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Erik Karlsson

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Pittsburgh Penguins

D · 6'0", 185 lb · 36 years old · Shoots right · Landsbro, SWE

Drafted 2008 · OTT · round 1 · #15 overall

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Last 5 games

Date	Opp	A	PTS	GS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Nov 14	OTT	0	0	-0.6	1	-3	23:36
Nov 11	@SJS	1	1	0.5	5	-2	27:04
Nov 8	@ANA	1	1	-0.0	8	-2	25:33
Nov 7	@LAK	1	1	0.3	0	+2	23:55
Nov 5	BOS	0	0	-0.3	0	-4	21:05

Against their position

This playerAverage defencemen

Against 240 defencemen, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

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Role

Hits / 600.38230th

Blocks / 601.39236th

Takeaways / 600.63137th

Giveaways / 604.82223rd

Penalty minutes447th

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

Per game, against the average defenseman

Goals

D 0.08

Assists

D 0.27

SOG

Shots on goal

D 1.2

Expected goals

D 0.08

Attempts for

D 14.6

Attempts against

D 14.7

TOI

Ice time

D 19:05

Speed

Top, mph

22.1

D 21.2

Hits

D 1.0

Hit±

Dealt minus taken

D -0.7

BLK

Shot blocks

D 1.3

bxG

Block xG margin

D +.02

Poss±

Take minus give

D -0.8

Pen±

Drawn minus taken

D -0.1

FO%

Faceoffs won

Shot

Hardest, mph

97.0

D 87.2

Every shot this season

Goal3Shot on goal37Missed25Shot blocked63

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Pittsburgh Penguins	20	3	16	19	-11	41	7.3	23:38
2025-26	Pittsburgh Penguins	75	15	51	66	+8	176	8.5	23:36
2024-25	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	11	42	53	-24	191	5.8	23:14
2023-24	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	11	45	56	+4	213	5.2	24:16
2022-23	San Jose Sharks	82	25	76	101	-26	209	12.0	25:37
2021-22	San Jose Sharks	50	10	25	35	-14	117	8.5	23:28
2020-21	San Jose Sharks	52	8	14	22	-18	110	7.3	23:36
2019-20	San Jose Sharks	56	6	34	40	-15	120	5.0	24:31
2018-19	San Jose Sharks	53	3	42	45	+6	169	1.8	24:29
2017-18	Ottawa Senators	71	9	53	62	-25	196	4.6	26:44
2016-17	Ottawa Senators	77	17	54	71	+10	218	7.8	26:50
2015-16	Ottawa Senators	82	16	66	82	-2	248	6.5	28:58
2014-15	Ottawa Senators	82	21	45	66	+7	292	7.2	27:15
2013-14	Ottawa Senators	82	20	54	74	-15	257	7.8	27:04
2012-13	Ottawa Senators	17	6	8	14	+8	79	7.6	27:09
2011-12	Ottawa Senators	81	19	59	78	+16	261	7.3	25:19
2010-11	Ottawa Senators	75	13	32	45	-30	182	7.1	23:31
2009-10	Ottawa Senators	60	5	21	26	-5	112	4.5	20:07
Career		1179	218	737	955	-126	3191	6.8	25:06

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2025-26	OG	Sweden	5	0	4	4
2024-25	4 Nations	Sweden	3	1	2	3
2023-24	WC	Sweden	10	6	5	11
2016-17	WCup	Sweden	4	1	3	4
2013-14	Olympics	Sweden	6	4	4	8
2012-13	Finland	Jokerit	30	9	25	34
2011-12	WC-A	Sweden	8	3	4	7
2009-10	AHL	Binghamton	12	0	11	11
2009-10	WC-A	Sweden	9	1	3	4
2008-09	Sweden	Frolunda	45	5	5	10
2008-09	WJC-A	Sweden	6	2	7	9
2008-09	Sweden-2	Boras	7	0	1	1
2008-09	Swe-Jr.	Frolunda Jr.	1	0	2	2
2007-08	Swe-U18	Frolunda U18	3	1	2	3
2007-08	Swe-Jr.	Frolunda Jr.	38	13	24	37
2007-08	Sweden	Frolunda	7	1	0	1
2006-07	Swe-U18	Sodertalje U18	2	0	1	1
2006-07	Swe-Jr.	Sodertalje Jr.	10	2	8	10
2005-06	J20 Div.2	Boro/Vetlanda J20	4	1	5	6