John Carlson
01/Where he scores from
Carlson scored 12 regular season goals on 224 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 0/12 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 17/224 · 8% of his attempts — 0/17 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 4/12 · 33% of his goals came from here, on 48/224 · 21% of his attempts — 4/48 · 8% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 3/12 · 25% of his goals came from here, on 64/224 · 29% of his attempts — 3/64 · 5% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 5/12 · 42% of his goals came from here, on 95/224 · 42% of his attempts — 5/95 · 5% 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 2 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.
Carlson scored 27 regular season goals on 712 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. His densest patch is right point, 55 ft out: 5/27 · 19% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 1% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 2/27 · 7% of his goals came from here, on 53/712 · 7% of his attempts — 2/53 · 4% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 8/27 · 30% of his goals came from here, on 144/712 · 20% of his attempts — 8/144 · 6% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 7/27 · 26% of his goals came from here, on 195/712 · 27% of his attempts — 7/195 · 4% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 10/27 · 37% of his goals came from here, on 320/712 · 45% of his attempts — 10/320 · 3% of what he sent from there went in.
Carlson scored 2 playoff goals on 68 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 0 of his 2 goals came from here, on 7 of his 68 attempts.
Slot. 1 of his 2 goals came from here, on 10 of his 68 attempts.
Perimeter. 0 of his 2 goals came from here, on 19 of his 68 attempts.
Point. 1 of his 2 goals came from here, on 32 of his 68 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 68 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
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 2 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.
Carlson scored 158 regular season goals on 3,599 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2010-11 to 2025-26. His densest patch is right point, 52 ft out: 25/158 · 16% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 1% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 22/158 · 14% of his goals came from here, on 166/3,599 · 5% of his attempts — 22/166 · 13% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 51/158 · 32% of his goals came from here, on 592/3,599 · 16% of his attempts — 51/592 · 9% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 43/158 · 27% of his goals came from here, on 1,059/3,599 · 29% of his attempts — 43/1,059 · 4% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 42/158 · 27% of his goals came from here, on 1,782/3,599 · 50% of his attempts — 42/1,782 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Carlson scored 19 playoff goals on 487 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2010-11 to 2025-26. His densest patch is left point, 45 ft out: 6/19 · 32% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 2% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 0/19 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 20/487 · 4% of his attempts — 0/20 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 5/19 · 26% of his goals came from here, on 74/487 · 15% of his attempts — 5/74 · 7% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 7/19 · 37% of his goals came from here, on 153/487 · 31% of his attempts — 7/153 · 5% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 7/19 · 37% of his goals came from here, on 240/487 · 49% of his attempts — 7/240 · 3% 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 11 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 14 goals came in the 2nd period, on 48 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 17 | @NSH | W 5-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:24 |
| Apr 15 | @MIN | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:43 |
| Apr 13 | VAN | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:31 |
| Apr 10 | SJS | W 6-1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:16 |
| Apr 8 | NSH | L 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 25:04 |
| Apr 5 | CGY | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:52 |
| Apr 4 | STL | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 21:57 |
| Apr 2 | @SJS | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 26:13 |
| Mar 31 | TOR | OTL 4-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 26:47 |
| Mar 28 | @EDM | L 2-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 28:07 |
| Mar 27 | @CGY | W 3-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26:55 |
| Mar 25 | @VAN | W 5-3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 24:01 |
| Mar 23 | BUF | W 6-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 25:03 |
| Mar 21 | @UTA | W 4-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 24:19 |
| Mar 19 | PHI | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:44 |
| Mar 15 | @MTL | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:59 |
| Feb 6 | NSH | W 4-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:03 |
| Feb 4 | @PHI | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 25:09 |
| Feb 3 | NYI | W 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:36 |
| Jan 31 | CAR | W 4-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 27:57 |
| Jan 30 | @DET | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 27:25 |
| Jan 28 | @SEA | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:49 |
| Jan 25 | @EDM | OTL 5-6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 25:53 |
| Jan 24 | @CGY | W 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:28 |
| Jan 22 | @VAN | L 3-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:45 |
Showing the 25 most recent of 71 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 | WSH | 22 | – | – | – | +11 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 15:15 |
| 2010-11 | WSH | 82 | 7 | 30 | 37 | +21 | 44 | 144 | 4.9 | 70 | 160 | 22:39 |
| 2011-12 | WSH | 82 | 9 | 23 | 32 | -15 | 22 | 152 | 5.9 | 83 | 153 | 21:52 |
| 2012-13 | WSH | 48 | 6 | 16 | 22 | +5 | 18 | 97 | 6.2 | 59 | 123 | 19:57 |
| 2013-14 | WSH | 82 | 10 | 27 | 37 | -6 | 22 | 208 | 4.8 | 64 | 177 | 19:23 |
| 2014-15 | WSH | 82 | 12 | 43 | 55 | +15 | 28 | 193 | 6.2 | 74 | 200 | 21:56 |
| 2015-16 | WSH | 56 | 8 | 31 | 39 | +14 | 14 | 124 | 6.5 | 46 | 114 | 21:19 |
| 2016-17 | WSH | 71 | 9 | 28 | 37 | +5 | 10 | 180 | 5.0 | 58 | 127 | 17:49 |
| 2017-18 | WSH | 82 | 15 | 53 | 68 | -1 | 32 | 237 | 6.3 | 47 | 146 | 20:23 |
| 2018-19 | WSH | 80 | 13 | 57 | 70 | +26 | 34 | 185 | 7.0 | 54 | 164 | 20:42 |
| 2019-20 | WSH | 69 | 15 | 60 | 75 | +15 | 26 | 189 | 7.9 | 55 | 108 | 20:42 |
| 2020-21 | WSH | 52 | 10 | 34 | 44 | -4 | 12 | 128 | 7.8 | 52 | 69 | 21:28 |
| 2021-22 | WSH | 78 | 17 | 54 | 71 | +6 | 20 | 195 | 8.7 | 73 | 112 | 19:55 |
| 2022-23 | WSH | 40 | 9 | 20 | 29 | -10 | 12 | 124 | 7.3 | 42 | 87 | 19:34 |
| 2023-24 | WSH | 82 | 10 | 42 | 52 | -14 | 40 | 176 | 5.7 | 69 | 197 | 21:53 |
| 2024-25 | WSH | 79 | 5 | 46 | 51 | +11 | 22 | 167 | 3.0 | 49 | 134 | 19:57 |
| 2025-26 | WSH/ANA | 71 | 14 | 46 | 60 | -1 | 32 | 154 | 9.1 | 26 | 107 | 19:44 |
| Career | from 2010-11 | 1,158 | 169 | 610 | 779 | +78 | 396 | 2,653 | 6.4 | 921 | 2,178 | 20:32 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | WSH | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 23 | 8.7 | 15 | 19 | – |
| 2011-12 | WSH | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | 8 | 27 | 7.4 | 30 | 38 | – |
| 2012-13 | WSH | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 21 | 0.0 | 4 | 22 | – |
| 2014-15 | WSH | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | — | 4 | 41 | 2.4 | 26 | 41 | – |
| 2015-16 | WSH | 12 | 5 | 7 | 12 | — | 4 | 49 | 10.2 | 24 | 26 | – |
| 2016-17 | WSH | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | 4 | 38 | 5.3 | 21 | 23 | – |
| 2017-18 | WSH | 24 | 5 | 15 | 20 | — | 8 | 80 | 6.3 | 36 | 42 | – |
| 2018-19 | WSH | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | — | 6 | 23 | 0.0 | 14 | 15 | – |
| 2019-20 | WSH | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | — | 2 | 11 | 0.0 | 4 | 7 | – |
| 2020-21 | WSH | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 6 | 8 | 0.0 | 6 | 8 | – |
| 2021-22 | WSH | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | 2 | 12 | 8.3 | 14 | 9 | – |
| 2023-24 | WSH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 14 | 7.1 | 4 | 4 | – |
| 2024-25 | WSH | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 13 | 7.7 | 10 | 16 | – |
| 2025-26 | WSH/ANA | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 4 | 25 | 0.0 | 14 | 17 | 24:03 |
| Career | 142 | 20 | 60 | 80 | -5 | 60 | 385 | 5.2 | 222 | 287 | 24:03 |
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
- #74
- Shoots
- R
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Born
- Jan 10, 1990 (age 36)
- Birthplace
- Natick, Massachusetts, USA
- Drafted
- 2008 · Round 1 · Pick 27 · WSH
- Club
- Washington Capitals
