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Tobias Bjornfot

#22 · Defence · Florida Panthers

Born Apr 6, 2001 in Upplands Vasby, SWE (age 25) · 6'0", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 22nd overall in 2019 by LAK (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.

Mike Reilly BOS · 1 P in 10 GP Nikita Okhotiuk NJD · 1 P in 10 GP Ville Heinola WPG · 1 P in 10 GP Billy Sweezey CBJ · 1 P in 9 GP Travis Dermott VAN · 1 P in 11 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.

024682019-20: 0 points019-202020-21: 6 points620-212021-22: 8 points821-222022-23: 1 points122-232023-24: 0 points023-242024-25: 0 points024-252025-26: 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 LAK 3 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 0.00 $925K
2020-21 LAK 33 1 5 6 -3 14 30 28 0.18 $894K
2021-22 LAK 70 0 8 8 -12 6 53 61 0.11 $894K
2022-23 LAK 10 0 1 1 1 6 10 12 0.10 $894K
2023-24 LAK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 $775K
2023-24 VGK 2 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 0.00
2023-24 FLA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.00
2024-25 FLA 14 0 0 0 -3 2 10 13 0.00 $775K
2025-26 FLA 19 2 2 4 1 2 12 14 0.21 $775K
7 seasons Career 153 3 16 19 -22 32 116 132 0.12

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
10 0 1 1 1 6 10 12 0.10 0.0 14:17

Contract

$894KCap hitends in 2023, then RFA
$894KCap dollars per point1 points in 10 games
$49.549MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.0 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 Los Angeles Kings on Jul 14, 2019, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $3.25M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2022-23, 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
2020-21 $894K $833K $93K $925K
2021-22 $894K $833K $93K $213K $925K
2022-23 $894K $833K $0 $263K $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
Jul 1, 2026 Florida Panthers New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Jul 7, 2023 Los Angeles Kings New contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.55M $775K
Jul 14, 2019 Los Angeles Kings Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 signed for 2019-20, slid 3 $3.25M $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 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

+0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence+0.2Power play+0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.3

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. 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.

-6-4-2022019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26Goals 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

50.6Corsi for %133 attempts for, 130 against
+0.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.5Expected goals for %5.9 expected for, 5.4 against
+5.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %6 for, 6 against
99.3PDO8.8% shooting + 90.5% saves
19Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sean Walker · Tobias Bjornfot989:5248.254.95-4
Matt Roy · Tobias Bjornfot416:0566.753.71-1
Drew Doughty · Tobias Bjornfot515:3248.138.10-0
Sean Durzi · Tobias Bjornfot31:56100.0100.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.3Expected goalsfrom 15 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.13 expected goals per 60 minutes18th
Shot quality 2.1% chance per attempt3rd
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected46thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.3Goals 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 6, 2023 @ VGK L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:22
Apr 4, 2023 vs EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 08:51
Feb 23, 2023 @ NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 12:20
Feb 18, 2023 vs ARI W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:22
Jan 27, 2023 @ FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:27
Jan 22, 2023 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 13:11
Dec 13, 2022 @ BUF L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 14:17
Dec 11, 2022 @ CBJ L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 14:23
Dec 3, 2022 vs CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:44
Dec 1, 2022 vs ARI W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 18:53