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Right wing · #14

Gustav Nyquist

Detroit Red Wings San Jose Sharks Columbus Blue Jackets Minnesota Wild Nashville Predators Winnipeg Jets(traded during the season)
Age
37
Shoots
Left
Height
180 cm
Weight
82 kg
Born
Halmstad, SWE
Draft
2008, round 4, #121 (DET)

Career · 14 seasons

Games
914
Goals
210
Points
543
TOI per game
16:44
xGF% (5v5)
50.5%
Goals above expected
−1.3

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2011–12DET18167+210:36195.3%01.852.1%
2012–13DET22336013:02466.5%25.357.1%
2013–14DET57282048+1616:5115318.3%917.354.9%
2014–15DET82272754−1116:3919513.8%2419.951.5%
2015–16DET82172643−215:1016110.6%1216.152.6%
2016–17DET76123648017:261657.3%919.351.0%
2017–18DET82211940−217:512139.9%822.552.9%
2018–19DET62163349018:071639.8%1116.050.8%
2018–19SJS196511+115:344114.6%15.059.7%
2018–19All teams81223860+117:3120410.8%1221.152.6%
2019–20CBJ70152742+418:021519.9%818.250.8%
After a break: 2021–22CBJ82183553−1217:5012214.8%1015.343.0%
2022–23CBJ48101222−1117:489710.3%012.646.3%
2022–23MIN3145+214:41520.0%11.136.7%
2022–23All teams51111627−917:3710210.8%113.745.9%
2023–24NSH81235275+717:4515315.0%2418.752.1%
2024–25NSH5791221−2017:397112.7%111.552.6%
2024–25MIN22257−414:46326.3%23.948.3%
2024–25All teams79111728−2416:5110310.7%315.351.8%
2025–26WPG5111112−812:41621.6%56.843.3%
Total6 teams914210333543−3816:441,84911.4%127211.350.5%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.511.5200400600800
10m12m14m16m18m20m22m200400600800Game

Player card

Model-based

How 14 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st line

86th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st line
  • Goals /600.8272nd pct
  • Assists /601.3185th pct
  • ixG /600.8373rd pct
  • Goals above expected−1.353rd pct

Play-driving

1st line
  • xGF% (5v5)50.5%69th pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.0%73rd pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.474th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.2572nd pct

Usage

1st line
  • TOI per game16:4483rd pct
  • PP time share47.3%85th pct
  • Offensive zone starts64.7%80th pct
  • Quality of competition24.9%85th pct

Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Jordan EberleEDM/NYI/SEA0.97
  2. Leo CarlssonANA0.97
  3. Mathew BarzalNYI0.96
  4. Jonathan HuberdeauFLA/CGY0.96
  5. Nick SchmaltzCHI/ARI/UTA0.96
  6. Clayton KellerARI/UTA0.95

Faceoffs

How often Nyquist wins the draw over 14 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 2732+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

43.1%

107–141 · below the 2732 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

43.4%

Opponents won 50.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.7% against them.

Wins above average

−16

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

1.2

248 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

38%26 · +3.646%93 · +3.618%40 · +0.867%18 · +3.320%5 · −2.664%11 · +3.957%7 · +2.964%22 · +5.135%26 · +1.6Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone37.6% 50–83
  • Neutral zone50.7% 34–33
  • Defensive zone47.9% 23–25

By strength

  • Even strength42.4% 86–117
  • Power play51.6% 16–15
  • Shorthanded35.7% 5–9

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +18 after a win, −7 after a loss. Each win was worth 3.0 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2012–13425.0%23.6%
2013–14955.6%57.1%
2014–15911.1%8.9%
2015–1620.0%0.1%
2016–17580.0%77.1%
2017–181346.2%47.2%
2018–192250.0%51.8%
2019–203351.5%51.3%
2021–223046.7%47.4%
2022–233243.8%45.2%
2023–243938.5%37.7%
2024–253036.7%37.9%
2025–262040.0%38.9%

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−1.3 goals above expected

050100150200200400600800Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−500+50+100+150

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed35.7 km/h48th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph3636th pct
  • Hardest shot122.9 km/h11th pct
  • Distance skated168 km42nd pct
  • Offensive-zone time42.7%56th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

35.7 km/h37th pct

▲ +0.5 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.9 km/h, 45th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 35.2 km/h, 23rd percentile (51 games)2023–24: 36.1 km/h, 57th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 35.2 km/h, 22nd percentile (79 games)2025–26: 35.7 km/h, 37th percentile (51 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

3.326th pct

▲ +0.9 since 2024–25

024681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 2.9, 19th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 3.2, 29th percentile (51 games)2023–24: 3.3, 24th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 2.5, 14th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 3.3, 26th percentile (51 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.6 km53rd pct

▲ +0.5 km since 2024–25

131415161721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.5 km, 8th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 14.2 km, 4th percentile (51 games)2023–24: 15.3 km, 34th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 15.1 km, 18th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 15.6 km, 53rd percentile (51 games)

Hardest shot

122.9 km/h2nd pct

▼ −8.9 km/h since 2024–25

11012013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 135.2 km/h, 18th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 147.1 km/h, 69th percentile (51 games)2023–24: 144.2 km/h, 60th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 131.7 km/h, 14th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 122.9 km/h, 2nd percentile (51 games)

Offensive-zone time

42.7%60th pct

▼ −1.1 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 39.9%, 27th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 40.1%, 26th percentile (51 games)2023–24: 46.3%, 92nd percentile (81 games)2024–25: 43.8%, 74th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 42.7%, 60th percentile (51 games)