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Erik Gustafsson's 2022-2023 season

Points
42
Swedish flag#19NHL#173
Goals
7
Swedish flag#38NHL#377
Assists
35
Swedish flag#14NHL#112
Plus/minus
+9
Swedish flag#17NHL#162
Games
70
83%
83% of 84

Defenceman Erik Gustafsson was 30 years old when the 2022-2023 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals och Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 70 of a possible 84 games and scored 7 goals and 35 assists for 42 points, 0.60 points per game. That was 19th among the Swedes and 173th in the NHL. He moved from Washington Capitals to Toronto Maple Leafs in March. In the playoffs he played 2 games for 1 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2022-2023Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Erik Gustafsson opens the 2022-2023 season with Washington Capitals

    Erik was 30 years old when the 2022-2023 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 7th NHL season in all.

  2. 1 day later
    Free agency

    Erik Gustafsson leaves Chicago Blackhawks and signs with Washington Capitals

    His spell with Chicago Blackhawks · 2021–22
    59
    Games
    3
    Goals
    15
    Assists
    18
    Points
    • The game
      BOS5–2WSH
      L
      game 1/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG14:50TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–3TOR
      L
      game 2/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG14:59TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–3WSH
      W
      game 3/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:21TOI
    • The game
      VAN4–6WSH
      W
      game 4/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG15:09TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–5OTT
      L
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:09TOI
    • The game
      LAK3–4WSH
      W
      game 6/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:36TOI
    • The game
      WSH6–3NJD
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:30TOI
    • The game
      WSH0–2DAL
      L
      game 8/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:54TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–0NSH
      W
      game 9/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:46TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–3CAR
      L
      game 10/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP18:55TOI
      +1 assist
    • November 2022
    • The game
      VGK3–2WSH
      L
      game 11/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:21TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–3DET
      L
      game 12/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:08TOI
    • The game
      ARI3–2WSH
      L
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG22:48TOI
    • The game
      EDM4–5WSH
      W
      game 14/821
      His night
      +3P+3A
      -1+/-1SOG3PPP24:33TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      PIT4–1WSH
      L
      game 15/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG21:29TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–5WSH
      W
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG16:23TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–6TBL
      L
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG21:09TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–5FLA
      L
      game 18/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG21:36TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–5STL
      L
      game 19/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-7SOG22:31TOI
    • The game
      COL4–0WSH
      L
      game 20/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG20:37TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–3WSH
      W
      game 21/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG22:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      8
      points
      Swedish flag#26NHL#254
      0
      goals
      Swedish flag#54NHL#531
      8
      assists
      Swedish flag#17NHL#132
      -9
      +/-
      Swedish flag#32NHL#257
      WSH
      8-10-3W-L-OT19Points
      7th in the Metropolitan·13th in the Eastern Conference·24th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CGY0–3WSH
      W
      game 22/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG22:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH1–5NJD
      L
      game 23/824
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG19:26TOI
    • The game
      WSH5–1VAN
      W
      game 24/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG19:20TOI
    • December 2022
    • The game
      WSH2–3SEA
      L
      game 25/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:30TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–5CGY
      L
      game 26/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG21:58TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–2EDM
      W
      game 27/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG21:14TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–1PHI
      W
      game 28/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG21:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SEA1–4WSH
      W
      game 29/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:50TOI
    • The game
      WSH7–3CHI
      W
      game 31/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG18:19TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–1WSH
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG20:00TOI
    • The game
      TOR2–5WSH
      W
      game 33/826
      His night
      +3P+3G
      +3+/-5SOG19:13TOI
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      DET3–4WSH
      W
      game 34/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-6SOG21:09TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH3–2OTT
      W
      game 35/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG21:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WPG1–4WSH
      W
      game 36/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG21:45TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–0NYR
      W
      game 37/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP19:28TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      OTT4–3WSH
      L
      game 38/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG22:52TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–9WSH
      W
      game 39/821
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-2SOG1PPP21:27TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      BUF5–4WSH
      L
      game 40/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG22:26TOI
    • The game
      WSH6–2CBJ
      W
      game 41/824
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG19:00TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8240 of 41 played
      23
      points
      Swedish flag#19NHL#144
      6
      goals
      Swedish flag#23NHL#224
      17
      assists
      Swedish flag#16NHL#108
      +9
      +/-
      Swedish flag#7NHL#41
      WSH
      22-13-6W-L-OT50Points
      4th in the Metropolitan·6th in the Eastern Conference·8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NSH3–2WSH
      L
      game 42/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG23:29TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CBJ0–1WSH
      W
      game 43/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG19:07TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH3–5PHI
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:37TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–1WSH
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG23:03TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–3NYI
      W
      game 46/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG26:00TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MIN4–2WSH
      L
      game 47/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG23:22TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–0ARI
      W
      game 48/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG20:11TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–6VGK
      L
      game 49/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG20:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–3COL
      L
      game 50/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG22:56TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–3WSH
      W
      game 51/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:33TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–5TOR
      L
      game 52/828
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG18:47TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–3CBJ
      W
      game 53/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-5SOG19:34TOI
      +2 assists
    • February 2023
    • The game
      WSH2–1BOS
      W
      game 54/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:50TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–1WSH
      L
      game 55/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG23:06TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CAR3–2WSH
      L
      game 56/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG22:50TOI
    • The game
      FLA6–3WSH
      L
      game 57/823
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP22:52TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      WSH1–4CAR
      L
      game 58/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG21:17TOI
    • The game
      DET3–1WSH
      L
      game 59/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP23:35TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ANA4–2WSH
      L
      game 60/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP24:56TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–6WSH
      W
      game 61/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-1SOG1PPP22:13TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH4–7BUF
      L
      game 62/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG22:06TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8261 of 62 played
      38
      points
      Swedish flag#17NHL#128
      7
      goals
      Swedish flag#27NHL#296
      31
      assists
      Swedish flag#10NHL#66
      +9
      +/-
      Swedish flag#9NHL#57
      WSH
      29-27-6W-L-OT64Points
      4 out of a spot
      6th in the Metropolitan·12th in the Eastern Conference·22nd in the whole NHL
  3. Trade

    Erik Gustafsson is traded from Washington Capitals to Toronto Maple Leafs

    Here he joins Swedes Carl Dahlström, Pontus Holmberg, Calle Järnkrok, among others.

    His spell with Washington Capitals · 2022–23
    61
    Games
    7
    Goals
    31
    Assists
    38
    Points
    Toronto Maple Leafs received
    Washington Capitals received
    • The game
      TOR2–1CGY
      W
      game 62/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG09:52TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      38
      points
      Swedish flag#18NHL#134
      7
      goals
      Swedish flag#27NHL#303
      31
      assists
      Swedish flag#10NHL#73
      +8
      +/-
      Swedish flag#9NHL#61
      TOR
      38-16-8W-L-OT84Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Atlantic·4th in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR1–4VAN
      L
      game 63/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:02TOI
    • The game
      EDM4–7TOR
      W
      game 65/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:45TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–3TOR
      L
      game 66/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:33TOI
    • The game
      COL2–1TOR
      L
      game 67/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:13TOI
    • The game
      CAR2–5TOR
      W
      game 68/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG15:13TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–7NYI
      L
      game 70/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG19:29TOI
    • The game
      TOR6–2FLA
      W
      game 71/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:58TOI
    • April 2023
    • The game
      MTL1–7TOR
      W
      game 79/822
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-1SOG3PPP19:42TOI
      +3 assists
    Injured

    Erik goes down and misses 8 games

    Upper body injury

    • The game
      TOR2–1FLA
      W
      game 80/823
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      TOR4–3TBL
      W
      game 81/824
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      TOR3–2NYR
      W
      game 82/824
      His night
      Out injured
    The season in numbers

    Erik Gustafsson closes the 2022-2023 season with 42 points

    Points
    42
    #19NHL#173
    Games
    70of 82
    85%
    Goals
    7
    #38NHL#377
    Assists
    35
    #14NHL#112
    P/GP
    0.60
    #20NHL#173
    +/-
    +9
    #17NHL#162
    Events
    1
    hat trick
    1×
    First star
    4×
    Second star
    2×
    Third star
    7 i rad
    games with a point · 13 pts
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    Toronto Maple Leafs are in the playoffs

    First round

    Toronto Maple Leafs meet Tampa Bay Lightning

    TORvsTBL
    Swedes on Tampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 1
      TBL7–3TOR
      L
      3
      His night
      Out injured
    • Tampa Bay Lightninglead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 2
      TBL2–7TOR
      W
      2
      His night
      Out injured
    • Toronto Maple Leafsare1–1withTampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 3
      TOR4–3TBL
      W
      3
      His night
      Out injured
    • Toronto Maple Leafslead2–1againstTampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 4
      TOR5–4TBL
      W
      3
      His night
      Out injured
    • Toronto Maple Leafslead3–1againstTampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 5
      TBL4–2TOR
      L
      3
      His night
      Out injured
    • Toronto Maple Leafslead3–2againstTampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 6
      TOR2–1TBL
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG07:38TOI
    First round

    Toronto Maple Leafs knock Tampa Bay Lightning out 4–2

    TOR4–2TBL
    Advance
    1Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    3 days later
    Second round

    Toronto Maple Leafs meet Florida Panthers

    TORvsFLA
    Swedes on Florida Panthers
    • Game 3
      TOR2–3FLA
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG12:27TOI
      +1 goal
    Second round

    Florida Panthers knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 4–1

    TOR1–4FLA
    Eliminated
    1Games1Points1Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Erik Gustafsson ends the 2022-2023 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    #18NHL#226
    Games
    2
    Goals
    1
    #9NHL#117
    Assists
    0
    #20NHL#243
    P/GP
    0.50
    +/-
    0
    #18NHL#118
    TBL4–2→FLA1–4