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Viktor Svedberg

#43 · Defence · Chicago Blackhawks

Born May 24, 1991 in Gothenburg, SWE · 6'8", 238 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Christian Folin MIN · 4 P in 26 GP Justin Falk CBJ · 4 P in 24 GP Matt Tennyson SJS · 4 P in 30 GP Adam Pardy EDM · 4 P in 23 GP Simon Despres ANA · 4 P in 32 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.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 CHI 27 2 2 4 -5 4 40 11 0.15 $575K
1 season Career 27 2 2 4 -5 4 40 11 0.15

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 CHI 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 0.00
1 season Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 0.00

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
27 2 2 4 -5 4 40 11 0.15 5.0 15:45

Contract

$575KCap hitends in 2016
$144KCap dollars per point4 points in 27 games
-$329KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$904KValueworth 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 2015-16, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $575K

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
2015-16 to 2015-16 $575K

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-1.4Goals above replacement598th of 675 skaters, 200th of 230 defencemen
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 230 ranked defencemen: 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+0.0 63rd percentileEven-strength defence-2.4 14th percentilePower play-0.1 44th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 27th percentilePenalties-0.1 73rd 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 defencemen. 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.

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

48.2Corsi for %357 attempts for, 384 against
-3.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.4Expected goals for %14.2 expected for, 18.5 against
-4.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.4Goals for %12 for, 17 against
98.4PDO6.1% shooting + 92.3% saves
87Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brent Seabrook · Viktor Svedberg24298:1247.641.510-12
Michal Rozsival · Viktor Svedberg940:4034.228.90-2
Viktor Svedberg · Trevor van Riemsdyk1729:0270.577.21-1
Niklas Hjalmarsson · Viktor Svedberg1413:0947.851.80-1

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.3Expected goalsfrom 54 unblocked attempts
+0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.18 expected goals per 60 minutes49th
Shot quality 2.4% chance per attempt16th
Finishing +0.7 goals above expected71stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 230 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Goals 2Expected 1.3

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 9, 2016 @ CBJ L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 07:03
Apr 7, 2016 vs STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 13:37
Apr 5, 2016 vs ARI W 6-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:51
Apr 3, 2016 vs BOS W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 16:20
Apr 1, 2016 @ WPG W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:22
Mar 29, 2016 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:42
Mar 27, 2016 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 12:58
Mar 26, 2016 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:14
Feb 21, 2016 @ MIN L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:05
Feb 15, 2016 vs TOR W 7-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 19:31
Feb 13, 2016 vs ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:38
Feb 2, 2016 @ COL W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 13:45
Nov 12, 2015 vs NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:39
Nov 8, 2015 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 20:12
Nov 6, 2015 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:43
Nov 4, 2015 vs STL L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 19:05
Nov 2, 2015 vs LAK W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 22:08
Oct 30, 2015 @ MIN L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 14:39
Oct 29, 2015 @ WPG L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:42
Oct 26, 2015 vs ANA W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:16
Oct 24, 2015 vs TBL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:25
Oct 22, 2015 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:55
Oct 17, 2015 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:52
Oct 15, 2015 @ WSH L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 16:54
Oct 14, 2015 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:08
Oct 10, 2015 vs NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:17
Oct 9, 2015 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:19