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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 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Linden Vey LAK · 5 P in 18 GP Tye McGinn PHI · 5 P in 18 GP Chris Conner PIT · 5 P in 19 GP Jason Zucker MIN · 5 P in 21 GP Raffi Torres SJS · 5 P in 5 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: 4 points426-27

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 4 0 4 4 3 0 8 5 1.00 $8.5M
15 seasons Career 866 358 402 760 16 379 2740 1262 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

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
13 1 4 5 -8 4 20 6 0.38 5.0 11:24

Contract

$894KCap hitends in 2016, then RFA
$179KCap dollars per point5 points in 13 games

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Signed by the Washington Capitals on Jul 16, 2012, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $4.475M, beginning in 2013-14. It runs through 2015-16, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2013-14 $894K $833K $93K $300K $925K
2014-15 $894K $833K $93K $700K $925K
2015-16 $894K $833K $0 $700K $833K

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 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 analytics

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.7Even-strength defence+0.1Power play-0.1Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.1

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-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

46.8Corsi for %94 attempts for, 107 against
+0.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.0Expected goals for %3.2 expected for, 4.1 against
-7.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
10.0Goals for %1 for, 9 against
89.2PDO2.0% shooting + 87.1% saves
31Attempts 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
David Legwand · Eric Nystrom · Filip Forsberg645:5050.047.20-2
Eric Nystrom · Nick Spaling · Filip Forsberg318:5941.249.70-0
David Legwand · Viktor Stalberg · Filip Forsberg311:5356.344.20-1
Rich Clune · Filip Forsberg · Colton Sissons14:3420.020.90-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.4Expected goalsfrom 29 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.57 expected goals per 60 minutes30th
Shot quality 4.9% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected49thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Expected 1.4Goals 1

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 23, 2014 @ CHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 07:59
Nov 15, 2013 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:48
Nov 6, 2013 @ COL W 6-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 06:42
Nov 2, 2013 @ LAK W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 05:07
Oct 26, 2013 vs STL L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:10
Oct 24, 2013 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 11:07
Oct 20, 2013 @ WPG W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:46
Oct 19, 2013 @ MTL W 2-1 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 11:21
Oct 17, 2013 vs LAK L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:06
Oct 15, 2013 vs FLA W 4-3 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 15:26
Oct 12, 2013 vs NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:15
Oct 10, 2013 vs TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 13:51
Oct 8, 2013 vs MIN W 3-2 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 15:38