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Adam Boqvist

#34 · Defence · Free agent, last with the New York Islanders

Born Aug 15, 2000 in Falun, SWE · 6'0", 195 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 8th overall in 2018 by CHI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mike Matheson PIT · 16 P in 44 GP Ryan Lindgren NYR · 16 P in 51 GP Esa Lindell DAL · 16 P in 56 GP Gustav Forsling FLA · 17 P in 43 GP Noah Hanifin CGY · 15 P in 47 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: 13 points1319-202020-21: 16 points1620-212021-22: 22 points2221-222022-23: 24 points2422-232023-24: 10 points1023-242024-25: 14 points1424-252025-26: 4 points425-26

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 CHI 41 4 9 13 -3 6 50 33 0.32 $894K
2020-21 CHI 35 2 14 16 -7 14 39 29 0.46 $894K
2021-22 CBJ 52 11 11 22 -11 12 64 26 0.42 $894K
2022-23 CBJ 46 5 19 24 -12 8 68 23 0.52 $2.6M
2023-24 CBJ 35 1 9 10 -8 0 45 11 0.29 $2.6M
2024-25 FLA 18 2 4 6 -4 6 21 6 0.33 $775K
2024-25 NYI 17 2 6 8 -5 4 19 7 0.47
2025-26 NYI 28 0 4 4 -9 8 17 11 0.14 $850K
7 seasons Career 272 27 76 103 -59 58 323 146 0.38

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 CHI 8 0 0 0 -5 4 7 10 0.00
1 season Playoffs 8 0 0 0 -5 4 7 10 0.00

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
35 2 14 16 -7 14 39 29 0.46 5.1 16:59

Contract

$894KCap hitends in 2022, then RFA
$56KCap dollars per point16 points in 35 games
$574KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.6 goals above replacement
$2.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.4MValueworth 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 633 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Chicago Blackhawks on Jul 1, 2018, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $5.325M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2021-22, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $894K $833K $93K $850K $925K
2020-21 $894K $833K $93K $850K $925K
2021-22 $894K $833K $0 $850K $833K

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 $850K
Jul 9, 2024 Florida Panthers New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jul 6, 2022 Columbus Blue Jackets Extension bought out, Jun 30, 2024 2022-23 to 2023-24 3 $7.8M $2.6M
Jul 1, 2018 Chicago Blackhawks Entry-level 2019-20 to 2021-22 signed for 2018-19, slid 3 $5.325M $894K

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Rating

+1.6Goals above replacement338th of 643 skaters, 107th of 213 defencemen
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 213 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-0.1 63rd percentileEven-strength defence-0.5 38th percentilePower play-0.7 6th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 65th percentilePenalties+0.7 95th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-4-20242019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26Goals 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

49.2Corsi for %389 attempts for, 402 against
+1.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.5Expected goals for %18.6 expected for, 19.8 against
+2.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.5Goals for %19 for, 21 against
99.3PDO8.5% shooting + 90.7% saves
56Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 579 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
Duncan Keith · Adam Boqvist33220:1848.947.211-13
Calvin de Haan · Adam Boqvist23153:3250.249.25-4
Nikita Zadorov · Adam Boqvist2452:0745.543.90-3
Lucas Carlsson · Adam Boqvist34:1680.096.21-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.0Expected goalsfrom 52 unblocked attempts
-1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.30 expected goals per 60 minutes89th
Shot quality 5.8% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -1.0 goals above expected25thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 218 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Expected 3.0Goals 2

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 27, 2021 vs TBL L 4-7 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 09:16
Apr 23, 2021 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 18:52
Apr 21, 2021 vs NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 17:40
Apr 12, 2021 @ CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:42
Apr 10, 2021 @ CBJ W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:26
Apr 8, 2021 vs DAL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:44
Apr 6, 2021 vs DAL W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 15:25
Apr 3, 2021 @ NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:50
Apr 1, 2021 vs CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 19:06
Mar 30, 2021 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:48
Mar 28, 2021 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:56
Mar 27, 2021 vs NSH L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 20:31
Mar 25, 2021 vs FLA W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:00
Mar 23, 2021 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:05
Mar 20, 2021 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 23:08
Mar 18, 2021 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:47
Mar 15, 2021 @ FLA L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 16:39
Mar 13, 2021 @ FLA L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:55
Mar 11, 2021 @ DAL W 4-2 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 16:56
Mar 9, 2021 @ DAL L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 18:00
Mar 7, 2021 vs TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 18:30
Mar 5, 2021 vs TBL W 4-3 (SO) 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 19:28
Mar 4, 2021 vs TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 17:11
Feb 28, 2021 vs DET W 7-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 19:29
Feb 27, 2021 vs DET L 3-5 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 19:13
Feb 25, 2021 @ CBJ W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:38
Feb 23, 2021 @ CBJ W 6-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 15:31
Feb 19, 2021 @ CAR L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 15:09
Feb 17, 2021 @ DET W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:50
Jan 24, 2021 vs DET W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 16:33
Jan 22, 2021 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 18:25
Jan 19, 2021 @ FLA L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:54
Jan 17, 2021 @ FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:22
Jan 15, 2021 @ TBL L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 16:49
Jan 13, 2021 @ TBL L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 2 0 1 17:51