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Sweden Gustav Nyquist

#14 Columbus Blue Jackets / NHL - 22/23
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Player Facts
Date of Birth
Sep 01, 1989
Position
C/W
Age
33
Height
5'11" / 180 cm
Place of Birth
Halmstad, SWE
Weight
176 lbs / 80 kg
Nation
Sweden
Shoots
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Youth Team
Limhamn HK
Contract
22/23
Cap Hit
$5,500,000 Powered by
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Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets / Signed
Drafted
2008 round 4 #121 overall by Detroit Red Wings
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Highlights
1-time World Championship Gold Medal 1
1-time TV-Pucken Silver Medal 1
1-time Olympic Silver Medal 1
1-time World Championship Bronze Medal 1
1-time AHL All-Rookie Team 1
1-time AHL Calder Cup Champion 1
1-time AHL First All-Star Team 1
1-time NCAA (East) First All-American Team 1
1-time NCAA (East) Second All-American Team 1
1-time NCAA (Overall) Most Points 1

Nyquist is a winger with tremendous wheels and elusive speed. Has fine hockey sense and vision, smooth hands and plenty of creativity. Likes to challenge to the outside and out-skate opponents. Scores goals as well as he sets them up. Has below-average size, though. Could use more bulk.
- Erik K. Piri, EP (2013)

Brother: Oscar Nyquist
Brother-in-law: Robin Alvarez

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Player Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2004-05 Malmö Redhawks U16 U16 SM 3 3 2 5 0 - |
2005-06 Malmö Redhawks J18 J18 Allsvenskan 14 9 3 12 10 8 | Playoffs 6 1 3 4 0 2
Sweden U17 (all) International-Jr 3 0 1 1 0 - |
2006-07 Malmö Redhawks J20 J20 SuperElit 42 21 23 44 57 10 | Playoffs 4 2 2 4 6 0
Sweden U18 (all) International-Jr 2 1 0 1 0 - |
2007-08 Malmö Redhawks J20 J20 SuperElit 24 11 20 31 20 -9 | Playoffs 7 5 5 10 6 6
Sweden U19 (all) International-Jr 5 1 0 1 6 - |
2008-09 Univ. of Maine NCAA 38 13 19 32 28 0 |
Sweden U20 (all) International-Jr 4 0 1 1 0 - |
2009-10 Univ. of Maine NCAA 39 19 42 61 20 19 |
2010-11 Univ. of Maine “A” NCAA 36 18 33 51 20 0 |
Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 8 1 3 4 2 1 |
2011-12 Detroit Red Wings NHL 18 1 6 7 2 2 | Playoffs 4 0 0 0 0 1
Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 56 22 36 58 18 7 |
2012-13 Detroit Red Wings NHL 22 3 3 6 6 0 | Playoffs 14 2 3 5 2 3
Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 58 23 37 60 34 10 | Playoffs 10 2 5 7 19 -4
2013-14 Detroit Red Wings NHL 57 28 20 48 10 16 | Playoffs 5 0 0 0 0 -1
Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 15 7 14 21 6 6 |
Sweden OG 6 0 0 0 0 1 |
Sweden WC 10 4 2 6 2 2 |
Sweden (all) International 16 4 2 6 2 3 |
2014-15 Detroit Red Wings NHL 82 27 27 54 26 -11 | Playoffs 7 1 1 2 2 -2
2015-16 Detroit Red Wings NHL 82 17 26 43 34 -2 | Playoffs 5 1 0 1 6 2
Sweden WC 8 7 1 8 4 -1 |
Sweden (all) International 8 7 1 8 4 -1 |
2016-17 Detroit Red Wings NHL 76 12 36 48 18 0 |
2017-18 Detroit Red Wings NHL 82 21 19 40 20 -2 |
Sweden WC 9 4 1 5 8 3 |
Sweden (all) International 9 4 1 5 8 3 |
2018-19 Detroit Red Wings NHL 62 16 33 49 8 0 |
San Jose Sharks NHL 19 6 5 11 4 1 | Playoffs 20 1 10 11 0 1
2019-20 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 70 15 27 42 16 4 | Playoffs 10 0 2 2 4 0
2020-21 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
2021-22 Columbus Blue Jackets “A” NHL 82 18 35 53 26 -12 |
2022-23 Columbus Blue Jackets “A” NHL - - - - - - |
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Tournament Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2005-06 Skåne TV-Pucken 8 3 7 10 2 7 |
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Game Log
Date Team Opp Score G A TP PIM +/- SOG PPG SHG TOI
NHL
2022-04-29T19:00:00-0400 Columbus Blue Jackets @ Pittsburgh Penguins
2022-04-28T19:00:00-0400 Columbus Blue Jackets vs Tampa Bay Lightning
2022-04-26T19:00:00-0400 Columbus Blue Jackets @ Tampa Bay Lightning
2022-04-24T13:00:00-0400 Columbus Blue Jackets vs Edmonton Oilers
2022-04-22T19:00:00-0400 Columbus Blue Jackets vs Ottawa Senators
2022-04-19T22:30:00-0400 Columbus Blue Jackets @ San Jose Sharks
2022-04-17T20:30:00-0400 Columbus Blue Jackets @ Anaheim Ducks
2022-04-16T22:30:00-0400 Columbus Blue Jackets @ Los Angeles Kings
2022-04-13T19:00:00-0400 Columbus Blue Jackets vs Montréal Canadiens
2022-04-09T19:00:00-0400 Columbus Blue Jackets @ Detroit Red Wings
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Player Career Totals
League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 4 137 53 90 143 1.04 60 24 | 1 10 2 5 7 0.70 19 -4
International 3 33 15 4 19 0.58 14 5 | 0
International-Jr 4 14 2 2 4 0.29 6 - | 0
J18 Allsvenskan (J18 Nationell) 1 14 9 3 12 0.86 10 8 | 1 6 1 3 4 0.67 0 2
J20 SuperElit (J20 Nationell) 2 66 32 43 75 1.14 77 1 | 2 11 7 7 14 1.27 12 6
NCAA 3 113 50 94 144 1.27 68 19 | 0
NHL 12 652 164 237 401 0.62 170 -4 | 7 65 5 16 21 0.32 14 4
OG 1 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 | 0
TV-Pucken 1 8 3 7 10 1.25 2 7 | 0
U16 SM 1 3 3 2 5 1.67 0 - | 0
WC 3 27 15 4 19 0.70 14 4 | 0
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Teamwork
16
Speed
16
Puckhandling
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Player Connections
Player Period Teams
Joakim Andersson (F) 2005-2018 11 Detroit Red Wings, Grand Rapids Griffins, Sweden (all), Sweden U17 (all), Sweden U18 (all), Sweden U19 (all), Sweden U20 (all)
Henrik Zetterberg (F) 2011-2019 8 Detroit Red Wings, Sweden, Sweden (all)
Tomas Tatar (F) 2010-2018 8 Detroit Red Wings, Grand Rapids Griffins
Brian Lashoff (D) 2010-2019 8 Detroit Red Wings, Grand Rapids Griffins

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DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
07/01/2019
07/01/2019 Confirmed San Jose Sharks Columbus Blue Jackets
02/25/2019
02/25/2019 Confirmed Detroit Red Wings San Jose Sharks
07/10/2015
07/10/2015 Extension Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings
08/20/2013
08/20/2013 Extension Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings
03/25/2011
03/25/2011 Confirmed Univ. of Maine Detroit Red Wings
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Cult/Star player for Univ. of Maine

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- 2010-03-06 • Named to the University of Maine All-Decade Team 2000-2010

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