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Filip Forsberg

#9 · Left wing · Nashville Predators

Born Aug 13, 1994 in Ostervala, SWE (age 32) · 6'1", 205 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 11th overall in 2012 by WSH (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Laferriere LAK · 3 P in 3 GP Alex Tuch WSH · 3 P in 3 GP Artemi Panarin LAK · 3 P in 3 GP Bo Horvat NYI · 3 P in 3 GP Brandon Hagel TBL · 3 P in 3 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.

0204060802012-13: 1 points112-132013-14: 5 points52014-15: 63 points6314-152015-16: 64 points642016-17: 58 points5816-172017-18: 64 points642018-19: 50 points5018-192019-20: 48 points482020-21: 32 points3220-212021-22: 84 points842022-23: 42 points4222-232023-24: 94 points942024-25: 76 points7624-252025-26: 75 points752026-27: 3 points326-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 NSH 5 0 1 1 -5 0 14 3 0.20 $925K
2013-14 NSH 13 1 4 5 -8 4 20 6 0.38 $894K
2014-15 NSH 82 26 37 63 15 24 237 108 0.77 $894K
2015-16 NSH 82 33 31 64 1 47 247 114 0.78 $894K
2016-17 NSH 82 31 27 58 -4 32 234 97 0.71 $6M
2017-18 NSH 67 26 38 64 27 38 179 86 0.96 $6M
2018-19 NSH 64 28 22 50 8 26 217 100 0.78 $6M
2019-20 NSH 63 21 27 48 -7 29 198 82 0.76 $6M
2020-21 NSH 39 12 20 32 -9 16 129 47 0.82 $6M
2021-22 NSH 69 42 42 84 12 22 226 112 1.22 $6M
2022-23 NSH 50 19 23 42 -4 20 157 86 0.84 $8.5M
2023-24 NSH 82 48 46 94 16 43 347 141 1.15 $8.5M
2024-25 NSH 82 31 45 76 -27 44 281 151 0.93 $8.5M
2025-26 NSH 82 40 35 75 -2 34 246 124 0.91 $8.5M
2026-27 NSH 3 0 3 3 1 0 5 4 1.00 $8.5M
15 seasons Career 865 358 401 759 14 379 2737 1261 0.88

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 NSH 6 4 2 6 1 4 22 15 1.00
2015-16 NSH 14 2 2 4 -11 2 38 32 0.29
2016-17 NSH 22 9 7 16 14 14 71 29 0.73
2017-18 NSH 13 7 9 16 2 2 58 23 1.23
2018-19 NSH 6 1 1 2 -2 6 18 9 0.33
2019-20 NSH 4 3 2 5 1 2 23 10 1.25
2020-21 NSH 6 2 1 3 0 4 21 10 0.50
2021-22 NSH 4 1 0 1 -1 6 13 8 0.25
2023-24 NSH 6 2 4 6 0 2 17 18 1.00
9 seasons Playoffs 81 31 28 59 4 42 281 154 0.73

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
3 0 3 3 1 0 5 4 1.00 0.0 20:43

Contract

$8.5MCap hitends in 2030, then UFA
$2.833MCap dollars per point3 points in 3 games
$750KCap dollars per goal above replacement11.3 goals above replacement, projected
$11.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.1MValueworth 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 647 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Nashville Predators on Jul 9, 2022, as an extension of the contract he was on: 8 years and $68M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2029-30, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $8.5M $10M $0 $10M NMC
2023-24 $8.5M $10M $0 $10M NMC
2024-25 $8.5M $10M $0 $10M NMC
2025-26 $8.5M $10M $0 $10M NMC
2026-27 $8.5M $4.5M $3M $7.5M NMC
2027-28 $8.5M $4M $3M $7M NMC
2028-29 $8.5M $4M $3M $7M M-NTC, NMC
2029-30 $8.5M $3.5M $3M $6.5M M-NTC, NMC

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 9, 2022 Nashville Predators Extension 2022-23 to 2029-30 8 $68M $8.5M
Jun 27, 2016 Nashville Predators Extension 2016-17 to 2021-22 6 $36M $6M
Jul 16, 2012 Washington Capitals Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 signed for 2012-13, slid 3 $4.475M $894K

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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 3 games (+0.5 goals above replacement), plus the 81 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+11.3Goals above replacement45th of 647 skaters, 35th of 422 forwards
+1.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+6.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 422 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+6.2 94th percentileEven-strength defence-1.9 16th percentilePower play+1.6 91st percentilePenalty kill-0.1 24th percentilePenalties+1.0 79th 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.

-5051015202012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

48.9Corsi for %43 attempts for, 45 against
+7.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.3Expected goals for %2.1 expected for, 2.4 against
-0.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
60.0Goals for %3 for, 2 against
110.9PDO20.0% shooting + 90.9% saves
10Attempts 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
Filip Forsberg · Nils Hoglander · Matthew Wood320:1664.957.81-1
Filip Forsberg · Jack Drury · Adam Edstrom37:3425.08.00-0
Steven Stamkos · Ryan O'Reilly · Filip Forsberg37:018.33.30-0
Jonathan Marchessault · Filip Forsberg · Mavrik Bourque33:5928.68.60-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 8 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.70 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 9.1% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.7Goals 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 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
Oct 6, 2026 @ TOR L 4-5 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 21:00
Oct 3, 2026 vs DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:40
Oct 1, 2026 vs MIN L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 19:29