Erik Karlsson

D · #65 · Pittsburgh Penguins

Erik Karlsson is a defenceman for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Born May 31, 1990 in Landsbro, Sweden, he stands 6'0", weighs 185 lbs and shoots right. He was drafted in 2008 (round 1, 15th overall) by the Ottawa Senators. In 1,176 NHL regular-season games he has 218 goals and 735 assists for 953 points. This season: 3 goals and 14 assists in 17 games.

NHL regular-season career

Games

1,176

Goals

218

Assists

735

Points

953

NHL playoff career

Games

73

Goals

9

Assists

47

Points

56

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game

0.19

Assists / game

0.63

Points / game

0.81

Shots / game

2.70

Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.

NHL season record highs

Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.

Goals

25

2022–23 · San Jose Sharks

Assists

76

2022–23 · San Jose Sharks

Points

101

2022–23 · San Jose Sharks

Shots

292

2014–15 · Ottawa Senators

Teams & leagues through the years

Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.

1. 2026–27

   • Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL

2. 2025–26

   • Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL
   • SwedenOG

3. 2024–25

   • Sweden4 Nations
   • Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL

4. 2023–24

   • Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL
   • SwedenWC

5. 2022–23

   • San Jose SharksNHL

6. 2021–22

   • San Jose SharksNHL

7. 2020–21

   • San Jose SharksNHL

8. 2019–20

   • San Jose SharksNHL

9. 2018–19

   • San Jose SharksNHL

10. 2017–18

    • Ottawa SenatorsNHL

11. 2016–17

    • Ottawa SenatorsNHL
    • SwedenWCup

12. 2015–16

    • Ottawa SenatorsNHL

13. 2014–15

    • Ottawa SenatorsNHL

14. 2013–14

    • Ottawa SenatorsNHL
    • SwedenOlympics

15. 2012–13

    • JokeritFinland
    • Ottawa SenatorsNHL

16. 2011–12

    • Ottawa SenatorsNHL
    • SwedenWC-A

17. 2010–11

    • Ottawa SenatorsNHL

18. 2009–10

    • BinghamtonAHL
    • Ottawa SenatorsNHL
    • SwedenWC-A

19. 2008–09

    • Frolunda Jr.Swe-Jr.
    • FrolundaSweden
    • BorasSweden-2
    • SwedenWJC-A

20. 2007–08

    • Frolunda Jr.Swe-Jr.
    • Frolunda U18Swe-U18
    • FrolundaSweden

21. 2006–07

    • Sodertalje Jr.Swe-Jr.
    • Sodertalje U18Swe-U18

22. 2005–06

    • Boro/Vetlanda J20J20 Div.2

Coverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.

Season-by-season history

All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.

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Season	League	Team	Type	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/−	Shots	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG
2026–27	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Regular	17	3	14	17	4	-4	27	2	6	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 14 Avg Toi 23:20 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 17 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus -4 Points 17 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 6 Shooting Pctg 0.1111 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 27
2025–26	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Regular	75	15	51	66	22	8	176	4	26	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 51 Avg Toi 23:36 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 75 Goals 15 Ot Goals 0 Pim 22 Plus Minus 8 Points 66 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 26 Shooting Pctg 0.0852 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 176
2025–26	OG	Sweden	Regular	5	0	4	4	0	1	16	0	—	0	—	0	0	All stats Assists 4 Avg Toi 21:06 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 5 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 1 Points 4 Power Play Goals 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 16
2025–26	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Playoffs	6	1	2	3	10	-4	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Avg Toi 28:37 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 10 Plus Minus -4 Points 3 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.0769 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 13
2024–25	4 Nations	Sweden	Regular	3	1	2	3	2	2	5	0	—	0	—	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Avg Toi 18:08 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 3 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 2 Points 3 Power Play Goals 0 Shooting Pctg 0.2 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 5
2024–25	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Regular	82	11	42	53	20	-24	191	2	15	0	0	1	1	All stats Assists 42 Avg Toi 23:14 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 82 Goals 11 Ot Goals 1 Pim 20 Plus Minus -24 Points 53 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 15 Shooting Pctg 0.0576 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 191
2023–24	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	Regular	82	11	45	56	44	4	213	2	17	0	0	4	2	All stats Assists 45 Avg Toi 24:16 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 82 Goals 11 Ot Goals 2 Pim 44 Plus Minus 4 Points 56 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 17 Shooting Pctg 0.0516 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 213
2023–24	WC	Sweden	Regular	10	6	5	11	0	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 10 Goals 6 Pim 0 Plus Minus 9 Points 11
2022–23	NHL	San Jose Sharks	Regular	82	25	76	101	36	-26	209	5	27	0	0	4	2	All stats Assists 76 Avg Toi 25:37 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 82 Goals 25 Ot Goals 2 Pim 36 Plus Minus -26 Points 101 Power Play Goals 5 Power Play Points 27 Shooting Pctg 0.1196 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 209
2021–22	NHL	San Jose Sharks	Regular	50	10	25	35	14	-14	117	0	10	0	0	2	1	All stats Assists 25 Avg Toi 23:28 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 50 Goals 10 Ot Goals 1 Pim 14 Plus Minus -14 Points 35 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 10 Shooting Pctg 0.085 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 117
2020–21	NHL	San Jose Sharks	Regular	52	8	14	22	18	-18	110	3	8	0	1	1	0	All stats Assists 14 Avg Toi 23:36 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 52 Goals 8 Ot Goals 0 Pim 18 Plus Minus -18 Points 22 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 8 Shooting Pctg 0.073 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 110
2019–20	NHL	San Jose Sharks	Regular	56	6	34	40	16	-15	120	1	13	1	1	0	0	All stats Assists 34 Avg Toi 24:31 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 56 Goals 6 Ot Goals 0 Pim 16 Plus Minus -15 Points 40 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 13 Shooting Pctg 0.05 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 120
2018–19	NHL	San Jose Sharks	Regular	53	3	42	45	22	6	169	2	20	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 42 Avg Toi 24:29 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 53 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 22 Plus Minus 6 Points 45 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 20 Shooting Pctg 0.0178 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 169
2018–19	NHL	San Jose Sharks	Playoffs	19	2	14	16	8	-3	51	0	6	0	0	1	1	All stats Assists 14 Avg Toi 24:45 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 19 Goals 2 Ot Goals 1 Pim 8 Plus Minus -3 Points 16 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 6 Shooting Pctg 0.0392 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 51
2017–18	NHL	Ottawa Senators	Regular	71	9	53	62	36	-25	196	3	18	0	1	2	2	All stats Assists 53 Avg Toi 26:44 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 71 Goals 9 Ot Goals 2 Pim 36 Plus Minus -25 Points 62 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 18 Shooting Pctg 0.0459 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 196
2016–17	NHL	Ottawa Senators	Regular	77	17	54	71	28	10	218	4	27	0	2	5	1	All stats Assists 54 Avg Toi 26:50 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 5 Games Played 77 Goals 17 Ot Goals 1 Pim 28 Plus Minus 10 Points 71 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 27 Shooting Pctg 0.078 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 2 Shots 218
2016–17	WCup	Sweden	Regular	4	1	3	4	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Games Played 4 Goals 1 Pim 2 Plus Minus 2 Points 4
2016–17	NHL	Ottawa Senators	Playoffs	19	2	16	18	10	13	53	0	3	0	0	2	0	All stats Assists 16 Avg Toi 28:08 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 19 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 10 Plus Minus 13 Points 18 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.0377 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 53
2015–16	NHL	Ottawa Senators	Regular	82	16	66	82	50	-2	248	1	26	0	0	3	2	All stats Assists 66 Avg Toi 28:58 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 82 Goals 16 Ot Goals 2 Pim 50 Plus Minus -2 Points 82 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 26 Shooting Pctg 0.0645 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 248
2014–15	NHL	Ottawa Senators	Regular	82	21	45	66	42	7	292	6	30	0	0	3	1	All stats Assists 45 Avg Toi 27:15 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 82 Goals 21 Ot Goals 1 Pim 42 Plus Minus 7 Points 66 Power Play Goals 6 Power Play Points 30 Shooting Pctg 0.0719 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 292
2014–15	NHL	Ottawa Senators	Playoffs	6	1	3	4	2	-2	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 3 Avg Toi 28:58 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -2 Points 4 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.0588 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 17
2013–14	NHL	Ottawa Senators	Regular	82	20	54	74	36	-15	257	5	31	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 54 Avg Toi 27:04 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 82 Goals 20 Ot Goals 0 Pim 36 Plus Minus -15 Points 74 Power Play Goals 5 Power Play Points 31 Shooting Pctg 0.0778 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 257
2013–14	Olympics	Sweden	Regular	6	4	4	8	0	5	20	3	—	0	—	1	—	All stats Assists 4 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 6 Goals 4 Pim 0 Plus Minus 5 Points 8 Power Play Goals 3 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 20
2012–13	Finland	Jokerit	Regular	30	9	25	34	24	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 25 Games Played 30 Goals 9 Pim 24 Plus Minus 12 Points 34
2012–13	NHL	Ottawa Senators	Regular	17	6	8	14	8	8	79	2	4	1	1	2	0	All stats Assists 8 Avg Toi 27:09 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 17 Goals 6 Ot Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus 8 Points 14 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.0759 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 79
2012–13	NHL	Ottawa Senators	Playoffs	10	1	7	8	6	0	28	0	3	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 7 Avg Toi 26:44 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 10 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus 0 Points 8 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.0357 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 28
2011–12	NHL	Ottawa Senators	Regular	81	19	59	78	42	16	261	3	28	0	0	5	0	All stats Assists 59 Avg Toi 25:19 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 5 Games Played 81 Goals 19 Ot Goals 0 Pim 42 Plus Minus 16 Points 78 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 28 Shooting Pctg 0.0728 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 261
2011–12	WC-A	Sweden	Regular	8	3	4	7	2	3	—	3	—	0	—	1	—	All stats Assists 4 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 8 Goals 3 Pim 2 Plus Minus 3 Points 7 Power Play Goals 3 Shorthanded Goals 0
2011–12	NHL	Ottawa Senators	Playoffs	7	1	0	1	4	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 25:22 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus 0 Points 1 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.0323 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 31
2010–11	NHL	Ottawa Senators	Regular	75	13	32	45	50	-30	182	4	21	0	1	4	0	All stats Assists 32 Avg Toi 23:31 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 75 Goals 13 Ot Goals 0 Pim 50 Plus Minus -30 Points 45 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 21 Shooting Pctg 0.0714 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 182
2009–10	AHL	Binghamton	Regular	12	0	11	11	22	0	—	0	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 11 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 12 Goals 0 Pim 22 Plus Minus 0 Points 11 Power Play Goals 0 Shorthanded Goals 0
2009–10	NHL	Ottawa Senators	Regular	60	5	21	26	24	-5	112	1	10	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 21 Avg Toi 20:07 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 60 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 24 Plus Minus -5 Points 26 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 10 Shooting Pctg 0.0446 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 112
2009–10	WC-A	Sweden	Regular	9	1	3	4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 3 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 9 Goals 1 Pim 2 Points 4
2009–10	NHL	Ottawa Senators	Playoffs	6	1	5	6	4	-4	12	1	4	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 5 Avg Toi 25:52 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 6 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus -4 Points 6 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.0833 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 12
2008–09	Swe-Jr.	Frolunda Jr.	Regular	1	0	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 1 Goals 0 Pim 2 Points 2
2008–09	Sweden	Frolunda	Regular	45	5	5	10	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 45 Goals 5 Pim 10 Points 10
2008–09	Sweden-2	Boras	Regular	7	0	1	1	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 7 Goals 0 Pim 14 Points 1
2008–09	WJC-A	Sweden	Regular	6	2	7	9	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 7 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 6 Goals 2 Pim 0 Points 9
2008–09	Sweden	Frolunda	Playoffs	11	1	2	3	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 11 Goals 1 Pim 24 Points 3
2007–08	Swe-Jr.	Frolunda Jr.	Regular	38	13	24	37	68	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 24 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 38 Goals 13 Pim 68 Points 37
2007–08	Swe-U18	Frolunda U18	Regular	3	1	2	3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 3 Goals 1 Pim 2 Points 3
2007–08	Sweden	Frolunda	Regular	7	1	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Pim 0 Points 1
2007–08	Swe-Jr.	Frolunda Jr.	Playoffs	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 5 Goals 1 Pim 4 Plus Minus 0 Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0 Shots 0
2007–08	Swe-U18	Frolunda U18	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	10	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Pim 10 Plus Minus 0 Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0 Shots 0
2007–08	Sweden	Frolunda	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 0 Games Played 6 Goals 0 Pim 0 Points 0
2006–07	Swe-Jr.	Sodertalje Jr.	Regular	10	2	8	10	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 8 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 10 Goals 2 Pim 8 Points 10
2006–07	Swe-U18	Sodertalje U18	Regular	2	0	1	1	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Pim 33 Points 1
2005–06	J20 Div.2	Boro/Vetlanda J20	Regular	4	1	5	6	18	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 4 Goals 1 Pim 18 Plus Minus 0 Points 6

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16 imported games.

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