Defence · #65 · PIT

Erik Karlsson

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Shoots: Right
Height: 6′0″
Weight: 185 lb
Born: May 31, 1990 (age 36)
Birthplace: Landsbro, Sweden
Draft: 2008, OTT, round 1, 15th overall

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2026-27 · All situations

GP: 18; PIT
TOI: 422; 23:27 a game
CF%: 53.7; 441–380
xGF%: 48.3; 25.5–27.3
GF%: 45.8; 27–32

2026-27 individual

G: 3
A1: 6
A2: 9
P: 18
iSF: 35
Sh%: 8.6
ixG: 2.70
G−ixG: 0.30

Shooting luck

2026-27 in all situations, beside his record before (his seasons since 2019-20) and the league's defencemen.

Measure	2026-27	Before	Δ	League
Sh%	8.6	7.6	+1.0	6.5
On-ice Sh%	13.5	10.5	+3.0	10.9
PDO	97.3	98.6	-1.3	99.7
G−ixG	+0.30	–	–	–

Sh% z +0.2. Within what chance gives: at the 7.5% expected of him, his 35 shots could well have brought this. Expected: his record before blended with 100 shots at the league rate; past ±2 is about one time in twenty by chance.

2026-27 shot maps

Unblocked attempts in all situations, the net attacked at the top. A blocked attempt has no shot location, so these are goals, shots on goal and misses. Shots at an empty net are left out.

2026-27 shot maps

On the ice, against the league

For · his team's attempts44.1 FF/60 · league 40.2

−1.3+1.3

Against · at his net39.4 FF/60 · league 40.2

−1.3+1.3

Per 60 vs league average; darker = bigger gap. Green is better for him, red worse. 422 min.

His attempts

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Area = xG:0.050.200.50smallest ≤ 0.04

Excluding 1 empty-net attempt: 57 unblocked · 35 SOG · 3 G · 2.40 ixG · 1 from his own half, not drawn. The density is shaded against his own busiest spot, blank under a quarter of it.

His unblocked attempts, shots on goal, goals and shooting percentage by zone, beside the league's
Zone	FF	SOG	G	Sh%	Lg Sh%
Inner slot	2	1	0	0.0	20.6
High slot	2	2	1	50.0	18.2
Circles	11	7	0	0.0	9.9
Point and perimeter	41	24	2	8.3	4.4
Behind the net	0	0	0	–	4.7

By season

Season	Team	GP	TOI	CF%	GF%	xGF%	xGF% Rel	xGF	xGA	Sh%	Sv%	PDO
2019-20 SJS	SJS	56	1373	53.4	46.0	48.8	+3.2	74.47	78.22	9.1	88.1	97.2
2020-21 SJS	SJS	52	1227	51.7	45.0	49.0	+0.2	66.14	68.75	8.6	88.8	97.4
2021-22 SJS	SJS	50	1174	52.7	48.5	49.7	+3.2	67.98	68.91	9.3	88.7	98.1
2022-23 SJS	SJS	82	2100	57.4	51.9	54.7	+15.1	139.39	115.38	11.7	86.2	97.9
2023-24 PIT	PIT	82	1990	59.8	57.4	59.2	+13.2	139.39	95.87	9.3	89.9	99.2
2024-25 PIT	PIT	82	1905	54.0	50.2	50.9	+3.6	113.47	109.42	11.1	87.6	98.8
2025-26 PIT	PIT	75	1770	55.9	58.8	53.1	+3.2	109.94	97.19	13.0	88.0	101.0
2026-27 PIT	PIT	18	422	53.7	45.8	48.3	-1.7	25.47	27.27	13.5	83.8	97.3
Total PIT/SJS	PIT/SJS	497	11962	55.5	51.7	52.7	+6.4	736.25	661.01	10.6	88.0	98.5

Among the league's defencemen

On-ice rates per 60, in all situations, as percentiles among 213 defencemen with 100+ minutes. Right is better.

With or without you

WOWY at 5v5, 2026-27: his on-ice shares with each teammate, and each without the other. A clue, not a verdict. Read at 5v5: All situations mixes power-play units with lines.

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Teammate	Minutes			xGF%			CF%			GF%
Teammate	With	Karlsson without	Without Karlsson	With	Karlsson without	Without Karlsson	With	Karlsson without	Without Karlsson	With	Karlsson without	Without Karlsson
RakellRickard Rakell RW	112	184	137	43.7 5.3–6.8	49.7 -6.0	56.8 -13.1	49.8 112–113	49.4 +0.4	52.5 -2.8	35.7 5–9	47.6 10–11	57.1 8–6
CarlileDeclan Carlile D	110	185	167	49.4 5.9–6.0	45.8 +3.6	56.5 -7.1	52.3 125–114	47.6 +4.7	56.4 -4.1	42.1 8–11	43.8 7–9	43.8 7–9
CrosbySidney Crosby C	110	186	146	45.8 5.1–6.1	48.1 -2.3	57.4 -11.6	50.0 108–108	49.3 +0.7	52.4 -2.4	38.5 5–8	45.5 10–12	56.3 9–7
StastneySpencer Stastney D	104	192	113	44.5 4.6–5.7	48.7 -4.2	67.0 -22.4	49.0 96–100	49.9 -0.9	58.9 -9.9	54.5 6–5	37.5 9–15	71.4 5–2
NovakTommy Novak C	83	213	141	47.0 4.3–4.9	47.4 -0.4	56.4 -9.5	51.2 85–81	48.9 +2.3	55.7 -4.5	33.3 4–8	47.8 11–12	75.0 6–2
MalkinEvgeni Malkin C	70	225	145	54.0 4.2–3.5	44.8 +9.2	55.0 -0.9	55.6 79–63	47.6 +8.1	54.8 +0.8	46.7 7–8	40.0 8–12	57.1 4–3
RobertsonNicholas Robertson LW	65	230	139	49.6 2.9–3.0	46.7 +3.0	61.9 -12.2	49.2 59–61	49.7 -0.5	56.3 -7.1	100.0 3–0	37.5 12–20	70.0 7–3
DewarConnor Dewar C	65	231	134	47.4 2.3–2.6	47.2 +0.1	60.1 -12.8	45.5 56–67	50.7 -5.1	52.7 -7.2	60.0 3–2	40.0 12–18	62.5 5–3
KindelBen Kindel C	56	240	119	39.6 2.4–3.7	49.3 -9.7	55.7 -16.1	44.4 48–60	50.8 -6.3	56.4 -11.9	33.3 3–6	46.2 12–14	35.7 5–9
LizotteBlake Lizotte C	55	241	139	57.8 3.0–2.2	45.0 +12.8	52.7 +5.0	54.5 60–50	48.4 +6.2	54.0 +0.5	66.7 2–1	40.6 13–19	42.9 3–4
KoivunenVille Koivunen RW	54	242	120	49.6 2.9–2.9	46.7 +2.9	55.4 -5.8	50.5 52–51	49.4 +1.1	54.8 -4.3	50.0 3–3	41.4 12–17	46.7 7–8
GirardSamuel Girard D	53	242	195	49.3 2.3–2.3	46.9 +2.4	55.2 -5.8	48.3 42–45	49.8 -1.5	52.1 -3.8	0.0 0–3	46.9 15–17	40.9 9–13

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2026-27 game by game

Date	Opponent	Result	CF%	GF%	xGF%	TOI	xGF	xGA	Sh%	Sv%	PDO
2026-11-08 @ ANA · L 2-5	@ ANA	L 2-5	66.2	33.3	50.5	26	2.76	2.70	9.1	66.7	75.8
2026-11-07 @ LAK · W 5-2	@ LAK	W 5-2	45.2	100.0	68.9	24	1.56	0.70	40.0	100.0	140.0
2026-11-05 vs BOS · L 2-6	vs BOS	L 2-6	43.2	0.0	35.9	21	0.85	1.52	0.0	63.6	63.6
2026-11-03 vs VGK · L 2-3	vs VGK	L 2-3	67.6	0.0	63.4	25	1.24	0.72	0.0	85.7	85.7
2026-10-31 @ MTL · L 4-5	@ MTL	L 4-5	64.3	75.0	63.5	24	1.58	0.91	21.4	85.7	107.1
2026-10-29 vs UTA · L 3-4 OT	vs UTA	L 3-4 OT	50.0	25.0	36.4	22	1.07	1.88	6.7	72.7	79.4
2026-10-24 vs NSH · W 3-2 OT	vs NSH	W 3-2 OT	51.8	66.7	42.9	26	1.55	2.06	15.4	91.7	107.1
2026-10-22 vs FLA · W 4-0	vs FLA	W 4-0	39.4	100.0	54.3	24	1.50	1.26	28.6	100.0	128.6
2026-10-19 @ UTA · L 4-5	@ UTA	L 4-5	49.1	50.0	38.4	28	1.36	2.17	33.3	78.6	111.9
2026-10-17 @ VGK · L 2-6	@ VGK	L 2-6	46.3	20.0	26.1	22	0.69	1.95	12.5	69.2	81.7
2026-10-16 @ COL · L 2-5	@ COL	L 2-5	43.8	25.0	28.8	21	0.92	2.27	11.1	83.3	94.4
2026-10-13 @ CHI · L 3-5	@ CHI	L 3-5	78.6	40.0	52.5	20	2.01	1.82	12.5	50.0	62.5
2026-10-10 vs DAL · W 2-1 SO	vs DAL	W 2-1 SO	45.7	0.0	52.0	27	1.14	1.05	0.0	92.3	92.3
2026-10-09 @ CBJ · L 2-3 SO	@ CBJ	L 2-3 SO	46.0	100.0	51.9	25	1.35	1.25	10.0	100.0	110.0
2026-10-07 @ WSH · L 3-5	@ WSH	L 3-5	54.0	25.0	53.6	25	1.80	1.56	7.1	75.0	82.1
2026-10-05 vs WPG · L 2-3	vs WPG	L 2-3	54.0	50.0	38.8	24	1.11	1.76	7.7	92.9	100.5
2026-10-03 vs MTL · W 6-5 OT	vs MTL	W 6-5 OT	57.1	100.0	57.4	20	1.50	1.11	23.1	100.0	123.1
2026-09-30 @ PHI · W 7-0	@ PHI	W 7-0	60.0	100.0	72.1	20	1.49	0.57	18.2	100.0	118.2