Jesper Boqvist
Age 27 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 191 lb · Born Falun, SWE
Drafted 2017, #36 overall by New Jersey
2025-262025-26: 73 games, 4-9-13, 0.18 points per game Season detail →
Jesper Boqvist has 1 point in 1 game of 2026-27, after 13 points in 73 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 1 game Small sample1 point in 1 game for the 28th-placed New Jersey
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.
Percentiles need 2 games in 2026-27; Jesper Boqvist has 1.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of New Jersey's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 1 goal and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 1 came with New Jersey trailing.
Top speed 21.99 mph, hardest shot 65.19 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Tracking percentiles need 2 games in 2026-27; Jesper Boqvist has 1.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.99vs
UTA6 Oct · 3rd 01:39 - 20.30vsUTA6 Oct · 3rd 12:57
- 20.17vsUTA6 Oct · 2nd 00:37
- 19.93vsUTA6 Oct · 3rd 15:29
- 19.25vsUTA6 Oct · 1st 14:23
- 19.11vsUTA6 Oct · 2nd 04:23
- 18.92vsUTA6 Oct · 3rd 15:12
- 18.27vsUTA6 Oct · 1st 10:21
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 65.19vsUTA6 Oct · 3rd 01:24
- 39.06vsUTA6 Oct · 3rd 09:49
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.72vsUTA6 Oct · 9:49 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.72 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Vancouver, a point in one of two
VANL 2-50000015:19VANW 8-50112+116:27UTAL 3-5101209:4913 points in 73 games
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of New Jersey's power play went through him.
Special teams
3 of 4 goals broke a tie
How the 4 goals and 9 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
3 of 4 goals broke a tie; 1 came with New Jersey trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
144 attempts across the 61 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 1 game. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 73 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersDistance per 60 in the 94th percentile of forwards: 10.23 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (13 of 73)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Vancouver, a point in one of two
VANL 2-50000015:19VANW 8-50112+116:27
DETW 8-10002014:55
NYRW 3-20000015:52
TORW 6-20001+115:41
OTTL 1-51013+115:59
MTLOTL 3-4 SO0112+116:29
PITL 2-50002−112:45PITL 4-90000−214:39
BOSW 2-10003013:33OTTW 6-30000014:51NYRL 1-30112+116:51UTAL 3-5101209:49Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 8.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 194th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Contract terms from public reports. Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With New Jersey
Four seasons · 2019-20 to 2022-23Dougie Hamilton sets him up more than anyone
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Who sets him up
Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSeven seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct