Erik Karlsson

Karlsson is at his best beside Koivunen: 63.7% of the expected goals together against 52.8% apart.

Acciari is a different player beside him: 59.8% of the expected goals with Karlsson, 47.4% without him.

13 of his 15 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Karlsson than away from him.

The pairing that generates most is Karlsson and Acciari: 5.58 expected goals an hour.

He spends more 5v5 time with Wotherspoon than anyone: 1,077 minutes, worth 54.9% of the expected goals.

With Dewar on the ice too, the Penguins have outscored opponents 17 to 6 at 5v5.

On the power play his best partner is Chinakhov: 97.1% of the expected goals over 38 minutes.

Killing penalties he is tightest with Rust: 6.9 expected goals against an hour.

His best five is with Acciari, Dewar, Lizotte and Wotherspoon: 68.8% of the expected goals over 98 minutes.

The five the coach goes back to is Karlsson with Crosby, Rakell, Rust and Wotherspoon, 137 minutes at 5v5.

His power-play unit is Crosby, Malkin, Rakell and Rust: 7 goals in 44 minutes.

His most used kill is with Dewar, Lizotte and Wotherspoon: 2 goals against in 31 minutes.

Sidney Crosby has assisted on 6 of his 15 goals, 40.0% of them.

He has helped on 9 of Bryan Rust's goals, 17.6% of his own assists.

The Penguins are up 38 goals with Karlsson on the ice.

On the power play his unit generates 11.82 expected goals an hour.

The Penguins create 5.01 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Karlsson on.

The Penguins score 57.9% of the 5v5 goals with Karlsson out there.

Karlsson's line owns 54.0% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

54.1% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Karlsson is on.

At 5v5 the Penguins generate 53.6% of the expected goals with Karlsson on the ice.

Opponents get 53.11 shot attempts an hour with Karlsson on the ice at 5v5.

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 57.9% of the goals off 53.6% of the expected goals.

Karlsson plays 23:36 a night, 26th among defencemen.

He draws 3:26 of power play time a game, 8th among defencemen.

On the power play he produces 0.88 points an hour.

He sets up 1.73 assists an hour of ice time.

He is +8 on the season.

Karlsson produces 2.24 points an hour of ice time.

He takes the puck back 1.25 times an hour.

He takes 0.75 penalty minutes an hour.

He puts 5.97 shots on goal an hour.

Karlsson has taken 471 shot attempts this season.

He fires 15.97 attempts an hour of ice time.

43.1% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

His average attempt comes from 40.1 feet.

Karlsson has scored 2 times on Frederik Andersen this season, more than on any other goaltender.

He has 2 goals against the Hurricanes this season.

He converts 8.5% of the shots he puts on goal.

Karlsson has 15 goals off 16.2 expected: 1.2 short of what the chances say.