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Pittsburgh Penguins

Kasper Bjorkqvist

#20Right Wing

2021-22 regular season
6
GP
1
G
0
A
1
P
8
SOG
12.5% SH
8:22
TOI/GP

RW · PIT · NHL id 8479512

Kasper Bjorkqvist has played 6 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2021-22, scoring 1 goal and 0 assists (1 points) on 8 shots while averaging 8:22 a night (7:17 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 1:02 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Penguins have controlled 55% of shot attempts with Bjorkqvist on the ice (1-2 in goals, 50% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against LAK he was on L4 with Brian Boyle and Drew O'Connor and off the power play. He is shooting 12.5% this season.

Right now

From the Jan 13 game vs LAK, detected from shift data

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

Deployment timeline

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

Usage: 6 games, 8:19 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine4444440m3m7m10mJan 2Jan 5Jan 6Jan 8Jan 11Jan 13
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
6 games shown, 8:19 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

Only 6 GP in 2021-22: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.

Top speed8th920.8 mph
Bursts 20+ mph7th72
Hardest shot6th670.2 mph
Offensive-zone time39th3941.1%
Distance skated12th127.9 mi
High-danger SOG15th163
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 · 11 attempts, 8 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at PIT: 11 attempts, 8 on goal, 1 goal, 0.51 expected goals; best chance Kasper Bjorkqvist at 0.18 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

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

00.20.40.60.811.2+0.5goals above expected0.7σJan 2Jan 13
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2021-22 regular season · 5 of 6 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
+0.000
Season net
+0.00xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.00
Attempts
0
0.000

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.18G
Per 60
−0.212
Drawn / taken
0 / 1minors

MethodLeaders
48.0%
38.5%
48.6%
Transition CF/60
2.7
Turnovers won/60
6.9
Turnovers lost/60
4.1

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

Linemates

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

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

6 games in 2021-22, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Jan 13@ LAKL 2-6000-21031—9:578:36—1:21
Jan 11@ ANAW 4-100001000—8:315:44—2:34
Jan 8@ DALL 2-300000001—5:344:31—1:03
Jan 6@ PHIW 6-200001230—9:408:56—0:36
Jan 5vs STLW 5-300002020—7:377:37——
Jan 2vs SJSW 8-5101+13010—8:548:18—0:36

Season splits by strength

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

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations650:138:22404050.0%48.4%27231325%1.82.647%
Even strength643:427:17383155.1%51.9%25191233%1.61.750%
5v5643:427:17383155.1%51.9%25191233%1.61.750%
Penalty kill56:101:142820.0%28.6%24010%0.20.80%
4v556:101:142820.0%28.6%24010%0.20.80%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2021-22PIT6101-12812.5%928:22

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.