Johan Larsson

#22Left Wing

2021-22 regular season

SOG

15.9% SH

15:55

TOI/GP

LW · WSH · NHL id 8475728

Johan Larsson has played 43 games for the Washington Capitals in 2021-22, scoring 7 goals and 14 assists (21 points) on 44 shots while averaging 15:55 a night (13:20 at even strength, 0:46 on the power play and 1:28 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Capitals have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Larsson on the ice (26-29 in goals, 36% offensive-zone starts). In the Capitals' most recent game against FLA he was on L1 with Nic Dowd and Garnet Hathaway and off the power play; moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 15.9% this season against 9.4% across the 316 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 13 game vs FLA, detected from shift data

Line

Nic Dowd Garnet Hathaway

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last gameLast 5: L4 · L2 · L3 · L4 · L3

Deployment timeline

2021-22 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

13 games shown, 10:41 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2021-22 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed53rd5322.2 mph

Bursts 20+ mph37th3730

Hardest shot35th3584.2 mph

Offensive-zone time17th1739.3%

Distance skated43rd44102.0 mi

High-danger SOG31st3211

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 skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2021-22 · 95 attempts, 48 on goal, 7 goals

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

2021-22 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Beyond the box score

2021-22 regular season · 41 of 43 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: +0.017
Season net: +0.16xG

Offensive TK/600.75 (7)

Offensive GV/600.75 (7)

Neutral TK/600.43 (4)

Neutral GV/600.43 (4)

Defensive TK/600.11 (1)

Defensive GV/600.11 (1)

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

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.043
Season: −0.18G
: 46.2%422 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 52-43 · NZ 61-79 · DZ 82-105

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.43
Attempts: 4
: 0.017

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

Method Leaders

Season: −0.53G
Per 60: −0.047
Drawn / taken: 13 / 16minors

Method Leaders

: 51.9%
: 55.1%
: 52.2%
Transition CF/60: 2.7
Turnovers won/60: 14.9
Turnovers lost/60: 16.1

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

44 shots on goal, 7 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
High Slot	18%	9%	1
Outside R	11%	4%	1
R Circle	5%	11%	0
R Point	0%	6%	0
L Point	2%	6%	0
Low Slot	27%	23%	2
R Net Side	7%	4%	2

Linemates

2021-22 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Larsson

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

49 games in 2021-22, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
May 13PO	vs FLA	OTL 3-4	0	1	1	-1	0	0	3	1	—	13:01	13:01	—	—
May 11PO	@ FLA	L 3-5	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0	—	7:53	7:53	—	—
May 9PO	vs FLA	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0%	11:32	11:32	—	—
May 7PO	vs FLA	W 6-1	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	100%	11:23	11:23	—	—
May 5PO	@ FLA	L 1-5	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	100%	9:49	9:10	—	0:39
May 3PO	@ FLA	W 4-2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	—	8:36	8:36	—	—
Apr 29	@ NYR	L 2-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	—	11:18	11:18	—	—
Apr 28	@ NYI	L 1-5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	11:03	9:49	—	1:14
Apr 26	vs NYI	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0%	7:38	7:38	—	—
Apr 24	vs TOR	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	—	12:43	10:55	—	0:49
Apr 22	@ ARI	W 2-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	—	11:31	11:27	0:04	—
Apr 20	@ VGK	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	-1	3	0	2	0	100%	12:03	11:12	—	0:41
Apr 18	@ COL	W 3-2	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	1	—	11:36	11:00	—	0:36
Apr 16	@ MTL	W 8-4	0	1	1	0	1	2	3	0	—	10:06	10:06	—	—
Apr 14	@ TOR	L 3-7	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	—	11:49	11:04	—	0:45
Apr 12	vs PHI	W 9-2	1	1	2	+2	2	0	2	0	0%	13:35	11:00	1:23	0:49
Apr 10	vs BOS	W 4-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	12:27	10:06	—	1:05
Apr 9	@ PIT	W 6-3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	—	14:30	13:30	0:05	0:44
Apr 6	vs TBL	W 4-3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	—	15:19	11:01	—	2:43
Apr 3	vs MIN	L 1-5	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	—	10:48	9:17	0:09	1:13

Season splits by strength

2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	43	684:08	15:55	563	636	47.0%	47.5%	295	338	33	43	43%	27.4	30.9	35%
Even strength	43	573:33	13:20	495	491	50.2%	50.9%	258	258	26	29	47%	22.2	20.7	36%
5v5	43	561:55	13:04	488	483	50.3%	51.1%	253	253	26	29	47%	22.0	20.1	36%
Power play	21	33:02	1:34	44	5	89.8%	86.1%	26	5	5	0	100%	2.9	0.2	95%
Penalty kill	38	63:25	1:40	11	117	8.6%	9.3%	8	66	0	10	0%	0.2	7.7	0%
4v4	15	10:09	0:41	5	8	38.5%	36.4%	4	5	0	0	—	0.2	0.6	43%
5v4	21	30:25	1:27	43	5	89.6%	86.1%	26	5	5	0	100%	2.9	0.2	95%
4v5	38	62:54	1:39	11	116	8.7%	9.4%	8	65	0	10	0%	0.2	7.6	0%
5v3	4	2:22	0:36	1	0	100.0%	—	0	0	0	0	—	0.0	0.0	100%
6v5, own net empty	8	4:48	0:36	8	2	80.0%	71.4%	2	1	1	1	50%	0.6	1.1	—
5v6, opponent net empty	13	9:15	0:43	5	20	20.0%	25.0%	1	7	1	2	33%	1.5	1.1	0%

Career by season

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

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2021-22Playoffs	WSH	6	0	2	2	-2	2	4	0.0%	20	2	10:22
2021-22	WSH, ARI	43	7	14	21	-4	32	44	15.9%	70	25	15:55
2020-21	ARI	52	8	6	14	-13	24	58	13.8%	77	34	13:59
2019-20	BUF	62	6	12	18	+8	26	60	10.0%	85	31	14:54
2018-19	BUF	73	6	8	14	-8	37	79	7.6%	112	44	14:18
2017-18	BUF	80	4	13	17	-30	49	86	4.7%	117	47	14:07

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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Puck luck

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season