Pittsburgh Penguins · #65 · Defense

Erik Karlsson

Age36Ht6'0"Wt185 lbShootsRightBornLandsbro, SWE

2026-27 regular season

12GP

11A

12P

23:28TOI

Next game

Thu Oct 29, 11:00 PM · PPG Paints Arena

Utah MammothHome game · 4 days off

PIT

+3 rest

UTA

2700 km+2 TZ

UTA defense (2025-26)6th in goals allowed2.93 goals a game, 26.1 shots against

His games vs UTA2 G, 5 A in 5 GP2.4 shots a game

Linemates

Projected for Oct 24, via @krashboard

Pair 1He plays RD

Spencer StastneyLD

PP unit 1He plays PP4

Season profile

2026-27 regular season. Rates ranked against 237 defensemen with 3+ games.

GP12

A11

P12

+/--1

SOG20

S%5.0%

PPP5

Blk8

PIM0

TOI/GP23:28

G/GP63rd

0.08

A/GP97th

0.92

P/GP97th

1.00

SOG/GP82nd

1.67

HIT/GP13th

0.25

BLK/GP11th

0.67

TOI88th

23:28

PPP/GP97th

0.42

P/6095th

2.56

G/6059th

0.21

SOG/6067th

4.3

HDC/6085th

0.64

ixG/6085th

0.39

Key rates

Regular season, per 60 minutes where it says so.

Points / 602.56

Shots / 604.3

Attempts / 6015.1

HD chances / 600.64

ixG1.8-0.8 goals vs expected

PP shot share23%16 of 71 attempts

Primary points42%5 of 12

Where his attempts come from

High danger3 att, 0 G8%

Medium danger4 att, 0 G11%

Low danger30 att, 1 G81%

Production by strength

Even7 P, 53 att58%

Power play5 P, 16 att42%

Shorthanded0 P, 2 att0%

Ice time

Season average23:28

Last 10 games24:12+0:44

Last 5 games24:11+0:43

Shifts a game24.0

Ice time by strength is not in the game logs yet, so this is his total minutes.

Prop hit rates

How often he went over, regular season. A line of 0.5 needs 1 blocked shots.

Line

Last 560%3 of 5, avg 1.0

Last 1040%4 of 10, avg 0.6

Last 2050%6 of 12, avg 0.7

Season50%6 of 12, avg 0.7

Home40%2 of 5, avg 0.4

Away57%4 of 7, avg 0.9

vs UTA80%4 of 5, avg 1.6

Best priceOdds soon

Over 0.5--

Under 0.5--

Blocks prices from the books land here once NHL odds are live.

Game by game

Splits

Regular season. Last column follows the prop picked above. Opponent ranks are not in yet for this season.

Split	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	SOG/GP	HIT/GP	BLK/GP	TOI	Blocks o0.5
All games	12	1	11	12	1.00	1.67	0.25	0.67	23:28	50%6/12
Venue
Home	5	0	4	4	0.80	1.60	0.60	0.40	24:14	40%2/5
Away	7	1	7	8	1.14	1.71	0.00	0.86	22:56	57%4/7
Rest
Back-to-back	2	0	1	1	0.50	1.50	0.00	0.50	24:33	50%1/2
1 day off	5	1	4	5	1.00	1.60	0.40	1.00	25:29	60%3/5
2+ days off	4	0	5	5	1.25	1.50	0.25	0.25	21:17	25%1/4
Opponent defense
vs top 10 D	0	No games
vs middle 12	0	No games
vs bottom 10 D	0	No games
Result
In wins	5	0	4	4	0.80	2.00	0.40	0.60	23:26	60%3/5
In losses	7	1	7	8	1.14	1.43	0.14	0.71	23:30	43%3/7

Shot map

2026-27

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Game log

12 games. The blocks column is marked against over 0.5.

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	PPP	+/-	TOI	SHF
SatOct 24	NSH	W 3-2 OT	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	+1	26:12	26
ThuOct 22	FLA	W 4-0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	+2	24:09	24
MonOct 19	@UTA	L 4-5	1	1	2	1	0	3	2	-1	27:40	26
SatOct 17B2B	@VGK	L 2-6	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	-3	21:56	24
FriOct 16	@COL	L 2-5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	-1	20:57	22
TueOct 13	@CHI	L 3-5	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	-1	20:24	22
SatOct 10B2B	DAL	W 2-1 SO	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	-1	27:10	25
FriOct 9	@CBJ	L 2-3 SO	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	+1	24:50	25
WedOct 7	@WSH	L 3-5	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	-1	24:44	21
MonOct 5	WPG	L 2-3	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	24:00	25
SatOct 3	MTL	W 6-5 OT	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	+2	19:38	26
WedSep 30	@PHI	W 7-0	0	1	1	3	0	1	1	+1	19:59	22
12 GPTotals, averages for TOI and shifts			1	11	12	20	3	8	5	-1	23:28	24.0