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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 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Jankowski CGY · 7 P in 56 GP Cal Clutterbuck NYI · 7 P in 37 GP Mathieu Joseph TBL · 7 P in 37 GP Joel Kellman SJS · 7 P in 31 GP Jansen Harkins WPG · 7 P in 29 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
48 4 3 7 -6 17 49 91 0.15 8.2 12:06

Contract

$1MCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$143KCap dollars per point7 points in 48 games
-$1.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.2MValueworth 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 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. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $1M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-2.2Goals above replacement624th of 670 skaters, 420th of 439 forwards
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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-3.1 9th percentileEven-strength defence-0.8 25th percentilePower play+0.0 57th percentilePenalty kill+0.7 96th percentilePenalties-0.6 15th 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

42.6Corsi for %343 attempts for, 462 against
-9.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.7Expected goals for %12.9 expected for, 19.6 against
-14.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
36.0Goals for %9 for, 16 against
98.4PDO4.9% shooting + 93.4% saves
79Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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
Chris Wagner · Joakim Nordstrom · Sean Kuraly37250:0741.337.13-12
Chris Wagner · Joakim Nordstrom · Par Lindholm1040:5145.348.80-0
David Backes · Joakim Nordstrom · Par Lindholm318:3075.086.21-0
Joakim Nordstrom · Sean Kuraly · Par Lindholm313:3263.670.40-0

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.2Expected goalsfrom 68 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.43 expected goals per 60 minutes5th
Shot quality 6.2% chance per attempt5th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected52ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Game 40Expected 4.2Goals 4

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
Mar 10, 2020 @ PHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:54
Mar 7, 2020 vs TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:37
Mar 5, 2020 @ FLA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:35
Mar 3, 2020 @ TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 09:21
Feb 29, 2020 @ NYI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:56
Feb 19, 2020 @ EDM W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 09:33
Feb 16, 2020 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:30
Feb 15, 2020 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:36
Feb 12, 2020 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:51
Feb 1, 2020 @ MIN W 6-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 12:59
Jan 31, 2020 @ WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:35
Jan 19, 2020 @ PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:19
Jan 16, 2020 vs PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:06
Jan 14, 2020 @ CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 09:49
Jan 13, 2020 @ PHI L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:17
Jan 11, 2020 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:35
Jan 9, 2020 vs WPG W 5-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 13:30
Jan 4, 2020 vs EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:08
Jan 2, 2020 vs CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:01
Dec 31, 2019 @ NJD L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 12:06
Dec 29, 2019 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:10
Dec 27, 2019 @ BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:02
Dec 23, 2019 vs WSH W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:21
Dec 19, 2019 vs NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:04
Dec 17, 2019 vs LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 09:27
Dec 14, 2019 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:16
Dec 12, 2019 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:35
Dec 11, 2019 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 09:42
Dec 9, 2019 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:08
Dec 7, 2019 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:07
Dec 5, 2019 vs CHI L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 10:29
Dec 3, 2019 vs CAR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:14
Dec 1, 2019 vs MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 10:44
Nov 29, 2019 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:50
Nov 27, 2019 @ OTT W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 11:49
Nov 26, 2019 @ MTL W 8-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:52
Nov 23, 2019 vs MIN W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:16
Nov 21, 2019 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:09
Nov 19, 2019 @ NJD W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:52
Nov 16, 2019 vs WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:42
Nov 15, 2019 @ TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:03
Nov 12, 2019 vs FLA L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 13:10
Nov 10, 2019 vs PHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:30
Oct 26, 2019 vs STL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:09
Oct 17, 2019 vs TBL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 15:21
Oct 14, 2019 vs ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:56
Oct 12, 2019 vs NJD W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 13:15
Oct 10, 2019 @ COL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 11:05