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Pontus Holmberg

#29 · Right wing · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Mar 9, 1999 in Vasteras, SWE (age 27) · 6'0", 198 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 156th overall in 2018 by TOR (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

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

Kiefer Sherwood NSH · 13 P in 32 GP Luke Kunin SJS · 13 P in 31 GP Egor Chinakhov CBJ · 13 P in 30 GP Brett Ritchie ARI · 13 P in 51 GP Brett Howden VGK · 13 P in 54 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.

051015202022-23: 13 points1322-232023-24: 17 points1723-242024-25: 19 points1924-252025-26: 22 points2225-262026-27: 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
2022-23 TOR 37 5 8 13 0 18 27 24 0.35 $828K
2023-24 TOR 54 7 10 17 11 18 54 51 0.31 $800K
2024-25 TOR 68 7 12 19 4 27 68 46 0.28 $800K
2025-26 TBL 70 11 11 22 1 31 90 66 0.31 $1.55M
2026-27 TBL 5 1 1 2 0 6 7 2 0.40 $1.55M
5 seasons Career 234 31 42 73 16 100 246 189 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
2023-24 TOR 7 0 0 0 -3 2 6 13 0.00
2024-25 TOR 12 0 1 1 -4 4 11 15 0.08
2 seasons Playoffs 19 0 1 1 -7 6 17 28 0.05

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
37 5 8 13 0 18 27 24 0.35 18.5 10:25

Contract

$828KCap hitends in 2023, then extended to 2025
$64KCap dollars per point13 points in 37 games
$622KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.3 goals above replacement
$1.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$863KValueworth 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 4, 2021, as an entry-level contract: 2 years and $1.655M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2022-23, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Jun 28, 2023, 2 years and $1.6M at $800K a season, beginning in 2023-24.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $828K $750K $75K $825K
2022-23 $828K $750K $80K $830K

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
Jul 1, 2025 Tampa Bay Lightning New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $3.1M $1.55M
Jun 28, 2023 Toronto Maple Leafs Extension not begun 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.6M $800K
Jun 4, 2021 Toronto Maple Leafs Entry-level 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $1.655M $828K

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

Rating

+1.3Goals above replacement417th of 696 skaters, 293rd of 461 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 461 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-0.9 40th percentileEven-strength defence+0.9 64th percentilePower play-0.1 50th percentilePenalty kill0.0 34th percentilePenalties+0.4 52nd 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. 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.

024682022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

48.4Corsi for %292 attempts for, 311 against
-3.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.2Expected goals for %13.4 expected for, 12.8 against
-5.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.9Goals for %14 for, 13 against
100.9PDO8.9% shooting + 92.0% saves
48Attempts 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
Joey Anderson · Zachary Aston-Reese · Pontus Holmberg753:1055.670.71-3
Calle Jarnkrok · Pierre Engvall · Pontus Holmberg837:3759.559.32-2
Dryden Hunt · Zachary Aston-Reese · Pontus Holmberg634:5348.133.01-2
Wayne Simmonds · Zachary Aston-Reese · Pontus Holmberg627:5240.041.52-1

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
3.1Expected goalsfrom 41 unblocked attempts
+1.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.47 expected goals per 60 minutes7th
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt30th
Finishing +1.9 goals above expected74thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 446 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012345Game 20Goals 5Expected 3.1

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
Mar 7, 2023 @ NJD W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 4 1 1 06:50
Feb 15, 2023 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 14:01
Feb 11, 2023 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 08:14
Feb 10, 2023 @ CBJ W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:51
Feb 1, 2023 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 08:26
Jan 29, 2023 vs WSH W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 12:02
Jan 27, 2023 vs OTT L 2-6 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 14:44
Jan 25, 2023 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 06:31
Jan 23, 2023 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:03
Jan 12, 2023 @ DET L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:32
Jan 11, 2023 vs NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:54
Jan 8, 2023 @ PHI W 6-2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 11:11
Jan 7, 2023 vs DET W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 09:28
Jan 5, 2023 vs SEA L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:58
Jan 3, 2023 vs STL L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:15
Dec 31, 2022 @ COL W 6-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11:30
Dec 29, 2022 @ ARI L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 12:18
Dec 27, 2022 @ STL W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 10:55
Dec 22, 2022 vs PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 10:01
Dec 20, 2022 vs TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:22
Dec 17, 2022 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 10:24
Dec 15, 2022 @ NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:01
Dec 13, 2022 vs ANA W 7-0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 13:03
Dec 10, 2022 vs CGY W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:54
Dec 8, 2022 vs LAK W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14:02
Dec 6, 2022 @ DAL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:37
Dec 3, 2022 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 06:50
Nov 30, 2022 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:56
Nov 28, 2022 @ DET W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:29
Nov 26, 2022 @ PIT W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 12:01
Nov 25, 2022 @ MIN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:22
Nov 23, 2022 @ NJD W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 09:19
Nov 21, 2022 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:30
Nov 19, 2022 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10:09
Nov 17, 2022 vs NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:39
Nov 15, 2022 @ PIT W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10:09
Nov 2, 2022 vs PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:01