
Apr 9, 2014 vs MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:30
Apr 6, 2014 vs STL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 12:11
Apr 4, 2014 @ CBJ W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:22
Apr 3, 2014 vs MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:39
Dec 6, 2013 vs ANA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:19
Dec 5, 2013 @ MIN L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 09:55
Oct 19, 2013 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 07:42
Oct 17, 2013 vs STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:39
Oct 15, 2013 @ CAR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 10:29
Oct 12, 2013 vs BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:20
Oct 11, 2013 vs NYI W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 12:39
Oct 9, 2013 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:20
Oct 5, 2013 vs TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:09
Oct 1, 2013 vs WSH W 6-4 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 12:23