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Pittsburgh Penguins

Joel Blomqvist

#30Goaltender24 years oldCatches L6'3"205 lb

2024-25 regular season
15
GP
12 starts
4-9-1
Record
.885
SV%
425 SA
3.81
GAA

G · PIT · NHL id 8482446

Joel Blomqvist has appeared in 15 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2024-25, starting 12, with a 4-9-1 record and .885 save percentage on 425 shots (49 goals against). Over his last 5 appearances he has stopped 91 of 108 (.843), starting 3 of them.

Right now

Recent workload and form

Last appearance
Mar 2 vs TOR
Started · 27/33 saves · O
Last 5 games
.843
91 saves on 108 shots
Starts
12 of 15
appearances this season
Minutes
51:30
per appearance

Starts and workload

2024-25 · last 15 appearances, oldest first

  1. Start.906DET · W
  2. Start.906TOR · L
  3. Relief.929BUF · W
  4. Start.895CAR · L
  5. Start.920EDM · L
  6. Start.897MIN · L
  7. Start.941WSH · W
  8. Start.625DAL · L
  9. Start.903WSH · L
  10. Start.840SEA · L
  11. Start.850PHI · L
  12. Relief.824WSH
  13. Start.733NYR · L
  14. Relief.957PHI · W
  15. Start.818TOR · O
Save % by game, line at .900

NHL EDGE tracking

2024-25 percentiles among goalies

Source: NHL EDGE
Save %7th8.885
High-danger save %92nd92.848
Mid-range save %1st0.824
Long-range save %1st0.944
5v5 save %1st2.888
Games above .9005th641.7%
Goals-against average1st03.81
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among goalies this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shots against

Last 10 games · 350 unblocked attempts faced, 245 on goal, 33 goals

Shot map, OPP at PIT: 350 attempts, 245 on goal, 33 goals, 24.72 expected goals; best chance Brandon Duhaime at 0.42 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Blocked attempts are excluded; the net is at the right (or the top on phones). Strength is from the goalie's team's view.

Beyond the box score

2024-25 regular season · 15 games through the sequence engine

How shot classes work

Leaders
Save percentage by shot class against the league
ClassSASV%LeagueDiff
39.949.844+10.4 pts
41.902.934−3.2 pts
Cycle177.876.900−2.4 pts
Off the draw17.882.954−7.2 pts

Unblocked save % .917 vs .934 expected from his shot mix: −1.66 pts (±2.22)

Leaders
Prevented /100
+0.63
Rebounds
40vs 42.4 exp.
Rate
10.6%of 376 saves

A rebound is an opponent attempt within 3 seconds of a save. Expected rebounds use the shot-by-shot model; positive means fewer second chances than expected.

Game log

15 games in 2024-25, newest first

DateOppResultDECSASVGA
Mar 2vs TOROTL 5-6O33276.81861:00
Feb 27vs PHIW 5-4W23221.95733:39
Feb 23vs NYRL 3-5L15114.73358:25
Feb 22vs WSHL 3-8RL17143.82425:35
Feb 8@ PHIL 2-3L20173.85058:18
Jan 25@ SEAL 1-4L25214.84059:36
Jan 18@ WSHL 1-4L31283.90359:41
Nov 11vs DALL 1-7L853.62510:16
Nov 8@ WSHW 4-2W34322.94159:35
Oct 29vs MINL 3-5L39354.89758:49
Oct 25@ EDML 0-4L50464.92059:56
Oct 18vs CARL 1-4L38344.89560:00
Oct 16vs BUFW 6-5W28262.92949:00
Oct 12@ TORL 2-4L32293.90658:51
Oct 10@ DETW 6-3W32293.90659:46

Season splits by strength

2024-25 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGACA/60
All situations15772:2751:3042549.88562.6
Even strength15648:2343:1434239.88659.1
5v515643:3242:5434038.88859.2
Power play1255:114:361201.00022.8
Penalty kill1464:544:38689.868131.3
3v3 (OT)33:041:0121.50078.3
5v41253:254:271201.00023.6
4v51458:554:13597.881125.3
3v545:241:2192.778211.1
5v6, opponent net empty63:590:4031.66760.3

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGSW-L-OTLSASVGAGAA
2024-25PIT15124-9-142537649.8853.81

Joel Blomqvist news

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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.