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John Klingberg

San Jose Sharks
Position D
Age 34
Height 6'2"
Weight 185LBS
Shoots R
Birth Place Gothenburg, SWE
Born Aug 13, 1992

Key Insights

2025-26
This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Klingberg with Celebrini, Graf, Orlov and Smith, 75 minutes at 5v5.

44.3% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 7 against
This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Celebrini, Graf, Orlov and Smith: 44.3% of the expected goals.

2 goals for, 7 against over 75 minutes
This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Celebrini, Eklund, Smith and Wennberg: 8 goals in 36 minutes.

13.49 goals an hour, 4.6 expected
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Klingberg has been shuffled through 37 different five-man units, and only 3 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Celebrini, Ferraro, Smith and Toffoli: 51.9% of the expected goals over 39 minutes.

4 goals for, 1 against, 50.7% of the attempts
The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

12 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Klingberg this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

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 Aug 13, 1992
Birth Place Gothenburg, SWE
Height 6'2"
Weight 185 LBS
Shoots/Catches R