William Eklund #27

L · San Jose Sharks · Age 23 · Shoots L · 5′10″, 185 lb · Draft: 2021, round 1, 7th overall

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

Summary		Pctl
GP	78	67th
TOI/GP	18:32	82nd
G	15	55th
A	38	87th
P	53	77th
P/60	2.20	66th
ixG	24.0	82nd
G−ixG	−9.0	1st
xGF%	48.7	42nd
Rel xGF%	+2.5	72nd
GS/GP	+0.64	67th
Pen ±	+8	85th

Scoring		Pctl
G	15	55th
A1	26	91st
A2	12	72nd
P	53	77th
P1	41	78th
P/60	2.20	66th
5v5 P/60	1.68	56th
PPP	16	79th
SHP	0	32nd
ENG	0	24th

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	176	83rd
iCF	334	80th
iFF	247	77th
ixG	24.0	82nd
ixG/60	1.00	72nd
G	15	55th
G−ixG	−9.0	1st
Sh%	8.5	19th
xSh%	9.7	79th
Blk'd	87	87th
5v5 iCF/60	12.5	60th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	1110	88th
CF%	50.1	57th
FF%	49.4	47th
xGF%	48.7	42nd
GF%	43.1	21st
xGF/60	2.57	54th
xGA/60	2.70	30th
oiSh%	9.5	51st
oiSv%	87.6	4th
PDO	97.1	16th
Rel CF%	+4.5	92nd
Rel xGF%	+2.5	72nd
OZS%	58.2	55th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	18:32	82nd
EV/GP	15:13	88th
5v5/GP	14:14	88th
PP/GP	2:55	77th
SH/GP	0:25	47th
Shifts/GP	20.3	60th
Shift	0:55	92nd
OZ	269	73rd
NZ	231	59th
DZ	193	70th
OZS%	58.2	55th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+49.5	70th
GS/GP	+0.64	67th
GS/60	+2.06	53rd
Scoring	+36.0	77th
Shooting	+15.6	82nd
On ice	−5.0	26th
Penalties	+1.4	88th
Faceoffs	−0.1	39th
Other	+1.6	78th

Other		Pctl
Hits	72	57th
Blk	51	85th
Tk	18	58th
Gv	66	26th
PenD	24	91st
PenT	16	24th
Pen ±	+8	85th
PP min ±	+18.0	87th
FOW	11	33rd
FOL	20	65th
FO%	35.5	23rd

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	4	1	1	2	2.5	69.4	+1.33	13:56
2025-26	Regular season	78	15	38	53	24.0	48.7	+0.64	18:32

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.1), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 78 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Alexander Wennberg	C	815:15	51.9	48.3
Dmitry Orlov	D	530:23	49.5	45.0
Macklin Celebrini	C	495:03	45.5	48.8
Tyler Toffoli	C	487:05	47.4	49.2
Mario Ferraro	D	447:19	50.4	52.6
John Klingberg	D	385:00	48.0	48.0
Sam Dickinson	D	301:58	53.0	52.2
Timothy Liljegren	D	244:29	45.5	48.9

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 16	@ WPG	W 6–1	14:24	1	2	3	0.68	70	92	+5.26
Apr 15	@ CHI	L 2–5	17:03	0	0	1	0.08	56	39	−0.14
Apr 13	@ NSH	W 3–2	16:57	0	1	1	0.00	58	61	+0.86
Apr 11	vs VAN	L 3–4 OT	18:32	0	0	3	0.26	59	54	+0.10
Apr 9	@ ANA	L 1–6	16:23	0	0	1	0.07	52	28	−0.64
Apr 8	vs EDM	L 2–5	17:20	0	1	2	0.10	67	71	+1.18
Apr 6	vs CHI	W 3–2	15:03	1	1	1	0.26	81	82	+2.60
Apr 4	vs NSH	L 3–6	14:49	0	1	1	0.02	73	45	+0.51
Apr 2	vs TOR	W 4–1	15:01	1	1	2	0.29	62	48	+1.78
Apr 1	vs ANA	W 4–3	15:44	0	0	2	0.08	52	31	−0.85
Mar 30	vs STL	W 5–4	16:30	0	0	0	0.00	44	39	−0.64
Mar 28	@ CBJ	W 3–2	16:12	0	0	2	0.15	59	38	−0.18
Mar 26	@ STL	L 1–2 OT	19:29	0	1	3	0.16	73	87	+1.46
Mar 24	@ NSH	L 3–6	17:02	0	0	1	0.08	44	53	+0.15
Mar 21	vs PHI	L 1–4	22:05	0	1	0	0.06	57	56	+0.78
Mar 19	vs BUF	L 0–5	15:54	0	0	2	0.08	46	22	−1.12
Mar 17	@ EDM	L 3–5	15:32	0	0	0	0.19	50	43	−0.55
Mar 15	@ OTT	L 4–7	17:07	0	0	2	0.33	42	42	+0.06
Mar 14	@ MTL	W 4–2	23:57	0	1	3	0.17	57	49	+0.75
Mar 12	@ BOS	W 4–2	15:24	1	1	3	0.48	42	57	+2.36
Mar 10	@ BUF	L 3–6	16:29	0	0	2	0.17	69	53	+0.21
Mar 7	vs NYI	L 1–2 OT	17:08	0	0	2	0.16	48	63	+0.46
Mar 6	vs STL	L 2–3 OT	17:32	0	0	2	0.04	57	51	+0.24
Mar 3	vs MTL	W 7–5	14:43	0	1	0	0.06	42	30	+0.28
Mar 1	vs WPG	W 2–1 OT	15:33	0	1	5	0.46	71	70	+1.48
Feb 28	vs EDM	W 5–4	14:31	0	1	1	0.04	61	68	+1.13
Feb 26	vs CGY	L 1–4	17:39	0	0	4	0.17	56	22	−0.41
Feb 4	@ COL	L 2–4	19:26	0	0	2	0.24	12	21	−0.77
Feb 2	@ CHI	L 3–6	15:06	0	1	0	0.00	36	44	+0.47
Jan 31	@ CGY	L 2–3	14:35	0	1	1	0.18	44	35	+0.46
Jan 29	@ EDM	L 3–4 OT	16:14	0	1	3	0.17	50	53	+1.04
Jan 27	@ VAN	W 5–2	16:15	0	1	3	0.11	58	52	+1.00
Jan 23	vs NYR	W 3–1	18:10	0	0	2	0.08	46	23	−0.69
Jan 20	@ TBL	L 1–4	20:14	0	1	0	0.00	48	52	+0.63
Jan 19	@ FLA	W 4–1	17:37	0	0	4	0.68	33	65	+1.30
Jan 16	@ DET	L 2–4	15:51	0	0	2	0.33	35	44	+0.08
Jan 15	@ WSH	W 3–2	17:38	0	1	1	0.25	55	61	+1.29
Jan 11	vs VGK	L 2–7	22:41	0	0	3	0.44	33	29	−0.51
Jan 10	vs DAL	W 5–4 OT	24:58	0	1	1	0.31	65	57	+1.04
Jan 7	@ LAK	W 4–3 OT	21:24	1	0	5	0.65	59	41	+0.80
Jan 6	vs CBJ	W 5–2	21:17	0	1	6	0.85	48	56	+1.49
Jan 3	vs TBL	L 3–7	21:54	0	0	2	0.23	32	34	−0.69
Dec 31	vs MIN	W 4–3 OT	18:26	0	1	0	0.05	40	39	+0.46
Dec 29	@ ANA	W 5–4	18:44	1	0	1	0.26	37	26	−0.48
Dec 27	@ VAN	W 6–3	21:09	1	1	4	1.57	59	81	+4.57
Dec 23	@ VGK	L 2–7	19:09	0	0	5	0.64	51	43	−0.43
Dec 20	vs SEA	L 2–4	20:48	0	0	8	1.17	65	69	+1.28
Dec 18	vs DAL	L 3–5	20:31	0	0	6	0.51	68	56	+0.16
Dec 16	vs CGY	W 6–3	18:39	0	1	2	0.14	51	76	+1.46
Dec 13	@ PIT	W 6–5 OT	22:29	1	1	3	0.84	35	57	+2.47
Dec 11	@ TOR	W 3–2 OT	19:02	0	1	4	0.57	58	51	+0.90
Dec 9	@ PHI	L 1–4	19:22	0	0	0	0.01	45	43	−0.54
Dec 7	@ CAR	W 4–1	17:03	0	1	3	0.25	15	20	+0.59
Dec 5	@ DAL	L 1–4	19:09	0	0	2	0.22	56	47	+0.05
Dec 3	vs WSH	L 1–7	18:28	0	0	3	0.29	54	39	−0.22
Dec 1	vs UTA	W 6–3	20:57	0	1	4	0.31	50	44	+0.81
Nov 29	@ VGK	L 3–4	19:55	1	0	1	0.29	55	39	+0.50
Nov 28	vs VAN	W 3–2	16:26	1	0	2	0.19	65	39	+0.47
Nov 26	@ COL	L 0–6	20:26	0	0	1	0.02	34	30	−0.89
Nov 23	vs BOS	W 3–1	18:56	0	1	2	0.54	45	69	+1.60
Nov 22	vs OTT	L 2–3	20:56	0	0	0	0.33	60	55	+0.25
Nov 20	vs LAK	W 4–3 OT	20:45	0	0	1	0.38	38	58	+0.47
Nov 18	vs UTA	W 3–2 OT	20:32	0	1	2	0.18	38	44	+0.48
Nov 15	@ SEA	L 1–4	20:26	0	1	2	0.17	50	49	+0.66
Nov 13	@ CGY	L 0–2	19:16	0	0	2	0.22	37	44	+0.26
Nov 11	@ MIN	W 2–1 OT	19:15	0	0	3	0.53	82	89	+1.43
Nov 1	vs COL	W 3–2 OT	20:45	0	0	0	0.08	37	30	−0.50
Oct 30	vs NJD	W 5–2	18:17	1	0	2	0.25	40	59	+1.65
Oct 28	vs LAK	L 3–4	24:46	0	1	3	0.12	63	51	+1.10
Oct 26	@ MIN	W 6–5 OT	25:29	2	1	4	0.65	30	37	+2.07
Oct 24	@ NJD	L 1–3	18:19	1	0	3	0.39	35	46	+0.93
Oct 23	@ NYR	W 6–5 OT	20:51	0	3	4	0.90	48	35	+2.47
Oct 21	@ NYI	L 3–4	17:58	0	0	4	0.44	75	61	+0.25
Oct 18	vs PIT	L 0–3	18:15	0	0	3	0.42	71	61	+0.38
Oct 17	@ UTA	L 3–6	17:52	0	0	2	0.45	52	41	−0.01
Oct 14	vs CAR	L 1–5	20:28	1	0	2	0.38	19	28	+0.48
Oct 11	vs ANA	L 6–7 OT	17:32	0	0	3	0.13	34	33	−0.74
Oct 9	vs VGK	L 3–4 OT	17:27	0	1	1	0.92	46	36	+1.14