Florida Panthers · #42 · Defence

Gustav Forsling

Age 30 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 199 lb · Born Linkoping, SWE

Drafted 2014, #126 overall by Vancouver

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Games32026-27 · missed 1 Small sample
Goals1T-3rd on FLA
Assists0T-8th on FLA
Points1T-6th on FLA
P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL
Shots425.0% shooting
TOI / GP21:294th on FLA

2025-262025-26: 80 games, 2-26-28, 0.35 points per game Season detail →

Gustav Forsling has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 28 points in 80 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

1 point in 3 games for the 4th-placed Florida

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Shooting %25.0%91st
Goals / 600.9390th
Ice time21:2978th
Blocked shots567th
Shots / GP1.3366th
Takeaways161st
Hits361st
Points / GP0.3360th
PP points042nd
Assists / 600.0026th
Penalty differential−26th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.30.31–3

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-6th on FLA
Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists0T-8th on FLA
Shooting %25.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time21:294th on FLA
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Ice time and special teams

A top-pair defenceman who kills penalties

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Florida's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength16:50
Power play0:58
Shorthanded3:41
Total21:29

26.3 shifts a game, averaging 49 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on FLA
PP assists0T-3rd on FLA
PP points0T-4th on FLA · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-4th on FLA

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Florida total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every FLA PPG
PP TOI share9.6%of FLA PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

1 of 1 goal broke a tie

How the 1 goal and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals1T-1st on FLA
Overtime goals11st on FLA
First goal of the game1
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd0
3rd0
Overtime1

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading0
Trailing0

1 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Florida trailing.

Assists at 5-on-5

Primary0
Secondary0

Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.93
Goals / 600.93
Shots / 603.7
ES points / 601.191 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point, goals from the point

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot3 att · 0 G
Wing3 att · 0 G
Point5 att · 1 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

11 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.1527th
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.9
Unblocked attempts5
xG per attempt.014
ixG per 600.06

2026-27 · 3 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 leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Top speed in the 97th percentile of defencemen: 22.07 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 percentile among NHL defencemen

22+ mph bursts198th
Top speed, mph22.0797th
Average shot, mph74.284th
Hardest shot, mph88.6179th
20+ mph bursts264th
Defensive-zone time39.2%64th
Offensive-zone time42.2%60th
Distance skated, mi8.754th
90+ mph shots042nd
Distance / 60, mi8.1214th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph22.07Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph88.61Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated8.7 mi3.17 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts34.0%38.3% defensive · 27.7% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

42.5%All situations39.7%
43.8%Even strength37.1%
38.9%Power play39.6%
36.9%Shorthanded52.8%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 22.07@CAR29 Sep · OT 01:05
  2. 20.83@CAR29 Sep · 2nd 17:55
  3. 19.96@CAR29 Sep · OT 04:27
  4. 19.73@CAR29 Sep · 2nd 17:46
  5. 19.66@CAR29 Sep · OT 04:20
  6. 19.61@ANA4 Oct · 3rd 13:59
  7. 18.80@CAR29 Sep · 1st 10:31
  8. 18.59@ANA4 Oct · 2nd 03:38

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph1 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph1 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph15 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 88.61@CAR29 Sep · OT 04:55
  2. 85.23@ANA4 Oct · 2nd 03:30
  3. 82.76@CAR29 Sep · 3rd 19:08
  4. 73.62@ANA4 Oct · 1st 16:31
  5. 72.05@CAR29 Sep · 1st 05:40
  6. 65.72@CAR29 Sep · 2nd 17:48
  7. 48.99@ANA4 Oct · 3rd 04:41

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph4 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph2 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.79@LAK6 Oct · 21:22 TOI
  2. 2.76@ANA4 Oct · 20:25 TOI
  3. 3.17@CAR29 Sep · 22:40 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.91 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways1T-3rd on FLA
Giveaways3
TK / GV ratio0.33
Hits3T-13th on FLA
Blocked shots5T-3rd on FLA

Discipline

Penalty minutes4
Minors2
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties−2drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Minnesota, a point in one of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
26 Mar 2026vsMINL 2-30110020:46
24 Jan 2026@MINW 4-3 OT0000+127:16

Contract

$5.75M a season through 2031-32

In 2025-26 he scored 4.9 points per $1M of cap hit, 112th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$5.75M5.5% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 3 of 8
Expires2031-32UFA at 36
Cap value$46MCap hit × 8 years

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 1 Oct 2026.


With Florida

Seven seasons · 2020-21 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

23rd 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.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points19423rd for Florida
Goals5234th
Assists14219th
Games played43817th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Ten seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2016-17CHI382350.134.2%
2017-18CHI41310130.323.7%
2018-19CHI433690.215.3%
2020-21FLA43512170.405.3%
2021-22FLA711027370.526.9%
2022-23FLA821328410.506.2%
2023-24FLA791029390.496.3%
2024-25FLA801120310.395.6%
2025-26FLA80226280.351.8%
2026-27FLA11011.0050.0%
Career558601612210.405.4%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2014Vancouver · round 5#126

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · FLA points

Games84
Goals8
Points310.37 P/GP
Game-winning goals3
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct