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Anton Johansson

#42 · Defence · Detroit Red Wings

Born Jun 10, 2004 in Stockholm, SWE (age 22) · 6'4", 203 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 105th overall in 2022 by DET (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adam Jiricek STL · 0 P in 4 GP Albert Johansson DET · 0 P in 4 GP Arber Xhekaj MTL · 0 P in 4 GP Ben Chiarot DET · 0 P in 4 GP Bowen Byram CHI · 0 P in 4 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.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2026-27 DET 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0.00 $970K
1 season Career 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0.00

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0.00 0.0 17:24

Contract

$970KCap hitends in 2028, 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Signed by the Detroit Red Wings on Mar 13, 2025, as an entry-level contract: 3 years, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2027-28, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $970K
2026-27 $970K
2027-28 $970K

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
Mar 13, 2025 Detroit Red Wings Entry-level 2025-26 to 2027-28 3 $970K

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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 4 games (-1.1 goals above replacement), plus the 44 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

-2.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.8Even-strength defence-1.3Power play+0.0Penalty kill-0.2Penalties-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. His projection rests on fewer than 20 games, counting the last three seasons, too few to be ranked.

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

53.8Corsi for %56 attempts for, 48 against
-6.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.0Expected goals for %2.7 expected for, 3.0 against
-18.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
98.7PDO3.7% shooting + 95.0% saves
8Attempts 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
Justin Faulk · Anton Johansson428:4759.155.51-0
Ben Chiarot · Anton Johansson317:1155.057.00-1
Moritz Seider · Anton Johansson45:4450.07.20-0
Anton Johansson · Axel Sandin-Pellikka32:1766.751.10-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.3Expected goalsfrom 5 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.23 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 5.2% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 0 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
Oct 9, 2026 vs SEA L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:44
Oct 6, 2026 vs OTT W 5-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 17:13
Oct 4, 2026 vs WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:30
Oct 2, 2026 vs NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:10