Swedish Elite League Advanced Stats: Forwards

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Continuing on from my efforts yesterday to look at what we can do with KHL statistics, I`ve taken a gander to see what can be done for the next best European pro-league, the Swedish Eliteserin.

Bar none, the SEL has the best stats package of the entire pro hockey universe besides the NHL. They have everything the KHL does, plus a break down of the goals for and against that go into a player`s plus minus. For our purposes this means we can put together the rate stats for shots, shot attempts, goals, points, team goals for and team goals against. Unfortuantely the +/- is done by the standard silly method of not counting PP goals for but PP goals against and counting SH goals for which makes it a misleading measurement of who is controlling the balance of play.

Here is the current database for SEL forwards, including the 159 that have played over an hour of hockey as of October 22, ranked by points per minute.

	NAME	Shots Per 60	Goals per 60	Points per 60	GF per 60	GA per 60	GF-GA per 60
1	Bud Holloway	10.58	1.27	4.44	3.60	1.06	2.54
2	Viktor Stålberg	13.71	2.57	4.28	5.14	2.57	2.57
3	Pär Arlbrandt	10.94	1.78	4.07	3.81	2.03	1.78
4	Alexander Steen	11.47	1.36	3.82	2.73	1.36	1.36
5	Carl Söderberg	9.56	2.57	3.73	3.73	2.10	1.63
6	Mathis Olimb	5.07	2.17	3.62	2.90	0.72	2.17
7	Joakim Lindström	9.74	0.93	3.48	2.09	0.70	1.39
8	Rhett Rakhshani	8.17	1.32	3.42	2.63	1.58	1.05
9	Oscar Lindberg	12.62	1.35	3.38	2.70	1.58	1.13
10	Elias Lindholm	6.84	1.24	3.11	1.24	0.93	0.31
11	Oscar Möller	13.00	1.71	3.08	2.40	1.37	1.03
12	Joel Lundqvist	4.16	0.38	3.02	2.65	2.08	0.57
13	Marcel Müller	9.09	0.98	2.95	2.95	1.72	1.23
14	Erik Forssell	5.57	1.06	2.92	1.86	0.53	1.33
15	Calle Järnkrok	9.91	0.44	2.86	1.10	1.10	0.00
16	Simon Hjalmarsson	4.73	0.24	2.84	3.78	2.36	1.42
17	Dave Spina	10.04	1.54	2.83	1.54	1.29	0.26
18	Per Åslund	6.73	1.30	2.82	2.17	1.30	0.87
19	Mattias Weinhandl	9.11	1.77	2.78	2.28	2.53	-0.25
20	Jason Krog	6.77	1.00	2.76	2.76	1.25	1.50
21	Dick Axelsson	4.39	1.10	2.74	2.74	0.55	2.19
22	Marcus Paulsson	10.52	1.58	2.63	2.37	2.37	0.00
23	Mikael Johansson	5.97	0.78	2.60	2.08	1.30	0.78
24	Marcus Nilson	10.47	1.41	2.55	2.26	1.41	0.85
25	Matt Duchene	5.02	0.84	2.51	5.02	2.51	2.51
26	Jens Jakobs	9.18	1.22	2.45	2.45	2.45	0.00
27	Jimmie Ericsson	6.97	0.70	2.44	1.05	1.05	0.00
28	Niklas Olausson	5.51	0.88	2.42	1.98	0.66	1.32
29	Nicklas Jensen	9.23	1.85	2.37	1.32	2.11	-0.79
30	Jakob Johansson	6.60	0.64	2.34	1.92	2.13	-0.21
31	Niklas Fogström	2.33	0.00	2.33	2.91	1.16	1.75
32	Magnus Kahnberg	8.81	0.65	2.28	1.96	1.96	0.00
33	Niklas Nordgren	6.19	0.74	2.23	1.24	1.73	-0.50
34	Jonas Nordquist	4.08	0.00	2.20	1.26	1.88	-0.63
35	Eric Himelfarb	7.02	0.81	2.16	2.16	2.70	-0.54
36	Jesper Fasth	5.97	1.43	2.15	1.67	0.96	0.72
37	Toni Koivisto	9.61	0.80	2.14	1.87	0.80	1.07
38	Christian Berglund	12.50	0.80	2.13	1.86	1.06	0.80
39	Ladislav Nagy	11.77	0.69	2.08	2.77	1.62	1.15
40	Max Friberg	6.34	0.76	2.03	1.27	2.03	-0.76
41	Per-Åge Skröder	7.97	0.89	1.99	1.55	1.77	-0.22
42	Andreas Jämtin	9.02	0.85	1.97	1.41	2.82	-1.41
43	Kim Hirschovits	3.94	0.84	1.97	2.81	0.84	1.97
44	Esa Pirnes	7.53	0.97	1.94	1.46	1.94	-0.49
45	Rickard Wallin	7.58	0.42	1.90	2.11	1.69	0.42
46	Anton Axelsson	9.16	0.81	1.89	2.42	0.54	1.89
47	Tommy Kristiansen	5.65	1.26	1.88	2.51	4.39	-1.88
48	Jari Tolsa	5.16	0.70	1.88	2.34	2.34	0.00
49	Joakim Nordström	8.19	1.12	1.86	1.86	2.98	-1.12
50	Fabian Brunnström	10.23	0.79	1.84	2.88	2.36	0.52
51	Linus Klasen	7.92	0.61	1.83	1.83	0.91	0.91
52	Anton Hedman	9.50	1.10	1.83	2.19	1.46	0.73
53	Mike Iggulden	6.27	0.40	1.82	1.62	2.02	-0.40
54	Robin Figren	11.82	1.51	1.82	1.51	3.03	-1.51
55	Melker Karlsson	3.12	1.11	1.78	1.11	1.56	-0.45
56	Johan Lindström	9.70	1.76	1.76	2.64	0.88	1.76
57	Linus Persson	7.75	0.70	1.76	2.11	0.00	2.11
58	Johan Harju	10.33	1.20	1.68	1.68	0.72	0.96
59	Karl Fabricius	5.43	0.27	1.63	2.44	0.54	1.90
60	Viktor Lindgren	6.13	1.07	1.60	1.33	1.87	-0.53
61	Jonathan Hedström	5.04	0.53	1.59	1.59	2.39	-0.80
62	Jack Connolly	5.43	0.45	1.58	2.04	1.81	0.23
63	Mats Rosseli Olsen	7.21	0.63	1.57	1.57	1.88	-0.31
64	Niklas Sundström	3.11	0.67	1.56	1.56	1.78	-0.22
65	Petter Emanuelsson	6.96	0.39	1.55	2.32	1.93	0.39
66	Broc Little	6.96	0.65	1.52	1.74	2.17	-0.43
67	Petr Vampola	6.71	0.43	1.51	1.73	1.73	0.00
68	Johan Davidsson	6.25	0.25	1.50	1.25	2.50	-1.25
69	Miikka Männikkö	4.92	0.00	1.48	0.98	1.48	-0.49
70	Chris Abbott	3.91	0.73	1.46	1.46	0.73	0.73
71	Fredrik Hynning	3.99	0.73	1.45	1.45	2.18	-0.73
72	Morten Madsen	4.58	0.86	1.43	1.72	3.44	-1.72
73	Sebastian Enterfeldt	5.70	0.95	1.42	1.19	1.42	-0.24
74	Mario Kempe	10.14	1.13	1.41	1.41	1.97	-0.56
75	Jonas Almtorp	5.35	0.56	1.41	1.13	1.97	-0.84
76	Oscar Steen	3.28	0.23	1.40	1.64	1.40	0.23
77	Sebastian Lauritzen	6.50	0.00	1.39	1.86	1.39	0.46
78	Joachim Rohdin	5.82	0.83	1.39	0.83	1.66	-0.83
79	Mads Hansen	7.15	0.55	1.38	1.38	3.03	-1.65
80	Andreas Molinder	2.75	0.00	1.37	1.37	2.75	-1.37
81	Sebastian Karlsson	2.99	0.00	1.36	1.36	2.72	-1.36
82	Andrée Brendheden	4.98	0.45	1.36	0.91	1.81	-0.91
83	Christian Sandberg	6.21	0.00	1.35	1.62	2.43	-0.81
84	Joonas Vihko	7.35	1.00	1.34	1.34	0.67	0.67
85	Pontus Petterström	6.67	0.00	1.33	2.67	0.89	1.78
86	Oscar Ahlström	8.22	0.53	1.33	1.59	2.65	-1.06
87	Johannes Salmonsson	2.92	0.53	1.33	2.39	2.92	-0.53
88	Mats Lavander	6.25	0.00	1.31	1.64	2.30	-0.66
89	Liam Reddox	8.99	0.86	1.28	1.93	1.93	0.00
90	Björn Svensson	5.54	0.43	1.28	2.56	1.71	0.85
91	Cam Abbott	6.88	0.31	1.25	1.88	0.31	1.56
92	Daniel Widing	14.41	1.23	1.23	1.23	1.53	-0.31
93	Sebastian Collberg	7.95	0.00	1.22	1.84	0.61	1.22
94	Alexander Larsson	4.58	0.61	1.22	0.92	2.44	-1.53
95	Alexander Lindqvist Hansen	7.33	0.39	1.16	1.54	0.77	0.77
96	Anders Bastiansen	7.78	0.86	1.15	1.15	1.73	-0.58
97	William Karlsson	5.64	0.00	1.13	1.98	0.56	1.41
98	Marius Holtet	6.86	0.27	1.10	1.10	1.37	-0.27
99	Simon Önerud	7.92	0.82	1.09	1.09	1.64	-0.55
100	Victor Ahlström	8.37	0.81	1.08	1.08	2.16	-1.08
101	Oscar Sundh	5.39	0.00	1.08	1.44	1.44	0.00
102	Steve Saviano	7.79	0.71	1.06	1.77	3.19	-1.42
103	Erik Josefsson	3.63	0.52	1.04	1.56	1.04	0.52
104	Kristian Forsberg	5.43	0.34	1.02	2.04	3.05	-1.02
105	Mattias Janmark-Nylén	6.19	0.74	0.99	1.73	1.73	0.00
106	Jonathan Granström	4.42	0.00	0.98	0.74	1.97	-1.23
107	Erik Thorell	6.36	0.49	0.98	1.47	0.49	0.98
108	Johan Forsberg	4.78	0.48	0.96	0.96	1.43	-0.48
109	Patrik Carlsson	6.98	0.95	0.95	2.22	0.63	1.59
110	Viktor Arvidsson	9.79	0.63	0.95	1.89	1.58	0.32
111	Emil Molin	6.62	0.95	0.95	0.95	1.89	-0.95
112	Christian Söderström	8.92	0.47	0.94	0.94	1.17	-0.23
113	Mikael Eriksson	7.46	0.47	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.00
114	Ted Brithén	5.78	0.00	0.91	0.61	1.22	-0.61
115	Peter Öberg	6.34	0.60	0.91	0.91	2.72	-1.81
116	Dennis Everberg	4.50	0.90	0.90	1.20	2.10	-0.90
117	Fredrik Warg	10.71	0.89	0.89	1.78	2.68	-0.89
118	Tomas Marcinko	4.46	0.00	0.89	2.68	3.57	-0.89
119	Yared Hagos	4.13	0.00	0.88	0.29	1.18	-0.88
120	Alexander Barta	4.60	0.44	0.88	0.88	1.97	-1.10
121	Per-Johan Axelsson	3.46	0.00	0.87	1.15	0.58	0.58
122	Per Ledin	4.85	0.29	0.86	1.71	1.43	0.29
123	Tomi Kallio	10.43	0.42	0.83	0.83	1.88	-1.04
124	Christopher Liljewall	2.66	0.00	0.80	1.06	1.59	-0.53
125	Joakim Hillding	9.06	0.39	0.79	1.18	0.79	0.39
126	Jesper Ollas	13.10	0.37	0.75	1.12	3.74	-2.62
127	Jonas Berglund	2.23	0.00	0.74	2.23	1.49	0.74
128	Andreas Thuresson	9.24	0.24	0.71	0.95	1.42	-0.47
129	Sebastian Strandberg	5.46	0.00	0.68	2.73	2.05	0.68
130	Per Hallin	5.17	0.32	0.65	0.65	1.94	-1.29
131	Robert Rosén	7.10	0.65	0.65	0.86	1.51	-0.65
132	Björn Melin	7.71	0.32	0.64	0.32	2.89	-2.57
133	Johan Andersson	7.31	0.00	0.64	1.27	0.95	0.32
134	Brad Moran	4.10	0.63	0.63	1.58	3.47	-1.89
135	Johan Markusson	3.10	0.00	0.62	1.55	1.24	0.31
136	Max Görtz	12.13	0.61	0.61	1.21	0.00	1.21
137	David Lillieström-Karlsson	3.45	0.00	0.57	1.15	3.45	-2.30
138	Joachim Nermark	3.41	0.00	0.57	0.57	1.14	-0.57
139	Martin Johansson	8.49	0.57	0.57	1.13	1.13	0.00
140	Jan Urbas	1.09	0.00	0.54	1.09	2.45	-1.36
141	Patrik Lundh	5.62	0.24	0.49	0.98	1.47	-0.49
142	Mathias Tjärnqvist	6.53	0.22	0.44	0.87	1.52	-0.65
143	Mattias Ritola	10.73	0.43	0.43	0.86	0.00	0.86
144	Robin Sterner	4.47	0.41	0.41	0.81	1.63	-0.81
145	Erik Lindhagen	6.19	0.00	0.36	0.73	0.73	0.00
146	Johan Andersson	6.53	0.65	0.33	0.98	2.61	-1.63
147	Alexander Johansson	3.83	0.32	0.32	0.96	1.60	-0.64
148	Jeremy Boyce-Rotevall	3.49	0.32	0.32	0.95	1.90	-0.95
149	Martin Röymark	6.63	0.32	0.32	0.63	0.95	-0.32
150	Fredrik Sjöström	5.24	0.28	0.28	0.55	2.21	-1.66
151	Mikael Johansson	4.30	0.00	0.21	0.43	2.58	-2.15
152	Janos Hari	29.78	0.99	0.00	0.00	0.99	-0.99
153	Gustav Hjalmarsson	9.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.93	-0.93
154	Nils Bergström	8.64	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.73	-1.73
155	Martin Lundberg	4.53	0.00	0.00	1.13	0.57	0.57
156	Daniel Mannberg	4.03	0.00	0.00	0.81	2.42	-1.61
157	Nicklas Lasu	3.88	0.00	0.00	0.60	2.69	-2.09
158	Adam Pettersson	3.87	0.00	0.00	0.39	0.77	-0.39
159	Jakob Lilja	3.11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.62	-0.62

Notes:

-Bud Holloway is a former Kings prospect (2006 draft) that after two strong scoring AHL campaigns without promotion to the big leagues and has been killing it in the Eliteserin with 70 points in 70 games.

-Alex Steen and Matt Duchene are the only ones I`d call current high impact NHLers that have joined the SEL and both are suitably dominating. Stalberg is more of a supporting player in the NHL but is also doing extraordinarily well. It doesn`t appear that hard for a good NHL player to be a top forward in the top Swedish league, which should surprise no one about a league about on par with the AHL.

-Elias Lindholm is a 2013 draft eligible player who is playing at a top line level in a good men`s league. Unless he collapses he should go high in the next draft. The last big time forward to come out of the SEL young was Backstrom who had 26 points in 46 games. Lindholm looks like he could give him a run for his money with 10 in 15 games.

- Relative scoring rates are a lot more tame in the SEL that the KHL this year. This could change if the the lockout is on-going and the SEL opens up fully the locked out NHLers instead of going through a legal battle over them.

- Habs prospect Collberg looks great on shot rates, in the upper third in the league and is about average on points per hour despite having only two assists. He looks like he`s accomplishing things in his limited ice-time.

-Nicklas Jensen looks like he went on a run on shooting percentage to start, sorry `Nucks fans, I don`t think he`s as dominant as 6 goals in 13 games indicates.

Tommorow I`ll extend this piece with a look at the stats for the defensemen in the Eliteserin.