Linus Karlsson
Age 26 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 178 lb · Born Landsbro, SWE
Drafted 2018, #87 overall by San Jose
2025-262025-26: 79 games, 15-20-35, 0.44 points per game Season detail →
Linus Karlsson has 4 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 35 points in 79 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample4 points in 4 games for the 17th-placed Vancouver
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (1.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Vancouver's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
No goals yet: all 4 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 4 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
9 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 79 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
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 leadersHardest shot in the 66th percentile of forwards: 80.92 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.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.05vs
VGK4 Oct · 2nd 13:26 - 19.80vs
EDM1 Oct · 2nd 00:13 - 19.80@EDM29 Sep · 1st 04:06
- 19.77vsEDM1 Oct · 1st 19:19
- 19.68vs
CGY3 Oct · 2nd 14:54 - 19.60vsVGK4 Oct · 2nd 10:47
- 19.18vsEDM1 Oct · 3rd 03:09
- 19.13@EDM29 Sep · 3rd 06:39
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 80.92vsCGY3 Oct · 3rd 07:56
- 77.71vsVGK4 Oct · 3rd 15:24
- 75.01@EDM29 Sep · 1st 12:00
- 67.08@EDM29 Sep · 3rd 16:19
- 62.00vsVGK4 Oct · 2nd 01:35
- 43.73vsCGY3 Oct · 3rd 07:44
- 42.94vsEDM1 Oct · 1st 11:58
- 39.93vsCGY3 Oct · 1st 07:36
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.06vsVGK4 Oct · 13:31 TOI
- 2.60vsCGY3 Oct · 18:09 TOI
- 2.20vsEDM1 Oct · 13:47 TOI
- 2.18@EDM29 Sep · 13:37 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.26 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Carolina, a point in two of two
CARL 4-60111012:31CAROTL 3-4 OT0112+17:36VGKL 2-30112+113:31CGYW 4-10222+318:09EDML 7-90001−313:47EDMOTL 5-6 OT0112−113:3735 points in 79 games on a team that finished 32nd
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.4). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Vancouver's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 15 goals and 20 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
6 of 15 goals broke a tie; 9 came with Vancouver trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
221 attempts across the 77 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 79 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
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 leadersTop speed 22.50 mph, hardest shot 83.69 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.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (30 of 79)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Carolina, a point in two of two
CARL 4-60111012:31CAROTL 3-4 OT0112+17:36EDML 1-60002−216:19
LAKW 4-3 OT0002013:23
ANAW 4-3 OT0000015:57
SJSW 4-3 SO0112013:48LAKL 1-40000−114:56VGKL 1-20111+111:56
UTAL 4-72023014:04
MINL 2-50003−117:09
COLW 8-60001−116:59VGKL 2-40002−116:14VGKL 2-30112+113:31CGYW 4-10222+318:09EDML 7-90001−313:47EDMOTL 5-6 OT0112−113:37Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$2.25M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 15.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 63rd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
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 Vancouver
Four seasons · 2023-24 to 2026-27107th 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.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 4 assists.
By opponent
Edmonton1 P in 20.50 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsFour seasons, all with the Canucks
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct