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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Matt Calvert CBJ · 24 P in 73 GP Colin Wilson NSH · 24 P in 64 GP Jordan Martinook ARI · 24 P in 81 GP Brad Boyes TOR · 24 P in 60 GP Brett Connolly BOS · 25 P in 71 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

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
71 10 14 24 1 12 81 98 0.34 12.3 15:38

Contract

$605KCap hit2015-16
$25KCap dollars per point24 points in 71 games
$117KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.2 goals above replacement
$3.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.2MValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 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 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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

+5.2Goals above replacement197th of 675 skaters, 137th of 445 forwards
+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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-1.2 30th percentileEven-strength defence+0.5 61st percentilePower play-0.1 40th percentilePenalty kill+0.5 91st percentilePenalties+2.4 95th 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.

-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

49.7Corsi for %810 attempts for, 821 against
-2.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Expected goals for %34.8 expected for, 36.3 against
-1.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
46.7Goals for %28 for, 32 against
99.4PDO6.8% shooting + 92.7% saves
163Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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
Jordan Staal · Andrej Nestrasil · Joakim Nordstrom43435:0055.154.617-11
Jordan Staal · Joakim Nordstrom · Elias Lindholm26196:5150.750.74-8
Jay McClement · Andrej Nestrasil · Joakim Nordstrom2132:5852.159.81-1
Chris Terry · Joakim Nordstrom · Victor Rask518:0617.27.21-2

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.

10Goalsnot counting empty-netters
10.3Expected goalsfrom 133 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.56 expected goals per 60 minutes26th
Shot quality 7.7% chance per attempt60th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected54thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 10.3Goals 10

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 9, 2016 @ FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:04
Apr 7, 2016 vs MTL L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 18:07
Apr 5, 2016 @ BOS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:44
Apr 2, 2016 vs CBJ L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:40
Mar 31, 2016 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:15
Mar 29, 2016 @ NYI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:51
Mar 27, 2016 vs NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 17:35
Mar 26, 2016 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:57
Mar 24, 2016 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:44
Mar 22, 2016 vs BUF L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 21:37
Mar 19, 2016 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17:31
Mar 17, 2016 @ PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:27
Mar 15, 2016 @ WSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:40
Mar 12, 2016 @ BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:37
Mar 10, 2016 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 17:11
Mar 8, 2016 vs OTT W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 18:07
Mar 5, 2016 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:01
Mar 1, 2016 @ NJD W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 15:07
Feb 28, 2016 vs STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 17:34
Feb 26, 2016 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 15:29
Feb 25, 2016 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:38
Feb 23, 2016 vs PHI W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 16:06
Feb 21, 2016 vs TBL L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 17:22
Feb 19, 2016 vs SJS W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 15:37
Feb 18, 2016 @ OTT L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:35
Feb 16, 2016 vs WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:09
Feb 13, 2016 vs NYI W 6-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 13:50
Feb 12, 2016 vs PIT L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 15:29
Feb 7, 2016 @ MTL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:55
Feb 5, 2016 @ WPG W 5-3 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 16:28
Feb 3, 2016 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:16
Jan 26, 2016 vs CHI W 5-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 14:13
Jan 24, 2016 vs CGY W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:41
Jan 22, 2016 vs NYR L 1-4 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 13:37
Jan 21, 2016 @ TOR W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:09
Jan 17, 2016 @ PIT L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:36
Jan 15, 2016 vs VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:05
Jan 14, 2016 @ STL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:47
Jan 12, 2016 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:18
Jan 9, 2016 @ CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:34
Jan 8, 2016 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:35
Jan 6, 2016 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:21
Jan 4, 2016 @ EDM L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:52
Jan 2, 2016 vs NSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:45
Dec 31, 2015 vs WSH W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 14:23
Dec 29, 2015 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:02
Dec 27, 2015 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 4 0 2 17:25
Dec 26, 2015 vs NJD W 3-1 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 15:17
Dec 21, 2015 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 16:05
Dec 19, 2015 @ PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:30
Dec 18, 2015 vs FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:05
Dec 15, 2015 @ PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 15:12
Dec 12, 2015 @ ARI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:06
Dec 11, 2015 @ ANA W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:57
Dec 8, 2015 @ DAL L 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:31
Dec 6, 2015 vs ARI W 5-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 16:39
Dec 5, 2015 vs MTL W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 13:36
Dec 3, 2015 vs NJD L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:18
Nov 30, 2015 @ NYR L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:56
Nov 27, 2015 @ BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 2 0 1 14:03
Nov 25, 2015 vs EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 15:37
Nov 23, 2015 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:28
Nov 22, 2015 vs LAK W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:04
Nov 20, 2015 vs TOR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:56
Nov 16, 2015 vs ANA L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 10:15
Nov 14, 2015 vs PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 0 8 14:09
Nov 12, 2015 vs MIN L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 11:16
Nov 10, 2015 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 06:43
Oct 13, 2015 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:10
Oct 10, 2015 vs DET L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:24
Oct 8, 2015 @ NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:03