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Joakim Nygard

#10 · Left wing · Edmonton Oilers

Born Jan 8, 1993 in Stockholm, SWE · 6'0", 179 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Casey Mittelstadt BUF · 9 P in 31 GP Jordan Kyrou STL · 9 P in 28 GP Stefan Noesen SJS · 9 P in 40 GP Dmytro Timashov DET · 9 P in 44 GP Kevin Rooney NJD · 9 P in 49 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: 9 points919-202020-21: 0 points020-21

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 EDM 33 3 6 9 0 8 39 18 0.27 $925K
2020-21 EDM 9 0 0 0 -2 4 6 4 0.00
2 seasons Career 42 3 6 9 -2 12 45 22 0.21

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
33 3 6 9 0 8 39 18 0.27 7.7 10:41

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$103KCap dollars per point9 points in 33 games
$320KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.9 goals above replacement
$3.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.2MValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $925K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2019-20 to 2019-20 $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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Rating

+2.9Goals above replacement274th of 670 skaters, 193rd of 439 forwards
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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-0.1 51st percentileEven-strength defence+1.3 77th percentilePower play-0.1 42nd percentilePenalty kill-0.1 31st percentilePenalties+0.9 73rd 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.

-101232019-202020-21Goals 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

44.6Corsi for %238 attempts for, 296 against
-2.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.4Expected goals for %13.0 expected for, 10.9 against
+6.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.1Goals for %13 for, 14 against
99.2PDO9.0% shooting + 90.1% saves
51Attempts 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
Riley Sheahan · Josh Archibald · Joakim Nygard1067:4843.051.12-2
Alex Chiasson · Joakim Nygard · Gaetan Haas854:3444.953.82-1
Zack Kassian · Connor McDavid · Joakim Nygard734:0150.053.02-1
Riley Sheahan · Patrick Russell · Joakim Nygard530:2430.248.81-1

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.8Expected goalsfrom 50 unblocked attempts
-1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.81 expected goals per 60 minutes58th
Shot quality 9.5% chance per attempt88th
Finishing -1.8 goals above expected30thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Expected 4.8Goals 3

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
Jan 29, 2020 vs CGY L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:43
Jan 18, 2020 vs ARI W 7-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 11:01
Jan 14, 2020 vs NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:06
Jan 11, 2020 @ CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:45
Jan 9, 2020 @ MTL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 11:09
Jan 6, 2020 @ TOR W 6-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 08:33
Jan 4, 2020 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 07:45
Jan 2, 2020 @ BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:07
Dec 31, 2019 vs NYR W 7-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 12:05
Dec 27, 2019 vs CGY L 1-5 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 13:39
Dec 23, 2019 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:17
Dec 21, 2019 vs MTL W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:37
Dec 20, 2019 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 09:56
Dec 18, 2019 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:24
Dec 16, 2019 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13:24
Dec 12, 2019 @ MIN L 5-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 12:09
Dec 10, 2019 vs CAR L 3-6 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 17:53
Dec 8, 2019 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 08:27
Dec 6, 2019 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:08
Dec 4, 2019 vs OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:27
Dec 1, 2019 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 08:17
Nov 24, 2019 @ ARI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 07:38
Nov 23, 2019 @ VGK W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:54
Nov 21, 2019 @ LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 11:25
Nov 19, 2019 @ SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:59
Nov 14, 2019 vs COL W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:57
Nov 12, 2019 @ SJS L 3-6 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 12:29
Oct 14, 2019 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:21
Oct 12, 2019 @ NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:28
Oct 10, 2019 @ NJD W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:29
Oct 8, 2019 @ NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:10
Oct 5, 2019 vs LAK W 6-5 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 14:39
Oct 2, 2019 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 09:23