Erik Karlsson #65

D · Pittsburgh Penguins · Age 35 · Shoots R · 6′0″, 185 lb · Draft: 2008, round 1, 15th overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's defensemen who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	75	58th
TOI/GP	23:36	90th
G	15	96th
A	51	97th
P	66	97th
P/60	2.24	96th
ixG	11.7	94th
G−ixG	+3.3	92nd
xGF%	52.6	77th
Rel xGF%	+1.7	70th
GS/GP	+0.83	94th
Pen ±	0	82nd

Scoring		Pctl
G	15	96th
A1	23	95th
A2	28	97th
P	66	97th
P1	38	94th
P/60	2.24	96th
5v5 P/60	1.51	94th
PPP	26	97th
SHP	0	35th
ENG	1	92nd

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	176	94th
iCF	471	98th
iFF	291	97th
ixG	11.7	94th
ixG/60	0.40	93rd
G	15	96th
G−ixG	+3.3	92nd
Sh%	8.5	82nd
xSh%	4.0	74th
Blk'd	180	98th
5v5 iCF/60	15.3	97th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	1270	64th
CF%	54.0	86th
FF%	53.1	81st
xGF%	52.6	77th
GF%	57.9	87th
xGF/60	2.95	89th
xGA/60	2.65	37th
oiSh%	11.6	90th
oiSv%	90.1	34th
PDO	101.7	80th
Rel CF%	+5.5	94th
Rel xGF%	+1.7	70th
OZS%	55.3	83rd

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	23:36	90th
EV/GP	18:23	72nd
5v5/GP	16:56	59th
PP/GP	3:21	97th
SH/GP	1:52	61st
Shifts/GP	23.8	53rd
Shift	1:00	98th
OZ	314	94th
NZ	307	72nd
DZ	254	65th
OZS%	55.3	83rd

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+62.1	94th
GS/GP	+0.83	94th
GS/60	+2.11	94th
Scoring	+42.7	97th
Shooting	+7.6	94th
On ice	+9.9	83rd
Penalties	0.0	82nd
Faceoffs	0.0	51st
Other	+1.9	19th

Other		Pctl
Hits	20	14th
Blk	64	28th
Tk	37	96th
Gv	102	10th
PenD	11	65th
PenT	11	64th
Pen ±	0	82nd
PP min ±	0.0	83rd
FOW	0	50th
FOL	0	52nd
FO%	–

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	9	0	9	9	1.1	49.0	+0.63	22:38
2025-26	Regular season	75	15	51	66	11.7	52.6	+0.83	23:36
2025-26	Playoffs	6	1	2	3	0.7	51.6	+0.27	28:37

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.5), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 75 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Parker Wotherspoon	D	1228:27	54.0	53.2
Bryan Rust	R	748:40	52.0	45.9
Sidney Crosby	C	689:43	51.4	45.9
Rickard Rakell	R	561:25	53.3	49.4
Anthony Mantha	R	429:33	52.6	52.1
Evgeni Malkin	C	415:29	50.9	54.4
Ben Kindel	C	354:52	55.7	54.4
Connor Dewar	C	335:40	58.4	58.6

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 12	@ WSH	L 0–3	19:56	0	0	0	0.01	44	44	−0.14
Apr 9	@ NJD	W 5–2	22:30	1	1	2	0.45	58	38	+1.05
Apr 5	vs FLA	W 5–2	21:27	0	0	2	0.14	63	91	+0.33
Apr 4	vs FLA	W 9–4	20:30	1	3	2	0.09	55	77	+3.74
Apr 2	@ TBL	L 3–6	23:48	0	0	3	0.45	39	36	−0.78
Mar 31	vs DET	W 5–1	22:48	0	0	4	0.19	50	49	+0.28
Mar 30	@ NYI	W 8–3	19:41	0	0	2	0.11	69	61	+0.86
Mar 28	vs DAL	L 3–6	24:47	1	2	1	0.14	64	67	+2.59
Mar 26	@ OTT	W 4–3 OT	26:08	1	2	8	0.54	62	52	+2.66
Mar 24	vs COL	L 2–6	23:53	0	0	1	0.19	60	64	+0.57
Mar 22	vs CAR	L 1–5	21:47	0	0	2	0.07	52	51	−0.24
Mar 21	vs WPG	W 5–4 OT	25:31	2	0	5	0.46	68	53	+2.22
Mar 18	@ CAR	L 5–6 OT	24:02	2	1	4	0.24	47	43	+2.29
Mar 16	@ COL	W 7–2	21:44	1	2	4	0.08	45	50	+2.37
Mar 14	@ UTA	W 4–3	26:50	0	2	1	0.13	32	32	+0.93
Mar 12	@ VGK	L 2–6	26:26	0	0	4	0.13	59	27	−0.74
Mar 10	@ CAR	L 4–5 OT	28:01	0	2	2	0.20	64	73	+2.33
Mar 8	vs BOS	W 5–4 OT	24:20	0	2	6	0.57	66	72	+2.51
Mar 7	vs PHI	L 3–4 OT	26:12	1	0	1	0.10	65	73	+1.38
Mar 5	vs BUF	L 1–5	23:05	0	0	3	0.16	43	23	−0.87
Mar 3	@ BOS	L 1–2	21:18	1	0	6	0.37	61	47	+1.08
Mar 1	vs VGK	W 5–0	21:58	0	2	1	0.12	34	27	+1.45
Feb 28	@ NYR	L 2–3 OT	24:14	0	1	3	0.20	50	55	+1.05
Feb 26	vs NJD	W 4–1	21:41	0	0	1	0.07	48	42	−0.06
Feb 5	@ BUF	W 5–2	22:47	0	0	2	0.08	56	74	+1.14
Feb 3	@ NYI	L 4–5 OT	22:27	0	1	3	0.07	59	73	+1.54
Feb 2	vs OTT	L 2–3	27:20	0	0	3	0.14	35	24	−1.71
Jan 31	vs NYR	W 6–5	23:53	0	1	3	0.21	52	74	+1.58
Jan 29	vs CHI	W 6–2	21:40	0	0	2	0.07	77	79	+1.83
Jan 25	@ VAN	W 3–2	23:57	0	0	1	0.18	44	49	+0.25
Jan 22	@ EDM	W 6–2	19:58	0	0	0	0.02	54	74	+0.85
Jan 11	@ BOS	L 0–1	23:12	0	0	1	0.07	63	50	−0.10
Jan 10	vs CGY	L 1–2	25:03	0	0	1	0.00	59	64	+0.41
Jan 8	vs NJD	W 4–1	22:56	1	1	2	0.09	55	60	+1.88
Jan 4	@ CBJ	W 5–4 OT	25:46	0	1	4	0.17	68	57	+1.15
Jan 3	@ DET	W 4–1	20:59	0	0	0	0.05	65	77	+0.82
Jan 1	vs DET	W 4–3 OT	22:34	0	2	1	0.15	53	64	+1.90
Dec 30	vs CAR	W 5–1	19:40	0	2	1	0.08	62	61	+2.06
Dec 28	@ CHI	W 7–3	15:49	0	0	0	0.01	33	32	−0.59
Dec 23	@ TOR	L 3–6	22:42	0	0	6	0.15	61	38	−0.88
Dec 21	vs MTL	W 4–3 OT	27:07	0	1	1	0.18	55	68	+1.28
Dec 20	@ MTL	L 0–4	24:29	0	0	2	0.07	66	67	+0.77
Dec 18	@ OTT	L 0–4	20:36	0	0	2	0.05	71	62	+0.09
Dec 16	vs EDM	L 4–6	24:11	1	1	3	0.11	52	60	+1.46
Dec 14	vs UTA	L 4–5 OT	28:27	0	1	2	0.08	48	53	+1.23
Dec 13	vs SJS	L 5–6 OT	29:21	0	1	4	0.17	56	39	−0.08
Dec 11	vs MTL	L 2–4	27:22	1	0	5	0.24	50	43	+0.78
Dec 9	vs ANA	L 3–4 OT	28:07	0	2	5	0.33	42	47	+1.24
Dec 7	@ DAL	L 2–3 OT	26:36	0	0	2	0.36	66	57	+0.57
Dec 4	@ TBL	W 4–3	25:29	0	1	6	0.17	58	57	+0.84
Dec 1	@ PHI	W 5–1	21:13	0	2	2	0.11	27	30	+0.84
Nov 29	vs TOR	L 2–7	22:06	0	0	2	0.08	70	66	+0.27
Nov 28	@ CBJ	W 4–3 OT	22:13	0	1	2	0.06	47	41	+0.45
Nov 26	vs BUF	W 4–2	23:48	0	1	0	0.04	41	26	−0.08
Nov 22	vs SEA	L 2–3 OT	27:18	0	0	4	0.32	52	71	+1.03
Nov 21	vs MIN	L 0–5	22:46	0	0	0	0.15	58	55	+0.40
Nov 16	vs NSH	W 4–0	21:00	0	1	0	0.00	57	81	+1.79
Nov 14	@ NSH	L 1–2 OT	22:56	0	0	1	0.13	59	65	+0.53
Nov 9	vs LAK	L 2–3	27:43	0	0	3	0.11	47	41	−0.30
Nov 8	@ NJD	L 1–2 OT	24:58	0	0	3	0.08	73	70	+0.35
Nov 6	vs WSH	W 5–3	24:34	0	1	3	0.29	48	54	+0.78
Nov 3	@ TOR	L 3–4	27:54	1	0	3	0.27	74	43	+0.86
Nov 1	@ WPG	L 2–5	27:00	0	1	3	0.21	44	40	+0.36
Oct 30	@ MIN	W 4–1	21:57	0	0	2	0.20	59	57	+0.31
Oct 28	@ PHI	L 2–3 OT	31:42	0	0	5	0.35	52	50	+0.43
Oct 27	vs STL	W 6–3	23:52	0	3	1	0.01	45	68	+3.02
Oct 25	vs CBJ	L 4–5 OT	27:39	0	1	3	0.24	30	13	−0.94
Oct 23	@ FLA	W 5–3	22:27	0	2	1	0.05	47	56	+2.18
Oct 21	vs VAN	W 5–1	22:33	0	0	0	0.05	61	78	+0.77
Oct 18	@ SJS	W 3–0	18:30	0	1	1	0.06	34	34	+0.19
Oct 16	@ LAK	W 4–2	18:45	0	2	1	0.01	62	72	+1.84
Oct 14	@ ANA	L 3–4	21:40	0	0	1	0.03	53	66	+0.41
Oct 11	vs NYR	L 1–6	19:16	0	0	1	0.03	38	44	−0.20
Oct 9	vs NYI	W 4–3	20:34	0	0	2	0.17	50	31	−1.08
Oct 7	@ NYR	W 3–0	20:33	0	0	2	0.15	56	65	+0.81