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Boston Bruins

Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson

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2018-19 regular season
28
GP
3
G
6
A
9
P
21
SOG
14.3% SH
11:48
TOI/GP

C · BOS · NHL id 8478417

Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson has played 28 games for the Boston Bruins in 2018-19, scoring 3 goals and 6 assists (9 points) on 21 shots while averaging 11:48 a night (11:08 at even strength, 0:21 on the power play and 0:17 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Bruins have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Forsbacka Karlsson on the ice (9-7 in goals, 76% offensive-zone starts). In the Bruins' most recent game against NYR he was on L3 with David Backes and Danton Heinen and off the power play. He is shooting 14.3% this season.

Right now

From the Jan 19 game vs NYR, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: L4 · L4 · L3 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

2018-19 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 17 games, 11:44 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 10 line changes.

PPLine43▲4▲2▲3▼4▼334▼3▲334▼43▲4▼40m3m7m10m13m17mDec 9Dec 14Dec 17Dec 22Dec 27Jan 1Jan 5Jan 10Jan 14Jan 17
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
17 games shown, 11:44 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shot map

2018-19 · 34 attempts, 21 on goal, 3 goals

Shot map, OPP at BOS: 34 attempts, 21 on goal, 3 goals, 2.54 expected goals; best chance Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson at 0.67 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2018-19 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

01234+0.5goals above expected0.3σNov 10Jan 19
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2018-19 regular season · 28 of 28 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
+0.032
Season net
+0.16xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.107
Season
−0.24G
42.0%226 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 36-53 · NZ 41-50 · DZ 18-28

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.98
Attempts
5
0.033

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.00G
Per 60
+0.000
Drawn / taken
1 / 1minors

MethodLeaders
52.3%
49.5%
51.7%
Transition CF/60
5.5
Turnovers won/60
22.8
Turnovers lost/60
21.0

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
21 shots on goal, 3 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot48%24%2
R Circle19%11%0
R Point0%7%0
L Point0%7%0
L Circle5%11%0
Outside R0%4%0
Crease5%1%1

Linemates

2018-19 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Forsbacka Karlsson

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

28 games in 2018-19, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Jan 19vs NYRL 2-3011+1001057%10:5710:57——
Jan 17vs STLW 5-2011+1100044%10:2410:24——
Jan 16@ PHIL 3-40000200043%10:3410:34——
Jan 14vs MTLOTL 2-30000100040%9:419:41——
Jan 12@ TORW 3-20000001117%11:5111:51——
Jan 10vs WSHL 2-4011+1000060%11:2211:22——
Jan 8vs MINW 4-0000+1000142%13:0111:44—1:17
Jan 5vs BUFW 2-10000101073%13:0812:32—0:36
Jan 3vs CGYW 6-4011000000%7:075:511:16—
Jan 1@ CHIW 4-2000-10010100%12:3411:301:02—
Dec 29@ BUFW 3-2000020000%14:1512:381:290:08
Dec 20vs ANAW 3-10000000136%10:599:511:08—
Dec 17@ MTLW 4-00000101344%13:5311:561:57—
Dec 16vs BUFL 2-40110000025%14:2212:581:24—
Dec 14@ PITL 3-5000-1500155%11:169:571:19—
Dec 11vs ARIW 4-3011+1000050%13:1612:190:080:49
Dec 9@ OTTW 2-1000-1101025%10:4510:45——
Dec 8vs TORW 6-3101+1200044%11:2810:300:100:48
Dec 6@ TBLL 2-300002001100%12:2312:14——
Nov 26@ TORL 2-4000-1001029%10:5810:58——

Season splits by strength

2018-19 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations28330:1311:4830530550.0%49.9%177151111150%12.912.775%
Even strength28311:5411:0828328949.5%49.5%16514110856%11.711.475%
5v528305:0410:5427828349.6%49.6%1611369756%11.510.876%
Power play1010:011:0018194.7%93.3%911150%0.90.2100%
Penalty kill97:450:521156.3%7.1%19020%0.01.150%
4v465:010:504450.0%50.0%4310100%0.10.450%
5v41010:011:0018194.7%93.3%911150%0.90.2100%
4v597:450:521156.3%7.1%19020%0.01.150%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2018-19BOS28369+122114.3%14911:48

On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.