Erik Karlsson

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Defenseman Leaders

2024 - 2025

Name	G	A	Pts
Cale Makar	30	60	90
Zach Werenski	20	54	74
Quinn Hughes	16	54	70
Evan Bouchard	13	49	62
Lane Hutson	5	57	62
Victor Hedman	14	46	60
Rasmus Dahlin	14	45	59
Josh Morrissey	12	44	56
Adam Fox	9	47	56
Erik Karlsson	10	42	52
Jake Sanderson	10	41	51
Shea Theodore	7	44	51

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Erik Karlsson

Pittsburgh Penguins

2024 - 2025
- G 10
- A 42
- PTS 52
- +/- -23
- PIM 20
- PPP 15
- SH% 5.5
- L 5%
- C 0%
- R 95%
Erik Karlsson is 6' 0" and weighs 190 pounds. He is currently 34.9 years old. His contract has a cap hit of $11,500,000 that expires after the 2026-2027 season.

Pittsburgh Penguins Leaders

2024 - 2025

Name	G	A	Pts
Sidney Crosby	27	55	82
Rickard Rakell	33	33	66
Bryan Rust	27	30	57
Erik Karlsson	10	42	52
Evgeni Malkin	15	31	46
Matt Grzelcyk	1	35	36
Kris Letang	8	20	28
Danton Heinen	8	17	25
Tommy Novak	13	9	22
Kevin Hayes	11	10	21
Philip Tomasino	10	11	21
Blake Lizotte	10	9	19

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News

Erik Karlsson

Is expected to be ready to play in the season opener.

Oct 5, 2024 - 12:35 pm
Erik Karlsson

Is participating in on-ice workouts with the team this morning.

Oct 4, 2024 - 10:34 am
Erik Karlsson

Will practice today in a no-contact jersey.

Oct 3, 2024 - 11:24 am
Erik Karlsson

Was back on the ice and skating this morning.

Oct 1, 2024 - 12:27 pm

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Basic Stats

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S/GP	SH%	PPP	H	BS	TOI	EVTOI	PPTOI	PKTOI
24-25	PIT	76	10	42	52	-23	20	182	2.4	5.5	15	26	90	23.30	20.07	2.50	0.74
23-24	PIT	82	11	45	56	4	44	213	2.6	5.2	17	40	99	24.27	20.61	3.50	0.15
22-23	SJS	82	25	76	101	-26	36	209	2.5	12.0	27	33	90	25.62	21.85	3.40	0.37
21-22	SJS	50	10	25	35	-14	14	117	2.3	8.6	10	18	45	23.47	19.15	2.84	1.48
20-21	SJS	52	8	14	22	-18	18	110	2.1	7.3	8	20	69	23.59	19.45	2.94	1.20

Enhanced Stats (5-on-5 unless denoted with *)

Season	G/60	A/60	P/60	IPP	ΔPEN/60	1A	2A	EVS/60*	PPS/60*	SATF	SAT%	tEVSH%	tEVSV%	SHSV	ZS%
24-25	0.29	1.05	1.34	45	-0.07	8	17	5.7	11.7	1548	51.5	9.8	0.892	990	55.7
23-24	0.23	0.91	1.13	45	-0.24	11	13	5.9	8.8	1834	53.8	8.0	0.910	990	53.9
22-23	0.57	1.72	2.30	67	0.00	29	19	5.5	9.5	1770	53.5	10.5	0.884	989	64.3
21-22	0.47	0.87	1.34	51	0.26	6	7	5.9	7.6	890	49.5	7.8	0.922	1000	51.8
20-21	0.25	0.44	0.70	31	0.05	4	3	5.0	8.6	859	48.0	8.0	0.906	986	50.9

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Positional Data

Season	Team	Left	Right
24-25	PIT	5	95
23-24	PIT	0	100
22-23	SJ	0	100
21-22	SJ	11	89
20-21	SJ	0	100

Most Common Pairings and Pair Production

Team	D1	D2	GF	GA	GF%	SATF	SATA	SAT%	USATF	USATA	USAT%	SH%	SV%	SHSV	ZS%
PIT	MATT GRZELCYK	ERIK KARLSSON	34	30	53.1	655	658	49.9	458	477	49.0	11.0	0.905	1015	59.3
PIT	MARCUS PETTERSSON	ERIK KARLSSON	27	26	50.9	532	476	52.8	376	343	52.3	10.8	0.891	1000	48.6
PIT	CONOR TIMMINS	ERIK KARLSSON	1	4	20.0	88	55	61.5	61	45	57.5	2.6	0.862	888	72.0

Next Opponent (With Line Matching)

Dallas Stars on April 5, 2025 | See also: Line Matching Tool

These two teams last played on Monday, November 11, 2024. These were the lines used most frequently against Erik Karlsson.

FORWARD 1	FORWARD 2	FORWARD 3	Frequency
JAMIE BENN	LOGAN STANKOVEN	WYATT JOHNSTON	43.33%
JASON ROBERTSON	ROOPE HINTZ	EVGENII DADONOV	28.33%
MASON MARCHMENT	TYLER SEGUIN	MATT DUCHENE	28.33%

Most Recent 10 Games

OPP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SH%	H	BS	TOI	EVTOI	PPTOI	PKTOI	ID
STL	0	1	1	1	2	4	0	0	2	24:29	22:05	00:00	02:24	21200
OTT	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	23:37	20:29	02:00	01:08	21174
BUF	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	19:27	15:45	01:09	02:33	21143
TBL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	1	24:44	21:28	01:02	02:14	21131
FLA	0	1	1	-2	0	3	0	0	0	26:19	24:08	01:16	00:55	21120
CBJ	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	21:56	21:28	00:28	00:00	21103
NYI	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	1	20:29	18:08	02:21	00:00	21080
NJD	1	0	1	0	0	1	100	1	1	25:05	18:26	02:57	03:42	21056
STL	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	22:07	21:32	00:00	00:35	21044
VGK	1	0	1	1	0	3	33.3	0	1	25:07	21:05	04:02	00:00	21028

Erik Karlsson

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Basic Stats

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Positional Data

Most Common Pairings and Pair Production

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Most Recent 10 Games

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