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Erik Gudbranson has 0 points (0 goals, 0 assists) in 4 games for the Columbus Blue Jackets this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 3) of the 2010 NHL Draft by the Florida Panthers, he has 137 points (34 goals, 103 assists) in 809 regular-season games for the Florida Panthers, the Vancouver Canucks, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Anaheim Ducks, the Ottawa Senators, the Nashville Predators, the Calgary Flames and the Columbus Blue Jackets.

He also has 2 points (1 goals, 1 assists) in 31 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 34 yrs (07.01.1992)
    Height / Weight: 196 cm / 100 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 3rd in 2010
    Draft Team: Team logoFlorida Panthers
    Awards: -
    Injury: Week to Week with Hip Injury
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The 34-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Blue Jackets controlling 40% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Erik Gudbranson is off the ice, the Blue Jackets control 52% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 13% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 44% in the defensive zone.

  • 57

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 213th of 283 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 269th of 283 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    -0.12
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.40
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    17.77
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.00
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.21
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.63
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.07
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    2.59
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3.59
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.00
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    3.90
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.80
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    0.63
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    4.01
    26
    Takeaways/60
    0.63
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1.69
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.44
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
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Actual AAV: $4.000M
Player Contract Value: $0.800M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 UFA
Age at the end: 35.5 yrs (07.01.1992)
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Erik Gudbranson
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
09.10.2025 Team Logo Predators 1 0 0 0 -1 16:10 2 0.0% 0
11.10.2025 Team Logo Wild 1 0 0 0 1 11:28 0 4
24.10.2025 Team Logo Capitals 1 0 0 0 -1 17:23 0 0
25.10.2025 Team Logo Penguins 1 0 0 0 -1 14:18 1 0.0% 2
Total 4 0 0 0 -2 3 0.0% 6
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2011-12 Team Logo Panthers 72 2 6 8 -19 14:11 76 2.6% 78
2012-13 Team Logo Panthers 32 0 4 4 -22 18:45 49 0.0% 47
2013-14 Team Logo Panthers 65 3 6 9 -7 17:58 92 3.3% 114
2014-15 Team Logo Panthers 76 4 9 13 -4 18:37 110 3.6% 58
2015-16 Team Logo Panthers 64 2 7 9 3 20:07 73 2.7% 49
2016-17 Team Logo Canucks 30 1 5 6 -14 20:19 40 2.5% 18
2017-18 Team Logo Canucks 52 2 3 5 -7 18:25 53 3.8% 35
2018-19 Team Logo Canucks 57 2 6 8 -27 17:58 72 2.8% 83
2018-19 Team Logo Penguins 19 0 2 2 7 18:58 22 0.0% 4
2019-20 Team Logo Penguins 7 0 0 0 0 15:10 2 0.0% 4
2019-20 Team Logo Ducks 44 4 5 9 0 20:01 76 5.3% 91
2020-21 Team Logo Senators 36 1 2 3 -13 18:04 53 1.9% 47
2020-21 Team Logo Predators 9 0 1 1 1 17:15 5 0.0% 12
2021-22 Team Logo Flames 78 6 11 17 15 18:07 129 4.7% 68
2022-23 Team Logo Blue Jackets 70 1 12 13 -24 21:18 102 1.0% 57
2023-24 Team Logo Blue Jackets 78 6 20 26 -14 19:40 91 6.6% 74
2024-25 Team Logo Blue Jackets 16 0 4 4 1 17:46 12 0.0% 6
2025-26 Team Logo Blue Jackets 4 0 0 0 -2 14:50 3 0.0% 6
Season Projection 43 0 0 0 -22 14:50 32 0.0% 64
Total 809 34 103 137 -126 1060 3.2% 851
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2011-12 Team Logo Panthers 7 0 0 0 -2 17:07 5 0.0% 8
2015-16 Team Logo Panthers 6 0 0 0 -2 26:53 7 0.0% 2
2018-19 Team Logo Penguins 4 1 0 1 0 16:13 2 50.0% 2
2020-21 Team Logo Predators 2 0 0 0 -1 12:58 4 0.0% 0
2021-22 Team Logo Flames 12 0 1 1 -1 18:01 22 0.0% 0
Total 31 1 1 2 -6 40 2.5% 12
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Erik Gudbranson Team Logo D 34 yrs 196 cm / 100 kg 0.00 0.17 55 59 $4.000M
85% Alec Regula Team Logo D 25.4 yrs 193 cm / 95 kg 0.12 0.08 52 61 $0.775M
83% Victor Mancini Team Logo D 23.6 yrs 191 cm / 103 kg 0.00 0.22 57 61 $0.870M
82% Haydn Fleury Team Logo D 29.5 yrs 193 cm / 93 kg 0.00 0.14 50 58 $0.950M
81% Arber Xhekaj Team Logo D 24.9 yrs 193 cm / 108 kg 0.05 0.15 50 56 $1.300M
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