Marcus Högberg Explained

Marcus Högberg
Birth Date:25 November 1994
Birth Place:Örebro, Sweden
Height Ft:6
Height In:5
Weight Lb:222
Position:Goaltender
Catches:Left
League:NHL
Team:New York Islanders
Former Teams:Linköping HC
Ottawa Senators
Ntl Team:SWE
Draft:78th overall
Draft Year:2013
Draft Team:Ottawa Senators
Career Start:2013

Marcus Högberg (born 25 November 1994) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender for New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Högberg was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the third round (78th overall) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Högberg made his Swedish Hockey League debut playing with Linköping HC during the 2012–13 Elitserien season.[1] On 17 March 2013, it was announced that Linköping would loan Högberg to Mora IK of the lower HockeyAllsvenskan for the duration of the 2013–14 season.[2]

After his fourth season in the SHL, Högberg was signed to a two-year entry-level contract with the Ottawa Senators on 30 March 2017.[3] He was signed by AHL affiliate, the Binghamton Senators, to a professional try-out deal to close out the 2016–17 season.

Högberg split most of the 2017–18 season between the AHL Belleville Senators and the Senators ECHL team, the Brampton Beast.

Högberg began the 2018–19 season with the Belleville Senators.[4] However, before he was able to play a game for the Senators that season, he was reassigned to the ECHL on 27 November.[5] After being recalled back to the AHL,[6] and playing in seven games, Högberg was recalled to the NHL on 22 December 2018.[7] He was shortly thereafter reassigned to the AHL but eventually made his NHL debut on 29 December against the Washington Capitals.[8] He made 21 saves in the 3–2 loss to the Capitals.[9]

On 19 June 2019, Högberg was signed to a two-year contract extension, with the second year on a one-way basis with the Senators at $700,000.[10]

As an impending free agent from the Senators after five seasons within the organization, Högberg opted to return to his original Swedish club, Linköping HC of the SHL, by agreeing to a four-year contract on 17 June 2021.[11]

Following the 2023–24 season and having compiled three successful years with Linköping HC, Högberg exercised his NHL out clause from the remaining year of his contract in the SHL, by signing a two-year, $1.55 million contract with the New York Islanders on 7 May 2024.[12]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
Team LeagueGP W L OT MIN GA SV%GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2010–11 J204 163 12 0 4.42 .840
2011–12 Linköpings HC J2035 22 12 0 2,055 85 4 2.45 .9196 6 0 366 10 2 1.64 .939
2012–13 Linköpings HC J2023 13 9 0 1,369 55 2 2.41 .917
Linköpings HC SHL3 1 1 0 140 6 0 2.57 .885
2013–14 Linköpings HC J205 4 1 0 304 14 0 2.76 .906
Linköpings HC SHL4 4 0 0 222 4 0 1.08 .96011 4 5 569 28 2 2.95 .913
Allsv15 5 8 0 778 38 0 2.93 .892
2014–15 Linköpings HC J201 1 0 0 63 1 0 0.95 .957
Linköpings HC SHL27 12 12 0 1,463 56 3 2.30 .9176 1 4 283 15 0 3.18 .903
Allsv2 2 0 0 123 6 0 2.92 .914
Linköpings HC SHL28 15 12 0 1,581 61 2 2.31 .911
Linköpings HC SHL33 19 14 0 2,000 63 4 1.89 .9316 2 4 340 14 0 2.47 .915
AHL3 0 3 0 180 13 0 4.34 .865
AHL18 6 12 0 955 52 1 3.27 .899
ECHL16 8 7 1 949 49 0 3.10 .915
Brampton Beast ECHL1 0 0 1 64 2 0 1.89 .935
Belleville Senators AHL39 21 11 6 2,304 89 2 2.32 .917
NHL4 0 2 1 206 14 0 4.09 .884
Belleville Senators AHL15 7 6 0 821 42 0 3.05 .897
Ottawa Senators NHL24 5 8 8 1,345 70 0 3.12 .904
Ottawa Senators NHL14 4 7 0 642 40 0 3.74 .876
Belleville Senators AHL2 2 0 0 120 3 0 1.51 .950
Linköping HC SHL41 20 20 0 2,426 97 4 2.40 .910
Linköping HC SHL43 18 25 0 2,475 121 3 2.93 .904
Linköping HC SHL40 21 18 0 2,364 99 4 2.51 .914
NHL totals42 9 17 9 2,192 124 0 3.39 .894

International

YearTeamEventResultGP W L OT MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2011SwedenIH184 3 1 0 3.00 .864
2012SwedenU182 1 0 0 87 5 0 3.44 .889
2014SwedenWJC1 1 0 0 60 0 1 0.00 1.000
2022SwedenWC6th1 1 0 0 60 1 0 1.00 .950
Junior totals7 5 1 0 147 5 1
Senior totals1 1 0 0 60 1 0 1.00 .950

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012-13 Linköpings HC player statistics . Eliteprospects.com . 5 April 2013 . 5 April 2013.
  2. Web site: Mora IK har gjort klart med ny målvakt . Mora has secured new goaltender . . 17 March 2013 . 17 March 2013 . Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130320055058/http://www.moraik.se/artikel/mora-ik-har-gjort-klart-med-ny-m%C3%A5lvakt . 20 March 2013.
  3. Web site: Senators sign Marcus Hogberg to entry-level deal . . 31 March 2017 . 31 March 2017.
  4. Web site: Tidcombe . Matt . Senators announce opening-night roster . bellevillesens.com . 29 December 2018 . 3 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181230080812/https://bellevillesens.com/senators-announce-opening-night-roster-2/ . 30 December 2018.
  5. Web site: Hogberg heads to Brampton . bellevillesens.com . 29 December 2018 . 27 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181230080700/https://bellevillesens.com/hogberg-heads-brampton/ . 30 December 2018.
  6. Web site: Hogberg reassigned back to Belleville . bellevillesens.com . 29 December 2018 . 28 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181230080717/https://bellevillesens.com/hogberg-reassigned-back-belleville/ . 30 December 2018.
  7. Web site: Ottawa recalls Hogberg from Belleville . bellevillesens.com . 29 December 2018 . 22 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181230080847/https://bellevillesens.com/ottawa-recalls-hogberg-belleville/ . 30 December 2018.
  8. Web site: Senators' Marcus Hogberg to make NHL debut vs. Capitals . sportsnet.ca . 29 December 2018 . 29 December 2018.
  9. Web site: Callum Fraser . First goals help Capitals defeat Senators, extend win streak . NHL.com . 30 December 2018 . 29 December 2018.
  10. Web site: Senators sign goaltender Marcus Hogberg to two-year contract extension . . 19 June 2019 . 19 June 2019.
  11. Web site: Marcus Högberg kommer hem till Cluben! . Marcus Hogberg returns home . . 17 June 2021 . 17 June 2021 . Swedish . https://web.archive.org/web/20210617143219/https://www.lhc.eu/article/acliakq0w-30c01/marcus-hogberg-kommer-hem-till-cluben . 17 June 2021.
  12. Web site: Islanders agree to terms with Hogberg . . 7 May 2024 . 7 May 2024.