C · VGK · NHL id 8476448
William Karlsson has played 2 games for the Vegas Golden Knights in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 3 shots while averaging 18:50 a night (15:04 at even strength, 1:02 on the power play and 1:33 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 88% of his 5v5 minutes with Mitch Marner and 63% with Brett Howden over the last 2 games, and the Golden Knights have controlled 58% of shot attempts with Karlsson on the ice (0-2 in goals, 50% offensive-zone starts). In the Golden Knights' most recent game against ANA he was on L2 with Mitch Marner and Brett Howden and on PP2.
Right now
From the Oct 2 game vs ANA, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 17:38 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2026-27 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 2 GP in 2026-27: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2026-27 · 8 attempts, 3 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at VGK: 8 attempts, 3 on goal, 0 goals, 0.17 expected goals; best chance William Karlsson at 0.14 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 14 GP · 7 points vs 7.6 expected
Last 20 games: -14. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 13.3%
- 93.4
- 100.0%
- G vs xG
- 4 / 3.6
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 3 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played14
- Goals4
- Assists3
- Points7
- Shots on goal30
- Hits3
- Blocked shots13
- Plus/minus−1
- Penalty minutes4
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)51.4%
- Fenwick (FF%)53.2%
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)52.8%
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.048
- Faceoff win %57.6%18th of 238
- Draw Equity /100+0.1098th of 238
Usage
- Ice time per game15:09
- Offensive-zone start %38.2%
Special teams & discipline
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO934
- Luck Meter−15501st of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot84.6
- Offensive-zone time40.8%
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 14 of 14 games through the sequence engine
- −0.053
- Season net
- −0.15xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 100 draws
- +0.109
- Season
- +0.17G
- 57.6%158 draws
Wins by zone: OZ 27-19 · NZ 25-26 · DZ 39-22
- Per 60
- 1.83
- Attempts
- 5
- 0.018
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Mar 28, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1Jan 12, 2025 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Mar 23, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Feb 16, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to L1 from L3Apr 26, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Dec 14, 2021 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Oct 27, 2021 alerts →
- Moved up to L1 from L2May 7, 2021 alerts →
How the goals happened
40 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2026 vs CAR | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 60.5 | 3-on-1, one-timer | |
| Jun 2, 2026 @ CAR | Cycle | — | 0 | 38.6 | one-timer | |
| May 24, 2026 vs COL | Deflection | — | 1 | 10.7 | deflection | |
| Oct 26, 2025 @ TBL | Rush | carry | 3* | 49.5 | — | |
| Oct 20, 2025 vs CAR | Point shot | — | 2 | 74.0 | — | |
| Oct 16, 2025 vs BOS | Dump and chase | dump | 1 | 11.6 | 4-on-3 | |
| Oct 16, 2025 vs BOS | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 11.3 | 2-on-1 | |
| May 10, 2025 @ EDM | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 26.7 | 4-on-2, one-timer | |
| May 8, 2025 vs EDM | Deflection | pass | 2 | 25.4 | 2-on-1, deflection | |
| Apr 29, 2025 vs MIN | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 39.1 | 2-on-1, one-timer | |
| Apr 10, 2025 vs SEA | Odd-man rush | pass | 0 | 62.7 | 2-on-1 | |
| Apr 8, 2025 @ COL | Odd-man rush | carry | 1* | 54.1 | 2-on-1 | |
| Dec 21, 2024 vs SEA | Deflection | dump | 1 | 29.1 | deflection | |
| Dec 19, 2024 vs VAN | Rebound | — | 0 | 41.4 | rebound | |
| Dec 4, 2024 @ ANA | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 7.4 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2024 @ UTA | Rush | loose | 0 | 19.3 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2024 @ UTA | Deflection | carry | 3 | 43.2 | deflection | |
| Nov 2, 2024 vs UTA | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 46.1 | 3-on-1 | |
| Oct 26, 2024 vs SJS | Rush | loose | 0 | 54.7 | — | |
| Apr 14, 2024 vs COL | Odd-man rush | carry | 3* | 68.0 | 2-on-1 | |
| Apr 14, 2024 vs COL | Cycle | — | 5 | 45.9 | — | |
| Apr 12, 2024 vs MIN | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 27.6 | one-timer | |
| Apr 5, 2024 @ ARI | Rush | loose | 1* | 73.4 | — | |
| Apr 2, 2024 vs VAN | Forecheck turnover | — | 1* | 17.0 | — | |
| Mar 26, 2024 @ NSH | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 41.7 | 4-on-1, one-timer | |
| Mar 17, 2024 vs NJD | Rush | carry | 1 | 72.3 | — | |
| Mar 12, 2024 @ SEA | Forecheck turnover | — | 3* | 69.3 | one-timer | |
| Mar 4, 2024 @ CBJ | Forecheck turnover | — | 2 | 67.9 | — | |
| Mar 2, 2024 @ BUF | Forecheck turnover | — | 1* | 52.1 | one-timer | |
| Feb 27, 2024 @ TOR | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 25.9 | one-timer | |
| Feb 22, 2024 vs TOR | Rush | carry | 0 | 74.7 | — | |
| Feb 20, 2024 vs NSH | Odd-man rush | carry | 2 | 77.5 | 3-on-2 | |
| Feb 19, 2024 @ SJS | Rebound | — | 0 | 13.9 | rebound | |
| Feb 6, 2024 vs EDM | Rush | carry | 3 | 52.0 | — | |
| Dec 28, 2023 vs LAK | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 54.4 | 3-on-2, one-timer | |
| Dec 17, 2023 vs OTT | Rebound | — | 4 | 20.1 | rebound | |
| Dec 12, 2023 vs CGY | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 58.4 | — | |
| Dec 6, 2023 @ STL | Cycle | — | 0 | 0.0 | — | |
| Nov 30, 2023 @ VAN | Cycle | — | 2 | 50.0 | — | |
| Nov 27, 2023 @ CGY | Rebound | — | 0 | 52.8 | one-timer, rebound |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Karlsson
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Karlsson apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitch Marner | C | 2 | 26:10 | 88% | 57.1% | 0% (0-1) | 62.5% 3:26 | 100.0% 4:27 |
| Brett Howden | C | 2 | 18:43 | 63% | 53.6% | 0% (0-1) | 63.6% 10:53 | 66.7% 10:33 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | D | 2 | 13:21 | 45% | 69.6% | 0% (0-2) | 48.1% 16:15 | 46.2% 21:01 |
| Rasmus Andersson | D | 2 | 12:37 | 43% | 72.7% | 0% (0-2) | 46.4% 16:59 | 39.0% 21:56 |
| Noah Hanifin | D | 2 | 10:12 | 34% | 45.0% | — (0-0) | 66.7% 19:24 | 65.3% 24:13 |
| Jeremy Lauzon | D | 2 | 10:10 | 34% | 45.0% | — (0-0) | 66.7% 19:26 | 64.4% 20:36 |
| Brayden McNabb | D | 2 | 6:34 | 22% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 59.5% 23:02 | 58.5% 25:53 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C | 1 | 6:33 | 22% | 80.0% | — (0-0) | 47.4% 8:31 | 44.4% 8:27 |
| Shea Theodore | D | 2 | 5:56 | 20% | 57.1% | — (0-0) | 58.1% 23:40 | 54.5% 27:08 |
| Trevor Connelly | LW | 1 | 1:24 | 5% | 60.0% | — (0-0) | 58.3% 13:40 | 63.6% 7:40 |
| Mark Stone | RW | 1 | 1:10 | 4% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 57.1% 13:54 | 38.5% 13:09 |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | 1 | 1:07 | 4% | 50.0% | 0% (0-1) | 60.9% 13:57 | 69.6% 11:04 |
| Braeden Bowman | RW | 1 | 1:05 | 4% | 50.0% | 0% (0-1) | 60.9% 13:59 | 63.0% 10:08 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 164 min on ice · ranked against 510 forwards · last season, until this season has enough games to rank
86th percentile · higher = stronger linemates
97th percentile · higher = tougher opponents
Top-line role: strong linemates against the other team's best.
Each value is the ice-time-weighted average season xGF% of the skaters Karlsson shared the 5v5 ice with. Small samples lean on each skater's previous season (or 50% for newcomers). Most skaters land between about 45% and 55% for QoT and 49% and 51% for QoC, so the percentile is the easier read.
Game log
2 games in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2 | vs ANA | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71% | 20:13 | 15:35 | 0:49 | 1:29 |
| Sep 29 | vs CHI | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71% | 17:26 | 14:32 | 1:14 | 1:37 |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 2 | 37:39 | 18:50 | 39 | 26 | 60.0% | 59.1% | 17 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 1.9 | 0.8 | 41% |
| Even strength | 2 | 30:07 | 15:04 | 29 | 21 | 58.0% | 55.9% | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 1.1 | 0.6 | 54% |
| 5v5 | 2 | 29:36 | 14:48 | 29 | 21 | 58.0% | 55.9% | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 1.1 | 0.6 | 50% |
| Power play | 2 | 2:03 | 1:02 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.4 | 0.0 | — |
| Penalty kill | 2 | 3:06 | 1:33 | 1 | 4 | 20.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0% |
| 5v4 | 2 | 2:03 | 1:02 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.4 | 0.0 | — |
| 4v5 | 2 | 3:06 | 1:33 | 1 | 4 | 20.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 2 | 2:23 | 1:12 | 7 | 1 | 87.5% | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.4 | 0.0 | — |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | VGK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 18:50 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | VGK | 15 | 3 | 6 | 9 | +10 | 4 | 24 | 12.5% | 6 | 12 | 17:12 |
| 2025-26 | VGK | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 4 | 30 | 13.3% | 3 | 13 | 15:09 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | VGK | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +5 | 0 | 17 | 17.6% | 2 | 8 | 18:34 |
| 2024-25 | VGK | 53 | 9 | 20 | 29 | +17 | 4 | 119 | 7.6% | 20 | 37 | 17:01 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | VGK | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 0 | 9 | 0.0% | 8 | 5 | 15:56 |
| 2023-24 | VGK | 70 | 30 | 30 | 60 | +15 | 22 | 175 | 17.1% | 43 | 46 | 17:36 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | VGK | 22 | 11 | 6 | 17 | +11 | 2 | 45 | 24.4% | 15 | 20 | 17:21 |
| 2022-23 | VGK | 82 | 14 | 39 | 53 | +14 | 10 | 161 | 8.7% | 50 | 50 | 17:28 |
| 2021-22 | VGK | 67 | 12 | 23 | 35 | +3 | 10 | 135 | 8.9% | 42 | 42 | 18:17 |
| 2020-21Playoffs | VGK | 19 | 4 | 12 | 16 | +10 | 2 | 34 | 11.8% | 25 | 12 | 18:24 |
| 2020-21 | VGK | 56 | 14 | 25 | 39 | +19 | 4 | 111 | 12.6% | 29 | 29 | 18:40 |
| 2019-20 | VGK | 63 | 15 | 31 | 46 | +11 | 16 | 138 | 10.9% | 40 | 38 | 18:52 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | VGK | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +1 | 2 | 17 | 11.8% | 9 | 14 | 20:25 |
| 2018-19 | VGK | 82 | 24 | 32 | 56 | +1 | 16 | 169 | 14.2% | 51 | 55 | 18:51 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | VGK | 20 | 7 | 8 | 15 | +8 | 2 | 50 | 14.0% | 30 | 15 | 21:40 |
| 2017-18 | VGK | 82 | 43 | 35 | 78 | +49 | 12 | 184 | 23.4% | 48 | 45 | 18:43 |
William Karlsson news
- Golden Knights sign William Karlsson to 2-year extensionLas Vegas Review-Journal
- William Karlsson's Wife Emily Says "There's Nothing Like Vegas Hockey" After New Golden Knights DealNDTV Sports
- William Karlsson Agrees to Two-Year Extension With Golden Knights - NHL News | Fantasy Hockeyrotoballer.com
- William Karlsson extension gives Golden Knights more cost certaintyDaily Faceoff
- Golden Knights sign F Karlsson to two-year, $13.5 million contract extensionTSN
- NHL Notebook: William Karlsson signs two-year extension with Golden KnightsFlames Nation
- Golden Knights Nearing Contract Extension With William Karlsson - NHL RumorsProHockeyRumors.com
- 'Wild West' gets wilder after Golden Knights extend William KarlssonYardbarker
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.