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Centre · #70

Oskar Sundqvist

Pittsburgh Penguins St. Louis Blues Detroit Red Wings Minnesota Wild(traded during the season)
Age
32
Shoots
Right
Height
191 cm
Weight
96 kg
Born
Boden, SWE
Draft
2012, round 3, #81 (PIT)

Career · 2015–16 to 2025–26

Games
545
Goals
67
Points
181
TOI per game
13:17
xGF% (5v5)
45.3%
Goals above expected
−10.1
ShowAll teamsPittsburgh PenguinsSt. Louis BluesDetroit Red WingsMinnesota Wild

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2015–16PIT18134010:19137.7%01.250.2%
2016–17PIT10000−49:1090.0%00.537.4%
2017–18STL42145−510:29412.4%04.252.1%
2018–19STL74141731−113:4911312.4%115.051.9%
2019–20STL57121123+514:239712.4%011.649.5%
2020–21STL28459−615:093212.5%34.141.1%
2021–22STL4141115+413:21508.0%04.541.8%
2021–22DET18448+115:282020.0%03.036.6%
2021–22All teams5981523+514:007011.4%07.540.1%
2022–23DET5271421−414:165911.9%79.444.7%
2022–23MIN15347012:281030.0%11.742.3%
2022–23All teams67101828−413:526914.5%811.144.2%
2023–24STL7161521−613:15688.8%59.137.6%
2024–25STL6761420−613:126010.0%78.650.8%
2025–26STL5251217−1812:583713.5%14.340.3%
Total4 teams54567114181−4013:1760911.0%2577.145.3%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.81100200300400500
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Player card

Model-based

How 2015–16 to 2025–26 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

4th line

26th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

4th line
  • Goals /600.5636th pct
  • Assists /600.9459th pct
  • ixG /600.6437th pct
  • Goals above expected−10.115th pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)45.3%21st pct
  • CF% (5v5)44.8%13th pct
  • Relative xGF%−4.916th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.1966th pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game13:1752nd pct
  • PP time share18.1%51st pct
  • Offensive zone starts39.2%17th pct
  • Quality of competition23.5%33rd pct

Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Isac LundeströmANA/CBJ0.92
  2. Tom PyattOTT0.90
  3. Max Talbot0.89
  4. Jacob QuillanTOR0.89
  5. John BeecherBOS0.87
  6. Paul GaustadNSH0.87

Faceoffs

How often Sundqvist wins the draw over 2015–16 to 2025–26, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 2141+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

44.0%

1477–1880 · #195 of 210 regulars, 7th percentile

Against an average centre

43.8%

Opponents won 49.8% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.2% against them.

Wins above average

−207

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

6.9

3,357 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

47%671 · +0.338%213 · +2.744%607 · +1.847%79 · −0.140%148 · +0.446%99 · +0.537%161 · +1.449%267 · +1.444%1112 · +2.3Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone42.2% 346–474
  • Neutral zone44.5% 515–643
  • Defensive zone44.7% 616–763

By strength

  • Even strength44.1% 1264–1604
  • Power play51.0% 50–48
  • Shorthanded41.7% 163–228

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +9 after a win, −18 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.5 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2015–1613946.0%45.6%
2016–174436.4%36.4%
2017–1832344.6%44.3%
2018–1954142.0%41.7%
2019–2023744.3%44.9%
2020–2123948.1%48.6%
2021–2218241.2%41.2%
2022–236342.9%43.1%
2023–2458941.9%41.3%
2024–2557245.5%45.2%
2025–2642846.0%46.0%

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−10.1 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−500+50+100

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed34.8 km/h25th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph2528th pct
  • Hardest shot131.0 km/h27th pct
  • Distance skated164 km41st pct
  • Offensive-zone time37.7%6th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

34.8 km/h14th pct

▲ +0.0 km/h since 2024–25

33343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 34.6 km/h, 11th percentile (59 games)2022–23: 34.1 km/h, 4th percentile (67 games)2023–24: 36.2 km/h, 59th percentile (71 games)2024–25: 34.8 km/h, 11th percentile (67 games)2025–26: 34.8 km/h, 14th percentile (52 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.211th pct

▲ +0.7 since 2024–25

024681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.5, 6th percentile (59 games)2022–23: 1.2, 5th percentile (67 games)2023–24: 2.7, 18th percentile (71 games)2024–25: 1.6, 6th percentile (67 games)2025–26: 2.2, 11th percentile (52 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.6 km9th pct

▼ −0.1 km since 2024–25

1414.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.4 km, 6th percentile (59 games)2022–23: 14.3 km, 5th percentile (67 games)2023–24: 14.8 km, 14th percentile (71 games)2024–25: 14.7 km, 8th percentile (67 games)2025–26: 14.6 km, 9th percentile (52 games)

Hardest shot

131.0 km/h15th pct

▼ −10.9 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 139.1 km/h, 31st percentile (59 games)2022–23: 150.8 km/h, 83rd percentile (67 games)2023–24: 148.1 km/h, 77th percentile (71 games)2024–25: 141.9 km/h, 60th percentile (67 games)2025–26: 131.0 km/h, 15th percentile (52 games)

Offensive-zone time

37.7%6th pct

▼ −2.8 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.9%, 2nd percentile (59 games)2022–23: 42.6%, 58th percentile (67 games)2023–24: 38.5%, 13th percentile (71 games)2024–25: 40.5%, 29th percentile (67 games)2025–26: 37.7%, 6th percentile (52 games)