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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 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Aliaksei Protas WSH · 9 P in 33 GP Scott Reedy SJS · 9 P in 35 GP Mathieu Perreault MTL · 9 P in 25 GP Klim Kostin STL · 9 P in 40 GP Patrick Brown PHI · 9 P in 44 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

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
32 2 7 9 -3 24 28 82 0.28 7.1 10:44

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$83KCap dollars per point9 points in 32 games
$675KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$75KValueworth 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 716 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Boston Bruins on Jun 17, 2021, as an extension of the contract he was on: 1 year and $750K, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2021-22, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $750K $750K $0 $750K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

0.0Goals above replacement530th of 723 skaters, 364th of 481 forwards
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 481 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-1.6 28th percentileEven-strength defence+0.3 51st percentilePower play0.0 65th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 77th percentilePenalties+0.3 52nd 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.

-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

39.3Corsi for %192 attempts for, 296 against
-13.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.4Expected goals for %8.6 expected for, 12.2 against
-12.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
43.5Goals for %10 for, 13 against
100.1PDO8.8% shooting + 91.2% 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
Anton Blidh · Curtis Lazar · Tomas Nosek19139:2039.343.34-8
Anton Blidh · Curtis Lazar · Trent Frederic422:3057.178.22-0
Erik Haula · Anton Blidh · Karson Kuhlman418:5127.641.61-0
Erik Haula · Anton Blidh · Curtis Lazar315:3831.615.30-1

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.4Expected goalsfrom 36 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.42 expected goals per 60 minutes4th
Shot quality 6.7% chance per attempt8th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected52ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 451 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Expected 2.4Goals 2

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 29, 2022 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 14:22
Apr 5, 2022 @ DET L 3-5 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 11:00
Mar 31, 2022 vs NJD W 8-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:24
Mar 16, 2022 @ MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:58
Feb 17, 2022 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:29
Feb 15, 2022 @ NYR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 13:26
Feb 12, 2022 @ OTT W 2-0 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 12:25
Feb 10, 2022 vs CAR L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 12:21
Feb 1, 2022 vs SEA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 09:32
Jan 30, 2022 @ DAL L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:00
Jan 28, 2022 @ ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 07:46
Jan 26, 2022 @ COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 09:33
Jan 20, 2022 vs WSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 03:26
Jan 18, 2022 vs CAR L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 12:07
Jan 15, 2022 vs NSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 10:24
Jan 13, 2022 vs PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:44
Jan 12, 2022 vs MTL W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 10:50
Jan 10, 2022 @ WSH W 7-3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 13:44
Jan 8, 2022 @ TBL W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 12:43
Jan 6, 2022 vs MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 06:19
Dec 14, 2021 vs VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10:15
Dec 11, 2021 @ CGY W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 09:42
Dec 9, 2021 @ EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:52
Nov 28, 2021 vs VAN W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 09:36
Nov 26, 2021 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 10:22
Nov 24, 2021 @ BUF W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:24
Nov 21, 2021 vs CGY L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 14:48
Nov 20, 2021 @ PHI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 08:47
Nov 14, 2021 vs MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:15
Nov 13, 2021 @ NJD W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:50
Nov 11, 2021 vs EDM L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:40
Oct 22, 2021 @ BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:09