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Anders Bjork

#24 · Left wing · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Aug 5, 1996 in Mequon, Wisconsin, USA · 6'0", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 146th overall in 2014 by BOS (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jacob Peterson SJS · 8 P in 12 GP Elmer Soderblom DET · 8 P in 21 GP Lukas Sedlak PHI · 8 P in 30 GP Martin Kaut SJS · 8 P in 36 GP Jack Drury CAR · 8 P in 38 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.

0510152017-18: 12 points1217-182018-19: 3 points318-192019-20: 19 points1919-202020-21: 11 points1120-212021-22: 8 points821-222022-23: 8 points822-23

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 BOS 30 4 8 12 2 6 30 19 0.40 $925K
2018-19 BOS 20 1 2 3 -1 2 18 9 0.15 $925K
2019-20 BOS 58 9 10 19 5 10 66 43 0.33 $925K
2020-21 BOS 30 2 3 5 -8 10 22 37 0.17 $1.6M
2020-21 BUF 15 3 3 6 -5 4 19 11 0.40
2021-22 BUF 58 5 3 8 -14 10 51 11 0.14 $1.6M
2022-23 BUF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 $1.6M
2022-23 CHI 13 2 6 8 4 2 14 8 0.62
6 seasons Career 225 26 35 61 -17 44 221 138 0.27

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 BOS 7 0 1 1 -1 6 11 9 0.14
1 season Playoffs 7 0 1 1 -1 6 11 9 0.14

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
14 2 6 8 4 2 15 8 0.57 13.3 13:50

Contract

$1.6MCap hitends in 2023
$200KCap dollars per point8 points in 14 games
$772KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.1 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

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2022-23, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2022-23 $1.6M

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
2022-23 to 2022-23 $1.6M
2020-21 to 2021-22 $1.6M
2018-19 to 2019-20 $925K
2017-18 to 2017-18 $925K

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

+2.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+1.3Even-strength defence+0.4Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.2Penalties+0.0

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.

-4-20242017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-23Goals 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

51.3Corsi for %153 attempts for, 145 against
+5.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.6Expected goals for %7.4 expected for, 6.6 against
+7.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
64.3Goals for %9 for, 5 against
104.3PDO10.2% shooting + 94.0% saves
25Attempts 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
Andreas Athanasiou · Anders Bjork · Lukas Reichel540:3754.453.21-3
Jason Dickinson · Anders Bjork · MacKenzie Entwistle433:5838.530.61-1
Andreas Athanasiou · Buddy Robinson · Anders Bjork217:2178.483.63-0
Anders Bjork · MacKenzie Entwistle · Reese Johnson28:1733.317.60-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.7Expected goalsfrom 18 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.54 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 9.7% chance per attempt88th
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected59thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 446 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 1.7

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 13, 2023 vs PHI L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 14:47
Apr 11, 2023 @ PIT W 5-2 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 15:22
Apr 10, 2023 vs MIN L 2-4 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 13:33
Apr 8, 2023 @ SEA L 3-7 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 15:20
Apr 6, 2023 @ VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:25
Apr 1, 2023 vs NJD L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:09
Mar 30, 2023 vs STL L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:37
Mar 28, 2023 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:46
Mar 26, 2023 vs VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:20
Mar 10, 2023 @ FLA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 04:28
Mar 8, 2023 @ DET L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:38
Mar 6, 2023 vs OTT W 5-0 0 3 3 3 0 3 0 14:27
Mar 4, 2023 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:05
Nov 16, 2022 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:38