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Timothy Liljegren

#27 · Defence · Washington Capitals

Born Apr 30, 1999 in Kristianstad, SWE (age 27) · 6'1", 205 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 17th overall in 2017 by TOR (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

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

John Marino NJD · 18 P in 64 GP Jake Walman DET · 18 P in 63 GP Ryan Lindgren NYR · 18 P in 63 GP Erik Brannstrom OTT · 18 P in 74 GP Marc-Edouard Vlasic SJS · 18 P in 78 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: 1 points119-202020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 23 points2321-222022-23: 18 points1822-232023-24: 23 points2323-242024-25: 17 points1724-252025-26: 11 points1125-262026-27: 1 points126-27

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 TOR 11 0 1 1 -5 2 2 8 0.09 $863K
2020-21 TOR 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0.00 $863K
2021-22 TOR 61 5 18 23 15 14 79 87 0.38 $863K
2022-23 TOR 67 6 12 18 24 30 84 107 0.27 $1.4M
2023-24 TOR 55 3 20 23 3 16 62 92 0.42 $1.4M
2024-25 TOR 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 $3M
2024-25 SJS 67 6 11 17 -25 36 102 64 0.25
2025-26 SJS 43 1 10 11 -7 27 35 36 0.26 $3M
2025-26 WSH 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 0.00
2026-27 WSH 5 1 0 1 -1 0 4 6 0.20 $3.25M
8 seasons Career 316 22 72 94 5 131 374 405 0.30

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2021-22 TOR 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 0.00
2022-23 TOR 5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 10 0.00
2023-24 TOR 6 0 1 1 -1 2 0 12 0.17
3 seasons Playoffs 13 0 1 1 0 2 3 26 0.08

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
67 6 12 18 24 30 84 107 0.27 7.1 17:55

Contract

$1.4MCap hitends in 2024
$78KCap dollars per point18 points in 67 games
$8.284MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement
$855KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$545KValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 695 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs on Jun 27, 2022, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $2.8M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2023-24, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $1.4M $1.3M $0 $1.3M
2023-24 $1.4M $1.5M $0 $1.5M

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
May 20, 2026 Washington Capitals Extension 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $6.5M $3.25M
Jun 30, 2024 Toronto Maple Leafs Extension 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $6M $3M
Jun 27, 2022 Toronto Maple Leafs Extension 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $2.8M $1.4M
Jul 12, 2017 Toronto Maple Leafs Entry-level 2019-20 to 2021-22 signed for 2017-18, slid 3 $3.975M $863K

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacement503rd of 696 skaters, 159th of 235 defencemen
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 235 ranked defencemen: 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-1.0 50th percentileEven-strength defence-1.5 29th percentilePower play-0.6 16th percentilePenalty kill+0.5 83rd percentilePenalties-1.2 32nd 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 defencemen. 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.

-2024682019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

50.8Corsi for %975 attempts for, 945 against
+0.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.0Expected goals for %50.2 expected for, 42.7 against
-0.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
61.7Goals for %50 for, 31 against
102.8PDO9.0% shooting + 93.8% saves
139Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 613 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Timothy Liljegren · Rasmus Sandin37361:5254.358.819-12
Mark Giordano · Timothy Liljegren50226:4750.756.211-7
Morgan Rielly · Timothy Liljegren39196:2948.948.76-4
Jake McCabe · Timothy Liljegren1467:1056.752.66-3

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.9Expected goalsfrom 109 unblocked attempts
+2.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.20 expected goals per 60 minutes51st
Shot quality 3.6% chance per attempt63rd
Finishing +2.1 goals above expected85thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 233 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 6Expected 3.9

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 13, 2023 @ NYR W 3-2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 21:42
Apr 11, 2023 @ TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:07
Apr 10, 2023 @ FLA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:41
Apr 8, 2023 vs MTL W 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 16:26
Apr 4, 2023 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 17:40
Apr 2, 2023 vs DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 17:49
Apr 1, 2023 @ OTT W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:08
Mar 29, 2023 vs FLA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:07
Mar 25, 2023 @ CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:39
Mar 23, 2023 @ FLA W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:52
Mar 21, 2023 @ NYI L 2-7 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 19:38
Mar 18, 2023 @ OTT W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 22:52
Mar 17, 2023 vs CAR W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 16:14
Mar 15, 2023 vs COL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:13
Mar 13, 2023 vs BUF L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:58
Mar 11, 2023 vs EDM W 7-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 13:08
Mar 7, 2023 @ NJD W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:37
Mar 1, 2023 @ EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 12:52
Feb 26, 2023 @ SEA W 5-1 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 21:13
Feb 24, 2023 vs MIN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:13
Feb 21, 2023 @ BUF W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20:32
Feb 19, 2023 @ CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:09
Feb 18, 2023 vs MTL W 5-1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 19:43
Feb 15, 2023 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:47
Feb 11, 2023 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:40
Feb 10, 2023 @ CBJ W 3-0 0 0 0 1 4 4 1 17:15
Feb 1, 2023 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 3 18:00
Jan 29, 2023 vs WSH W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:01
Jan 27, 2023 vs OTT L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:55
Jan 25, 2023 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 21:55
Jan 23, 2023 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 20:19
Jan 21, 2023 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:22
Jan 19, 2023 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 15:47
Jan 17, 2023 vs FLA W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 20:59
Jan 14, 2023 @ BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 20:39
Jan 12, 2023 @ DET L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 20:44
Jan 11, 2023 vs NSH W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 16:08
Jan 8, 2023 @ PHI W 6-2 1 0 1 0 0 5 5 17:46
Jan 7, 2023 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:39
Jan 5, 2023 vs SEA L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:49
Jan 3, 2023 vs STL L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:38
Dec 31, 2022 @ COL W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 17:24
Dec 29, 2022 @ ARI L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 19:57
Dec 27, 2022 @ STL W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 19:40
Dec 22, 2022 vs PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 18:22
Dec 20, 2022 vs TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 21:17
Dec 17, 2022 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 19:12
Dec 15, 2022 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:25
Dec 13, 2022 vs ANA W 7-0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 18:20
Dec 10, 2022 vs CGY W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:42
Dec 8, 2022 vs LAK W 5-0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 18:53
Dec 6, 2022 @ DAL W 4-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 25:57
Dec 3, 2022 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 19:24
Nov 30, 2022 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:52
Nov 28, 2022 @ DET W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 21:19
Nov 26, 2022 @ PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 22:09
Nov 25, 2022 @ MIN W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 20:06
Nov 23, 2022 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:04
Nov 21, 2022 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 21:06
Nov 19, 2022 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 18:13
Nov 17, 2022 vs NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:49
Nov 15, 2022 @ PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:07
Nov 12, 2022 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 17:19
Nov 11, 2022 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 18:23
Nov 8, 2022 vs VGK L 3-4 (OT) 2 0 2 1 0 2 4 18:42
Nov 6, 2022 @ CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:24
Nov 5, 2022 vs BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:50