Not on an NHL roster · Goalie · Catches L

Joel Blomqvist

Age 24 · 6'3" · 204 lb · Born in Uusikaarlepyy, FIN

Cap hit

$875K

0.8% of $104M cap

Term

2 yrs

Through 2027-28, then RFA

Clause

None

Surplus value

—

needs 40 recent games

Contract details from our records; public announcement not yet matched

2024-25 regular season

12 starts

Record

4-9-1

SV%

.885

GAA

3.81

Shots against

425

GSAx

-7.1

goals saved above expected

Game Score

-0.48

per game

Game log

Last 5 games · NHL API

Game	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI	xGA	GSAx	HD saves	GS
Mar 2vs TOR · OTL 6-5	OTL	33	27	6	.818	61:00	2.82	-3.18	1/1	-3.18
Feb 27vs PHI · W 5-4	W	23	22	1	.957	33:39	2.11	+1.11	5/5	+1.11
Feb 23vs NYR · L 5-3	L	15	11	4	.733	58:25	1.51	-2.49	1/1	-2.49
Feb 22vs WSH · L 8-3	Relief	17	14	3	.824	25:35	2.50	-0.50	1/2	-0.50
Feb 8@ PHI · L 3-2	L	20	17	3	.850	58:18	1.90	-1.10	0/0	-1.10

Dec = decision (W, L, OTL; ND = started, no decision). HD saves = high-danger shots on goal stopped. GS = our Game Score.

Advanced metrics

2024-25 · 15 GP · 772 min · percentile vs. NHL goalies

SV%.885

14th percentile

GSAx-7.1

27th percentile

GSAx/60-0.55

6th percentile

HDSV%.808

99th percentile

HD GSAx+6.8

97th percentile

5v5 GSAx-7.9

10th percentile

EV SV%.884

4th percentile

Quality start %41.7%

11th percentile

Really bad start %33.3%

3rd percentile

xGA/603.25

97th percentile

Expected goals come from our own model and rate every unblocked shot he faced by its chance of going in. High-danger shots are those worth 0.15 expected goals or more. Percentiles compare him with goalies who played 600 minutes that season. xGA/60 shows how hard his workload was, so its bar is grey.

Play style

Play style appears once a goalie has 600 minutes in a season.

Where his Game Score comes from

2024-25 · 15 GP

Season total -7.1, or -0.48 per game.

Goaltending: -7.1

Game Score gives credit for everything a player does in a game. Goals (1.0) and assists (0.7 primary, 0.5 secondary) count most; shots, blocks, hits, takeaways, penalties drawn, faceoff wins, killing penalties, and holding down the other team's chances add to it. Only mistakes subtract: goals against at 5-on-5, giveaways, penalties taken, faceoff losses, and allowing more chances than an average player would. A player who is there to defend or kill penalties is not marked down for not scoring. Goalies are measured by goals saved above expected.

Career stats

From the NHL's player records

NHL regular season NHL playoffs All leagues

Season	League	Team	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SV%	GAA	SO	SA	GA
2016-17	U16 SM-sarja	Sport U16	10	—	—	—	—	.905	—	—	—	—
2017-18	U18 SM-sarja	Sport U18	35	—	—	—	—	.912	3.26	—	—	—
2018-19	U20 SM-sarja	Kärpät U20	11	—	—	—	—	.938	—	—	243	15
2018-19	U20 SM-liiga	Kärpät U20	11	—	—	—	—	.938	—	—	243	15
2018-19	U18 SM-sarja	Kärpät U18	19	—	—	—	—	.935	—	—	418	27
2018-19	WHC-17	Finland U17	5	—	2	3	0	.894	3.26	0	161	17
2018-19 (playoffs)	U20 SM-sarja	Kärpät U20	3	—	—	—	—	.947	1.33	—	75	4
2018-19 (playoffs)	U20 SM-liiga	Kärpät U20	3	—	—	—	—	.947	1.33	—	75	4
2018-19 (playoffs)	U18 SM-sarja	Kärpät U18	6	—	—	—	—	.926	2.17	—	175	13
2019-20	Liiga	Kärpät	2	—	0	1	0	.808	4.73	0	26	5
2019-20	U20 SM-liiga	Kärpät U20	34	—	26	6	0	.931	1.66	5	816	56
2019-20 (playoffs)	U20 SM-liiga	Kärpät U20	1	—	0	1	0	.897	3.03	0	29	3
2020-21	Liiga	Kärpät	2	—	2	0	0	.914	1.50	0	35	3
2020-21	Mestis	Hermes	16	—	6	4	6	.907	2.67	1	462	43
2020-21	U20 SM-sarja	Kärpät U20	3	—	—	—	—	.941	1.33	—	68	4
2020-21 (playoffs)	Mestis	Hermes	9	—	6	3	6	.908	3.10	0	337	31
2021-22	Liiga	Kärpät	20	—	6	3	5	.940	1.32	5	351	21
2021-22	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	1	—	0	1	0	.926	2.05	0	27	2
2021-22	Mestis	Hermes	4	—	0	3	1	.882	2.26	0	76	9
2021-22	U20 SM-sarja	Kärpät U20	1	—	0	0	1	.868	4.63	0	38	5
2021-22 (playoffs)	Liiga	Kärpät	7	—	3	3	5	.950	1.10	0	159	8
2022-23	Liiga	Kärpät	21	—	6	5	8	.907	2.29	1	485	45
2022-23	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	1	—	0	1	0	.852	4.00	0	27	4
2022-23 (playoffs)	Liiga	Kärpät	3	—	1	2	8	.848	3.69	0	59	9
2023-24	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	45	—	25	12	6	.921	2.16	1	1197	95
2023-24 (playoffs)	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	2	—	0	2	6	.894	3.49	0	66	7
2024-25	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	15	12	4	9	1	.885	3.81	0	425	49
2024-25	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	18	—	8	7	3	.914	2.84	1	583	50
2024-25 (playoffs)	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	1	—	0	1	4	.885	4.60	0	26	3
2025-26	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	26	—	16	5	4	.913	2.40	1	700	61

Every league he has played in, from the NHL's records, regular season and playoffs.

Latest news

Headlines from news outlets and team blogs

No news about him in the last 30 days.

Sentiment & chatter

Fans

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Beat writers

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Media

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Fan, beat writer, and media scores, the 14-day trade chatter chart, and the latest mentions appear once sentiment scoring is switched on. Mentions are already being collected.

Recent Game Scores

Last 10 games · goals above average

-1.2MIN10/29

+2.2

+2.2WSH11/8

-2.4DAL11/11

+0.7

+0.7WSH1/18

-1.9SEA1/25

-1.1PHI2/8

-0.5WSH2/22

-2.5NYR2/23

+1.1

+1.1PHI2/27

-3.2TOR3/2

Average -0.87 per game over these 10.

Age curve

NHL goalies · production index

202937

At 24, goalies typically produce 100% of their peak (age 26). His contract runs through age 25, when the typical level is 100%.

From 24 seasons of NHL results, adjusted for league scoring and save percentage in each era. Shaded bars are the seasons left on his contract.

Contract by season

2 seasons left

Season	Team	Cap hit	% of cap
2026-27	PIT	$875K	0.8%
2027-28	PIT	$875K	0.8%

RFA after 2027-28. $1.75M in cap hits left. % of cap uses each season's ceiling where the league has set one ($104M this season, $113.5M in 2027-28).