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Joel Blomqvist

#30 · Goalie · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Jan 10, 2002 in Uusikaarlepyy, FIN (age 24) · 6'3", 204 lb · Catches left · Drafted 52nd overall in 2020 by PIT (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

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

Marcus Hogberg NYI · 15 GP, 0.878 Jakub Dobes MTL · 16 GP, 0.909 Aleksei Kolosov PHI · 17 GP, 0.867 Ville Husso ANA · 13 GP, 0.890 Yaroslav Askarov SJS · 13 GP, 0.896

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.

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Cap hit
2024-25 PIT 15 425 376 49 0.885 $887K
1 season Career 15 425 376 49 0.885

2024-25 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
15 425 376 49 0.885 3.27

Contract

$887KCap hitends in 2026, then RFA

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Apr 5, 2023, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2025-26, 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
2023-24 $887K $775K $93K $58K $868K
2024-25 $887K $775K $93K $58K $868K
2025-26 $887K $833K $93K $925K

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 5, 2026 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $1.75M $875K
Apr 5, 2023 Pittsburgh Penguins Entry-level 2023-24 to 2025-26 3 $2.775M $887K

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

-3.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-7.9Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. What these numbers mean

-7.9Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
41.1Expected goals againstfrom 592 unblocked attempts
49Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.885Save %0.903 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.62 above expected per 60 minutes3rd
Shot difficulty 6.9% chance per attempt faced79thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 62 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

010203040Game 10Allowed 49Expected 41.1

The goals he was expected to let in and the goals he did, as the season went on. When the allowed line runs below the expected line, he is saving more than his shots were worth.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 2, 2025 vs TOR L 5-6 (OT) 33 27 6 0.818 61:00
Feb 27, 2025 vs PHI W 5-4 (OT) 23 22 1 0.957 33:39
Feb 23, 2025 vs NYR L 3-5 15 11 4 0.733 58:25
Feb 22, 2025 vs WSH L 3-8 17 14 3 0.824 25:35
Feb 8, 2025 @ PHI L 2-3 20 17 3 0.850 58:18
Jan 25, 2025 @ SEA L 1-4 25 21 4 0.840 59:36
Jan 18, 2025 @ WSH L 1-4 31 28 3 0.903 59:41
Nov 11, 2024 vs DAL L 1-7 8 5 3 0.625 10:16
Nov 8, 2024 @ WSH W 4-2 34 32 2 0.941 59:35
Oct 29, 2024 vs MIN L 3-5 39 35 4 0.897 58:49
Oct 25, 2024 @ EDM L 0-4 50 46 4 0.920 59:56
Oct 18, 2024 vs CAR L 1-4 38 34 4 0.895 60:00
Oct 16, 2024 vs BUF W 6-5 (OT) 28 26 2 0.929 49:00
Oct 12, 2024 @ TOR L 2-4 32 29 3 0.906 58:51
Oct 10, 2024 @ DET W 6-3 32 29 3 0.906 59:46