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Filip Forsberg

Position	Left Wing	Current Team	Nashville Predators
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	8 years
Height	6'1"	Expires	2029-30
Weight (lbs)	205	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	35
Age	31 (Aug 13, 1994)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2012, Round 1, Overall 11 (WSH)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 9, 2022	Nashville Predators	Signed 8 years @ $8.500M AAV starting in 2022-23
Jun 27, 2016	Nashville Predators	Signed 6 years @ $6.000M AAV starting in 2016-17
Jul 16, 2012	Washington Capitals	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2025-26 Player Card

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2024-25 Player Card

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2023-24 Player Card

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Player cards present an infographic of a players performance. In this case it shows the player performance over a 3 season span. Each square is separated into three separate sub-boxes with the two smaller boxes on top representing the past two seasons and the larger box on the bottom representing the current or most recent season. This allows the reader to guage how consistent a player has been, and if early in the season it can help identify whether a players performance may be impacted by small sample size and subject to regression or is consistent with recent past performance.

Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2015-16	NSH	82	1115:07	1.13	0.70	1.83	0.99	0.14	12.43	10.88	1.54	4.89	4.89
2016-17	NSH	82	1087:58	1.05	1.10	2.15	0.94	0.11	12.26	10.95	1.31	4.15	4.98
2017-18	NSH	67	866:12	0.62	1.94	2.56	0.82	-0.20	7.89	10.37	-2.48	2.33	5.81
2018-19	NSH	64	869:41	1.03	1.10	2.14	1.16	-0.13	10.14	11.37	-1.24	4.11	5.02
2019-20	NSH	63	809:42	0.89	1.33	2.22	0.92	-0.03	9.68	10.05	-0.38	6.43	4.09
2020-21	NSH	39	544:56	0.88	0.77	1.65	0.94	-0.06	8.79	9.39	-0.60	3.97	5.56
2021-22	NSH	69	926:20	1.68	1.23	2.91	1.04	0.64	17.45	10.81	6.64	5.05	5.96
2022-23	NSH	50	650:30	1.29	1.11	2.40	1.00	0.29	13.46	10.45	3.01	5.23	7.84
2023-24	NSH	82	1141:08	1.42	1.05	2.47	1.16	0.26	12.11	9.89	2.22	3.99	9.20
2024-25	NSH	82	1154:04	0.88	1.25	2.13	0.91	-0.02	9.19	9.42	-0.23	1.36	3.40
2025-26	NSH	20	286:25	1.05	0.84	1.89	0.90	0.14	11.36	9.79	1.57	3.17	7.94

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2015-16	NSH	82	1115:07	48.05	2.91	2.85	35.46	2.21	1.97	56.84	59.21	0.68	-0.02	6.96
2016-17	NSH	82	1087:58	47.37	2.70	2.78	40.48	2.54	2.36	51.58	54.11	0.47	0.08	3.75
2017-18	NSH	67	866:12	48.28	3.60	2.89	42.39	1.87	2.56	65.82	52.99	0.45	0.16	2.66
2018-19	NSH	64	869:41	53.05	3.17	3.34	43.88	2.97	2.79	51.69	54.55	1.04	0.33	6.21
2019-20	NSH	63	809:42	46.61	2.89	2.79	43.20	2.82	2.52	50.65	52.55	0.30	-0.04	3.17
2020-21	NSH	39	544:56	48.56	1.76	2.63	40.41	2.42	2.35	42.11	52.72	0.33	0.24	0.64
2021-22	NSH	69	926:20	45.79	3.76	2.88	40.09	2.66	2.34	58.59	55.11	0.51	-0.18	6.68
2022-23	NSH	50	650:30	45.20	3.32	2.95	44.83	2.86	2.89	53.73	50.53	0.28	0.04	2.18
2023-24	NSH	82	1141:08	48.69	3.37	3.01	41.12	2.42	2.42	58.18	55.39	0.45	0.01	3.91
2024-25	NSH	82	1154:04	43.62	2.65	2.63	44.66	3.17	2.67	45.54	49.63	0.30	0.39	-0.90
2025-26	NSH	20	286:25	43.57	2.30	2.94	35.82	1.68	2.25	57.89	56.64	0.84	-0.24	10.90

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Jeff Marek believes Nashville Predators are having conversation about Filip Forsberg’s trade availability: ‘You can’t ask a player to go through a rebuild twice’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Tue Nov 18, 2025)
Takeaways: Forsberg, Stamkos Help Preds Off The Deck With Overtime Thriller In Stockholm at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri Nov 14, 2025)
Filip Forsberg Partners With NHL To Donate Hockey Equipment For Youth In His Home Country at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri Nov 14, 2025)
Top 10 Swedes in the NHL Today at The Hockey Writers (Wed Oct 22, 2025)
Nashville Predators need to see more from Filip Forsberg right now at Pred Lines (Tue Oct 21, 2025)
Forsberg, Martin And O'Reilly Showing Early Results On Nashville Predators' First Line at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sun Oct 12, 2025)
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Patience, Prospects & Confident Play at The Hockey Writers (Sat Oct 11, 2025)
Ilya Sorokin? Filip Forsberg? How Oilers can use McDavid’s discount to improve roster in coming years at Oilers Nation (Thu Oct 9, 2025)
2012 Redraft: What if the Edmonton Oilers Didn’t Take Nail Yakupov? at The Hockey Writers (Thu Oct 9, 2025)
Gameday #1: A new campaign begins at Jackets Cannon (Thu Oct 9, 2025)
Nashville Predators confident with Brady Martin centering Forsberg, O'Reilly line ahead of opening night at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
Filip Forsberg holds the "Batman" role for Nashville Predators, but who is "Robin"? at Pred Lines (Thu Sep 4, 2025)
Nashville Predators 2025-26 Roster Projection 1.0 at The Hockey Writers (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
Filip Forsberg Trade Revisited at The Hockey Writers (Wed Aug 13, 2025)
Filip Forsberg Listed Among NHL Network's Top 20 Wingers at Yahoo Sports NHL (Tue Aug 12, 2025)
Filip Forsberg lands Top-20 Honors among NHL wingers again at Pred Lines (Sun Aug 10, 2025)
Eye-opening Nashville Predators milestones that can be reached in upcoming season at Pred Lines (Wed Jul 30, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche’s worst trade that no one talks about at Mile High Sticking (Tue Jul 22, 2025)
Ducks and Predators; Time to make a Deal? at Pucks of a Feather (Sun Feb 27, 2022)

Current Contract

Filip Forsberg signed an $68,000,000 8-year contract with the Nashville Predators and General Manager David Poile on July 9, 2022 with an AAV of $8,500,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2029-30 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 10.30% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	28	NMC	$8,500,000	$8,500,000	-	-	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	UFA
2023-24	29	NMC	$8,500,000	$8,500,000	-	-	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	UFA
2024-25	30	NMC	$8,500,000	$8,500,000	-	-	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	UFA
2025-26	31	NMC	$8,500,000	$8,500,000	-	-	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	UFA
2026-27	32	NMC	$8,500,000	$8,500,000	-	$3,000,000	$4,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	UFA
2027-28	33	NMC	$8,500,000	$8,500,000	-	$3,000,000	$4,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	UFA
2028-29	34	NMC M-NTC	$8,500,000	$8,500,000	-	$3,000,000	$4,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	UFA
2029-30	35	NMC M-NTC	$8,500,000	$8,500,000	-	$3,000,000	$3,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	UFA
Total					-	$12,000,000	$56,000,000	$68,000,000	$68,000,000

Signed: July 9, 2022

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: David Poile

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 10.3

Clause: In 2028-29 and 2029-30 player can submit a 15 team no trade list.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Filip Forsberg signed a $36,000,000 6-year contract with the Nashville Predators and General Manager David Poile on June 27, 2016 with an AAV of $6,000,000. This contract will start in 2016-17 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 8.22% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	22	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	RFA
2017-18	23	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	RFA
2018-19	24	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	RFA-arb
2019-20	25	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	RFA-arb
2020-21	26	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	27	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$36,000,000	$36,000,000	$36,000,000

Signed: June 27, 2016

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: David Poile

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 8.22

Filip Forsberg signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Washington Capitals and General Manager George McPhee on July 16, 2012 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2012-13 and end after the 2015-16 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.54% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2012-13	18	$925,000	$1,491,667	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2013-14	19	$894,167	$1,460,833	$300,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2014-15	20	$894,167	$1,460,833	$700,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2015-16	21	$894,167	$1,460,833	$700,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$1,700,000	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: July 16, 2012

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: George McPhee

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2008-09	Swe-U18	Leksand U18 2	15	12	9	21		14
2009-10	Swe-Jr.	Leksand Jr.										5
2009-10	Swe-U18	Leksand U18	31	21	16	37		22				4	5	3	8
2010-11	Swe-Jr.	Leksand Jr.	36	21	19	40		22
2010-11	Sweden-2	Leksand	16	1	1	2
2010-11	Swe-U18	Leksand U18	3	1	5	6		4				6	2	2	4		2
2011-12	Sweden-2	Leksand	53	10	10	20		33
2011-12	Swe-Jr.	Leksand Jr.	6	0	1	1		2
2011-12	WJ18-A	Sweden	6	5	2	7	-1	6
2011-12	WJC-A	Sweden	6	0	1	1	-1	2
2011-12	Swe-U18	Leksand U18	1	0	2	2
2011-12	HockeyAllsvenskan	Leksands IF										10	2	1	3	-2
2012-13	Sweden-2	Leksand	47	20	22	42	+11	22
2012-13	WJC-A	Sweden	6	3	2	5	+1
2012-13	NHL	Nashville Predators	5	0	1	1	-5		14	0.0	15:29
2012-13	HockeyAllsvenskan	Leksands IF										9	5	4	9	+7	6
2013-14	NHL	Nashville Predators	13	1	4	5	-8	4	20	5.0	11:24
2013-14	WJC-A	Sweden	7	4	8	12	+3	2	40
2013-14	AHL	Milwaukee	47	15	19	34	+7	14	146	1,030.0		3	1	1	2			7	1,429.0
2014-15	WC-A	Sweden	8	8	1	9	+5	10	28
2014-15	NHL	Nashville Predators	82	26	37	63	+15	24	237	11.0	17:20	6	4	2	6	+1	4	22	18.2	20:36
2015-16	NHL	Nashville Predators	82	33	31	64	+1	47	247	13.4	19:03	14	2	2	4	-11	2	38	5.3	19:58
2016-17	WCup	Sweden	4	1	1	2	+1	2
2016-17	NHL	Nashville Predators	82	31	27	58	-4	32	234	13.2	18:31	22	9	7	16	+14	14	71	12.7	20:00
2017-18	WC	Sweden	4	2	1	3	+4
2017-18	NHL	Nashville Predators	67	26	38	64	+27	38	179	14.5	17:28	13	7	9	16	+2	2	58	12.1	17:45
2018-19	NHL	Nashville Predators	64	28	22	50	+8	26	217	12.9	18:37	6	1	1	2	-2	6	18	5.6	19:51
2019-20	NHL	Nashville Predators	63	21	27	48	-7	29	198	10.6	17:21	4	3	2	5	+1	2	23	13.0	19:34
2020-21	NHL	Nashville Predators	39	12	20	32	-9	16	129	9.3	18:17	6	2	1	3		4	21	9.5	20:31
2021-22	NHL	Nashville Predators	69	42	42	84	+12	22	226	18.6	18:06	4	1		1	-1	6	13	7.7	20:06
2022-23	NHL	Nashville Predators	50	19	23	42	-4	20	157	12.1	17:28
2023-24	NHL	Nashville Predators	82	48	46	94	+16	43	347	13.8	18:54	6	2	4	6		2	17	11.8	20:26
2024-25	NHL	Nashville Predators	82	31	45	76	-27	44	281	11.0	18:38
2024-25	WC	Sweden	9	1	3	4	+3	6
2024-25	4 Nations	Sweden	3	0	0	0		2	8	0.0	45:02
2025-26	NHL	Nashville Predators	20	8	7	15		8	61	13.1	19:06
NHL Career			800	326	370	696	+15	353	2547	12.8	18:06	81	31	28	59	+4	42	281	11.0	19:43