Centre · #70
Jesper Boqvist
- Age
- 27
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 87 kg
- Born
- Falun, SWE
- Draft
- 2017, round 2, #36 (NJD)
Career · 2019–20 to 2026–27
- Games
- 47
- Goals
- 6
- Points
- 14
- TOI per game
- 11:09
- xGF% (5v5)
- 54.7%
- Goals above expected
- +1.0
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2019–20 |   NJD | 35 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −11 | 10:57 | 41 | 9.8% | 1 | 3.8 | 37.3% |
| 2020–21 | NJD | 28 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −5 | 11:09 | 34 | 11.8% | 0 | 4.1 | 39.4% |
| 2021–22 | NJD | 56 | 10 | 13 | 23 | −9 | 13:08 | 74 | 13.5% | 1 | 8.4 | 48.3% |
| 2022–23 | NJD | 70 | 10 | 11 | 21 | +8 | 11:36 | 67 | 14.9% | 0 | 8.4 | 53.2% |
| 2023–24 |   BOS | 47 | 6 | 8 | 14 | +12 | 11:09 | 51 | 11.8% | 0 | 5.0 | 54.7% |
| 2024–25 |   FLA | 78 | 12 | 11 | 23 | −4 | 13:15 | 87 | 13.8% | 0 | 11.4 | 50.5% |
| 2025–26 | FLA | 73 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −11 | 11:50 | 64 | 6.3% | 1 | 8.1 | 48.9% |
| 2026–27 | NJD | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 11:09 | 6 | 33.3% | 0 | 0.5 | 55.2% |
| Total | 3 teams | 389 | 52 | 55 | 107 | −19 | 12:03 | 424 | 12.3% | 3 | 49.8 | 49.2% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2019–20 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
3rd line
46th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
3rd line- Goals /600.6746th pct
- Assists /600.7029th pct
- ixG /600.6432nd pct
- Goals above expected+2.275th pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)49.2%55th pct
- CF% (5v5)49.2%56th pct
- Relative xGF%−3.425th pct
- Penalty diff /600.3178th pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game12:0334th pct
- PP time share6.8%32nd pct
- Offensive zone starts54.5%49th pct
- Quality of competition23.8%39th 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
Faceoffs
How often Boqvist wins the draw over 2019–20 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1346+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
36.4%
426–745 · below the 1346 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
36.5%
Opponents won 50.1% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.9% against them.
Wins above average
−158
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
4.3
1,171 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone35.3% 132–242
- Neutral zone38.4% 182–292
- Defensive zone34.7% 112–211
By strength
- Even strength36.3% 401–705
- Power play42.1% 16–22
- Shorthanded33.3% 9–18
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +10 after a win, −14 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.0 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Andrew Copp44.4% 8–10
- Jean-Gabriel Pageau29.4% 5–12
- John Tavares17.6% 3–14
- Ryan Strome31.3% 5–11
- Mika Zibanejad12.5% 2–14
- Filip Chytil50.0% 8–8
- Jake Evans18.8% 3–13
- Jeff Carter26.7% 4–11
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | 16 | 31.3% | 28.2% |
| 2020–21 | 73 | 38.4% | 38.4% |
| 2021–22 | 450 | 37.3% | 37.5% |
| 2022–23 | 199 | 33.2% | 32.7% |
| 2023–24 | 143 | 35.7% | 36.6% |
| 2024–25 | 168 | 42.3% | 41.8% |
| 2025–26 | 122 | 30.3% | 31.5% |
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.
+1.0 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
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.
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 speed35.4 km/h82nd pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph336th pct
- Hardest shot104.9 km/h18th pct
- Distance skated3 km4th pct
- Offensive-zone time45.0%76th pct
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.
Top skating speed
37.2 km/h85th pct
▲ +0.9 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
9.987th pct
▼ −1.5 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
16.5 km94th pct
▼ −0.0 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
134.7 km/h30th pct
▲ +4.6 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
40.5%31st pct
▼ −1.9 points since 2024–25