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Sweden Gustav Forsling
#42 Florida Panthers / NHL - 25/26
1-time U17 WHC Gold Medal 1
2-time NHL Stanley Cup Champion 2
1-time SHL Best Junior (EliteProspects.com Award) 1
1-time Swedish Junior Hockey Player of the Year (Årets Junior) 1
1-time Swedish Player of the Year (Guldpucken) 1
1-time U20 WJC All-Star Team 1
Date of Birth
Jun 12, 1996
Position
D
Age
29
Height
6'0" / 182 cm
Place of Birth
Linköping, SWE
Weight
198 lbs / 90 kg
Nation
Sweden
Shoots
L
Youth Team
Linköpings HC
Contract
31/32
Cap Hit
$5,750,000 Powered by
NHL Rights
Florida Panthers Florida Panthers / Signed
Drafted
2014 round 5 #126 overall by Vancouver Canucks
Agency
PREMIUM

Brothers: Hampus Forsling, Hannes Forsling

© Photo: Dan Hickling

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Gustav Forsling Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2010-11 Linköping HC U16 U16 SM 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2011-12 Linköping HC U16 U16 Elit 12* 1* 9* 10* 4* -* |
Linköping HC U16 U16 SM 4* 0* 3* 3* 0* 5* |
Linköping HC J18 J18 Elit 9* 3* 0* 3* 0* 7* |
Linköping HC J18 J18 Allsvenskan 18* 2* 3* 5* 10* 2* | Playoffs 3 0 1 1 0 1
Sweden U16 (all) International-Jr 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* 2* |
2012-13 Linköping HC J18 “A” J18 Elit 14* 2* 6* 8* 10* 8* |
Linköping HC J18 “A” J18 Allsvenskan 17* 5* 2* 7* 10* 14* | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 -2
Linköping HC J20 J20 SuperElit 14* 0* 1* 1* 8* 3* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 1
Sweden U17 WHC-17 6* 0* 2* 2* 2* -* |
Sweden U17 (all) International-Jr 17* 4* 9* 13* 12* 4* |
2013-14 Linköping HC J18 “A” J18 Elit 2* 1* 2* 3* 0* 2* |
Linköping HC J18 J18 Allsvenskan 3* 2* 1* 3* 2* -2* | Playoffs 5 1 0 1 0 -2
Linköping HC J20 J20 SuperElit 44* 6* 12* 18* 36* -3* | Playoffs 2 1 3 4 2 -2
Sweden U18 WJC-18 7* 4* 1* 5* 2* 2* |
Sweden U18 (all) International-Jr 16* 5* 4* 9* 8* 3* |
2014-15 Linköping HC SHL 38* 3* 3* 6* 8* 2* |
Sweden U20 WJC-20 7* 3* 5* 8* 0* 0* |
Sweden U20 (all) International-Jr 15* 6* 8* 14* 2* 2* |
2015-16 Linköping HC SHL 48* 6* 15* 21* 4* 21* | Playoffs 6 1 2 3 4 2
Sweden U20 WJC-20 6* 2* 1* 3* 0* 2* |
Sweden U20 (all) International-Jr 15* 3* 1* 4* 0* -1* |
Sweden (all) International 10* 1* 4* 5* 2* 1* |
2016-17 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 38* 2* 3* 5* 4* 3* |
Rockford IceHogs AHL 30* 1* 7* 8* 12* -13* |
2017-18 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 41* 3* 10* 13* 8* -2* |
Rockford IceHogs AHL 18* 2* 3* 5* 6* -4* | Playoffs 13 1 4 5 6 -3
2018-19 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 43* 3* 6* 9* 30* -9* |
Rockford IceHogs AHL 5* 0* 2* 2* 2* 1* |
2019-20 Charlotte Checkers AHL 57* 8* 18* 26* 30* 20* |
2020-21 Florida Panthers NHL 43* 5* 12* 17* 8* 17* | Playoffs 6 1 1 2 0 1
2021-22 Florida Panthers NHL 71* 10* 27* 37* 18* 41* | Playoffs 10 0 3 3 4 7
2022-23 Florida Panthers NHL 82* 13* 28* 41* 40* 19* | Playoffs 21 2 6 8 10 7
2023-24 Florida Panthers NHL 79* 10* 29* 39* 43* 56* | Playoffs 24 4 9 13 12 9
2024-25 Florida Panthers “A” NHL 80* 11* 20* 31* 16* 33* | Playoffs 23 1 4 5 8 13
Sweden NHL 4 Nations 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
Sweden (all) International 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2025-26 Florida Panthers NHL 37* 1* 13* 14* 14* -1* |
Projected NHL 82* 2* 29* 31* 31* -2* |
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Gustav Forsling Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2010-11 Östergötland TV-Pucken 8* 0* 1* 1* 0* -* |
2011-12 Östergötland TV-Pucken 8* 0* 3* 3* 6* 3* |
2013-14 Sweden U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial 4* 0* 0* 0* 6* -1* |
2014-15 Linköping HC Champions HL 7* 1* 4* 5* 0* -1* |
2015-16 Linköping HC Champions HL 5* 2* 3* 5* 4* 1* |
Sweden EHT 2* 0* 1* 1* 2* 3* |
2016-17 Linköping HC Champions HL 4* 0* 3* 3* 2* 1* |

Gustav Forsling Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 4 110* 11* 30* 41* 0.37* 50* 4* | 1 13 1 * 4 * 5 * 0.38 * 6 * -3 *
Champions HL 3 16* 3* 10* 13* 0.81* 6* 1* | 0 * * * * * *
EHT 1 2* 0* 1* 1* 0.50* 2* 3* | 0 * * * * * *
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup) 1 4* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 6* -1* | 0 * * * * * *
International 2 13* 1* 4* 5* 0.38* 2* 1* | 0 * * * * * *
International-Jr 5 66* 18* 22* 40* 0.61* 22* 10* | 0 * * * * * *
NHL 9 514* 58* 148* 206* 0.40* 181* 157* | 5 84 8 * 23 * 31 * 0.37 * 34 * 37 *
NHL 4 Nations 1 3* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
SHL 2 86* 9* 18* 27* 0.31* 12* 23* | 1 6 1 * 2 * 3 * 0.50 * 4 * 2 *
TV-Pucken 2 16* 0* 4* 4* 0.25* 6* 3* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 Elit (U16 Region) 1 12* 1* 9* 10* 0.83* 4* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM 2 7* 0* 3* 3* 0.43* 0* 5* | 0 * * * * * *
J18 Allsvenskan (U18 Nationell) 3 38* 9* 6* 15* 0.39* 22* 14* | 3 10 1 * 1 * 2 * 0.20 * 0 * -3 *
J18 Elit (U18 Region) 3 25* 6* 8* 14* 0.56* 10* 17* | 0 * * * * * *
J20 SuperElit (U20 Nationell) 2 58* 6* 13* 19* 0.33* 44* 0* | 2 3 1 * 3 * 4 * 1.33 * 2 * -1 *
WHC-17 1 6* 0* 2* 2* 0.33* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-18 1 7* 4* 1* 5* 0.71* 2* 2* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-20 2 13* 5* 6* 11* 0.85* 0* 2* | 0 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Gustav Forsling Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
03/07/2024
03/07/2024 Extension Florida Panthers Florida Panthers
07/15/2021
07/15/2021 Extension Florida Panthers Florida Panthers
01/09/2021
01/09/2021 Confirmed Carolina Hurricanes Florida Panthers
10/24/2020
10/24/2020 Extension Carolina Hurricanes Carolina Hurricanes
07/16/2019
07/16/2019 Extension Carolina Hurricanes Carolina Hurricanes
07/13/2019
07/13/2019 Confirmed HK Sochi Avangard Omsk
06/24/2019
06/24/2019 Confirmed Chicago Blackhawks Carolina Hurricanes
05/11/2016
05/11/2016 Confirmed Linköping HC Chicago Blackhawks
01/30/2015
01/30/2015 Confirmed Vancouver Canucks Chicago Blackhawks
10/22/2014
10/22/2014 Extension Linköping HC J20 Linköping HC
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2016, 5 #145 overall by HK Sochi in the KHL Draft

2014 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #59 by FCHockey

2014 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #103 by McKeen's Hockey

Cult/Star player for Florida Panthers

Cult/Star player for Linköping HC

Cult/Star player for Linköping HC U20

Cult/Star player for Östergötland