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Anton Blidh

#25 · Left wing · New York Rangers

Born Mar 14, 1995 in Molnlycke, SWE (age 31) · 6'1", 197 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 180th overall in 2013 by BOS (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Marek Hrivik NYR · 2 P in 16 GP Blake Coleman NJD · 2 P in 23 GP Pontus Aberg NSH · 2 P in 15 GP Drew Shore VAN · 2 P in 14 GP Teemu Pulkkinen ARI · 2 P in 13 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.

024682016-17: 2 points216-172017-18: 0 points017-182018-19: 0 points018-192019-20: 0 points019-202020-21: 1 points120-212021-22: 9 points921-222022-23: 0 points022-232023-24: 0 points023-242025-26: 1 points125-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 BOS 19 1 1 2 -2 7 26 41 0.11 $784K
2017-18 BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 $784K
2018-19 BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 $650K
2019-20 BOS 7 0 0 0 -1 0 9 20 0.00 $700K
2020-21 BOS 10 1 0 1 -5 6 10 25 0.10 $700K
2021-22 BOS 32 2 7 9 -3 24 28 82 0.28 $750K
2022-23 COL 14 0 0 0 -2 4 9 18 0.00 $750K
2023-24 NYR 1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 0.00 $775K
2025-26 NYR 4 0 1 1 1 0 4 10 0.25
9 seasons Career 89 4 9 13 -13 43 87 206 0.15

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
19 1 1 2 -2 7 26 41 0.11 3.8 8:47

Contract

$784KCap hitends in 2018, then RFA
$392KCap dollars per point2 points in 19 games
$1.055MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.7 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Boston Bruins on May 28, 2015, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2017-18, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $784K $600K $93K $233K $693K
2016-17 $784K $700K $93K $133K $793K
2017-18 $784K $775K $93K $58K $868K

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
Jun 7, 2023 New York Rangers Extension 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.55M $775K
Aug 3, 2022 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Jun 17, 2021 Boston Bruins Extension 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K
May 1, 2019 Boston Bruins Extension 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $1.4M $700K
Jul 2, 2018 Boston Bruins New contract 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $650K $650K
May 28, 2015 Boston Bruins Entry-level 2015-16 to 2017-18 3 $2.775M $784K

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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

+0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.1Even-strength defence0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.3

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-1-0.500.512016-172018-192020-212022-232025-26Goals 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

57.0Corsi for %163 attempts for, 123 against
-0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.2Expected goals for %7.1 expected for, 5.3 against
+1.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.9Goals for %3 for, 4 against
96.7PDO3.5% shooting + 93.2% saves
45Attempts 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
Dominic Moore · Jimmy Hayes · Anton Blidh1055:4665.576.33-0
Dominic Moore · Riley Nash · Anton Blidh1122:2354.557.30-1
Dominic Moore · Anton Blidh · Austin Czarnik622:0055.648.50-2
Dominic Moore · Anton Blidh · Noel Acciari315:5854.347.00-0

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
2.6Expected goalsfrom 37 unblocked attempts
-1.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.95 expected goals per 60 minutes85th
Shot quality 7.1% chance per attempt36th
Finishing -1.6 goals above expected36thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012Expected 2.6Goals 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
Jan 18, 2017 @ DET L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:37
Jan 16, 2017 vs NYI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 11:09
Jan 14, 2017 vs PHI W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 05:25
Jan 12, 2017 @ NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 06:33
Jan 10, 2017 @ STL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 05:25
Jan 5, 2017 vs EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:57
Jan 2, 2017 @ NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:57
Dec 31, 2016 vs BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 09:55
Dec 29, 2016 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 05:27
Dec 27, 2016 @ CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:34
Dec 23, 2016 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:07
Dec 22, 2016 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 09:29
Dec 20, 2016 vs NYI L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 5 3 11:20
Dec 18, 2016 vs LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 09:09
Dec 15, 2016 vs ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 09:03
Dec 8, 2016 vs COL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12:07
Dec 7, 2016 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 10:10
Dec 5, 2016 vs FLA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 09:10
Dec 3, 2016 @ BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 10:12