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Gustav Nyquist

Position	Left Wing / Right Wing	Current Team	Winnipeg Jets
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	1 years
Height	5'11"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	180	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	36
Age	36 (Sep 1, 1989)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2008, Round 4, Overall 121 (DET)

Date	Team	Transaction
Nov 13, 2025	Winnipeg Jets	Activated from IR
Nov 4, 2025	Winnipeg Jets	Placed on IR
Jul 2, 2025	Winnipeg Jets	Signed 1 year @ $3.250M AAV starting in 2025-26
Mar 1, 2025	Minnesota Wild	Acquired from Nashville Predators
Mar 1, 2025	Nashville Predators	Traded to Minnesota Wild
Jul 1, 2023	Nashville Predators	Signed 2 years @ $3.185M AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 1, 2019	Columbus Blue Jackets	Signed 4 years @ $5.500M AAV starting in 2019-20
Jul 10, 2015	Detroit Red Wings	Signed 4 years @ $4.750M AAV starting in 2015-16
Aug 21, 2013	Detroit Red Wings	Signed 2 years @ $950K AAV starting in 2013-14
Mar 25, 2011	Detroit Red Wings	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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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

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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	DET	82	933:17	0.51	1.22	1.74	0.60	-0.09	7.48	8.75	-1.27	5.84	3.65
2016-17	DET	76	1042:51	0.58	1.55	2.13	0.72	-0.14	7.81	9.76	-1.95	2.89	4.62
2017-18	DET	82	1198:44	0.90	0.70	1.60	0.85	0.05	10.29	9.69	0.60	6.49	2.60
2018-19	SJS	19	241:59	0.99	1.24	2.23	1.03	-0.03	12.90	13.34	-0.44	2.04	2.04
2018-19	DET	62	913:55	0.79	1.31	2.10	0.72	0.07	9.52	8.68	0.85	3.03	4.24
2018-19	DET, SJS	81	1155:54	0.83	1.30	2.13	0.78	0.05	10.19	9.60	0.59	2.80	3.74
2019-20	CBJ	70	935:11	0.26	1.22	1.48	0.54	-0.28	4.12	8.64	-4.51	6.50	4.06
2021-22	CBJ	82	1087:22	0.50	1.16	1.66	0.48	0.01	10.11	9.82	0.29	2.54	4.24
2022-23	MIN	3	38:35	0.00	4.67	4.67	0.51	-0.51	0.00	10.87	-10.87	0.00	0.00
2022-23	CBJ	48	629:54	0.67	0.86	1.52	0.63	0.03	9.86	9.37	0.49	3.30	4.40
2022-23	CBJ, MIN	51	668:29	0.63	1.08	1.71	0.63	0.00	9.46	9.43	0.03	3.09	4.12
2023-24	NSH	81	1045:28	0.63	1.61	2.24	0.55	0.08	10.28	8.97	1.31	3.47	11.11
2024-25	MIN	22	256:40	0.00	0.70	0.70	0.61	-0.61	0.00	10.92	-10.92	0.00	4.88
2024-25	NSH	57	756:35	0.24	0.63	0.87	0.43	-0.19	6.98	12.49	-5.51	1.41	5.63
2024-25	MIN, NSH	79	1013:15	0.18	0.65	0.83	0.47	-0.30	4.48	11.93	-7.45	0.89	5.36
2025-26	WPG	18	187:45	0.00	0.96	0.96	0.50	-0.50	0.00	9.70	-9.70	0.00	0.00

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	DET	82	933:17	41.02	2.44	2.45	36.45	2.31	2.13	51.35	53.45	0.10	-0.31	4.45
2016-17	DET	76	1042:51	40.79	2.99	2.53	42.35	2.42	2.53	55.32	50.00	0.40	0.15	2.71
2017-18	DET	82	1198:44	41.99	2.30	2.57	40.74	2.05	2.32	52.87	52.52	0.24	-0.31	5.54
2018-19	SJS	19	241:59	45.87	3.72	3.08	37.44	3.47	2.29	51.72	57.40	0.49	-0.19	6.20
2018-19	DET	62	913:55	45.23	2.95	2.78	43.86	2.82	2.70	51.14	50.78	0.63	-0.01	6.42
2018-19	DET, SJS	81	1155:54	45.37	3.11	2.85	42.51	2.96	2.61	51.28	52.15	0.58	-0.04	6.06
2019-20	CBJ	70	935:11	42.60	2.25	2.46	42.79	2.25	2.36	50.00	51.03	0.13	0.19	-0.70
2021-22	CBJ	82	1087:22	41.11	3.20	2.43	49.33	4.14	3.17	43.61	43.42	0.04	0.30	-2.00
2022-23	MIN	3	38:35	34.21	4.67	1.60	41.99	3.11	2.94	60.00	35.24	-0.66	-0.53	-4.19
2022-23	CBJ	48	629:54	40.86	2.19	2.51	49.06	3.05	2.91	41.82	46.38	0.16	0.08	0.93
2022-23	CBJ, MIN	51	668:29	40.48	2.33	2.46	48.65	3.05	2.91	43.33	45.84	0.12	0.05	0.80
2023-24	NSH	81	1045:28	49.07	3.21	3.02	44.82	2.64	2.69	54.90	52.90	0.47	0.39	0.28
2024-25	MIN	22	256:40	39.97	0.94	2.09	41.61	2.34	2.23	28.57	48.42	-0.15	0.02	-1.91
2024-25	NSH	57	756:35	44.33	1.74	2.72	41.16	2.93	2.44	37.29	52.68	0.35	0.13	2.15
2024-25	MIN, NSH	79	1013:15	43.23	1.54	2.56	41.27	2.78	2.39	35.62	51.74	0.23	0.10	1.27
2025-26	WPG	18	187:45	42.18	2.24	2.43	38.35	2.24	2.42	50.00	50.14	0.25	-0.01	2.86

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

Jets’ Samberg, Nyquist set to return tonight vs. Kraken at Jets Nation (Thu Nov 13, 2025)
Winnipeg Jets head coach Scott Arniel says Gustav Nyquist remains day-to-day at Illegal Curve Hockey (Mon Nov 3, 2025)
Jets Nyquist Out Day-to-Day With Undisclosed Injury at The Hockey Writers (Fri Oct 31, 2025)
Winnipeg Jets head coach Scott Arniel said no timeline on Gustav Nyquist but he won’t play vs Pens at Illegal Curve Hockey (Fri Oct 31, 2025)
Day 2 of Winnipeg Jets training camp: Gustav Nyquist at Illegal Curve Hockey (Fri Sep 19, 2025)
Goals and expectations for the veteran Swedish winger Gustav Nyquist at Jets Nation (Thu Aug 7, 2025)

Current Contract

Gustav Nyquist signed a $3,250,000 1-year contract with the Winnipeg Jets and General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff on July 2, 2025 with an AAV of $3,250,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.40% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	36		$3,250,000	$3,250,000	-	-	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000

Signed: July 2, 2025

Team: Winnipeg Jets

GM: Kevin Cheveldayoff

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.4

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Gustav Nyquist signed a $6,370,000 2-year contract with the Nashville Predators and General Manager Barry Trotz on July 1, 2023 with an AAV of $3,185,000. This contract will start in 2023-24 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.81% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	34	$3,185,000	$3,185,000	-	-	$3,185,000	$3,185,000	$3,185,000	UFA
2024-25	35	$3,185,000	$3,185,000	-	-	$3,185,000	$3,185,000	$3,185,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$6,370,000	$6,370,000	$6,370,000

Signed: July 1, 2023

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: Barry Trotz

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.81

Retained Salary: Nashville Predators retained 50.0% of total salary on March 1, 2025

Gustav Nyquist signed a $22,000,000 4-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets and General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen on July 1, 2019 with an AAV of $5,500,000. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2022-23 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 6.75% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	30	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2020-21	31	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
2021-22	32	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2022-23	33	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$22,000,000	$22,000,000	$22,000,000

Signed: July 1, 2019

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: Jarmo Kekalainen

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.75

Retained Salary: Columbus Blue Jackets retained 50.0% of total salary on February 28, 2023

Gustav Nyquist signed a $19,000,000 4-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings and General Manager Ken Holland on July 10, 2015 with an AAV of $4,750,000. This contract will start in 2015-16 and end after the 2018-19 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 6.65% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2015-16	26		$4,750,000	$4,750,000	-	$1,000,000	$3,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	RFA-arb
2016-17	27		$4,750,000	$4,750,000	-	-	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	RFA-arb
2017-18	28	NTC	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	-	-	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	UFA
2018-19	29	NTC	$4,750,000	$4,750,000	-	-	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	UFA
Total					-	$1,000,000	$18,000,000	$19,000,000	$19,000,000

Signed: July 10, 2015

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: Ken Holland

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.65

Gustav Nyquist signed a $1,900,000 2-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings and General Manager Ken Holland on August 21, 2013 with an AAV of $950,000. This contract will start in 2013-14 and end after the 2014-15 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.48% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2013-14	24	$950,000	$950,000	-	-	$850,000	$850,000	$850,000	RFA-arb
2014-15	25	$950,000	$950,000	-	-	$1,050,000	$1,050,000	$1,050,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,900,000	$1,900,000	$1,900,000

Signed: Aug 21, 2013

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: Ken Holland

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.48

Gustav Nyquist signed a $1,525,000 2-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings and General Manager Ken Holland on March 25, 2011 with an AAV of $762,500. This contract will start in 2011-12 and end after the 2012-13 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.19% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2011-12	22	$762,500	$875,000	$187,500	$87,500	$600,000	$687,500	$65,000	ELC
2012-13	23	$762,500	$875,000	$37,500	$87,500	$750,000	$837,500	$65,000	ELC
Total				$225,000	$175,000	$1,350,000	$1,525,000	$130,000

Signed: Mar 25, 2011

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: Ken Holland

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

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
2004-05	U16 SM	Malmö Redhawks U16	3	3	2	5
2005-06	Swe-U18	Malmo U18	14	9	3	12		10				6	1	3	4				0.0
2006-07	Swe-Jr.	Malmo Jr.	42	21	23	44		57				4	2	2	4		6		0.0
2007-08	Swe-Jr.	Malmo Jr.	24	11	20	31		20				7	5	5	10		6		0.0
2008-09	H-East	U. Of Maine	38	13	19	32		28
2009-10	H-East	U. Of Maine	39	19	42	61		20
2010-11	H-East	U. of Maine	36	18	33	51		20
2010-11	AHL	Grand Rapids	8	1	3	4	+1	2	14	714.0
2011-12	AHL	Grand Rapids	56	22	36	58	+7	18	152	1,447.0
2011-12	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	18	1	6	7	+2	2	19	5.3	10:36	4				+1		1	0.0	8:52
2012-13	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	22	3	3	6		6	46	6.5	13:02	14	2	3	5	+3	2	26	7.7	12:36
2012-13	AHL	Grand Rapids	58	23	37	60	+10	34	169	1,361.0		10	2	5	7	-4	19	27	741.0
2013-14	AHL	Grand Rapids	15	7	14	21	+6	6	36	1,940.0
2013-14	WC-A	Sweden	10	4	2	6	+2	2	19
2013-14	Olympics	Sweden	6	0	0	0	+1		2
2013-14	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	57	28	20	48	+16	10	153	18.3	16:51	5				-1		13	0.0	15:23
2014-15	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	82	27	27	54	-11	26	195	13.8	16:39	7	1	1	2	-2	2	15	6.7	15:39
2015-16	WC-A	Sweden	8	7	1	8	-1	4	19
2015-16	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	82	17	26	43	-2	34	161	10.6	15:10	5	1		1	+2	6	11	9.1	16:51
2016-17	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	76	12	36	48		18	165	7.3	17:26
2017-18	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	82	21	19	40	-2	20	213	9.9	17:51
2017-18	WC	Sweden	9	4	1	5	+3	8
2018-19	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	62	16	33	49		8	163	9.8	18:07
2018-19	NHL	San Jose Sharks	19	6	5	11	+1	4	41	14.6	15:34	20	1	10	11	+1		23	4.4	15:33
2019-20	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	70	15	27	42	+4	16	151	9.9	18:02	10		2	2		4	20	0.0	21:32
2021-22	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	18	35	53	-12	26	122	14.8	17:50
2022-23	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	48	10	12	22	-11	16	97	10.3	17:48
2022-23	NHL	Minnesota Wild	3	1	4	5	+2		5	20.0	14:41	6		5	5	+4	2	9	0.0	16:01
2023-24	NHL	Nashville Predators	81	23	52	75	+7	8	153	15.0	17:45	6	1	3	4	-3	2	5	20.0	20:05
2024-25	NHL	Nashville Predators	57	9	12	21	-20	12	71	12.7	17:39
2024-25	4 Nations	Sweden	3	1	0	1			2	50.0	29:05
2024-25	NHL	Minnesota Wild	22	2	5	7	-4	4	32	6.2	14:46	6						2	0.0	11:09
2025-26	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	20	0	6	6	-1	2	25	0.0	12:22
NHL Career			883	209	328	537	-31	212	1812	11.5	16:52	83	6	24	30	+5	18	125	4.8	15:34