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Erik Karlsson

Defence · Pittsburgh Penguins · Age 36 · b. May 31, 1990 · Landsbro, SWE · Active

Erik Karlsson finished 2025-26 with 66 points (15 G, 51 A) in 75 games — 0.88 per game. The 2026-27 pace tracker updates here after every game once the puck drops.

Regular season

936 pts · 1159 gp · 0.81 P/GP

Playoffs

56 pts · 73 gp · 0.77 P/GP

Playoff Beasts

95% playoff vs reg P/GP

P/GP trend (last yr)

+0.23 vs 2024-25

Regular Season

NHL · season by season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	TOI/G
2009-10	Ottawa Senators	60	5	21	26	0.43	20:07
2010-11	Ottawa Senators	75	13	32	45	0.60	23:31
2011-12	Ottawa Senators	81	19	59	78	0.96	25:19
2012-13	Ottawa Senators	17	6	8	14	0.82	27:09
2013-14	Ottawa Senators	82	20	54	74	0.90	27:04
2014-15	Ottawa Senators	82	21	45	66	0.80	27:15
2015-16	Ottawa Senators	82	16	66	82	1.00	28:58
2016-17	Ottawa Senators	77	17	54	71	0.92	26:50
2017-18	Ottawa Senators	71	9	53	62	0.87	26:44
2018-19	San Jose Sharks	53	3	42	45	0.85	24:29
2019-20	San Jose Sharks	56	6	34	40	0.71	24:31
2020-21	San Jose Sharks	52	8	14	22	0.42	23:36
2021-22	San Jose Sharks	50	10	25	35	0.70	23:28
2022-23	San Jose Sharks	82	25	76	101	1.23	25:37
2023-24	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	11	45	56	0.68	24:16
2024-25	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	11	42	53	0.65	23:14
2025-26	Pittsburgh Penguins	75	15	51	66	0.88	23:36
Career		1159	215	721	936	0.81	25:07

Stanley Cup Playoffs

NHL · season by season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	TOI/G
2009-10	Ottawa Senators	6	1	5	6	1.00	25:52
2011-12	Ottawa Senators	7	1	0	1	0.14	25:22
2012-13	Ottawa Senators	10	1	7	8	0.80	26:44
2014-15	Ottawa Senators	6	1	3	4	0.67	28:58
2016-17	Ottawa Senators	19	2	16	18	0.95	28:08
2018-19	San Jose Sharks	19	2	14	16	0.84	24:45
2025-26	Pittsburgh Penguins	6	1	2	3	0.50	28:37
Career		73	9	47	56	0.77	26:43

Player Tracking

NHL player-tracking · 2025-26

How fast he skates and how hard he shoots, measured by the league's puck-and-player tracking. Percentiles are league-wide across all skaters; seasons with no tracking are left out, never zeroed.

Top Skating Speed

23.7 mph

99th percentile in the NHL

league avg 21.6 mph

Hardest Shot

96.6 mph

86th percentile in the NHL

league avg 88.9 mph

45% offensive-zone time (93rd pct)8.1 mi skated per 60

Top skating speed by season mph

Top shot velocity by season mph

Ice Time

min:sec per game · by season

Average time on ice per game each season — how much of the coach's trust he has earned. All situations, from the NHL's official game data.

23:36 per game in 2025-26

Ice time per game min:sec

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