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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 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Sidney Crosby PIT · 84 P in 69 GP Jake Guentzel PIT · 84 P in 76 GP Kevin Fiala MIN · 85 P in 82 GP Vladimir Tarasenko STL · 82 P in 75 GP Matt Duchene NSH · 86 P in 78 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 5 0 4 4 2 2 9 6 0.80 $8.5M
15 seasons Career 867 358 402 760 15 381 2741 1263 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

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
69 42 42 84 12 22 226 112 1.22 18.6 18:06

Contract

$6MCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$71KCap dollars per point84 points in 69 games
$313KCap dollars per goal above replacement19.2 goals above replacement
$14.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$8.5MValueworth 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 716 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Nashville Predators on Jun 27, 2016, as an extension of the contract he was on: 6 years and $36M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2021-22, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $6M $6M $0 $6M
2017-18 $6M $6M $0 $6M
2018-19 $6M $6M $0 $6M
2019-20 $6M $6M $0 $6M
2020-21 $6M $6M $0 $6M
2021-22 $6M $6M $0 $6M

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+19.2Goals above replacement11th of 723 skaters, 10th of 481 forwards
+3.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+15.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 481 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+7.7 94th percentileEven-strength defence+3.0 95th percentilePower play+3.0 96th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 48th percentilePenalties+2.1 93rd 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.

-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

52.3Corsi for %943 attempts for, 860 against
+3.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.8Expected goals for %44.0 expected for, 36.2 against
+6.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
57.3Goals for %59 for, 44 against
102.6PDO11.9% shooting + 90.7% saves
272Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 636 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
Matt Duchene · Mikael Granlund · Filip Forsberg59485:4053.456.334-21
Matt Duchene · Ryan Johansen · Filip Forsberg39235:4352.352.316-13
Ryan Johansen · Filip Forsberg · Philip Tomasino1046:5253.350.81-1
Filip Forsberg · Colton Sissons · Tanner Jeannot1129:4552.553.42-2

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.

40Goalsnot counting empty-netters
25.3Expected goalsfrom 331 unblocked attempts
+14.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.21 expected goals per 60 minutes94th
Shot quality 7.6% chance per attempt33rd
Finishing +14.7 goals above expected99thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 451 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

010203040Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 40Expected 25.3

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 29, 2022 @ ARI L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 19:19
Apr 28, 2022 @ COL W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 5 2 19:36
Apr 26, 2022 vs CGY L 4-5 (OT) 2 0 2 0 0 6 1 19:49
Apr 24, 2022 vs MIN L 4-5 (OT) 1 2 3 0 0 2 2 21:01
Apr 23, 2022 @ TBL L 2-6 0 1 1 -1 2 1 2 17:04
Apr 19, 2022 vs CGY W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 5 2 20:22
Apr 17, 2022 vs STL L 3-8 0 1 1 -4 0 8 5 17:09
Apr 16, 2022 vs CHI W 4-3 0 2 2 0 0 7 4 15:54
Apr 14, 2022 vs EDM L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:32
Apr 12, 2022 vs SJS W 1-0 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 5 3 21:10
Apr 10, 2022 @ PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 18:38
Apr 9, 2022 vs FLA L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 20:19
Apr 7, 2022 @ OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 17:25
Apr 5, 2022 vs MIN W 6-2 0 3 3 2 0 4 1 17:29
Apr 1, 2022 @ BUF L 3-4 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 19:03
Mar 29, 2022 vs OTT W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 15:37
Mar 27, 2022 vs PHI W 5-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 17:30
Mar 24, 2022 @ VGK L 1-6 1 0 1 -2 0 5 3 17:56
Mar 22, 2022 @ LAK L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:50
Mar 21, 2022 @ ANA W 6-3 2 3 5 1 0 5 0 16:35
Mar 19, 2022 vs TOR W 6-3 1 1 2 0 0 4 4 16:57
Mar 17, 2022 @ PHI L 4-5 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 16:13
Mar 15, 2022 vs PIT W 4-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 5 17:17
Mar 13, 2022 @ MIN W 6-2 2 1 3 0 0 2 2 16:27
Mar 12, 2022 vs STL L 4-7 1 1 2 0 0 5 4 17:23
Mar 10, 2022 vs ANA W 4-1 1 2 3 2 0 2 1 16:16
Mar 8, 2022 vs DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 18:12
Mar 5, 2022 @ SJS W 8-0 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 13:08
Mar 2, 2022 @ SEA L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 19:40
Feb 26, 2022 vs TBL L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 20:27
Feb 24, 2022 vs DAL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 19:06
Feb 22, 2022 @ FLA W 6-4 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 19:14
Feb 18, 2022 @ CAR L 3-5 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 18:10
Feb 15, 2022 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 6 4 19:40
Feb 12, 2022 vs WPG L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 19:20
Feb 9, 2022 @ DAL L 3-4 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 20:20
Feb 1, 2022 vs VAN W 4-2 2 0 2 1 0 5 4 18:21
Jan 27, 2022 @ EDM L 2-3 (SO) 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 17:39
Jan 25, 2022 @ SEA W 4-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 17:25
Jan 22, 2022 vs DET W 4-1 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 15:57
Jan 20, 2022 vs WPG W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 18:07
Jan 18, 2022 vs VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 4 3 17:54
Jan 17, 2022 @ STL L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 20:09
Jan 6, 2022 @ LAK W 4-2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 15:42
Jan 4, 2022 @ VGK W 3-2 2 0 2 1 0 4 5 15:29
Jan 1, 2022 vs CHI W 6-1 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 17:16
Dec 30, 2021 @ CBJ L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 18:21
Dec 29, 2021 @ WSH L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 18:29
Dec 17, 2021 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 21:08
Dec 16, 2021 vs COL W 5-2 2 1 3 3 0 3 1 19:33
Dec 12, 2021 @ NYR W 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 16:28
Dec 10, 2021 @ NJD W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17:56
Dec 9, 2021 @ NYI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 17:24
Dec 7, 2021 @ DET W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 19:21
Dec 4, 2021 vs MTL W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 22:57
Dec 2, 2021 vs BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 20:13
Nov 30, 2021 vs CBJ W 6-0 4 0 4 3 0 4 0 15:37
Nov 27, 2021 @ COL L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 16:45
Nov 26, 2021 vs NJD W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 17:25
Nov 24, 2021 vs VGK L 2-5 2 0 2 -1 0 3 1 16:50
Nov 2, 2021 @ CGY W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:24
Oct 30, 2021 vs NYI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 21:12
Oct 26, 2021 vs SJS W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:18
Oct 24, 2021 @ MIN W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 16:37
Oct 23, 2021 @ WPG L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:46
Oct 21, 2021 vs NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:47
Oct 19, 2021 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:57
Oct 16, 2021 vs CAR L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 0 3 2 20:42
Oct 14, 2021 vs SEA L 3-4 0 2 2 -1 2 1 1 18:28