John Carlson
Age 36 · Shoots right · 6′3″ · 225 lb · Born Natick, Massachusetts, USA
Drafted 2008, #27 overall by Washington
2025-262025-26: 71 games, 14-46-60, 0.85 points per game Season detail →
John Carlson has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 60 points in 71 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample2 points in 3 games for the 12th-placed Tampa Bay
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Tampa Bay's power play went through him.
Special teams
No goals yet: all 2 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
14 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 71 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 96th percentile of defencemen: 94.94 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.13vs
WSH3 Oct · 2nd 19:55 - 19.99@
NYR1 Oct · 1st 19:48 - 19.79vsWSH3 Oct · 3rd 07:35
- 19.64@NYR1 Oct · 3rd 16:40
- 19.53@NYR1 Oct · 1st 05:58
- 19.16@NYR1 Oct · 3rd 12:26
- 18.55vsWSH3 Oct · 3rd 04:52
- 18.33vsWSH3 Oct · 1st 09:16
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 94.94@NYR1 Oct · 2nd 03:42
- 89.63@NYR1 Oct · 2nd 13:00
- 84.58vsWSH3 Oct · 1st 09:48
- 83.83vs
PHI5 Oct · 1st 11:59 - 81.98@NYR1 Oct · 1st 14:23
- 81.61@NYR1 Oct · 1st 08:27
- 74.52vsWSH3 Oct · 1st 05:01
- 71.60@NYR1 Oct · 3rd 10:26
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.56vsPHI5 Oct · 17:51 TOI
- 2.81vsWSH3 Oct · 20:35 TOI
- 3.34@NYR1 Oct · 23:41 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.90 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 Minnesota, a point in one of three
MINL 2-30001−121:43MINL 0-50001−222:10MINW 5-10115021:23PHIW 4-10111+117:51WSHW 3-10110+120:35NYRW 5-10004−223:4160 points in 71 games
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.8). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Tampa Bay's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 14 goals and 46 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 14 goals broke a tie; 3 came with Tampa Bay trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
353 attempts across the 74 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 71 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 95th percentile of defencemen: 99.77 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in every other game (39 of 71)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Minnesota, a point in one of three
MINL 2-30001−121:43MINL 0-50001−222:10MINW 5-10115021:23
NSHW 5-40220+120:24MINL 2-30001−121:43
VANOTL 3-4 OT0002026:31
SJSW 6-13033+220:16NSHL 0-50000−325:04
CGYL 3-50006023:52
STLL 2-60003−321:57SJSL 3-40002−126:13
TOROTL 4-5 OT1014+126:47
EDML 2-40224−128:07PHIW 4-10111+117:51WSHW 3-10110+120:35NYRW 5-10004−223:41Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$8.5M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 7.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 63rd of 191 defencemen 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 2 Oct 2026.
With Tampa Bay
323rd 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 2 assists.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSeventeen seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct