Erik Karlsson

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Defenseman Leaders

2024 - 2025

Name	G	A	Pts
Cale Makar	30	62	92
Zach Werenski	20	56	76
Quinn Hughes	16	58	74
Evan Bouchard	14	52	66
Rasmus Dahlin	16	48	64
Lane Hutson	6	58	64
Victor Hedman	15	48	63
Adam Fox	9	51	60
Josh Morrissey	12	47	59
Jake Sanderson	11	44	55
Shea Theodore	7	47	54
Erik Karlsson	11	42	53

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Erik Karlsson

Pittsburgh Penguins

2024 - 2025
- G 11
- A 42
- PTS 53
- +/- -26
- PIM 20
- PPP 15
- SH% 5.9
- 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	32	57	89
Rickard Rakell	34	34	68
Bryan Rust	29	34	63
Erik Karlsson	11	42	53
Evgeni Malkin	16	34	50
Matt Grzelcyk	1	37	38
Kris Letang	9	21	30
Danton Heinen	8	20	28
Kevin Hayes	13	10	23
Tommy Novak	13	9	22
Philip Tomasino	10	11	21
Blake Lizotte	11	9	20

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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	80	11	42	53	-26	20	188	2.4	5.9	15	28	94	23.20	19.99	2.46	0.76
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	0.32	1.00	1.31	45	-0.06	8	17	5.7	11.3	1625	51.4	9.7	0.891	988	55.6
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

Regression Meter

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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	658	665	49.7	461	480	49.0	10.9	0.905	1015	59.5
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	3	7	30.0	143	110	56.5	102	93	52.3	4.7	0.875	922	58.0

Next Opponent (With Line Matching)

Boston Bruins on April 13, 2025 | See also: Line Matching Tool

These two teams last played on Saturday, March 1, 2025. These were the lines used most frequently against Erik Karlsson.

FORWARD 1	FORWARD 2	FORWARD 3	Frequency
COLE KOEPKE	CHARLIE COYLE	ELIAS LINDHOLM	27.78%
DAVID PASTRNAK	PAVEL ZACHA	MORGAN GEEKIE	50%
DAVID PASTRNAK	MORGAN GEEKIE	MATTHEW POITRAS	22.22%

Most Recent 10 Games

OPP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SH%	H	BS	TOI	EVTOI	PPTOI	PKTOI	ID
NJD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	23:20	19:47	01:48	01:45	21262
CHI	1	0	1	1	0	1	100	1	0	22:04	19:05	02:00	00:59	21240
CHI	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	3	19:38	18:12	00:51	00:35	21227
DAL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	1	20:22	16:59	02:05	01:18	21211
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

Erik Karlsson

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Buy-Low and Sell-High: Skaters

Basic Stats

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Regression Meter

Positional Data

Most Common Pairings and Pair Production

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Most Recent 10 Games

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