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Oskar Sundqvist

#70 · Centre · St. Louis Blues

Born Mar 23, 1994 in Boden, SWE (age 32) · 6'3", 212 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 81st overall in 2012 by PIT (round 3)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2018-19

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Carter Rowney PIT · 5 P in 44 GP Taylor Leier PHI · 5 P in 39 GP Max McCormick OTT · 5 P in 30 GP David Booth DET · 5 P in 28 GP Zack Mitchell MIN · 5 P in 23 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.

01020302015-16: 4 points415-162016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 5 points517-182018-19: 31 points3118-192019-20: 23 points2319-202020-21: 9 points920-212021-22: 23 points2321-222022-23: 28 points2822-232023-24: 21 points2123-242024-25: 20 points2024-252025-26: 17 points1725-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 PIT 18 1 3 4 0 4 13 18 0.22 $701K
2016-17 PIT 10 0 0 0 -4 2 9 13 0.00 $701K
2017-18 STL 42 1 4 5 -5 14 41 47 0.12 $675K
2018-19 STL 74 14 17 31 -1 22 113 101 0.42 $700K
2019-20 STL 57 12 11 23 5 28 97 60 0.40 $2.75M
2020-21 STL 28 4 5 9 -6 14 32 50 0.32 $2.75M
2021-22 STL 41 4 11 15 4 12 50 49 0.37 $2.75M
2021-22 DET 18 4 4 8 1 17 20 21 0.44
2022-23 DET 52 7 14 21 -4 20 59 42 0.40 $2.75M
2022-23 MIN 15 3 4 7 0 8 10 21 0.47
2023-24 STL 71 6 15 21 -6 32 68 82 0.30 $775K
2024-25 STL 67 6 14 20 -6 32 60 78 0.30 $1.5M
2025-26 STL 52 5 12 17 -18 26 37 69 0.33 $1.5M
11 seasons Career 545 67 114 181 -40 231 609 651 0.33

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2015-16 PIT 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00
2018-19 STL 25 4 5 9 5 8 44 74 0.36
2019-20 STL 6 0 1 1 -3 2 6 14 0.17
2022-23 MIN 1 1 0 1 2 0 3 4 1.00
2024-25 STL 7 1 1 2 1 6 6 26 0.29
5 seasons Playoffs 41 6 7 13 5 16 59 123 0.32

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
42 1 4 5 -5 14 41 47 0.12 2.4 10:29

Contract

$675KCap hitends in 2018
$135KCap dollars per point5 points in 42 games
$318KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.1 goals above replacement
$2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.3MValueworth 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 691 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the St. Louis Blues on Jul 1, 2017, as a new contract: 1 year and $675K, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2017-18, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $675K $675K $0 $675K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 11, 2026 St. Louis Blues New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
Mar 7, 2024 St. Louis Blues Extension 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $3M $1.5M
Jul 12, 2023 St. Louis Blues New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jul 21, 2019 St. Louis Blues New contract 2019-20 to 2022-23 4 $11M $2.75M
Jul 6, 2018 St. Louis Blues New contract 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $700K $700K
Jul 1, 2017 St. Louis Blues New contract 2017-18 to 2017-18 1 $675K $675K
Jun 5, 2014 Pittsburgh Penguins Entry-level 2014-15 to 2016-17 3 $2.775M $701K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

+2.1Goals above replacement364th of 691 skaters, 248th of 451 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 451 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-1.1 37th percentileEven-strength defence+1.6 79th percentilePower play-0.3 25th percentilePenalty kill+0.4 88th percentilePenalties+0.4 53rd 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.

-4-202462015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

48.0Corsi for %315 attempts for, 341 against
-4.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.4Expected goals for %13.8 expected for, 11.5 against
+2.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
38.1Goals for %8 for, 13 against
97.6PDO4.8% shooting + 92.7% saves
69Attempts 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
Magnus Paajarvi · Dmitrij Jaskin · Oskar Sundqvist1273:0749.664.42-4
Magnus Paajarvi · Beau Bennett · Oskar Sundqvist537:3755.344.90-0
Scottie Upshall · Kyle Brodziak · Oskar Sundqvist1031:5353.877.00-0
Chris Thorburn · Oskar Sundqvist · Ivan Barbashev727:4548.860.91-0

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
4.3Expected goalsfrom 63 unblocked attempts
-3.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.59 expected goals per 60 minutes24th
Shot quality 6.8% chance per attempt30th
Finishing -3.3 goals above expected20thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Game 40Expected 4.3Goals 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 7, 2018 @ COL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:00
Apr 4, 2018 vs CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:00
Apr 2, 2018 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:27
Mar 31, 2018 @ ARI L 0-6 0 0 0 -3 2 0 2 11:16
Mar 30, 2018 @ VGK L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 08:03
Mar 27, 2018 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 07:19
Mar 24, 2018 @ CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:41
Mar 23, 2018 vs VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:41
Mar 21, 2018 vs BOS W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:42
Mar 18, 2018 @ CHI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 06:22
Mar 8, 2018 @ SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:46
Feb 20, 2018 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:06
Jan 9, 2018 vs FLA L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:41
Dec 27, 2017 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:16
Dec 23, 2017 @ VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 10:48
Dec 17, 2017 @ WPG L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:03
Dec 16, 2017 vs WPG W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:21
Dec 12, 2017 vs TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:12
Dec 10, 2017 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 08:19
Dec 1, 2017 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:05
Nov 25, 2017 vs MIN W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12:30
Nov 24, 2017 vs NSH L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:43
Nov 21, 2017 vs EDM W 8-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 13:46
Nov 18, 2017 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:16
Nov 16, 2017 @ EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:40
Nov 13, 2017 @ CGY L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 10:53
Nov 11, 2017 vs NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:49
Nov 9, 2017 vs ARI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:42
Nov 7, 2017 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 15:11
Nov 4, 2017 vs TOR W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 14:36
Nov 2, 2017 vs PHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:43
Oct 30, 2017 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:06
Oct 28, 2017 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:04
Oct 27, 2017 @ CAR W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 10:22
Oct 25, 2017 vs CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 12:28
Oct 21, 2017 @ VGK L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 10:35
Oct 19, 2017 @ COL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 11:48
Oct 14, 2017 @ TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:43
Oct 12, 2017 @ FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:17
Oct 10, 2017 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:57
Oct 7, 2017 vs DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:13
Oct 4, 2017 @ PIT W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:31