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Defence · #64

Erik Gustafsson

Chicago Blackhawks Calgary Flames Philadelphia Flyers Montréal Canadiens Washington Capitals Toronto Maple Leafs New York Rangers Detroit Red Wings Los Angeles Kings(traded during the season)
Age
34
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
86 kg
Born
Nynashamn, SWE
Draft
2012, round 4, #93 (EDM)

Career · 11 seasons

Games
519
Goals
47
Points
241
TOI per game
18:31
xGF% (5v5)
50.0%
Goals above expected
+5.6

Season by season

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

2015–16CHI4101414+1115:27580.0%11.850.3%
After a break: 2017–18CHI3551116+118:33717.0%43.254.3%
2018–19CHI79174360−622:3516010.6%188.847.2%
2019–20CHI5962026−820:40986.1%86.046.4%
2019–20CGY7033−118:0150.0%10.246.3%
2019–20All teams6662329−920:231035.8%96.246.4%
2020–21PHI241910−217:24254.0%41.144.9%
2020–21MTL5022+113:2380.0%10.273.5%
2020–21All teams2911112−116:43333.0%51.348.1%
2021–22CHI5931518−416:13793.8%43.846.7%
2022–23WSH6173138+920:221146.1%116.553.9%
2022–23TOR9044015:4580.0%30.546.6%
2022–23All teams7073542+919:461225.7%147.153.2%
2023–24NYR7662531+317:24936.5%94.653.6%
2024–25DET6021618−1916:19673.0%94.650.7%
2025–26DET2000−218:4530.0%00.143.2%
2026–27LAK2011016:0720.0%00.067.5%
Total9 teams51947194241−1718:317915.9%7341.450.0%

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)
00.511.5100200300400500
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Player card

Model-based

How 11 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

84th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st pair
  • Goals /600.2983rd pct
  • Assists /601.2194th pct
  • ixG /600.2681st pct
  • Shots /604.9479th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)50.0%60th pct
  • CF% (5v5)52.0%85th pct
  • Relative xGF%+2.688th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.6324th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game18:3163rd pct
  • PP time share42.5%88th pct
  • PK time share2.8%7th pct
  • Quality of competition24.2%49th pct

Percentiles among defencemen 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. Vince DunnSTL/SEA0.95
  2. Ty SmithNJD0.94
  3. Justin SchultzPIT/WSH/SEA0.94
  4. Tony DeAngeloNYR/CAR/PHI0.94
  5. John KlingbergDAL/EDM0.94
  6. Darren RaddyshTBL0.92

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.

+5.6 goals above expected

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40

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 speed30.2 km/h2nd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot127.5 km/h38th pct
  • Distance skated8 km17th pct
  • Offensive-zone time48.3%92nd pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen 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 defencemanMiddle 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

33.0 km/h3rd pct

▼ −2.2 km/h since 2024–25

32333435363721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.4 km/h, 58th percentile (59 games)2022–23: 35.9 km/h, 71st percentile (70 games)2023–24: 35.8 km/h, 69th percentile (76 games)2024–25: 35.1 km/h, 48th percentile (60 games)2025–26: 33.0 km/h, 3rd percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

3.288th pct

▲ +1.3 since 2024–25

0123421–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.3, 46th percentile (59 games)2022–23: 2.0, 67th percentile (70 games)2023–24: 1.6, 53rd percentile (76 games)2024–25: 1.9, 63rd percentile (60 games)2025–26: 3.2, 88th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

15.7 km100th pct

▲ +1.1 km since 2024–25

12131415161721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.4 km, 94th percentile (59 games)2022–23: 14.1 km, 81st percentile (70 games)2023–24: 14.6 km, 97th percentile (76 games)2024–25: 14.6 km, 95th percentile (60 games)2025–26: 15.7 km, 100th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

132.8 km/h1st pct

▼ −20.4 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016017021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 149.9 km/h, 43rd percentile (59 games)2022–23: 157.8 km/h, 84th percentile (70 games)2023–24: 153.9 km/h, 70th percentile (76 games)2024–25: 153.2 km/h, 75th percentile (60 games)2025–26: 132.8 km/h, 1st percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

40.6%34th pct

▼ −4.2 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 45.7%, 97th percentile (59 games)2022–23: 45.0%, 87th percentile (70 games)2023–24: 45.2%, 89th percentile (76 games)2024–25: 44.8%, 90th percentile (60 games)2025–26: 40.6%, 34th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)