| Position: | Right wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 8 |
| Weight Lb: | 165 |
| League: | NHL |
| Team: | San Jose Sharks |
| Prospect League: | AHL |
| Prospect Team: | San Jose Barracuda |
| Birth Date: | 6 February 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Yekaterinburg, Russia |
| Career Start: | 2022 |
| Draft: | 76th overall |
| Draft Year: | 2020 |
| Draft Team: | San Jose Sharks |
Danil Vadimovich Gushchin (Russian: Данил Вадимович Гущин; born 6 February 2002) is a Russian professional ice hockey player for the San Jose Barracuda of the American Hockey League (AHL), as a prospect to the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Selected by the Sharks in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, he made his NHL debut with them in 2023.
Gushchin was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.[1] [2] He signed an entry-level contract with the Sharks on 21 May 2021[3] and made his NHL debut on 1 April 2023, in a 7–2 win over the Arizona Coyotes, while scoring a goal.[4]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 2016–17 | HC Dynamo Moscow | RUS-U16 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | HC CSKA Moscow | RUS-U17 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | HC CSKA Moscow | RUS-U18 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | USHL | 51 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | USHL | 42 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | USHL | 46 | 32 | 32 | 64 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Niagara IceDogs | OHL | 51 | 41 | 30 | 71 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | San Jose Barracuda | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | San Jose Barracuda | AHL | 67 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | San Jose Barracuda | AHL | 56 | 20 | 34 | 54 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Russia | U17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Russia | HG18 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Russia | U17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |
| 2019 | Russia | HG18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2019 | Russia | WJAC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2019 | Russia | U18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |
| Junior totals | 34 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 26 | |||