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Emil Bemstrom

#52 · Centre · Free agent, last with the Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Jun 1, 1999 in Nykoping, SWE · 6'0", 190 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 117th overall in 2017 by CBJ (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Arshdeep Bains VAN · 1 P in 13 GP Patrick Brown BOS · 1 P in 15 GP Bokondji Imama PIT · 1 P in 16 GP Brendan Gaunce MIN · 1 P in 12 GP Danil Gushchin SJS · 1 P in 12 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: 20 points2019-202020-21: 5 points520-212021-22: 11 points1121-222022-23: 22 points2222-232023-24: 16 points1623-242024-25: 1 points124-25

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 CBJ 56 10 10 20 -10 8 97 52 0.36 $925K
2020-21 CBJ 20 3 2 5 2 0 28 15 0.25 $925K
2021-22 CBJ 41 6 5 11 -1 4 62 36 0.27 $925K
2022-23 CBJ 55 7 15 22 -11 6 95 16 0.40 $900K
2023-24 CBJ 32 5 6 11 -5 10 49 24 0.34 $900K
2023-24 PIT 24 3 2 5 0 2 34 12 0.21
2024-25 PIT 14 0 1 1 0 0 13 12 0.07 $775K
6 seasons Career 242 34 41 75 -25 30 378 167 0.31

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 CBJ 5 0 0 0 -1 2 4 2 0.00
1 season Playoffs 5 0 0 0 -1 2 4 2 0.00

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
14 0 1 1 0 0 13 12 0.07 0.0 8:20

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2025
$775KCap dollars per point1 points in 14 games
$2.066MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.4 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

Signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Jul 1, 2024, as a new contract: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $775K $775K $0 $775K

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
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Jul 1, 2024 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Aug 3, 2022 Columbus Blue Jackets New contract 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.8M $900K
May 14, 2019 Columbus Blue Jackets Entry-level 2019-20 to 2021-22 3 $4.9M $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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Rating

+0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.8Even-strength defence+0.7Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.2

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.

01232019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25Goals 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

58.5Corsi for %103 attempts for, 73 against
+10.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.9Expected goals for %2.7 expected for, 3.0 against
+3.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
99.0PDO2.2% shooting + 96.9% saves
23Attempts 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
Kevin Hayes · Danton Heinen · Emil Bemstrom516:5676.972.71-0
Kevin Hayes · Bokondji Imama · Emil Bemstrom313:1131.816.80-0
Evgeni Malkin · Kevin Hayes · Emil Bemstrom212:2973.769.90-0
Kevin Hayes · Emil Bemstrom · Philip Tomasino29:2081.880.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.8Expected goalsfrom 18 unblocked attempts
-0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.43 expected goals per 60 minutes6th
Shot quality 4.6% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.8 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 428 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.8Goals 0

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 11, 2025 @ NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:23
Mar 30, 2025 vs OTT W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:57
Mar 27, 2025 @ BUF L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:20
Mar 25, 2025 @ TBL L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:03
Mar 15, 2025 vs NJD W 7-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 05:13
Mar 13, 2025 vs STL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:29
Mar 11, 2025 vs VGK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:21
Mar 9, 2025 @ MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:17
Mar 7, 2025 @ VGK L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:59
Mar 4, 2025 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:24
Mar 2, 2025 vs TOR L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:46
Mar 1, 2025 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:58
Feb 8, 2025 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:48
Feb 7, 2025 @ NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:40