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Jesper Boqvist

#70 · Centre · New Jersey Devils

Born Oct 30, 1998 in Falun, SWE (age 27) · 6'1", 191 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 36th overall in 2017 by NJD (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2024-25

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.

Nick Ritchie ARI · 23 P in 57 GP Oskar Sundqvist DET · 23 P in 59 GP Rudolfs Balcers SJS · 23 P in 61 GP Noah Gregor SJS · 23 P in 63 GP Sean Monahan CGY · 23 P in 65 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.

051015202019-20: 4 points419-202020-21: 7 points720-212021-22: 23 points2321-222022-23: 21 points2122-232023-24: 14 points1423-242024-25: 23 points2324-252025-26: 13 points1325-262026-27: 2 points226-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2019-20 NJD 35 4 0 4 -11 8 41 37 0.11 $925K
2020-21 NJD 28 4 3 7 -5 2 34 15 0.25 $925K
2021-22 NJD 56 10 13 23 -9 10 74 31 0.41 $925K
2022-23 NJD 70 10 11 21 8 2 67 50 0.30 $874K
2023-24 BOS 47 6 8 14 12 8 51 71 0.30 $775K
2024-25 FLA 78 12 11 23 -4 14 87 191 0.29 $775K
2025-26 FLA 73 4 9 13 -11 16 64 141 0.18 $1.5M
2026-27 NJD 2 2 0 2 1 0 6 2 1.00 $1.5M
8 seasons Career 389 52 55 107 -19 60 424 538 0.28

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2022-23 NJD 6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 5 0.00
2023-24 BOS 8 0 1 1 0 0 4 26 0.13
2024-25 FLA 13 2 3 5 1 0 7 41 0.38
3 seasons Playoffs 27 2 4 6 -1 0 14 72 0.22

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 10 13 23 -9 10 74 31 0.41 13.5 13:08

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2022, then RFA
$40KCap dollars per point23 points in 56 games
$552KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$373KValueworth 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 New Jersey Devils on Jun 10, 2019, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2021-22, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $925K $833K $93K $925K
2020-21 $925K $833K $93K $925K
2021-22 $925K $833K $93K $925K

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
Mar 5, 2025 Florida Panthers Extension 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $3M $1.5M
Jul 1, 2024 Florida Panthers New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jul 12, 2023 Boston Bruins New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jul 22, 2022 New Jersey Devils New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $874K $874K
Jun 10, 2019 New Jersey Devils Entry-level 2019-20 to 2021-22 3 $2.775M $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

-0.2Goals above replacement544th of 723 skaters, 373rd of 481 forwards
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.2Goals 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-0.5 47th percentileEven-strength defence-1.0 26th percentilePower play-0.3 33rd percentilePenalty kill-0.2 18th percentilePenalties-0.3 29th 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.

-2-101232019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

49.3Corsi for %647 attempts for, 665 against
-0.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Expected goals for %30.9 expected for, 32.3 against
-2.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.0Goals for %27 for, 33 against
98.8PDO7.4% shooting + 91.4% saves
126Attempts 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
Tomas Tatar · Andreas Johnsson · Jesper Boqvist1163:2449.647.44-2
Janne Kuokkanen · Jesper Boqvist · Yegor Sharangovich1052:3753.442.23-2
Jimmy Vesey · Andreas Johnsson · Jesper Boqvist1151:4757.658.33-0
Tomas Tatar · Janne Kuokkanen · Jesper Boqvist1243:1543.636.92-4

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.

9Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.6Expected goalsfrom 104 unblocked attempts
+1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.62 expected goals per 60 minutes22nd
Shot quality 7.3% chance per attempt22nd
Finishing +1.4 goals above expected69thOne 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.

02468Game 20Game 40Goals 9Expected 7.6

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 DET L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14:52
Apr 28, 2022 @ CAR L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 15:46
Apr 26, 2022 @ OTT L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:21
Apr 24, 2022 vs DET L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 18:25
Apr 23, 2022 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 17:34
Apr 21, 2022 vs BUF L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 15:22
Apr 18, 2022 @ VGK W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 15:03
Apr 16, 2022 @ SEA L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:42
Apr 14, 2022 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:27
Apr 12, 2022 @ ARI W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 13:33
Apr 9, 2022 @ DAL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 13:05
Apr 7, 2022 vs MTL L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:15
Apr 5, 2022 vs NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12:56
Apr 3, 2022 vs NYI L 3-4 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 15:29
Apr 2, 2022 vs FLA L 6-7 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 11:20
Mar 31, 2022 @ BOS L 1-8 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 14:07
Mar 27, 2022 vs MTL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:11
Mar 26, 2022 @ WSH L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12:46
Mar 23, 2022 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:03
Mar 22, 2022 vs NYR W 7-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:35
Mar 19, 2022 @ EDM L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:00
Mar 16, 2022 @ CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 18:37
Mar 15, 2022 @ VAN L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:56
Mar 12, 2022 vs ANA W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:16
Mar 10, 2022 vs WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:57
Mar 8, 2022 vs COL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:40
Mar 6, 2022 vs STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:04
Mar 4, 2022 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 07:00
Mar 1, 2022 @ CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:41
Feb 28, 2022 vs VAN W 7-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 11:19
Feb 25, 2022 @ CHI L 5-8 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 12:04
Feb 24, 2022 @ PIT W 6-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:35
Feb 15, 2022 vs TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:29
Feb 13, 2022 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:52
Feb 10, 2022 @ STL W 7-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 13:58
Feb 8, 2022 @ MTL W 7-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 13:41
Feb 7, 2022 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:45
Feb 1, 2022 vs TOR L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 11:23
Jan 31, 2022 @ TOR L 4-6 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 09:13
Jan 29, 2022 @ CAR L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 09:53
Jan 27, 2022 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:49
Jan 13, 2022 @ NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:16
Jan 8, 2022 @ CBJ L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 10:04
Jan 6, 2022 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:24
Jan 4, 2022 @ BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:53
Jan 2, 2022 @ WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:26
Dec 31, 2021 vs EDM W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 11:43
Dec 29, 2021 @ BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:26
Dec 14, 2021 @ PHI L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:52
Dec 11, 2021 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:28
Dec 3, 2021 @ WPG L 4-8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10:16
Nov 18, 2021 @ FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:28
Nov 14, 2021 @ NYR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:51
Nov 13, 2021 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 10:38
Nov 11, 2021 vs NYI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:47
Nov 9, 2021 vs FLA W 7-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 13:38