Data-driven observations from the 2024 World Junior Championships

With the 2024 World Juniors tournament wrapped up, it's time to take a final deep dive into the numbers.

We tracked microstats from every single game of the tournament to bolster our analysis with concrete data and help form a more clear picture of the events that took place. 

Let's start with a quick conversation about the MVP award.

Noah Östlund's case for tournament MVP

Jonathan Lekkerimäki claimed the tournament MVP honors, netting seven goals in as many games. However, a compelling argument can be made that he wasn't the most crucial player on his team. Instead, Noah Östlund emerged as the linchpin for the Swedes during this competition.

Östlund served as the heart and soul of Sweden's offense, nearly doubling the expected primary points at 5-on-5 when compared to the second-most productiv