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Gustav Forsling
Defenseman #42 Panthers $5.750M
Player Information

Gustav Forsling has 21 points (2 goals, 19 assists) in 57 games for the Florida Panthers this season.

Selected in the 5th round (No. 126) of the 2014 NHL Draft by the Vancouver Canucks, he has 213 points (59 goals, 154 assists) in 534 regular-season games for the Chicago Blackhawks and the Florida Panthers.

He also has 31 points (8 goals, 23 assists) in 84 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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  • Country: Country FlagSWE
    Age: 29.7 yrs (12.06.1996)
    Height / Weight: 185 cm / 90 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 126th in 2014
    Draft Team: Team logoVancouver Canucks
    Awards: Stanley Cup (2x)
Player Evaluation

The 29-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Panthers controlling 46% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Gustav Forsling is off the ice, the Panthers control 54% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 22% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 40% in the defensive zone.

  • 70

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 119th of 285 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 163rd of 285 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    -0.07
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.46
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    22.56
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.10
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.45
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.45
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.14
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    3.00
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    2.91
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.00
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    3.46
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4.01
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    0.60
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2.96
    26
    Takeaways/60
    1.10
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1.30
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.40
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    8.39
    512
Contract Information
Actual AAV: $5.750M
Player Contract Value: $2.800M
Remaining: 7 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2032 UFA
Age at the end: 37.1 yrs (12.06.1996)
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Gustav Forsling
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
29.01.2026 Team Logo Blues 1 0 1 1 -2 26:58 1 0.0% 0
31.01.2026 Team Logo Jets 1 0 1 1 1 24:26 1 0.0% 0
02.02.2026 Team Logo Sabres 1 0 0 0 -2 23:16 1 0.0% 0
04.02.2026 Team Logo Bruins 1 0 0 0 -1 30:48 0 2
05.02.2026 Team Logo Lightning 1 0 0 0 -2 18:41 4 0.0% 15
Total 5 0 2 2 -6 7 0.0% 17
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2016-17 Team Logo Blackhawks 38 2 3 5 3 14:49 48 4.2% 4
2017-18 Team Logo Blackhawks 41 3 10 13 -2 19:08 82 3.7% 8
2018-19 Team Logo Blackhawks 43 3 6 9 -9 17:04 57 5.3% 30
2020-21 Team Logo Panthers 43 5 12 17 17 19:56 94 5.3% 8
2021-22 Team Logo Panthers 71 10 27 37 41 21:13 145 6.9% 18
2022-23 Team Logo Panthers 82 13 28 41 19 23:25 209 6.2% 40
2023-24 Team Logo Panthers 79 10 29 39 56 22:08 160 6.2% 43
2024-25 Team Logo Panthers 80 11 20 31 33 22:56 195 5.6% 16
2025-26 Team Logo Panthers 57 2 19 21 -7 22:40 69 2.9% 41
Season Projection 82 3 27 30 -10 22:40 99 3.0% 59
Total 534 59 154 213 151 1059 5.6% 208
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2020-21 Team Logo Panthers 6 1 1 2 1 21:28 16 6.2% 0
2021-22 Team Logo Panthers 10 0 3 3 7 21:58 21 0.0% 4
2022-23 Team Logo Panthers 21 2 6 8 7 26:01 36 5.6% 10
2023-24 Team Logo Panthers 24 4 9 13 9 23:25 51 7.8% 12
2024-25 Team Logo Panthers 23 1 4 5 13 23:16 31 3.2% 8
Total 84 8 23 31 37 155 5.2% 34
Player Match
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Gustav Forsling Team Logo D 29.7 yrs 185 cm / 90 kg 0.37 0.40 61 75 $5.750M
88% Ryan Pulock Team Logo D 31.4 yrs 185 cm / 99 kg 0.41 0.38 59 74 $6.150M
86% Ivan Provorov Team Logo D 29.1 yrs 185 cm / 101 kg 0.36 0.40 63 74 $8.500M
86% Mike Matheson Team Logo D 32 yrs 188 cm / 88 kg 0.52 0.43 66 76 $4.875M
85% MacKenzie Weegar Team Logo D 32.1 yrs 183 cm / 93 kg 0.36 0.45 62 82 $6.250M
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