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Erik Karlsson

Erik Karlsson

PIT·DJersey number #65
Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 377 game sample
PTS
65.2
SOG
194.9
G
14.7
A
50.5
PPP
23.4
HIT
28.2
BLK
81.3
PIM
30.8

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 377 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+1.00
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +3.6 goals over 291
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.18
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.5 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among defencemen · 508 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 508 defencemen, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 377 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 377 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.80
G
0.18
A
0.62
SOG
2.38
PPP
0.29
HIT
0.34
BLK
0.99
PIM
0.37

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26751551660.8817623:36
2024-25821142530.6519123:14
2023-24821145560.6821324:16
2022-238225761011.2320925:37
2021-22501025350.7011723:28

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2661230.501328:37

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 2/10G 3/10A 4/10PPP 4/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 29@ PHIPO400020036:22
Apr 27vs PHIPO200002226:23
Apr 25@ PHIPO101100226:47
Apr 22@ PHIPO210110428:59
Apr 20vs PHIPO100001227:29
Apr 18vs PHIPO301102025:43
Apr 12@ WSH000001019:56
Apr 9@ NJD211000022:30
Apr 5vs FLA200001021:27
Apr 4vs FLA213301020:30

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 9 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-2611.415plus 3.6 goals above expected74291
2024-259.211plus 1.8 goals above expected81295
2023-2411.511minus 0.5 goals above expected81310
2022-2312.225plus 12.8 goals above expected79287
2021-227.710plus 2.3 goals above expected49170

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running hot is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-2611 goals, 29 assists, 40 points4 goals, 22 assists, 26 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2024-259 goals, 29 assists, 38 points2 goals, 13 assists, 15 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2023-249 goals, 30 assists, 39 points2 goals, 15 assists, 17 points0-0-0
2022-2320 goals, 54 assists, 74 points5 goals, 22 assists, 27 points0-0-0
2021-2210 goals, 14 assists, 24 points0 goals, 10 assists, 10 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point

Shot locations

291 attempts · 15 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (115)Shot on goal (161)Goal (15)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.2
P(over)
16%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.4
P(over)
30%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.2
P(over)
15%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
2.5
Proj
2.0
P(over)
33%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.