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Erik Gustafsson

#26 · Defence · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Dec 15, 1988 in Kvissleby, SWE · 5'10", 180 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ben Lovejoy PIT · 5 P in 34 GP Steven Kampfer MIN · 5 P in 23 GP Keaton Ellerby FLA · 5 P in 40 GP Steve Eminger NYR · 5 P in 42 GP Mike Komisarek TOR · 5 P in 45 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02468102010-11: 0 points010-112011-12: 5 points511-122012-13: 8 points812-132013-14: 10 points1013-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 PHI 3 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 0.00
2011-12 PHI 30 1 4 5 12 2 18 9 0.17
2012-13 PHI 27 3 5 8 -1 2 36 15 0.30
2013-14 PHI 31 2 8 10 7 6 30 11 0.32
4 seasons Career 91 6 17 23 17 14 86 35 0.25

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 PHI 7 1 1 2 4 2 9 3 0.29
2013-14 PHI 2 1 0 1 0 2 5 1 0.50
2 seasons Playoffs 9 2 1 3 4 4 14 4 0.33

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
30 1 4 5 12 2 18 9 0.17 5.6 16:48

2011-12 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacement516th of 680 skaters, 166th of 235 defencemen
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 235 ranked defencemen: 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-1.7 35th percentileEven-strength defence-0.3 49th percentilePower play-0.2 41st percentilePenalty kill0.0 46th percentilePenalties+0.4 81st 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 defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-1012342010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals 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

50.7Corsi for %414 attempts for, 402 against
+0.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Expected goals for %17.3 expected for, 17.5 against
-2.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
61.0Goals for %25 for, 16 against
104.6PDO11.8% shooting + 92.8% saves
52Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 557 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrej Meszaros · Erik Gustafsson15141:0155.851.36-7
Matt Carle · Erik Gustafsson20120:3046.045.28-5
Andreas Lilja · Erik Gustafsson970:5936.038.23-0
Pavel Kubina · Erik Gustafsson336:5757.559.82-2

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.8Expected goalsfrom 33 unblocked attempts
+0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.09 expected goals per 60 minutes12th
Shot quality 2.4% chance per attempt12th
Finishing +0.2 goals above expected65thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 233 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Goals 1Expected 0.8

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. 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
Mar 29, 2012 @ TOR W 7-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 17:15
Mar 26, 2012 vs TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:16
Mar 24, 2012 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:58
Mar 18, 2012 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:51
Mar 17, 2012 @ BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:49
Mar 15, 2012 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:30
Mar 13, 2012 vs NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:42
Mar 11, 2012 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:03
Mar 10, 2012 @ TOR W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22:08
Mar 8, 2012 vs FLA W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18:37
Mar 6, 2012 vs DET W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:45
Mar 4, 2012 @ WSH W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:24
Feb 16, 2012 vs BUF W 7-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:33
Feb 12, 2012 @ DET L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:42
Feb 11, 2012 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:00
Feb 9, 2012 vs TOR W 4-3 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 14:45
Feb 7, 2012 vs NYI L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:08
Feb 5, 2012 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:34
Jan 31, 2012 vs WPG L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:10
Jan 24, 2012 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:44
Jan 22, 2012 vs BOS L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:33
Jan 21, 2012 @ NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:27
Jan 19, 2012 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:49
Jan 17, 2012 vs MIN W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:11
Jan 14, 2012 @ NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:41
Nov 5, 2011 vs CBJ W 9-2 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 23:00
Nov 3, 2011 vs NJD L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18:57
Nov 2, 2011 @ BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:43
Oct 29, 2011 vs CAR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:31
Oct 27, 2011 vs WPG L 8-9 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 16:13