Erik Karlsson Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Karlsson has scored 2 times on Cam Talbot this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 12 attempts, 16.7%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Spencer Knight has turned him away every time: 10 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Blue Jackets this season.

14 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Cam Talbot: 12 attempts, 2 goals.

16.7% conversion

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Nathan MacKinnon has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

50.0% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

19 of 38 unblocked, 53rd of 57 defencemen

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

45.7% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

32 of 70 attempts, 54th of 57 defencemen

He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position

He fires 19.88 attempts an hour of ice time.

70 attempts in 211 minutes, 4th of 46 defencemen

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Karlsson has taken 70 shot attempts this season.

18 on goal, 19 missed, 32 blocked, 7th of 57 defencemen

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

22.9% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

16 of 70 attempts, 47th of 57 defencemen

He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net

22.9% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

16 attempts from inside the home plate, 47th of 57 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

30.0% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

21 attempts, 0 goals

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

50.0% of his attempts come from the right side.

13 left, 22 middle, 35 right

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 38.2 feet.

70 located attempts, 34th of 57 defencemen

His long range shooting is about league average

37.1% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

26 long-range attempts, 24th of 57 defencemen

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 0.0% of his attempts.

0 goals on 16 close attempts, 20th of 48 defencemen

One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest

His deadliest shot is the slap shot: 7.7% of them go in.

1 goals on 13 attempts

He is not converting the chances he gets

Karlsson has 1 goals off 2.7 expected: 1.7 short of what the chances say.

42nd of 57 defencemen

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 5.3% of the shots he puts on goal.

1 goals on 19 shots, 27th of 57 defencemen

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -4 on the season.

616th in the league

How he gets his points says what kind of player he is

45.5% of his points come on the power play, so his even-strength production is thinner than the totals suggest.

5 of 11 points with the man advantage

The goals go the wrong way when he is on the ice

The Penguins are down 5 goals with Karlsson on the ice.

13 for, 18 against, 40th of 46 defencemen

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Karlsson plays 23:28 a night, 25th among defencemen.

211 minutes across 9 games

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Crosby, Kindel, Malkin and Rakell: 0 goals in 16 minutes.

0.0 goals an hour, 2.0 expected

Evgeni Malkin is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Evgeni Malkin's goals, 25.0% of his own assists.

3 primary, 1 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

43.8% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

7 primary of 16 assists

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