Erik Gustafsson
Age 34 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 190 lb · Born Nynashamn, SWE
Drafted 2012, #93 overall by Edmonton
at Vegas · 10:00 PM ET2025-262025-26: 2 games, 0-0-0, 0.00 points per game Season detail →
Erik Gustafsson has 1 point in 2 games of 2026-27, after 0 points in 2 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample1 point in 2 games for the 31st-placed Los Angeles
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Los Angeles's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
5 attempts across the 1 game with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersDistance per 60 in the 80th percentile of defencemen: 8.92 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 18.75@
SJS3 Oct · 2nd 08:06 - 18.55vs
FLA6 Oct · 1st 05:57 - 18.54vsFLA6 Oct · 1st 17:13
- 18.53vsFLA6 Oct · 2nd 01:37
- 18.52vsFLA6 Oct · 3rd 16:12
- 18.34vsFLA6 Oct · 1st 12:21
- 18.28@SJS3 Oct · 1st 01:48
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 79.21@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 14:20
- 75.75@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 17:44
- 65.60@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 17:35
- 56.94@SJS3 Oct · 3rd 10:07
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.24vsFLA6 Oct · 14:59 TOI
- 2.55@SJS3 Oct · 17:15 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.40 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
The last ten games
FLAL 1-20000−114:59SJSW 5-4 OT0112+117:150 points in 2 games
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games.
Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Erik Gustafsson has 2.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Los Angeles's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
13 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed 20.47 mph, hardest shot 82.50 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Tracking percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Erik Gustafsson has 2.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
The last ten games
COLL 0-50001−120:06
NSHL 3-60002−117:23FLAL 1-20000−114:59SJSW 5-4 OT0112+117:15Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With Los Angeles
344th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTen seasons, with 8 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct