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.

Career stats

From the NHL's player records

NHL regular season NHL playoffs All leagues

No NHL playoff games yet.

Seasons traded mid-year show one row per team.

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.

Where his Game Score comes from

-0.48 per game

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.

Age curve

At 24: 100% of peak

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).