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Sven Baertschi

#47 · Left wing · Vegas Golden Knights

Born Oct 5, 1992 in Bern, CHE · 5'11", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 13th overall in 2011 by CGY (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Rudolfs Balcers OTT · 14 P in 36 GP Derek Grant ANA · 14 P in 56 GP Joel Eriksson Ek MIN · 14 P in 58 GP Brandon Dubinsky CBJ · 14 P in 61 GP Matt Martin NYI · 14 P in 67 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.

01020302011-12: 3 points311-122012-13: 10 points1012-132013-14: 11 points1113-142014-15: 6 points614-152015-16: 28 points2815-162016-17: 35 points3516-172017-18: 29 points2917-182018-19: 14 points1418-192019-20: 2 points219-202021-22: 0 points021-22

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 CGY 5 3 0 3 2 4 10 5 0.60
2012-13 CGY 20 3 7 10 0 6 28 12 0.50
2013-14 CGY 26 2 9 11 -4 6 30 22 0.42 $894K
2014-15 CGY 15 0 4 4 -3 6 11 8 0.27
2014-15 VAN 3 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 0.67
2015-16 VAN 69 15 13 28 -14 14 108 30 0.41 $900K
2016-17 VAN 68 18 17 35 -6 8 114 52 0.51 $1.85M
2017-18 VAN 53 14 15 29 3 20 82 19 0.55 $1.85M
2018-19 VAN 26 9 5 14 -9 6 43 18 0.54 $3.367M
2019-20 VAN 6 0 2 2 -2 4 7 5 0.33 $3.367M
2021-22 VGK 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.00 $750K
10 seasons Career 292 66 72 138 -34 78 438 171 0.47

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 VAN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
1 season Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
26 9 5 14 -9 6 43 18 0.54 20.9 15:08

Contract

$3.367MCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$240KCap dollars per point14 points in 26 games
$5.206MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.6 goals above replacement
$1.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.3MValueworth 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 696 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 2020-21, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2018-19 $3.367M
2019-20 $3.367M
2020-21 $3.367M

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
2021-22 to 2021-22 $750K
2018-19 to 2020-21 $3.367M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $1.85M
2015-16 to 2015-16 $900K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $894K

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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

+0.6Goals above replacement478th of 699 skaters, 325th of 455 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 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-0.1 54th percentileEven-strength defence-0.7 33rd percentilePower play+0.4 81st percentilePenalty kill+0.0 51st percentilePenalties+0.0 38th 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.

-10123452011-122013-142015-162017-182019-20Goals 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

45.3Corsi for %260 attempts for, 314 against
-0.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.2Expected goals for %11.2 expected for, 14.7 against
-2.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
37.9Goals for %11 for, 18 against
97.6PDO8.5% shooting + 89.1% 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
Sven Baertschi · Bo Horvat · Brock Boeser19103:3747.348.15-6
Sven Baertschi · Brock Boeser · Elias Pettersson1145:3949.453.53-3
Sven Baertschi · Jake Virtanen · Adam Gaudette523:5554.347.12-1
Brandon Sutter · Sven Baertschi · Jake Virtanen916:4233.339.31-1

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.

9Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.7Expected goalsfrom 66 unblocked attempts
+2.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.02 expected goals per 60 minutes86th
Shot quality 10.2% chance per attempt96th
Finishing +2.3 goals above expected74thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Goals 9Expected 6.7

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 2, 2019 vs SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:29
Mar 30, 2019 vs DAL W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10:21
Mar 26, 2019 vs ANA L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:05
Mar 24, 2019 vs CBJ L 0-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 16:48
Feb 2, 2019 @ COL W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:22
Jan 23, 2019 vs CAR L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 15:11
Jan 20, 2019 vs DET W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:00
Jan 18, 2019 vs BUF W 4-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 12:45
Jan 16, 2019 vs EDM L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:30
Jan 13, 2019 vs FLA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:03
Jan 10, 2019 vs ARI L 3-4 (OT) 2 0 2 2 0 6 2 19:41
Jan 5, 2019 @ TOR L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 19:49
Jan 3, 2019 @ MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 19:22
Jan 2, 2019 @ OTT W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 14:39
Dec 31, 2018 @ NJD L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:18
Dec 29, 2018 @ CGY W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 12:35
Oct 24, 2018 @ VGK W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:34
Oct 22, 2018 vs WSH L 2-5 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 17:29
Oct 20, 2018 vs BOS W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:54
Oct 18, 2018 @ WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:00
Oct 16, 2018 @ PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:09
Oct 13, 2018 @ FLA W 3-2 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 19:35
Oct 11, 2018 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 14:22
Oct 9, 2018 @ CAR L 3-5 2 1 3 -1 0 2 1 17:27
Oct 6, 2018 @ CGY L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 18:55
Oct 3, 2018 vs CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:12