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David Gustafsson

#19 · Centre · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Apr 11, 2000 in Tingsryd, SWE (age 26) · 6'3", 210 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 60th overall in 2018 by WPG (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare SEA · 7 P in 40 GP Walker Duehr CGY · 7 P in 40 GP Dillon Dube CGY · 7 P in 43 GP Nils Aman VAN · 7 P in 43 GP Radim Zohorna PIT · 7 P in 33 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.

02462019-20: 1 points119-202020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 0 points021-222022-23: 6 points622-232023-24: 7 points723-242024-25: 6 points624-25

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2019-20 WPG 22 1 0 1 -2 0 4 5 0.05 $818K
2020-21 WPG 4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.00 $818K
2021-22 WPG 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 $818K
2022-23 WPG 46 0 6 6 2 6 45 25 0.13 $775K
2023-24 WPG 39 3 4 7 1 0 27 30 0.18 $775K
2024-25 WPG 36 2 4 6 10 7 30 19 0.17 $835K
6 seasons Career 149 6 14 20 10 13 107 79 0.13

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2022-23 WPG 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 0.00
2023-24 WPG 4 1 0 1 -1 2 4 6 0.25
2024-25 WPG 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0.25
3 seasons Playoffs 11 2 0 2 1 2 7 16 0.18

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
39 3 4 7 1 0 27 30 0.18 11.1 9:16

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2024
$111KCap dollars per point7 points in 39 games
$2.895MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.3 goals above replacement
$958KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$183KValueworth 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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Winnipeg Jets on Aug 10, 2022, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.55M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $775K $775K $0 $775K
2023-24 $775K $775K $0 $775K

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 5, 2026 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
Jul 6, 2024 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.67M $835K
Aug 10, 2022 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.55M $775K
Jun 13, 2019 Winnipeg Jets Entry-level 2019-20 to 2021-22 3 $2.775M $818K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence0.0Even-strength defence+0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.0

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.

-2-101232019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25Goals 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

34.8Corsi for %16 attempts for, 30 against
-12.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.4Expected goals for %1.0 expected for, 1.0 against
+5.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %2 for, 3 against
100.0PDO25.0% shooting + 75.0% saves
6Attempts 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
Vladislav Namestnikov · Alex Iafallo · David Gustafsson317:5341.956.72-2
Tyler Toffoli · Alex Iafallo · David Gustafsson13:3366.798.90-0
Alex Iafallo · David Gustafsson · Cole Perfetti11:110.00.00-0
Adam Lowry · Mason Appleton · David Gustafsson10:460.00.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 5 unblocked attempts
+0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.48 expected goals per 60 minutes14th
Shot quality 4.9% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.8 goals above expected68thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 74 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.2

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 18, 2024 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11:58
Apr 13, 2024 @ COL W 7-0 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 12:58
Apr 11, 2024 @ DAL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 4 14:13
Mar 28, 2024 vs VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 07:16
Mar 21, 2024 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:53
Mar 19, 2024 @ NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:14
Mar 17, 2024 @ CBJ W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:30
Mar 15, 2024 vs ANA W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:09
Mar 9, 2024 @ VAN L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:52
Mar 5, 2024 vs SEA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:55
Mar 3, 2024 @ BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:13
Mar 2, 2024 @ CAR W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 06:25
Dec 22, 2023 vs BOS W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:19
Dec 20, 2023 vs DET W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 12:19
Dec 18, 2023 vs MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:21
Dec 16, 2023 vs COL W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:08
Dec 13, 2023 @ LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:24
Dec 12, 2023 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:16
Dec 10, 2023 @ ANA W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 08:46
Dec 7, 2023 @ COL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:03
Dec 4, 2023 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:19
Dec 2, 2023 vs CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:37
Nov 28, 2023 vs DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:44
Nov 26, 2023 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:52
Nov 24, 2023 @ FLA W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:10
Nov 22, 2023 @ TBL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:15
Nov 18, 2023 vs ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:49
Nov 17, 2023 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:36
Nov 11, 2023 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:40
Nov 9, 2023 vs NSH W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:41
Nov 7, 2023 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:23
Nov 4, 2023 @ ARI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:04
Nov 2, 2023 @ VGK L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:40
Oct 30, 2023 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 08:38
Oct 28, 2023 @ MTL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:00
Oct 26, 2023 @ DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:23
Oct 24, 2023 vs STL W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 09:43
Oct 21, 2023 @ EDM W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:38
Oct 19, 2023 vs VGK L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:41