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Gustav Nyquist

#14 · Right wing · Free agent, last with the Winnipeg Jets

Born Sep 1, 1989 in Halmstad, SWE · 5'11", 180 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 121st overall in 2008 by DET (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Henrik Zetterberg DET · 48 P in 45 GP Bobby Ryan OTT · 48 P in 70 GP Carl Soderberg BOS · 48 P in 73 GP Travis Zajac NJD · 48 P in 80 GP Tyler Bozak TOR · 49 P in 58 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02040602011-12: 7 points711-122012-13: 6 points612-132013-14: 48 points4813-142014-15: 54 points5414-152015-16: 43 points4315-162016-17: 48 points4816-172017-18: 40 points4017-182018-19: 60 points6018-192019-20: 42 points4219-202021-22: 53 points5321-222022-23: 27 points2722-232023-24: 75 points7523-242024-25: 28 points2824-252025-26: 12 points1225-26

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 DET 18 1 6 7 2 2 19 4 0.39 $763K
2012-13 DET 22 3 3 6 0 6 46 2 0.27 $763K
2013-14 DET 57 28 20 48 16 10 153 18 0.84 $950K
2014-15 DET 82 27 27 54 -11 26 195 43 0.66 $950K
2015-16 DET 82 17 26 43 -2 34 161 58 0.52 $4.75M
2016-17 DET 76 12 36 48 0 18 165 54 0.63 $4.75M
2017-18 DET 82 21 19 40 -2 20 213 65 0.49 $4.75M
2018-19 DET 62 16 33 49 0 8 163 24 0.79 $4.75M
2018-19 SJS 19 6 5 11 1 4 41 12 0.58
2019-20 CBJ 70 15 27 42 4 16 151 37 0.60 $5.5M
2021-22 CBJ 82 18 35 53 -12 26 122 41 0.65 $5.5M
2022-23 CBJ 48 10 12 22 -11 16 97 39 0.46 $5.5M
2022-23 MIN 3 1 4 5 2 0 5 2 1.67
2023-24 NSH 81 23 52 75 7 8 153 36 0.93 $3.185M
2024-25 NSH 57 9 12 21 -20 12 71 29 0.37 $3.185M
2024-25 MIN 22 2 5 7 -4 4 32 15 0.32
2025-26 WPG 51 1 11 12 -8 10 62 28 0.24 $3.25M
14 seasons Career 914 210 333 543 -38 220 1849 507 0.59

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 DET 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0.00
2012-13 DET 14 2 3 5 3 2 26 9 0.36
2013-14 DET 5 0 0 0 -1 0 13 4 0.00
2014-15 DET 7 1 1 2 -2 2 15 13 0.29
2015-16 DET 5 1 0 1 2 6 11 11 0.20
2018-19 SJS 20 1 10 11 1 0 23 20 0.55
2019-20 CBJ 10 0 2 2 0 4 20 17 0.20
2022-23 MIN 6 0 5 5 4 2 9 2 0.83
2023-24 NSH 6 1 3 4 -3 2 5 6 0.67
2024-25 MIN 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.00
10 seasons Playoffs 83 6 24 30 5 18 125 89 0.36

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
57 28 20 48 16 10 153 18 0.84 18.3 16:51

Contract

$950KCap hitends in 2015
$20KCap dollars per point48 points in 57 games
$84KCap dollars per goal above replacement11.3 goals above replacement
$7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$6.1MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 641 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Detroit Red Wings on Aug 21, 2013, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.9M, beginning in 2013-14. It runs through 2014-15, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2013-14 $950K $850K $0 $850K
2014-15 $950K $1.05M $0 $1.05M

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 2, 2025 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $3.25M $3.25M
Jul 1, 2023 Nashville Predators New contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $6.37M $3.185M
Jul 1, 2019 Columbus Blue Jackets New contract 2019-20 to 2022-23 4 $22M $5.5M
Jul 10, 2015 Detroit Red Wings New contract 2015-16 to 2018-19 4 $19M $4.75M
Aug 21, 2013 Detroit Red Wings New contract 2013-14 to 2014-15 2 $1.9M $950K
Mar 25, 2011 Detroit Red Wings Entry-level 2011-12 to 2012-13 2 $1.75M $763K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2013-14 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2013-14 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence+0.2Power play-0.1Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.2

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-50510152011-122013-142015-162017-182019-202022-232024-25Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

60.2Corsi for %65 attempts for, 43 against
+11.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.7Expected goals for %1.8 expected for, 1.5 against
+8.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 1 against
96.3PDO0.0% shooting + 96.3% saves
19Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Gustav Nyquist · Tomas Tatar · Riley Sheahan528:2666.067.00-0
Johan Franzen · Darren Helm · Gustav Nyquist212:2240.028.60-1
Pavel Datsyuk · Justin Abdelkader · Gustav Nyquist15:5580.054.00-0
Pavel Datsyuk · Johan Franzen · Gustav Nyquist24:5266.769.30-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.1Expected goalsfrom 19 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.88 expected goals per 60 minutes71st
Shot quality 5.9% chance per attempt21st
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected26thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 68 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.51Expected 1.1Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 13, 2014 @ STL W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 17:02
Apr 11, 2014 vs CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:53
Apr 9, 2014 @ PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 14:44
Apr 8, 2014 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:59
Apr 5, 2014 @ MTL L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 19:20
Apr 4, 2014 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:58
Apr 2, 2014 vs BOS W 3-2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 18:25
Mar 30, 2014 vs TBL W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 16:10
Mar 29, 2014 @ TOR W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 16:01
Mar 27, 2014 vs MTL L 4-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 16:52
Mar 25, 2014 @ CBJ L 2-4 2 0 2 2 0 4 1 16:20
Mar 23, 2014 vs MIN L 3-4 (OT) 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 16:08
Mar 22, 2014 @ MIN W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10:31
Mar 20, 2014 vs PIT W 5-4 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 16:36
Mar 18, 2014 vs TOR W 3-2 2 0 2 1 0 6 0 16:03
Mar 16, 2014 @ CHI L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 17:48
Mar 14, 2014 vs EDM W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 22:25
Mar 11, 2014 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:16
Mar 9, 2014 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 16:53
Mar 7, 2014 vs NJD W 7-4 1 3 4 4 0 8 1 14:28
Mar 6, 2014 vs COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:33
Mar 4, 2014 @ NJD L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 18:53
Feb 27, 2014 @ OTT W 6-1 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 14:49
Feb 26, 2014 @ MTL W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:22
Feb 8, 2014 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 19:23
Feb 6, 2014 @ FLA W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 19:22
Feb 3, 2014 vs VAN W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 17:16
Feb 2, 2014 @ WSH L 5-6 (OT) 3 1 4 1 2 5 0 19:03
Jan 31, 2014 vs WSH W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 19:42
Jan 28, 2014 @ PHI L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 18:32
Jan 26, 2014 vs FLA L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 16:23
Jan 24, 2014 vs MTL W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 18:41
Jan 22, 2014 vs CHI W 5-4 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 18:29
Jan 20, 2014 vs STL L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 18:34
Jan 18, 2014 vs LAK W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 20:55
Jan 16, 2014 @ NYR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:24
Jan 12, 2014 @ ANA L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 22:47
Jan 11, 2014 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:42
Jan 9, 2014 @ SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 15:11
Jan 4, 2014 @ DAL W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:30
Jan 1, 2014 vs TOR L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 16:29
Dec 30, 2013 @ NSH L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 10:09
Dec 28, 2013 @ FLA W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 10:40
Dec 23, 2013 vs NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:30
Dec 15, 2013 vs TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:13
Dec 14, 2013 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:57
Dec 12, 2013 @ TBL L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:50
Dec 10, 2013 @ FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 15:40
Dec 7, 2013 vs FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:34
Dec 6, 2013 @ NJD W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 17:37
Dec 4, 2013 vs PHI L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:36
Dec 1, 2013 @ OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:47
Nov 29, 2013 @ NYI W 5-0 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 17:31
Nov 27, 2013 vs BOS W 6-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 11:48
Nov 24, 2013 @ BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:00
Nov 23, 2013 vs OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 16:25
Nov 21, 2013 vs CAR W 4-3 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 15:27