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

Antoine Roussel ARI · 8 P in 53 GP Brad Richardson VAN · 8 P in 44 GP Ryan Dzingel SJS · 8 P in 32 GP Dakota Joshua STL · 8 P in 30 GP Kole Lind SEA · 8 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.

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

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
58 5 3 8 -14 10 51 11 0.14 9.8 12:02

Contract

$1.6MCap hit2021-22
$200KCap dollars per point8 points in 58 games
-$1.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$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. 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

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

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 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

-2.9Goals above replacement679th of 723 skaters, 458th of 481 forwards
-0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.8Goals 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-5.3 3rd percentileEven-strength defence0.0 43rd percentilePower play-0.1 52nd percentilePenalty kill-0.1 22nd percentilePenalties+0.7 68th 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.

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

42.1Corsi for %473 attempts for, 651 against
-8.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
37.4Expected goals for %17.6 expected for, 29.3 against
-10.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %16 for, 32 against
97.8PDO6.3% shooting + 91.5% saves
90Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 636 skaters who played enough to be ranked: 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Cody Eakin · John Hayden · Anders Bjork24139:3932.026.12-4
John Hayden · Anders Bjork · Arttu Ruotsalainen14101:2043.049.03-4
Zemgus Girgensons · Vinnie Hinostroza · Anders Bjork1353:5459.371.74-0
Cody Eakin · Vinnie Hinostroza · Anders Bjork852:3341.839.02-3

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.8Expected goalsfrom 64 unblocked attempts
+0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.41 expected goals per 60 minutes3rd
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt27th
Finishing +0.2 goals above expected60thOne 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.

012345Game 20Game 40Goals 5Expected 4.8

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 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:27
Apr 28, 2022 @ BOS L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:31
Apr 23, 2022 vs NYI W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:30
Apr 21, 2022 @ NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:28
Apr 17, 2022 @ PHI W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:04
Apr 16, 2022 vs PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:52
Apr 10, 2022 @ TBL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 12:25
Mar 4, 2022 vs MIN W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:59
Mar 2, 2022 @ TOR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:05
Feb 27, 2022 @ DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:56
Feb 25, 2022 @ STL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:02
Feb 23, 2022 @ MTL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:02
Feb 20, 2022 @ CBJ L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:09
Feb 19, 2022 vs COL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:30
Feb 17, 2022 vs OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:32
Feb 15, 2022 vs NYI W 6-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 14:01
Feb 13, 2022 @ MTL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:25
Feb 10, 2022 vs CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:14
Feb 1, 2022 @ VGK L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:10
Jan 30, 2022 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:39
Jan 29, 2022 @ ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 15:37
Jan 25, 2022 @ OTT L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 12:50
Jan 22, 2022 vs PHI W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:47
Jan 20, 2022 vs DAL L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:13
Jan 18, 2022 @ OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:39
Jan 17, 2022 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:43
Jan 15, 2022 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:55
Jan 13, 2022 @ NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:58
Jan 11, 2022 vs TBL L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:52
Jan 1, 2022 @ BOS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 07:55
Dec 30, 2021 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 11:03
Dec 29, 2021 vs NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:19
Dec 14, 2021 @ WPG W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:06
Dec 11, 2021 vs WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:26
Dec 7, 2021 vs ANA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:20
Dec 4, 2021 @ CAR L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 12:44
Nov 29, 2021 vs SEA L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 09:41
Nov 27, 2021 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:33
Nov 26, 2021 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:12
Nov 24, 2021 vs BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:16
Nov 22, 2021 vs CBJ L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 12:01
Nov 21, 2021 @ NYR L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:21
Nov 18, 2021 vs CGY L 0-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:18
Nov 16, 2021 @ PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:47
Nov 13, 2021 vs TOR L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:21
Nov 12, 2021 vs EDM W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 10:28
Nov 8, 2021 @ WSH L 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10:39
Nov 6, 2021 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:39
Nov 4, 2021 @ SEA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:43
Nov 2, 2021 @ SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 09:18
Oct 31, 2021 @ LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 14:25
Oct 28, 2021 @ ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:22
Oct 25, 2021 vs TBL W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:17
Oct 23, 2021 @ NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:37
Oct 22, 2021 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:37
Oct 19, 2021 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:04
Oct 16, 2021 vs ARI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:25
Oct 14, 2021 vs MTL W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 13:36