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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jason Pominville MIN · 54 P in 82 GP Jonathan Huberdeau FLA · 54 P in 79 GP Bobby Ryan OTT · 54 P in 78 GP Eric Staal CAR · 54 P in 77 GP Ryan Callahan TBL · 54 P in 77 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 27 27 54 -11 26 195 43 0.66 13.8 16:39

Contract

$950KCap hitends in 2015
$18KCap dollars per point54 points in 82 games
$133KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.1 goals above replacement
$4.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.9MValueworth 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 649 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, so this is its last season.

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+7.1Goals above replacement125th of 665 skaters, 91st of 432 forwards
+1.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence+0.2 53rd percentileEven-strength defence-1.0 26th percentilePower play+1.6 94th percentilePenalty kill0.0 32nd percentilePenalties+2.6 97th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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

53.1Corsi for %930 attempts for, 820 against
-0.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.2Expected goals for %37.5 expected for, 35.8 against
-2.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
46.7Goals for %35 for, 40 against
99.1PDO7.3% shooting + 91.9% saves
246Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henrik Zetterberg · Justin Abdelkader · Gustav Nyquist37311:4353.956.313-10
Gustav Nyquist · Tomas Tatar · Riley Sheahan27142:3755.257.65-3
Henrik Zetterberg · Johan Franzen · Gustav Nyquist22129:1048.546.45-6
Johan Franzen · Darren Helm · Gustav Nyquist962:1548.732.22-5

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.

27Goalsnot counting empty-netters
20.2Expected goalsfrom 252 unblocked attempts
+6.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.89 expected goals per 60 minutes83rd
Shot quality 8.0% chance per attempt73rd
Finishing +6.8 goals above expected94thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01020Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 27Expected 20.2

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 this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 2015 @ CAR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:19
Apr 9, 2015 @ MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:17
Apr 7, 2015 vs CAR W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 16:38
Apr 5, 2015 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15:57
Apr 4, 2015 @ MIN W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:10
Apr 2, 2015 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:28
Mar 31, 2015 vs OTT L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 18:25
Mar 29, 2015 @ NYI L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:25
Mar 28, 2015 vs TBL W 4-0 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 14:29
Mar 26, 2015 vs SJS L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:56
Mar 24, 2015 vs ARI L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 17:40
Mar 22, 2015 vs STL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15:43
Mar 20, 2015 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:01
Mar 19, 2015 @ FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 18:13
Mar 15, 2015 @ PIT W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:17
Mar 14, 2015 @ PHI L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 15:58
Mar 12, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 16:30
Mar 9, 2015 vs EDM W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14:04
Mar 8, 2015 @ BOS L 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 6 2 18:56
Mar 6, 2015 vs CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:31
Mar 4, 2015 vs NYR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:11
Feb 28, 2015 @ NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:52
Feb 26, 2015 @ SJS W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:27
Feb 24, 2015 @ LAK L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:03
Feb 23, 2015 @ ANA L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 15:23
Feb 21, 2015 @ DAL W 7-6 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 14:32
Feb 18, 2015 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:00
Feb 16, 2015 vs MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 16:19
Feb 14, 2015 vs WPG L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 18:44
Feb 11, 2015 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:26
Feb 7, 2015 @ ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 2 5 0 15:49
Feb 5, 2015 @ COL W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15:54
Jan 31, 2015 vs NYI W 4-1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 13:33
Jan 29, 2015 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:56
Jan 27, 2015 @ FLA W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 14:13
Jan 20, 2015 vs MIN W 5-4 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 16:29
Jan 18, 2015 vs BUF W 6-4 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 16:22
Jan 17, 2015 vs NSH W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 14:16
Jan 15, 2015 @ STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:49
Jan 13, 2015 @ BUF W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 16:15
Jan 10, 2015 @ WSH L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 18:29
Jan 7, 2015 @ CGY W 3-2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 14:58
Jan 6, 2015 @ EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 16:55
Jan 3, 2015 @ VAN L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 15:18
Dec 31, 2014 vs NJD W 3-1 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 15:48
Dec 29, 2014 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 15:54
Dec 27, 2014 @ OTT W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 16:12
Dec 23, 2014 vs BUF W 6-3 0 3 3 -2 0 2 1 17:07
Dec 21, 2014 vs COL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:00
Dec 19, 2014 vs NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:04
Dec 16, 2014 vs CBJ L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 18:30
Dec 13, 2014 @ TOR L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 15:02
Dec 12, 2014 vs FLA L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 18:11
Dec 10, 2014 vs TOR L 1-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 7 1 19:19
Dec 7, 2014 @ CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:54
Dec 6, 2014 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 17:13
Dec 4, 2014 vs DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:19
Dec 2, 2014 vs FLA L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 17:21
Nov 30, 2014 vs VAN W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:02
Nov 28, 2014 @ NJD W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 18:16
Nov 26, 2014 vs PHI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 16:38
Nov 24, 2014 vs OTT W 4-3 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 19:54
Nov 22, 2014 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 2 4 0 17:02
Nov 20, 2014 @ WPG W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 16:16
Nov 18, 2014 @ CBJ W 5-0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 19:59
Nov 16, 2014 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:37
Nov 14, 2014 vs CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 15:05
Nov 9, 2014 vs TBL L 3-4 (SO) 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 19:03
Nov 7, 2014 vs NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 18:56
Nov 5, 2014 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:50
Nov 4, 2014 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18:22
Nov 2, 2014 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:24
Oct 31, 2014 vs LAK W 5-2 2 1 3 -1 2 2 0 15:23
Oct 29, 2014 @ WSH W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:26
Oct 25, 2014 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:41
Oct 23, 2014 vs PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 18:11
Oct 21, 2014 @ MTL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:27
Oct 18, 2014 vs TOR W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 19:26
Oct 17, 2014 @ TOR W 4-1 1 1 2 3 0 3 1 16:57
Oct 15, 2014 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 15:37
Oct 11, 2014 vs ANA L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 16:29
Oct 9, 2014 vs BOS W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 12:46