Regular season

Jesper Boqvist

New Jersey Devils · C · #70

Depth playerDepth Forward?Energy role: 141 hits (9.8/60)

HT: 6'1"
WT: 191 lb
Age: 27
Shoots: L
From: Falun, SWE
Draft: 2017 NJD · R2 #36

52Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1717pctl

3030pctl

1616pctl

1818pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.1812pctl

0.0510pctl

0.1220pctl

0.913pctl

-1120pctl

135pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

3.4%36pctl

0.7914pctl

0.0937pctl

Def Suppression?

0.1617pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

30.3%1pctl

D-Zone FO %?

25.0%0pctl

1.721pctl

0.168pctl

0:2838pctl

0:4045pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 50 GP tracked · 10h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

45.7%20pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

31.6%4pctl

O-zone deployment?

52%60pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.9 min15pctl

Support received?

16.4 min79pctl

D-zone deployment?

48%40pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0640pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.6339pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2538pctl

0.91×13pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.20/gm57pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.2%36pctl

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 781 EV min

General Offense

4.4525

5.6118

Shot Setups/60?

0.9249

Chance Setups/60?

0.6945

Primary Contributions/60?

5.3826

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3130

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0029

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4638

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2336

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.2374

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.4652

Rush Offense/60?

6.7635

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.6951

0.6132

0.1550

Deflections/60?

0.8424

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0020

Entries Finished/60?

0.4625

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2322

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.4670

0.1532

1.3178

Retrieval Success %?

11%22

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0035

Exit Success %?

0%32

Forechecking

7.6876

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0042

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$1.50M

cap hit

$0.86M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (−$0.6M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Jesper Boqvist	52	Depth Forward	13 P · 73 GP	$1.50M	$0.86M	C−$0.6M	this player
Jesperi Kotkaniemi	55	Depth Forward	9 P · 42 GP	$4.82M	$1.16M	F−$3.7M	91%
Isac Lundeström	50	Depth Forward	12 P · 68 GP	$1.30M	$0.86M	C−$0.4M	88%
Calle Jarnkrok	51	Depth Forward	8 P · 56 GP	-	$0.86M	-	87%
Jack Finley	53	Depth Forward	5 P · 44 GP	$0.82M	$0.92M	C+$0.1M	86%

Chemistry

Top connection: Evan Rodrigues · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Jesper’s goals

Creates for

goals Jesper assisted on

From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 1 G · 2 A · 15 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ NYR

1P

0G 1A

@ NYR 03-29

0G 1A · 2 shots · 16:51 TOI

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:51 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 04-02

0G 0A · 3 shots · 13:33 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:39 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 04-05

0G 0A · 2 shots · 12:45 TOI

@ MTL

1P

0G 1A

@ MTL 04-07

0G 1A · 2 shots · 16:29 TOI

@ OTT

1P

1G 0A

@ OTT 04-09

1G 0A · 3 shots · 15:59 TOI

@ TOR

0P

0G 0A

@ TOR 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:41 TOI

vs NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs NYR 04-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:52 TOI

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs DET 04-15

0G 0A · 2 shots · 14:55 TOI

Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left

The Territory

attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)175 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 2 of 4 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 11 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 34 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2019-20	New Jersey Devils	35	4	0	4	-11
2020-21	New Jersey Devils	28	4	3	7	-5
2021-22	New Jersey Devils	56	10	13	23	-9
2022-23	New Jersey Devils	70	10	11	21	8
2023-24	Boston Bruins	47	6	8	14	12
2024-25	Florida Panthers	78	12	11	23	-4
2025-26	Florida Panthers	73	4	9	13	-11
Career	3 teams	387	50	55	105	-20