Erik Karlsson
01/Where he scores from
Karlsson scored 14 regular season goals on 280 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. His densest patch is right point, 43 ft out: 4/14 · 29% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 2% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 0/14 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 12/280 · 4% of his attempts — 0/12 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 4/14 · 29% of his goals came from here, on 41/280 · 15% of his attempts — 4/41 · 10% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 8/14 · 57% of his goals came from here, on 107/280 · 38% of his attempts — 8/107 · 7% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 2/14 · 14% of his goals came from here, on 120/280 · 43% of his attempts — 2/120 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 1 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Karlsson scored 36 regular season goals on 852 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. His densest patch is right point, 44 ft out: 6/36 · 17% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 2% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 0/36 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 25/852 · 3% of his attempts — 0/25 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 12/36 · 33% of his goals came from here, on 130/852 · 15% of his attempts — 12/130 · 9% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 16/36 · 44% of his goals came from here, on 308/852 · 36% of his attempts — 16/308 · 5% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 8/36 · 22% of his goals came from here, on 389/852 · 46% of his attempts — 8/389 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 1 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Karlsson scored 209 regular season goals on 4,283 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2010-11 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the point, 50 ft out: 25/209 · 12% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 2% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 21/209 · 10% of his goals came from here, on 143/4,283 · 3% of his attempts — 21/143 · 15% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 75/209 · 36% of his goals came from here, on 662/4,283 · 15% of his attempts — 75/662 · 11% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 56/209 · 27% of his goals came from here, on 1,409/4,283 · 33% of his attempts — 56/1,409 · 4% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 57/209 · 27% of his goals came from here, on 2,069/4,283 · 48% of his attempts — 57/2,069 · 3% of what he sent from there went in.
Karlsson scored 8 playoff goals on 290 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2010-11 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 1/8 · 13% of his goals came from here, on 3/290 · 1% of his attempts — 1/3 · 33% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 2/8 · 25% of his goals came from here, on 50/290 · 17% of his attempts — 2/50 · 4% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 3/8 · 38% of his goals came from here, on 89/290 · 31% of his attempts — 3/89 · 3% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 2/8 · 25% of his goals came from here, on 148/290 · 51% of his attempts — 2/148 · 1% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2010-11 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 1 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
02/When his goals came
6 of his 15 goals came in the 2nd period, on 57 shots. That is a record of last season, not a description of the player: which period a skater scores in does not carry from one year to the next.
03/Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | S | H | +/- | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12 | @WSH | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:56 |
| Apr 9 | @NJD | W 5-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:30 |
| Apr 5 | FLA | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:27 |
| Apr 4 | FLA | W 9-4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:30 |
| Apr 2 | @TBL | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 23:48 |
| Mar 31 | DET | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:48 |
| Mar 30 | @NYI | W 8-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:41 |
| Mar 28 | DAL | L 3-6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 24:47 |
| Mar 26 | @OTT | W 4-3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 26:08 |
| Mar 24 | COL | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 23:53 |
| Mar 22 | CAR | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 21:47 |
| Mar 21 | WPG | W 5-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 25:31 |
| Mar 18 | @CAR | OTL 5-6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:02 |
| Mar 17 | @COL | W 7-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:44 |
| Mar 15 | @UTA | W 4-3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 26:50 |
| Mar 13 | @VGK | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 26:26 |
| Mar 10 | @CAR | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 28:01 |
| Mar 8 | BOS | W 5-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:20 |
| Mar 7 | PHI | OTL 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 26:12 |
| Mar 6 | BUF | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:05 |
| Mar 4 | @BOS | L 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:18 |
| Mar 1 | VGK | W 5-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 21:58 |
| Feb 28 | @NYR | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:14 |
| Feb 27 | NJD | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:41 |
| Feb 6 | @BUF | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 22:47 |
Showing the 25 most recent of 75 regular season games. Playoff games are kept out of this table and totalled separately in the career record.
04/Splits
Home / Road
In wins / In losses
Every split prints its own denominator. Any split under eight games is greyed rather than hidden, so the edge of the sample is visible instead of guessed at.
05/Career
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10 | OTT | 51 | – | – | – | -1 | 18 | – | – | – | – | 20:35 |
| 2010-11 | OTT | 75 | 13 | 32 | 45 | -30 | 50 | 182 | 7.1 | 32 | 74 | 23:31 |
| 2011-12 | OTT | 81 | 19 | 59 | 78 | +16 | 42 | 261 | 7.3 | 60 | 65 | 25:19 |
| 2012-13 | OTT | 17 | 6 | 8 | 14 | +6 | 8 | 79 | 7.6 | 10 | 14 | 25:31 |
| 2013-14 | OTT | 82 | 20 | 54 | 74 | -8 | 36 | 257 | 7.8 | 122 | 101 | 22:00 |
| 2014-15 | OTT | 82 | 21 | 45 | 66 | +8 | 42 | 292 | 7.2 | 93 | 89 | 25:55 |
| 2015-16 | OTT | 82 | 16 | 66 | 82 | -8 | 50 | 248 | 6.5 | 84 | 175 | 24:41 |
| 2016-17 | OTT | 77 | 17 | 54 | 71 | -2 | 28 | 218 | 7.8 | 67 | 201 | 20:42 |
| 2017-18 | OTT | 71 | 9 | 53 | 62 | -18 | 36 | 196 | 4.6 | 58 | 120 | 21:02 |
| 2018-19 | SJS | 53 | 3 | 42 | 45 | +3 | 22 | 169 | 1.8 | 44 | 69 | 21:17 |
| 2019-20 | SJS | 56 | 6 | 34 | 40 | -12 | 16 | 121 | 5.0 | 26 | 74 | 20:25 |
| 2020-21 | SJS | 52 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -13 | 18 | 110 | 7.3 | 20 | 69 | 20:58 |
| 2021-22 | SJS | 50 | 10 | 25 | 35 | -15 | 14 | 117 | 8.5 | 18 | 45 | 20:19 |
| 2022-23 | SJS | 82 | 25 | 76 | 101 | -24 | 36 | 209 | 12.0 | 33 | 90 | 23:06 |
| 2023-24 | PIT | 82 | 11 | 45 | 56 | +9 | 44 | 213 | 5.2 | 40 | 100 | 21:18 |
| 2024-25 | PIT | 82 | 11 | 42 | 53 | -5 | 20 | 191 | 5.8 | 29 | 94 | 1:06 |
| 2025-26 | PIT | 75 | 15 | 51 | 66 | +9 | 22 | 176 | 8.5 | 20 | 65 | 20:49 |
| Career | from 2010-11 | 1,150 | 210 | 700 | 910 | -85 | 502 | 3,039 | 6.9 | 756 | 1,445 | 20:53 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 | OTT | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 4 | 31 | 3.2 | 16 | 8 | – |
| 2012-13 | OTT | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | — | 6 | 28 | 3.6 | 8 | 17 | – |
| 2014-15 | OTT | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 17 | 5.9 | 15 | 6 | – |
| 2016-17 | OTT | 19 | 2 | 16 | 18 | — | 10 | 53 | 3.8 | 21 | 35 | – |
| 2018-19 | SJS | 19 | 2 | 14 | 16 | — | 8 | 51 | 3.9 | 15 | 33 | – |
| 2025-26 | PIT | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 10 | 13 | 7.7 | 3 | 5 | 28:37 |
| Career | 67 | 8 | 42 | 50 | -4 | 40 | 193 | 4.1 | 78 | 104 | 28:37 |
Seasons before 2010-11 predate the play-by-play record used here. Those rows carry appearances, time on ice, penalty minutes and plus/minus from box scores; the columns derived from event data are left blank rather than filled with a zero.
06/Bio
- Position
- Defense
- Jersey
- #65
- Shoots
- R
- Height
- 6'0"
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Born
- May 31, 1990 (age 36)
- Birthplace
- Landsbro, SWE
- Drafted
- 2008 · Round 1 · Pick 15 · OTT
- Club
- Pittsburgh Penguins
