Vegas Golden Knights · #71 · Centre

William Karlsson

Age 33 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 190 lb · Born Marsta, SWE

Drafted 2011, #53 overall by Anaheim

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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-11th on VGK
Assists0T-15th on VGK
Points0T-16th on VGK
P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL
Shots60.0% shooting
TOI / GP18:416th on VGK

2025-262025-26: 14 games, 4-3-7, 0.50 points per game Season detail →

William Karlsson has 0 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 7 points in 14 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

0 points in 4 games for the 3rd-placed Vegas

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Takeaways290th
Ice time18:4182nd
Penalty differential+180th
Shots / GP1.5048th
PP points036th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th
Assists / 600.0021st
Points / GP0.0013th
Blocked shots012th
Hits05th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.00.01–4

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points0T-16th on VGK
Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-15th on VGK
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time18:416th on VGK
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Ice time and special teams

A top-six forward who plays on the power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Vegas's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength15:07
Power play1:41
Shorthanded1:53
Total18:41

21.3 shifts a game, averaging 53 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on VGK
PP assists0T-6th on VGK
PP points0T-8th on VGK · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-8th on VGK

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP5Vegas total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every VGK PPG
PP TOI share26.8%of VGK PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease2 att · 0 G
Slot8 att · 0 G
Wing7 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

17 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)1.255th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−1.2
Unblocked attempts13
xG per attempt.092
ixG per 600.96

2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Hardest shot in the 86th percentile of forwards: 85.37 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Distance skated, mi11.792nd
Hardest shot, mph85.3786th
Offensive-zone time43.3%64th
Defensive-zone time38.7%62nd
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
Top speed, mph21.0340th
20+ mph bursts338th
Average shot, mph50.431st
Distance / 60, mi9.3925th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph21.03Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph85.37Forward average 74.7
Distance skated11.7 mi3.08 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts29.4%37.3% defensive · 33.3% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

44.4%All situations37.6%
45.9%Even strength35.3%
56.0%Power play29.4%
22.2%Shorthanded64.9%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.03@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 04:54
  2. 20.97@VAN4 Oct · 1st 10:42
  3. 20.68@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 08:43
  4. 19.77vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 04:58
  5. 19.61vsCHI29 Sep · 1st 11:31
  6. 19.58vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 04:51
  7. 19.50vsANA2 Oct · 1st 07:07
  8. 19.46vsCHI29 Sep · 1st 02:32

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph3 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph32 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 85.37vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 10:28
  2. 72.77@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 12:46
  3. 71.09vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 03:52
  4. 69.69@VAN4 Oct · 1st 10:43
  5. 66.06vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 13:04
  6. 55.44@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 05:28
  7. 50.40vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 17:06
  8. 37.11@VAN4 Oct · 1st 17:00

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph1 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph3 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.85@SEA6 Oct · 18:44 TOI
  2. 2.87@VAN4 Oct · 18:20 TOI
  3. 3.08vsANA2 Oct · 20:13 TOI
  4. 2.89vsCHI29 Sep · 17:26 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.92 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways2T-2nd on VGK
Giveaways0
TK / GV ratio—
Hits0T-13th on VGK
Blocked shots0T-16th on VGK

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken6215.5 a game
Won42
Win %67.7%
Offensive zone8 of 15

A regular centre on the draw.


Game log

The last ten games

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
6 OctvsSEAL 2-60001018:44
4 OctvsVANL 2-30002+118:20
2 OctvsANAL 3-40002−220:13
29 SepvsCHIW 5-20001017:26

Contract

Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer

Cap hit$5.9M5.7% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 8 of 8
Expires2026-27UFA at 34
Cap value$47.2MCap hit × 8 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.


With Vegas

Ten seasons · 2017-18 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

2nd in franchise points since 1990-91

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points4032nd for Vegas
Goals1652nd
Assists2383rd
Games played5733rd
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Thirteen seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2014-15ANA, CBJ213250.2410.3%
2015-16CBJ81911200.258.3%
2016-17CBJ81619250.316.3%
2017-18VGK824335780.9523.4%
2018-19VGK822432560.6814.2%
2019-20VGK631531460.7310.9%
2020-21VGK561425390.7012.6%
2021-22VGK671223350.528.9%
2022-23VGK821439530.658.7%
2023-24VGK703030600.8617.1%
2024-25VGK53920290.557.6%
2025-26VGK144370.5013.3%
2026-27VGK10000.000.0%
Career7531832704530.6012.6%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2011Anaheim · round 2#53

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · VGK points

Games126
Goals36
Points830.66 P/GP
Game-winning goals3
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct