Erik Gustafsson

#56Defenseman6'0"190 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

SOG

0.0% SH

18:45

TOI/GP

D · DET · NHL id 8476979

Erik Gustafsson has played 2 games for the Detroit Red Wings in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 3 shots while averaging 18:45 a night (17:14 at even strength, 1:08 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 88% of his 5v5 minutes with Axel Sandin-Pellikka and 35% with Emmitt Finnie over the last 2 games, and the Red Wings have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Gustafsson on the ice (0-2 in goals, 54% offensive-zone starts). In the Red Wings' most recent game against COL he was on D2 with Axel Sandin-Pellikka and on PP1; added to PP1 in the last game.

Right now

From the Jan 31 game vs COL, detected from shift data

Pair

Axel Sandin-Pellikka

Power play

PP1

Patrick Kane Andrew Copp Alex DeBrincat Marco Kasper

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Added to PP1 in the last gameLast 2: D2 · D2/PP1

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

1 games shown, 20:06 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2024-25 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 2 GP in 2025-26; showing 2024-25 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed58th5921.8 mph

Bursts 20+ mph65th6531

Hardest shot79th8095.2 mph

Offensive-zone time90th9044.8%

Distance skated50th50147.7 mi

High-danger SOG55th563

Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2025-26 · 8 attempts, 3 on goal, 0 goals

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2025-26 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

Compare with another player →

2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played2
Goals0
Assists0
Points0
Power-play points0
Shorthanded points0
Shots on goal3
Hits2
Blocked shots1
Plus/minus−2
Penalty minutes2
Faceoffs won0

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Ice time per game18:45
Power-play time per game1:08
Power-play share46.1%
Ice-time share30.9%
Offensive-zone start %53.8%

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−1.60

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2024-25 regular season · 58 of 60 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.099
Season net: −1.41xG

Offensive TK/600.14 (2)

Offensive GV/600.42 (6)

Neutral TK/600.35 (5)

Neutral GV/600.84 (12)

Defensive TK/600.14 (2)

Defensive GV/603.65 (52)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.49
Attempts: 7
: 0.003

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: −0.94G
Per 60: −0.058
Drawn / taken: 5 / 10minors

Method Leaders

: 50.7%
: 48.1%
: 51.0%
Transition CF/60: 3.9
Turnovers won/60: 19.8
Turnovers lost/60: 22.2

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

67 shots on goal, 2 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	3%	21%	0
L Point	21%	6%	0
R Circle	1%	13%	0
Outside L	13%	5%	1
Center Point	13%	8%	1
L Circle	18%	13%	0
Outside R	1%	4%	0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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Moved up to D2 from D3Nov 2, 2024 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2May 5, 2024 alerts →
Moved up to D1 from D3Mar 19, 2024 alerts →
Moved up to D1 from D3Jan 26, 2024 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Dec 2, 2023 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Nov 4, 2023 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Jan 11, 2023 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Dec 23, 2022 alerts →

How his goals happened

8 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
Jan 12, 2025 vs SEA	Point shot	—	3	59.2	—
Jan 2, 2025 @ CBJ	Rebound	dump	0	71.9	rebound
Mar 11, 2024 vs NJD	Point shot	—	3*	57.7	—
Feb 18, 2024 @ NYI	Point shot	—	0	71.4	—
Jan 16, 2024 vs SEA	Rush	carry	0	68.6	—
Nov 4, 2023 @ MIN	Odd-man rush	carry	0	59.3	3-on-2
Oct 24, 2023 @ CGY	Cycle	—	0	14.1	—
Oct 14, 2023 @ CBJ	Deflection	—	0	26.9	deflection

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Gustafsson

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Gustafsson apart	CF% mate apart
Axel Sandin-Pellikka	D	2	27:35	88%	40.4%	0% (0-2)	63.6% 3:53	50.0% 1:41
Emmitt Finnie	C	2	10:54	35%	33.3%	0% (0-1)	50.0% 20:34	43.8% 13:54
Mason Appleton	C	2	10:38	34%	21.4%	0% (0-1)	52.3% 20:50	47.4% 12:47
J.T. Compher	LW	2	10:08	32%	31.3%	0% (0-1)	50.0% 21:20	50.0% 13:12
Patrick Kane	RW	2	9:36	31%	50.0%	— (0-0)	42.9% 21:52	41.7% 15:40
Marco Kasper	C	2	8:25	27%	63.2%	— (0-0)	35.9% 23:03	52.4% 15:53
Alex DeBrincat	RW	2	8:00	25%	68.4%	— (0-0)	33.3% 23:28	36.8% 17:16
Andrew Copp	C	2	7:30	24%	40.0%	0% (0-1)	46.5% 23:58	36.4% 14:24
Dylan Larkin	C	2	6:57	22%	36.4%	— (0-0)	46.8% 24:31	51.0% 20:33
Elmer Soderblom	LW	2	6:08	19%	33.3%	— (0-0)	46.9% 25:20	50.0% 15:25
Lucas Raymond	LW	2	5:29	17%	57.1%	— (0-0)	40.9% 25:59	50.0% 20:45
James van Riemsdyk	LW	2	4:49	15%	36.4%	0% (0-1)	46.8% 26:39	47.1% 11:56
Nate Danielson	C	1	3:30	11%	16.7%	0% (0-1)	38.9% 11:30	28.6% 4:48
Michael Rasmussen	C	1	2:03	7%	80.0%	— (0-0)	48.3% 14:25	71.4% 8:49

Game log

2 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Jan 31	vs COL	L 0-5	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	—	20:06	17:50	2:16	—
Nov 26	vs NSH	L 3-6	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1	—	17:23	16:37	—	—

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GA	GF%
All situations	2	37:29	18:45	33	33	50.0%	51.0%	15	13	2	0%	1.7	1.3	60%
Even strength	2	34:27	17:14	30	32	48.4%	48.9%	12	12	2	0%	1.5	1.3	57%
5v5	2	31:28	15:44	26	32	44.8%	45.2%	11	12	2	0%	1.3	1.3	54%
Power play	1	2:16	2:16	2	1	66.7%	66.7%	2	1	0	—	0.1	0.0	100%
4v4	2	2:59	1:30	4	0	100.0%	100.0%	1	0	0	—	0.2	0.0	100%
5v4	1	2:16	2:16	2	1	66.7%	66.7%	2	1	0	—	0.1	0.0	100%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2025-26	DET	2	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0.0%	2	1	18:45
2024-25	DET	60	2	16	18	-19	20	67	3.0%	28	44	16:19
2023-24Playoffs	NYR	16	0	3	3	-3	8	13	0.0%	32	16	18:09
2023-24	NYR	76	6	25	31	+3	35	93	6.5%	63	66	17:24
2022-23Playoffs	TOR	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3%	2	4	10:03
2022-23	TOR, WSH	70	7	35	42	+9	23	122	5.7%	52	63	19:46
2021-22	CHI	59	3	15	18	-4	14	79	3.8%	45	55	16:13
2020-21Playoffs	MTL	16	1	2	3	+3	0	8	12.5%	8	4	10:00
2020-21	MTL, PHI	29	1	11	12	-1	0	33	3.0%	21	21	16:43
2019-20	CGY, CHI	66	6	23	29	-9	27	103	5.8%	86	58	20:23
2018-19	CHI	79	17	43	60	-6	34	160	10.6%	100	115	22:35
2017-18	CHI	35	5	11	16	+1	6	71	7.0%	30	45	18:33

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Puck luck

Player analytics

Fantasy box score

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

How his goals happened

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

Erik Gustafsson news