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Erik Karlsson

Pittsburgh Penguins
Position D
Age 36
Height 6'0"
Weight 185LBS
Shoots R
Birth Place Landsbro, SWE
Born May 30, 1990

Key Insights

2025-26
This is the group that wins him his minutes

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

4 goals for, 0 against, 62.7% of the attempts
This is the group his coach trusts with the game

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

64.0% of the expected goals, 10 goals for and 4 against
This is the group the power play actually runs through

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

9.65 goals an hour, 9.1 expected
This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

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

3.9 against an hour, 4.9 expected
This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Brazeau, Malkin, Mantha and Wotherspoon: 30.8% of the expected goals.

0 goals for, 2 against over 32 minutes
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Karlsson has played 44 different five-man units at 5v5, 5 of them for real minutes.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB May 30, 1990
Birth Place Landsbro, SWE
Height 6'0"
Weight 185 LBS
Shoots/Catches R