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Bengt-Ake Gustafsson

Position: RW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: March 23, 1958 in Karlskoga, Sweden

Drafted by the Washington Capitals in the 4th round (55th overall) of the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 9:05AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #488. Guy Chouinard… #489. BENGT-AKE GUSTAFSSON… #490. Billy Harris… #490. Andrew Brunette… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 21 WSH NHL 80 22 38 60 23 -17 17 15 6 1 3 185 11.9
1980-81 22 WSH NHL 72 21 34 55 21 11 26 15 4 2 1 170 12.4
1981-82 23 WSH NHL 70 26 34 60 23 -20 40 23 3 0 2 142 18.3
1982-83 24 WSH NHL 67 22 42 64 24 9 16 20 2 0 4 139 15.8
1983-84 25 WSH NHL 69 32 43 75 29 29 16 24 8 0 5 146 21.9
1984-85 26 WSH NHL 51 14 29 43 16 13 8 7 6 1 3 98 14.3
1985-86 27 WSH NHL 70 23 52 75 27 9 26 11 8 4 6 113 20.4
1987-88 29 WSH NHL 78 18 36 54 20 2 29 6 7 5 3 136 13.2
1988-89 30 WSH NHL 72 18 51 69 24 13 18 9 5 4 6 107 16.8
Career NHL 629 196 359 555 206 49 196 130 49 17 33 1236 15.9

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1979-80 21 WSH NHL 80 0.28 0.48 0.75 0.28 0.21 2.31 18 32 50 19 91 39 89 20 -17 3.2 0.7 3.8
1980-81 22 WSH NHL 72 0.29 0.47 0.76 0.29 0.36 2.36 16 26 42 16 89 31 61 14 11 2.5 1.3 3.8
1981-82 23 WSH NHL 70 0.37 0.49 0.86 0.33 0.57 2.03 19 25 44 17 87 29 84 6 -20 2.9 0.6 3.5
1982-83 24 WSH NHL 67 0.33 0.63 0.96 0.35 0.24 2.07 18 34 52 19 90 38 47 4 9 3.5 1.2 4.7
1983-84 25 WSH NHL 69 0.46 0.62 1.09 0.42 0.23 2.12 25 34 59 23 100 33 38 0 29 4.7 1.9 6.6
1984-85 26 WSH NHL 51 0.27 0.57 0.84 0.31 0.16 1.92 11 23 34 12 58 20 32 7 13 2.0 1.0 3.0
1985-86 27 WSH NHL 70 0.33 0.74 1.07 0.39 0.37 1.61 18 41 59 21 111 51 72 21 9 4.1 1.2 5.3
1987-88 29 WSH NHL 78 0.23 0.46 0.69 0.25 0.37 1.74 15 30 45 16 99 48 84 35 2 2.3 1.3 3.6
1988-89 30 WSH NHL 72 0.25 0.71 0.96 0.33 0.25 1.49 15 42 57 20 96 36 78 31 13 3.5 1.4 4.9
Career NHL 629 0.31 0.57 0.88 0.33 0.31 1.97 155 287 442 163 821 325 585 138 49 28.7 10.5 39.1

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1978-79 20 EDO WHA 2 1 2 3 2 0 0
1982-83 24 WSH NHL 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
1983-84 25 WSH NHL 5 2 3 5 -4 0 0 2 0 0 15 13.3
1984-85 26 WSH NHL 5 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 11.1
1987-88 29 WSH NHL 14 4 9 13 1 6 2 2 0 1 28 14.3
1988-89 30 WSH NHL 4 2 3 5 -5 6 1 1 0 0 8 25.0
Career NHL 32 9 19 28 -7 16 3 6 0 1 60 15.0
Career WHA 2 1 2 3 2 0 0

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 15 KB Karlskoga Sweden-2 8 1 4 5 0
1974-75 16 KB Karlskoga Sweden-2 18 4 5 9 2
1975-76 17 KB Karlskoga Sweden-2 11 7 3 10
1975-76 17 Sweden EJC-A 5 3 1 4 2
1976-77 18 KB Karlskoga Sweden-2 22 32 18 50
1977-78 19 Farjestads BK Karlstad Sweden 32 15 10 25 10
1977-78 19 Sweden WJC-A 7 2 6 8 10
1978-79 20 Farjestads BK Karlstad Sweden 32 13 11 24 10
1978-79 20 Sweden WEC-A 8 4 2 6 0
1980-81 22 Sweden WEC-A 6 3 1 4 8
1981-82 23 Washington Capitals DN-Cup 4 2 0 2
1982-83 24 Sweden WEC-A 10 2 7 9 6
1984-85 26 Sweden Can-Cup 5 1 3 4 2
1986-87 28 Bofors IK Karlskoga Sweden-2 28 16 26 42 22
1986-87 28 Sweden WEC-A 10 3 8 11 4
1987-88 29 Sweden Can-Cup 6 3 0 3 4
1989-90 31 Farjestads BK Karlstad Sweden 37 22 24 46 14
1990-91 32 Farjestads BK Karlstad Sweden 37 9 21 30 6
1990-91 32 Sweden EJC-A 10 0 5 5 6
1991-92 33 Farjestads BK Karlstad Sweden 35 12 20 32 30
1991-92 33 Sweden Olympics 8 0 1 1 0
1992-93 34 Farjestads BK Karlstad Sweden 40 17 14 31 32
1993-94 35 VEU Feldkirch Alpenliga 28 9 32 41 8
1993-94 35 VEU Feldkirch Austria 26 11 11 22 33
1994-95 36 VEU Feldkirch Euroliga 17 12 17 29 8
1994-95 36 VEU Feldkirch Austria 24 9 25 34 14
1995-96 37 VEU Feldkirch Alpenliga 7 8 8 16 2
1995-96 37 VEU Feldkirch Austria 36 20 46 66 12
1996-97 38 VEU Feldkirch Alpenliga 40 21 41 62 10
1996-97 38 VEU Feldkirch Austria 11 3 13 16 0
1997-98 39 VEU Feldkirch Alpenliga 36 6 15 21 10
1997-98 39 VEU Feldkirch Austria 18 4 15 19 6
1997-98 39 VEU Feldkirch EuroHL 6 2 6 8 2
1998-99 40 VEU Feldkirch Alpenliga 2 0 0 0 0
Career 5 Seasons Alpenliga 113 44 96 140 30
Career 5 Seasons Austria 115 47 110 157 65
Career 2 Seasons Can-Cup 11 4 3 7 6
Career 1 Season DN-Cup 4 2 0 2
Career 2 Seasons EJC-A 15 3 6 9 8
Career 1 Season EuroHL 6 2 6 8 2
Career 1 Season Euroliga 17 12 17 29 8
Career 1 Season Olympics 8 0 1 1 0
Career 6 Seasons Sweden 213 88 100 188 102
Career 5 Seasons Sweden-2 87 60 56 116 24
Career 4 Seasons WEC-A 34 12 18 30 18
Career 1 Season WJC-A 7 2 6 8 10

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 15 KB Karlskoga Sweden-2 6 1 1 2 0
1974-75 16 KB Karlskoga/Bofors Jr. Swe-Jr. 2 1 1 2 0
1976-77 18 KB Karlskoga Sweden-2 11 7 7 14
1977-78 19 Farjestads BK Karlstad Sweden 7 2 6 8 10
1978-79 20 Farjestads BK Karlstad Sweden 3 2 0 2 4
1989-90 31 Farjestads BK Karlstad Sweden 10 4 10 14 18
1990-91 32 Farjestads BK Karlstad Sweden 8 3 6 9 2
1991-92 33 Farjestads BK Karlstad Sweden 6 2 5 7 2
1992-93 34 Farjestads BK Karlstad Sweden 3 0 1 1 2
1994-95 36 VEU Feldkirch Austria 13 9 13 22 2
1995-96 37 VEU Feldkirch Austria 4 1 5 6 2
1997-98 39 VEU Feldkirch EuroHL 4 1 3 4 2
Career 2 Seasons Austria 17 10 18 28 4
Career 1 Season EuroHL 4 1 3 4 2
Career 1 Season Swe-Jr. 2 1 1 2 0
Career 6 Seasons Sweden 37 13 28 41 38
Career 2 Seasons Sweden-2 17 8 8 16 0

Similarity Scores

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Thru 9 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 6.6 5.3 4.9 4.7 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.0
Brian Mullen 93.6 5.6 5.5 4.7 4.7 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.4
Petr Klima 93.2 7.3 5.3 5.1 4.6 4.1 4.1 3.6 3.4 2.1
Thomas Steen 92.8 6.7 5.7 4.9 4.1 3.6 3.4 3.1 2.9 2.5
Dale Hunter 91.6 5.7 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 3.7 3.5 3.3 2.7
Dave Christian 91.3 6.7 6.4 5.1 4.8 3.8 3.8 3.4 2.9 1.6
Mike Murphy 91.0 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.1
Peter Zezel 91.0 6.4 5.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.0
German Titov 90.6 6.6 5.2 4.8 4.6 4.3 3.8 3.4 2.3 0.5
Billy Harris 90.3 6.4 5.6 4.9 4.7 4.1 3.4 3.3 2.5 2.2
Eddie Wiseman 90.1 4.8 4.3 3.9 3.5 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.1 1.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 6.6 5.3 4.9 4.7 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.0
Eddie Wiseman 91.6 4.8 4.3 3.9 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.1 2.1 1.1
Steve Reinprecht 90.9 6.0 5.6 4.5 4.5 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.0 2.8 0.9 0.0
German Titov 90.6 6.6 5.2 4.8 4.6 4.3 3.8 3.4 2.3 0.5
Gary Dornhoefer 90.6 7.1 5.7 5.6 5.0 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.3 2.2 0.7 -0.1 -0.3 -0.6
Scott Hartnell 88.6 7.5 5.9 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.1 0.4
Thomas Gradin 88.0 6.9 6.6 5.9 5.1 4.4 3.7 3.7 2.5 1.9
Ray Getliffe 87.7 4.8 4.6 3.4 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.3 1.6 1.6 0.0
Joe Carveth 87.7 5.4 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.0 1.0 0.0 -0.1
Nik Antropov 87.7 7.6 6.5 5.9 5.0 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.1 1.6 0.1
Sylvain Turgeon 87.6 6.6 5.7 4.8 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.1 2.1 1.3 0.8 0.8

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

1979-80 NHL 80 (3)

Short-Handed Goals

1985-86 NHL 4 (8)
1987-88 NHL 5 (7)
Career NHL 17 (92)

Assists Per Game

Career NHL 0.57 (85)

Transactions

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March, 1979: Signed as a free agent by Edmonton (WHA), March, 1979.

June 9, 1979: Claimed by Washington from Edmonton prior to Expansion Draft, June 9, 1979.

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