John Carlson #74

D · Washington Capitals · Anaheim Ducks · Age 36 · Shoots R · 6′3″, 225 lb · Draft: 2008, round 1, 27th 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	71	48th
TOI/GP	23:10	87th
G	14	94th
A	46	94th
P	60	95th
P/60	2.19	95th
ixG	12.2	94th
G−ixG	+1.8	78th
xGF%	54.1	81st
Rel xGF%	+4.5	90th
GS/GP	+0.88	95th
Pen ±	−10	22nd

Scoring		Pctl
G	14	94th
A1	23	95th
A2	23	94th
P	60	95th
P1	37	94th
P/60	2.19	95th
5v5 P/60	1.66	97th
PPP	14	89th
SHP	0	35th
ENG	2	98th

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	153	88th
iCF	355	89th
iFF	244	91st
ixG	12.2	94th
ixG/60	0.45	96th
G	14	94th
G−ixG	+1.8	78th
Sh%	9.2	85th
xSh%	5.0	94th
Blk'd	111	84th
5v5 iCF/60	13.5	93rd

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	1190	55th
CF%	54.5	90th
FF%	54.3	89th
xGF%	54.1	81st
GF%	56.0	82nd
xGF/60	3.20	97th
xGA/60	2.72	26th
oiSh%	10.6	77th
oiSv%	90.3	41st
PDO	100.9	67th
Rel CF%	+4.5	90th
Rel xGF%	+4.5	90th
OZS%	51.3	73rd

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	23:10	87th
EV/GP	18:06	65th
5v5/GP	16:46	56th
PP/GP	2:44	89th
SH/GP	2:20	75th
Shifts/GP	24.7	64th
Shift	0:56	93rd
OZ	236	80th
NZ	218	38th
DZ	224	55th
OZS%	51.3	73rd

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+62.2	94th
GS/GP	+0.88	95th
GS/60	+2.27	95th
Scoring	+39.2	94th
Shooting	+7.9	94th
On ice	+12.7	86th
Penalties	−1.5	20th
Faceoffs	0.0	2nd
Other	+3.8	60th

Other		Pctl
Hits	26	19th
Blk	106	69th
Tk	45	99th
Gv	118	2nd
PenD	7	38th
PenT	17	35th
Pen ±	−10	22nd
PP min ±	−20.0	21st
FOW	0	50th
FOL	1	2nd
FO%	0.0	44th

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	8	2	2	4	1.5	62.0	+0.80	19:57
2025-26	Regular season	71	14	46	60	12.2	54.1	+0.88	23:10
2025-26	Playoffs	12	0	6	6	1.1	49.2	+0.35	24:03

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.4), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 71 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Martin Fehérváry	D	624:26	52.1	53.6
Tom Wilson	R	415:43	55.7	57.1
Alex Ovechkin	L	397:29	55.7	54.4
Aliaksei Protas	C	392:04	54.2	50.1
Dylan Strome	C	382:50	54.3	50.6
Connor McMichael	C	337:15	47.9	46.1
Jakob Chychrun	D	320:23	55.4	50.4
Justin Sourdif	R	297:18	54.1	54.4

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 16	@ NSH	W 5–4	20:24	0	2	0	0.00	52	73	+1.74
Apr 14	@ MIN	L 2–3	21:43	0	0	1	0.04	58	51	−0.20
Apr 12	vs VAN	L 3–4 OT	26:31	0	0	2	0.03	50	70	+0.87
Apr 9	vs SJS	W 6–1	20:16	3	0	3	0.24	65	82	+3.92
Apr 7	vs NSH	L 0–5	25:04	0	0	0	0.02	54	42	−0.91
Apr 4	vs CGY	L 3–5	23:52	0	0	6	0.33	79	72	+0.76
Apr 3	vs STL	L 2–6	21:57	0	0	3	0.18	72	56	−0.07
Apr 1	@ SJS	L 3–4	26:13	0	0	2	0.08	59	55	+0.30
Mar 30	vs TOR	L 4–5 OT	26:47	1	0	4	0.53	47	33	+0.67
Mar 28	@ EDM	L 2–4	28:07	0	2	4	0.21	67	78	+3.00
Mar 26	@ CGY	W 3–2 OT	26:55	0	2	3	0.16	60	49	+1.27
Mar 24	@ VAN	W 5–3	24:01	0	3	2	0.07	50	56	+2.34
Mar 22	vs BUF	W 6–5 OT	25:03	0	0	2	0.25	49	67	+0.91
Mar 20	@ UTA	W 4–1	24:19	0	1	2	0.00	48	38	+0.35
Mar 18	vs PHI	L 2–3 OT	22:44	0	0	3	0.15	59	60	+0.19
Mar 15	@ MTL	W 4–3	22:59	0	0	1	0.15	61	79	+1.63
Feb 5	vs NSH	W 4–2	7:03	0	1	1	0.04	67	49	+0.67
Feb 3	@ PHI	L 2–4	25:09	0	0	5	0.10	56	34	−0.59
Feb 2	vs NYI	W 4–1	21:36	1	0	1	0.38	17	19	+0.32
Jan 31	vs CAR	W 4–3 OT	27:57	0	1	2	0.03	63	67	+2.14
Jan 29	@ DET	W 4–3 OT	27:25	0	0	3	0.28	53	59	+0.63
Jan 27	@ SEA	L 1–5	22:49	0	0	1	0.01	50	45	−0.26
Jan 24	@ EDM	L 5–6 OT	25:53	0	2	0	0.06	52	53	+1.89
Jan 23	@ CGY	W 3–1	20:28	0	1	2	0.20	52	54	+1.01
Jan 21	@ VAN	L 3–4	26:45	0	2	4	0.06	64	55	+1.18
Jan 19	@ COL	L 2–5	22:59	0	0	0	0.08	37	41	−0.47
Jan 17	vs FLA	L 2–5	21:56	0	2	3	0.07	55	62	+2.23
Jan 15	vs SJS	L 2–3	25:45	0	1	2	0.09	52	53	+0.67
Jan 13	vs MTL	W 3–2 OT	27:46	0	0	7	0.72	52	51	+0.62
Jan 11	@ NSH	L 2–3	26:43	0	1	4	0.14	53	50	+0.83
Jan 9	@ CHI	W 5–1	19:43	0	2	0	0.01	44	59	+1.92
Jan 7	vs DAL	L 1–4	27:37	0	1	0	0.12	39	38	+0.42
Jan 5	vs ANA	W 7–4	19:40	1	1	2	0.53	53	57	+2.11
Jan 3	vs CHI	L 2–3 OT	23:53	0	0	5	0.15	39	53	+0.25
Jan 1	@ OTT	L 3–4	23:15	0	0	2	0.03	44	39	−0.24
Dec 31	vs NYR	W 6–3	22:55	0	0	0	0.05	38	36	−0.25
Dec 29	@ FLA	L 3–5	22:43	0	0	1	0.00	28	46	−0.07
Dec 27	@ NJD	W 4–3 OT	20:05	0	0	0	0.11	37	49	+0.18
Dec 23	vs NYR	L 3–7	22:18	1	0	4	0.13	67	40	+0.56
Dec 21	@ DET	L 2–3 OT	24:40	0	1	0	0.25	66	72	+2.08
Dec 20	vs DET	L 2–5	21:14	0	0	1	0.24	55	41	−0.27
Dec 18	vs TOR	W 4–0	21:52	1	2	2	0.10	79	72	+3.53
Dec 16	@ MIN	L 0–5	22:10	0	0	1	0.10	72	83	+0.69
Dec 13	@ WPG	L 1–5	19:55	0	1	2	0.04	60	25	−0.28
Dec 11	vs CAR	L 2–3 OT	20:47	0	0	1	0.14	39	36	−0.51
Dec 2	@ LAK	W 3–1	18:27	0	1	1	0.04	50	63	+0.90
Nov 30	@ NYI	W 4–1	20:46	0	0	1	0.01	43	32	−0.70
Nov 28	vs TOR	W 4–2	20:45	0	0	3	0.15	59	44	−0.18
Nov 26	vs WPG	W 4–3	24:44	1	0	4	0.17	59	51	+0.93
Nov 24	vs CBJ	W 5–1	19:41	1	1	5	0.27	59	82	+2.89
Nov 22	vs TBL	L 3–5	25:20	0	0	3	0.30	70	80	+1.71
Nov 20	@ MTL	W 8–4	23:56	0	2	0	0.01	56	44	+1.56
Nov 19	vs EDM	W 7–4	20:31	0	3	3	0.18	32	41	+1.54
Nov 17	vs LAK	W 2–1	23:06	0	0	1	0.04	29	29	−0.77
Nov 13	@ FLA	L 3–6	22:55	0	1	3	0.21	54	43	+0.45
Nov 11	@ CAR	W 4–1	22:51	0	2	1	0.23	38	60	+1.84
Nov 8	@ TBL	L 2–3	18:59	1	0	3	0.24	63	57	+1.12
Nov 6	@ PIT	L 3–5	23:47	0	1	1	0.02	57	59	+1.25
Nov 5	vs STL	W 6–1	21:05	1	1	3	0.40	52	57	+2.09
Nov 1	@ BUF	L 3–4 OT	28:05	0	0	1	0.32	48	45	+0.03
Oct 31	vs NYI	L 1–3	25:08	0	0	2	0.10	44	41	+0.06
Oct 28	@ DAL	L 0–1	25:11	0	0	1	0.17	68	62	+0.38
Oct 25	vs OTT	L 1–7	21:05	0	0	1	0.09	44	28	−1.08
Oct 24	@ CBJ	W 5–1	25:43	1	1	3	0.26	50	48	+1.56
Oct 21	vs SEA	W 4–1	19:45	0	1	3	0.22	78	79	+1.84
Oct 19	vs VAN	L 3–4	23:39	1	0	3	0.06	63	25	−0.86
Oct 17	vs MIN	W 5–1	21:23	0	1	5	0.32	76	81	+2.57
Oct 14	vs TBL	W 3–2 OT	26:10	0	1	3	0.67	68	48	+0.90
Oct 12	@ NYR	W 1–0	22:02	0	0	1	0.15	59	71	+0.66
Oct 11	@ NYI	W 4–2	22:44	0	1	2	0.56	57	83	+2.51
Oct 8	vs BOS	L 1–3	26:39	0	0	2	0.32	61	78	+1.22