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Defence · #42

Gustav Forsling

Chicago Blackhawks Florida Panthers(traded during the season)
Age
30
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
90 kg
Born
Linkoping, SWE
Draft
2014, round 5, #126 (VAN)

Career · 10 seasons

Games
561
Goals
60
Points
221
TOI per game
21:05
xGF% (5v5)
52.8%
Goals above expected
+10.0

Season by season

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

2016–17CHI38235+314:49484.2%11.945.2%
2017–18CHI4131013−219:09823.7%43.744.2%
2018–19CHI43369−917:05575.3%02.243.8%
After a break: 2020–21FLA4351217+1719:57945.3%44.456.4%
2021–22FLA72102737+4120:561456.9%08.856.3%
2022–23FLA82132841+1923:262096.2%58.851.9%
2023–24FLA79102939+5622:091606.3%27.358.3%
2024–25FLA80112031+3322:571955.6%17.855.0%
2025–26FLA8022628−522:381121.8%25.252.0%
2026–27FLA3101+321:29425.0%00.148.5%
Total2 teams56160161221+15621:051,1065.4%1950.052.8%

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)
00.20.40.60.811.2100200300400500
10m15m20m25m100200300400500Game

Player card

How 10 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

92nd 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 /600.3085th pct
  • Assists /600.8274th pct
  • ixG /600.2579th pct
  • Shots /605.6190th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)52.8%88th pct
  • CF% (5v5)54.4%97th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.651st pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.5241st pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game21:0583rd pct
  • PP time share11.9%58th pct
  • PK time share48.3%90th pct
  • Quality of competition25.1%97th 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).

Finishing

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.

+10.0 goals above expected

0102030405060100200300400500Game

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

−30−20−100+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 speed35.5 km/h98th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph257th pct
  • Hardest shot142.6 km/h80th pct
  • Distance skated14 km58th pct
  • Offensive-zone time42.2%60th 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

37.6 km/h95th pct

▲ +1.9 km/h since 2024–25

33343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.4 km/h, 86th percentile (72 games)2022–23: 37.2 km/h, 93rd percentile (82 games)2023–24: 35.8 km/h, 68th percentile (79 games)2024–25: 35.7 km/h, 58th percentile (80 games)2025–26: 37.6 km/h, 95th percentile (80 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.574th pct

▼ −0.3 since 2024–25

01234521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 4.1, 95th percentile (72 games)2022–23: 3.7, 95th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 3.1, 86th percentile (79 games)2024–25: 2.7, 82nd percentile (80 games)2025–26: 2.5, 74th percentile (80 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.0 km9th pct

▼ −0.1 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.9 km, 66th percentile (72 games)2022–23: 13.3 km, 34th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 13.2 km, 28th percentile (79 games)2024–25: 13.1 km, 12th percentile (80 games)2025–26: 13.0 km, 9th percentile (80 games)

Hardest shot

161.6 km/h96th pct

▼ −7.5 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016017018021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 159.9 km/h, 89th percentile (72 games)2022–23: 159.2 km/h, 89th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 161.8 km/h, 92nd percentile (79 games)2024–25: 169.1 km/h, 100th percentile (80 games)2025–26: 161.6 km/h, 96th percentile (80 games)

Offensive-zone time

40.9%39th pct

▼ −2.0 points since 2024–25

39%40%41%42%43%44%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 42.9%, 69th percentile (72 games)2022–23: 42.5%, 63rd percentile (82 games)2023–24: 43.5%, 75th percentile (79 games)2024–25: 42.9%, 68th percentile (80 games)2025–26: 40.9%, 39th percentile (80 games)