Jesper
Boqvist
C · NJD · Defensive · Below average
- PAL
- 33
- WAR
- 0.0
- Value
- 39
- PTS
- 13
2025-26№ 362 / 615
Jesper Boqvist (New Jersey Devils) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Jesper Boqvist
#70CPlays: Winger · 14% of faceoffs
New Jersey Devils
HEIGHT : 185 cm · WEIGHT : 87 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : October 29, 1998 · Falun, Sweden
Drafted : 2017 · NJD · round 2, pick #36
Contract : $1,500,000 · 2025-26 → 2026-27 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFA
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | New Jersey Devils | 16 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | Florida Panthers | 73 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 16 |
| 2024-25 | Florida Panthers | 78 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 14 |
| 2023-24 | Boston Bruins | 47 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 |
| 2022-23 | New Jersey Devils | 70 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 2 |
| 2021-22 | New Jersey Devils | 56 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 10 |
| 2020-21 | New Jersey Devils | 28 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 2019-20 | New Jersey Devils | 35 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| NHL totals | 402 | 55 | 57 | 112 | 60 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Florida Panthers | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | Boston Bruins | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | New Jersey Devils | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Playoff totals | 27 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |
Honours
- 🏆 Stanley Cuponce · 2024-25
Jesper Boqvist: our analysis
2025-26 season: 73 GP, 4 G, 9 A, 13 PTS, -11 +/-, 11:50 TOI. WAR 0.0 (362nd of 615) · PAL 33, below average.
In 2025-26, Jesper Boqvist, 28, posts a PAL Rating of 33 out of 100 (below average), and his WAR of 0.0 ranks 362nd among 615 regulars, in the bottom half.
His strengths: discipline (95, among the best in the league), defense (76, well above average) and penalty kill (73, above average). On the other hand, shooting (3, among the weakest in the league) and offense (3, among the weakest in the league) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV defense (+1.7); his biggest cost: finishing (-3.7).
A marked decline: his PAL was 52 in 2024-25, against 33 now; his WAR went from 1.1 to 0.0.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 39 (poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Jesper Boqvist's story
Born in Falun on 30 October 1998, Jesper Boqvist learned the game in a hockey-rich environment, developing the quick feet and instincts that suit the centre position. He broke into Sweden’s top league with Brynäs IF in 2015–16 and secured a contract extension with the club on 16 May 2017, keeping him under contract through 2019.
Boqvist’s path to the NHL began at the 2017 draft when the New Jersey Devils selected him 36th overall. He signed a three-year entry-level deal with New Jersey on 10 June 2019 and gradually moved into the NHL lineup. His first NHL goal came on 26 November and generated controversy that led the league to issue a statement during the game.
After establishing himself within the Devils organization, Boqvist accepted a one-year, two-way qualifying offer on 22 July 2022 for the 2022–23 season. That campaign saw him reach a career-high 70 appearances, match a personal best of 10 goals and finish with 21 points, contributing to New Jersey’s return to the playoffs for the first time since 2018. Released to unrestricted free agency, he signed a one-year, $775,000 contract with the Boston Bruins on 12 July 2023. Initially assigned to Providence, he was recalled several times (26 October, 12 December, 6 January 2024) before sticking with Boston’s fourth line; he scored his first goal as a Bruin on 9 January and recorded his first NHL playoff point in game 1 against Toronto.
On 1 July 2024 Boqvist signed a one-year deal with the Florida Panthers and was a member of the roster that won the Stanley Cup in 2025. On 30 June 2026 he was traded back to the New Jersey Devils along with Evan Rodrigues and Ben Steeves in exchange for Angus Crookshank and Jacob Markström. Boqvist’s game is defined by his speed and his fit on checking and transition lines, where his skating and defensive engagement are most visible.
His younger brother Adam Boqvist is also a professional defenceman.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 12:07
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:12
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:03
- Pts/GP
- 0.44
- EV points
- 6
- Hits
- 21
- Blocks
- 4
- Takeaways
- 2
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 56.1 %
- Off. zone starts
- 28.6 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
20between 8 and 32 (80% range)
- Goals
- 10
- Assists
- 10
- Games
- 73
So far: 7 pts in 16 games. The team has played 18 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.23 pts per game (last season: 0.18).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Slight decline
- Points per game: 0.30 in 23-24, 0.18 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 52 → 33
Outlook, age included
↘ Slight declineAge 27: prime years
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 76 %
63
Depth
- SK
- Skating
- 86
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 83
- Confidence 80 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 61
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 75
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 84
- Confidence 80 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 63
- Confidence 62 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 86
- Confidence 80 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 48
- Confidence 61 %
- PA
- Passing
- 56
- Confidence 76 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 61
- Confidence 76 %
- DF
- Defense
- 85
- Confidence 72 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 62
- Confidence 14 %
- EX
- Experience
- 77
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating86
- Top speed (35 %)36.5 · 81
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)9.575 · 86
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.9 · 87
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.9 · 81
ST — Strength83
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)5.772 · 89
- Body mass (50 %)-0.564 · 71
EN — Endurance61
- Ice time per game (45 %)12.6 · 60
- Total ice time (20 %)849 · 69
- Shift length (15 %)41.2 · 56
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)11.5 · 62
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.381 · 57
DU — Durability75
- Share of games played (100 %)0.814 · 75
CK — Checking84
- Hits /60 (70 %)8.079 · 86
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)3.807 · 77
- Season volume (10 %)4.956 · 85
FG — Fighting63
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.688 · 63
DI — Discipline86
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.06 · 86
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.515 · 80
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.87 · 80
FO — Faceoffs48
- Faceoff % (85 %)44.1 · 49
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)17.7 · 56
PA — Passing56
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.448 · 58
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.402 · 69
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.087 · 60
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.973 · 67
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.327 · 66
SC — Scoring61
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.603 · 62
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.63 · 62
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.33 · 73
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.901 · 57
- xG per shot (10 %)0.08 · 66
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)10.7 · 65
DF — Defense85
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.113 · 87
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.145 · 81
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.457 · 84
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.113 · 87
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.767 · 65
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)56.5 · 81
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.234 · 67
PS — Penalty shot62
- Shootouts (60 %)31.2 · 61
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience77
- Career regular-season games (65 %)84
- Career playoff games (25 %)63
- NHL seasons (10 %)71
OV — Overall63
- SC · Scoring (20 %)61
- PA · Passing (20 %)56
- DF · Defense (20 %)85
- SK · Skating (12 %)86
- FO · Faceoffs (10 %)48
- EN · Endurance (8 %)61
- DI · Discipline (5 %)86
- ST · Strength (3 %)83
- CK · Checking (2 %)84
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 63 | 86 | 61 | 85 |
| 2024-25 | 74 | 84 | 71 | 85 |
| 2023-24 | 73 | 82 | 72 | 86 |
| 2022-23 | 71 | 81 | 74 | 81 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
0.0
wins above replacement
362 of 615
PAL Rating
33/ 100
Performance · Below average
306 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
39/ 100
Poor return
1.50 M$ · expected PAL 44
ProfileDefensiveValue comes mostly from defense
- Offense
- 4
- Defense
- 69
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- Offense
- 3
- Creation
- 9
- Shooting
- 3
- Possession
- 37
- Defense
- 76
- Discipline
- 95
- Power play
- 9
- Penalty kill
- 73
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | FLA | 0.0 | 33 | 39 | 1.50 M$ |
| 2024-25 | FLA | 1.1 | 52 | 71 | 0.78 M$ |
| 2023-24 | BOS | 0.7 | 56 | 72 | 0.78 M$ |
| 2022-23 | NJD | 1.0 | 56 | 70 | 0.87 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
8/ 100
Low
better than 8% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
11/ 100
Low
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
18/ 100
Low
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 388 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 10
- Shot selection
- 13
- Penalties drawn
- 86
- Puck management
- 6
Defense
- Takeaways
- 15
- Discipline
- 60
- Safe zone exits
- 8
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | FLA | 8 | 11 | 18 |
| 2024-25 | FLA | 54 | 46 | 61 |
| 2023-24 | BOS | 25 | 24 | 36 |
| 2022-23 | NJD | 49 | 21 | 74 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
0.0
wins above replacement
-0.5 to 0.4 — 90% interval
362 of 615 forwards
+0.2 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -1.9
- EV defense
- +1.7
- Power play
- -0.1
- Penalty kill
- +0.2
- Shooting
- -3.7
- Penalties
- +1.7
- Average → replacement
- +2.2
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | FLA | 73 | 0.0 | -0.5 to 0.4 | 362/615 |
| 2024-25 | FLA | 75 | 1.1 | 0.4 to 1.9 | 139/596 |
| 2023-24 | BOS | 47 | 0.7 | -0.1 to 1.6 | 196/608 |
| 2022-23 | NJD | 70 | 1.0 | 0.2 to 1.8 | 138/617 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 133.9 km/h57th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 35.5 km/h59th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 3785th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 40.7 %35th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 49.7 km39th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 3.84 km27th percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 40.5 %40th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 19.3 %94th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 40.0 %45th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 2153rd percentile | 581st percentile | 23.8 %93rd percentile |
| High danger | 857th percentile | 386th percentile | 37.5 %90th percentile |
| Mid range | 656th percentile | 177th percentile | 16.7 %66th percentile |
| Long range | 031st percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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UTAJesper Boqvist: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Jesper Boqvist have in 2026-27?
Jesper Boqvist has 5 goals and 7 points (2 assists) in 16 games in 2026-27.
How old is Jesper Boqvist?
Jesper Boqvist is 28 years old: he was born on October 30, 1998.
How tall is Jesper Boqvist, and how much does he weigh?
Jesper Boqvist is 6'1" (185 cm) and weighs 192 lb (87 kg).
Where is Jesper Boqvist from?
Sweden: Jesper Boqvist was born in Falun, Sweden.
What team does Jesper Boqvist play for?
Jesper Boqvist plays for the New Jersey Devils in the NHL, at C, wearing number 70.
Is Jesper Boqvist injured?
No: Jesper Boqvist is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Jesper Boqvist?
Jesper Boqvist produced 0.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 362nd of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 33 out of 100: below average for his position.
How much does Jesper Boqvist make?
Jesper Boqvist earns $1.5M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 39 out of 100 (poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Jesper Boqvist's contract end?
Jesper Boqvist's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Jesper Boqvist overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 39 out of 100 (poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Jesper Boqvist a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 362nd of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Jesper Boqvist getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 52 in 2024-25 to 33 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Jesper Boqvist played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Jesper Boqvist has 4 points (3 goals, 1 assist).
What are Jesper Boqvist's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Jesper Boqvist has 402 games, 55 goals, 57 assists and 112 points. His best season: 2024-25, with 23 points in 78 games.
Where was Jesper Boqvist drafted?
Jesper Boqvist was drafted 36th overall (round 2) by New Jersey Devils in 2017.
Is Jesper Boqvist better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 0.56 points per game at home (5 in 9 games) and 0.29 on the road (2 in 7 games).
How does Jesper Boqvist perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Jesper Boqvist has 27 games and 6 points in his career. His pace (0.22 points per game) is similar to his regular-season pace (0.28).
Which player is most similar to Jesper Boqvist?
Jesperi Kotkaniemi: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi's page →Is Jesper Boqvist a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 20 points in 2026-27, or 0.27 points per game.
Does Jesper Boqvist have siblings?
Yes: his brother Adam Boqvist (defenceman for the New York Islanders).
What is Jesper Boqvist's nationality?
Jesper Boqvist is Swedish.
How many championships has Jesper Boqvist won?
1: Stanley Cup with the Florida Panthers in 2025.
Where did Jesper Boqvist play before turning pro?
Brynäs IF (Swedish Hockey League) — SHL debut in 2015–16; contract extended through 2019.
How many points is Jesper Boqvist projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 20 points in 73 games in 2026-27 (8 to 32 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his New Jersey Devils teammates
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