D · MIN · NHL id 8486166
Viking Gustafsson-Nyberg has played 2 games for the Minnesota Wild in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 0 shots while averaging 21:18 a night (16:06 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 4:14 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 84% of his 5v5 minutes with Matt Kiersted and 34% with Yakov Trenin over the last 2 games, and the Wild have controlled 43% of shot attempts with Gustafsson-Nyberg on the ice (3-2 in goals, 36% offensive-zone starts). In the Wild's most recent game against ANA he was on D3 with Matt Kiersted and off the power play; dropped to D3 (from D1) in the last game.
Right now
From the Apr 14 game vs ANA, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 20:20 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 2 GP in 2025-26: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.
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 · 1 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals · dots are equal size until the xG model lands
Shot map, OPP at MIN: 1 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals, 0.00 expected goals; best chance Viking Gustafsson-Nyberg at 0.00 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Shooting luck
2025-26 · goals versus shots until the expected-goals model fills in
A shooting percentage well above the player's own baseline usually comes back down; the Puck-Luck Band replaces this view once shot quality (xG) is available.
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
- Shots on goal0
- Hits2
- Blocked shots3
- Plus/minus+1
- Penalty minutes0
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)42.9%
- Fenwick (FF%)42.5%
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)46.0%
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Turnover Ledger /60+0.086
Usage
- Ice time per game21:18
- Offensive-zone start %36.4%
Special teams & discipline
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1096
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot57.0
- Offensive-zone time36.1%
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 1 of 2 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.021
- Season net
- −0.01xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.00
- Attempts
- 0
- 0.000
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Gustafsson-Nyberg
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Gustafsson-Nyberg apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Kiersted | D | 2 | 27:01 | 84% | 37.5% | 67% (2-1) | 66.7% 5:11 | 100.0% 1:47 |
| Yakov Trenin | C | 2 | 11:05 | 34% | 44.4% | 50% (1-1) | 41.9% 21:07 | 51.9% 11:49 |
| Michael McCarron | C | 2 | 10:09 | 32% | 62.5% | 50% (1-1) | 33.3% 22:03 | 53.6% 11:23 |
| Nico Sturm | C | 2 | 9:41 | 30% | 55.6% | — (0-0) | 40.0% 22:31 | 62.5% 10:06 |
| Bobby Brink | RW | 2 | 8:59 | 28% | 38.5% | 50% (1-1) | 44.4% 23:13 | 46.9% 17:11 |
| Hunter Haight | C | 2 | 8:18 | 26% | 41.7% | 50% (1-1) | 43.2% 23:54 | 58.3% 14:40 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | RW | 2 | 8:15 | 26% | 18.2% | 100% (1-0) | 50.0% 23:57 | 47.1% 17:53 |
| Nick Foligno | LW | 2 | 8:05 | 25% | 63.6% | 67% (2-1) | 36.8% 24:07 | 65.6% 14:32 |
| Danila Yurov | RW | 2 | 7:57 | 25% | 16.7% | 100% (1-0) | 51.4% 24:15 | 52.9% 18:10 |
| Marcus Johansson | LW | 2 | 7:17 | 23% | 50.0% | 50% (1-1) | 40.5% 24:55 | 59.1% 14:55 |
| Nicolas Aube-Kubel | RW | 2 | 5:49 | 18% | 36.4% | — (0-0) | 44.7% 26:23 | 32.0% 13:23 |
| Robby Fabbri | C | 2 | 5:46 | 18% | 41.7% | — (0-0) | 43.2% 26:26 | 37.9% 15:40 |
| Ben Jones | C | 2 | 5:13 | 16% | 40.0% | — (0-0) | 43.6% 26:59 | 42.3% 13:39 |
| Daemon Hunt | D | 1 | 2:42 | 8% | 60.0% | 50% (1-1) | 37.5% 14:02 | 63.2% 9:12 |
Game log
2 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14 | vs ANA | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | 20:38 | 15:28 | — | 3:14 |
| Apr 13 | @ STL | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 21:57 | 16:44 | — | 5:13 |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 2 | 42:35 | 21:18 | 23 | 48 | 32.4% | 32.2% | 13 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 50% | 1.5 | 3.1 | 29% |
| Even strength | 2 | 32:12 | 16:06 | 21 | 28 | 42.9% | 42.5% | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 1.3 | 1.5 | 36% |
| 5v5 | 2 | 32:12 | 16:06 | 21 | 28 | 42.9% | 42.5% | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 1.3 | 1.5 | 36% |
| Penalty kill | 2 | 8:27 | 4:14 | 1 | 15 | 6.3% | 7.1% | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 2 | 8:02 | 4:01 | 1 | 14 | 6.7% | 7.7% | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0% |
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 | MIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 3 | 21:18 |
Viking Gustafsson-Nyberg news
- Wild's Viking Gustafsson-Nyberg: Good to go for MondayCBS Sports
- Wild's Viking Gustafsson-Nyberg: Won't play in preseason openerCBS Sports
- Wild Defenseman Viking Gustafsson Nyberg Leaves Morning Skate EarlyThe Hockey News
- Viking Gustafsson Nyberg HomeNHL.com
- Gustafsson Nybergnhl.com
- Viking Gustafsson Nyberg Bio, Awards & Draft Infonhl.com
- Viking Gustafsson Nyberg Statsnhl.com
- Viking Gustafsson Nyberg debutThe New York Times
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
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.