Erik Karlsson
Age 36 · Shoots right · 6′0″ · 185 lb · Born Landsbro, SWE
Drafted 2008, #15 overall by Ottawa
2025-262025-26: 75 games, 15-51-66, 0.88 points per game Season detail →
Erik Karlsson has 4 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 66 points in 75 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample4 points in 3 games for the 13th-placed Pittsburgh
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 (1.3). 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 Pittsburgh'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
16 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 · 75 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 leaders20+ mph bursts in the 94th percentile of defencemen: 6
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
- 21.38vs
MTL3 Oct · 1st 10:05 - 20.98@
PHI30 Sep · 2nd 09:42 - 20.93@PHI30 Sep · 3rd 00:34
- 20.35vsMTL3 Oct · 1st 02:12
- 20.11vsMTL3 Oct · 3rd 09:19
- 20.02vs
WPG5 Oct · 3rd 19:30 - 19.91vsWPG5 Oct · 2nd 03:36
- 19.19vsWPG5 Oct · 1st 02:15
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 90.44@PHI30 Sep · 3rd 07:36
- 90.34vsWPG5 Oct · 2nd 03:22
- 84.94vsWPG5 Oct · 3rd 19:48
- 80.08vsMTL3 Oct · 2nd 09:53
- 72.71@PHI30 Sep · 2nd 04:19
- 70.85vsWPG5 Oct · 3rd 04:22
- 69.82vsWPG5 Oct · 2nd 09:22
- 65.28vsMTL3 Oct · 2nd 15:11
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.26vsWPG5 Oct · 24:00 TOI
- 2.59vsMTL3 Oct · 19:38 TOI
- 2.61@PHI30 Sep · 19:59 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.82 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 Washington, a point in one of two
WSHL 0-30000−219:56WSHW 5-30113−124:34WPGL 2-30111024:00MTLW 6-5 OT0220+219:38PHIL 0-70113+119:59Priced at 51% for a point tonight
From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.
Kalshi
Polymarket
ProphetXSnapshot 7 Oct, 11:12 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
66 points in 75 games on a team that finished 10th
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 (0.9). 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 Pittsburgh'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.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 15 goals and 51 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; 6 came with Pittsburgh trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
477 attempts across the 78 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 · 75 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 in the 98th percentile of defencemen: 23.74 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.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in every other game (39 of 75)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run, and how that compares with the market price.
Streaks
Against Washington, a point in one of two
WSHL 0-30000−219:56WSHW 5-30113−124:34WSHL 0-30000−219:56
NJDW 5-21122022:30
FLAW 5-20002021:27FLAW 9-41342+220:30
TBLL 3-60003−423:48
DETW 5-10004+122:48
NYIW 8-30002+119:41
DALL 3-61231−124:47
OTTW 4-3 SO1238+126:08
COLL 2-60001−223:53WPGL 2-30111024:00MTLW 6-5 OT0220+219:38PHIL 0-70113+119:59Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Priced at 51% for a point tonight
From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.
Snapshot 7 Oct, 11:12 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 5.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 93rd 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 1 Oct 2026.
With Pittsburgh
Four seasons · 2023-24 to 2026-2726th 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.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsEighteen seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct