Gustav Forsling Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

Matthew Tkachuk is the partner who brings the best out of him

Forsling is at his best beside Tkachuk: 64.8% of the expected goals together against 51.6% apart.

140 minutes together, 1,291 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Brad Marchand

The pairing with Marchand is the one that costs him: 44.7% of the expected goals together, 55.2% apart.

253 minutes together, 1,178 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Ekblad is a different player beside him: 52.1% of the expected goals with Forsling, 40.4% without him.

1,044 minutes together, 143 minutes apart for Ekblad

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Marchand does better away from him: 52.0% of the expected goals apart against 44.7% together.

253 minutes together, 366 minutes apart

His linemates play better with him than without him, every time

9 of his 13 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Forsling than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Matthew Tkachuk are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Forsling and Tkachuk: 6.25 expected goals an hour.

140 minutes together at 5v5

Aaron Ekblad is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Ekblad than anyone: 1,044 minutes, worth 52.1% of the expected goals.

47 goals for, 53 against together

The goals go his team's way when A.J. Greer is out there with him

With Greer on the ice too, the Panthers have outscored opponents 20 to 9 at 5v5.

69.0% goal share over 276 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Matthew Tkachuk are out together

He gives up least beside Tkachuk: 3.39 expected goals against an hour.

140 minutes together at 5v5

Sam Bennett is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Bennett: 6.41 expected goals against an hour.

30 minutes together short-handed

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Bennett, Ekblad, Marchand and Verhaeghe: 38.6% of the expected goals.

4 goals for, 6 against over 60 minutes

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Forsling with Ekblad, Lundell, Luostarinen and Reinhart, 163 minutes at 5v5.

55.9% of the expected goals, 9 goals for and 9 against

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Ekblad, Lundell, Luostarinen and Reinhart: 55.9% of the expected goals over 163 minutes.

9 goals for, 9 against, 50.5% of the attempts

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Ekblad, Lundell and Reinhart: 6 goals against in 38 minutes.

9.45 against an hour, 5.4 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Forsling has played 45 different five-man units at 5v5, 6 of them for real minutes.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

13 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Forsling this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

Eetu Luostarinen is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 3 of Eetu Luostarinen's goals, 11.5% of his own assists.

2 primary, 1 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

46.2% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

12 primary of 26 assists

The goals go the wrong way when he is on the ice

The Panthers are down 34 goals with Forsling on the ice.

85 for, 119 against, 231st of 245 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 97.7, running cold and likely to correct.

9.6% shooting and 88.1% goaltending behind him, 199th of 246 defencemen

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Forsling's line owns 53.4% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,447 for, 1,261 against, 42nd of 246 defencemen

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 52.84 shot attempts an hour with Forsling on the ice at 5v5.

44th of 246 defencemen

His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

52.8% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Forsling is on.

678 for, 605 against, 50th of 246 defencemen

His line spends the night in the other team's end

At 5v5 the Panthers generate 53.0% of the expected goals with Forsling on the ice.

111.1 xGF to 98.6 xGA over 1,432 minutes, 51st of 246 defencemen

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 47.4% of the goals off 53.0% of the expected goals.

5.6 points of goal share below expectation

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Panthers create 4.66 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Forsling on.

66th of 246 defencemen

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 4.13 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

68th of 246 defencemen

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Panthers score 47.4% of the 5v5 goals with Forsling out there.

65 for, 72 against, 144th of 246 defencemen

The kill is about average with him on it

Short-handed he concedes 9.8 expected goals an hour.

34 goals against in 242 minutes, 69th of 156 defencemen

He is one of the players his coach trusts to kill penalties

He draws 3:06 of penalty kill time a game, 10th among defencemen.

13.4% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Forsling plays 22:37 a night, 40th among defencemen.

1,810 minutes across 80 games

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 1.96 times an hour.

815th most giveaways an hour

How he gets his points says what kind of player he is

Only 7.1% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

2 of 28 points with the man advantage

He gives the puck away more than he should

29 takeaways against 59 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.49 takeaways per giveaway

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.72 checks an hour.

727th in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 3.68 shots on goal an hour.

688th in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -5 on the season.

679th in the league

The goals have dried up for him this season

He scores 0.07 goals an hour of ice time.

736th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 1.69 penalty minutes an hour.

388th most penalty minutes an hour

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 3.25 shots an hour of ice time.

356th in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 0.96 times an hour.

358th in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Forsling produces 0.93 points an hour of ice time.

612th in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.86 assists an hour of ice time.

432nd in the league

His power play production is about league average

On the power play he produces 0.07 points an hour.

411th in the league

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

16.5% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

46 of 278 attempts, 221st of 241 defencemen

He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net

16.5% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

46 attempts from inside the home plate, 218th of 241 defencemen

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 44.5 feet.

278 located attempts, 206th of 241 defencemen

He gets almost nothing from long range

55.4% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

154 long-range attempts, 210th of 241 defencemen

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Forsling has taken 278 shot attempts this season.

110 on goal, 56 missed, 110 blocked, 49th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

21.2% of his attempts are the slap shot.

59 attempts, 1 goals

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

68.3% of his attempts come from the left side.

190 left, 58 middle, 30 right

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

66.7% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

112 of 168 unblocked, 71st of 241 defencemen

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

39.6% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

110 of 278 attempts, 163rd of 241 defencemen

He shoots about as often as anyone else

He fires 9.21 attempts an hour of ice time.

278 attempts in 1,810 minutes, 115th of 245 defencemen

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Joseph Woll has turned him away every time: 11 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Joseph Woll: 11 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Maple Leafs have held him without a goal on 18 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

J.J. Moser has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

He is not converting the chances he gets

Forsling has 2 goals off 7.9 expected: 5.9 short of what the chances say.

230th of 241 defencemen

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 1.8% of the shots he puts on goal.

2 goals on 112 shots, 205th of 241 defencemen

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 2.2% of his attempts.

1 goals on 46 close attempts, 112th of 221 defencemen

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