C · SJS · NHL id 8477922
Melker Karlsson has played 61 games for the San Jose Sharks in 2019-20, scoring 6 goals and 6 assists (12 points) on 56 shots while averaging 12:16 a night (9:54 at even strength, 0:03 on the power play and 2:07 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sharks have controlled 44% of shot attempts with Karlsson on the ice (18-25 in goals, 56% offensive-zone starts). In the Sharks' most recent game against CHI he was on L1 with Stefan Noesen and Joel Kellman and off the power play; moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 10.7% this season against 10.6% across the 241 games in our data.
Right now
From the Mar 11 game vs CHI, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2019-20 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 15 games, 13:42 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 8 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
Puck and player tracking
No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.
Shot map
2019-20 · 94 attempts, 56 on goal, 6 goals
Shot map, OPP at SJS: 94 attempts, 56 on goal, 6 goals, 6.13 expected goals; best chance Melker Karlsson at 0.84 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2019-20 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2019-20 regular season · 54 of 61 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- +0.029
- Season net
- +0.29xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 1.00
- Attempts
- 10
- 0.053
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 down to L4 from L3Dec 22, 2018 alerts →
Linemates
2019-20 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Karlsson
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
61 games in 2019-20, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11 | @ CHI | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15:41 | 13:28 | 0:21 | 1:52 |
| Mar 8 | vs COL | L 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 16:38 | 13:50 | — | 2:42 |
| Mar 7 | vs OTT | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 16:38 | 15:01 | 0:12 | 1:25 |
| Mar 5 | vs MIN | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 11:19 | 9:44 | 0:04 | 1:31 |
| Mar 3 | vs TOR | W 5-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:38 | 10:08 | — | 2:05 |
| Feb 20 | @ NJD | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | 8:30 | 5:53 | — | 2:37 |
| Feb 17 | vs FLA | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 14:32 | 12:13 | — | 2:19 |
| Feb 15 | @ MIN | W 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17:42 | 12:33 | 0:13 | 3:35 |
| Feb 14 | @ WPG | W 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 14:54 | 11:13 | 0:02 | 2:22 |
| Feb 10 | vs CGY | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 16:46 | 11:20 | — | 5:26 |
| Feb 6 | @ EDM | W 6-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 11:12 | 10:02 | — | 1:10 |
| Feb 4 | @ CGY | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 13:57 | 10:47 | — | 2:31 |
| Feb 1 | vs TBL | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 15:19 | 10:41 | — | 4:38 |
| Jan 29 | vs VAN | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 11:42 | 9:29 | 0:00 | 2:06 |
| Jan 27 | vs ANA | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50% | 12:27 | 11:34 | — | 0:20 |
| Jan 18 | @ VAN | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 10:58 | 6:34 | 0:01 | 4:18 |
| Jan 16 | @ COL | L 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:39 | 13:24 | — | 1:15 |
| Jan 14 | @ ARI | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 9:46 | 8:15 | — | 1:31 |
| Jan 11 | vs DAL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11:22 | 9:05 | — | 1:27 |
| Jan 9 | vs CBJ | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 9:29 | 7:46 | 0:00 | 1:43 |
Season splits by strength
2019-20 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 61 | 748:25 | 12:16 | 488 | 769 | 38.8% | 38.2% | 261 | 422 | 19 | 38 | 33% | 22.2 | 38.3 | 33% |
| Even strength | 61 | 604:16 | 9:54 | 452 | 564 | 44.5% | 43.8% | 240 | 307 | 18 | 25 | 42% | 17.7 | 24.2 | 55% |
| 5v5 | 61 | 602:08 | 9:52 | 452 | 564 | 44.5% | 43.8% | 240 | 307 | 18 | 25 | 42% | 17.7 | 24.2 | 56% |
| Power play | 21 | 2:52 | 0:08 | 7 | 15 | 31.8% | 35.3% | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.5 | 1.0 | 33% |
| Penalty kill | 61 | 129:13 | 2:07 | 20 | 171 | 10.5% | 12.2% | 15 | 100 | 0 | 10 | 0% | 1.4 | 12.1 | 3% |
| 4v4 | 6 | 2:08 | 0:21 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0% |
| 5v4 | 21 | 2:43 | 0:08 | 6 | 14 | 30.0% | 31.3% | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.4 | 1.0 | 40% |
| 4v5 | 61 | 128:32 | 2:06 | 19 | 167 | 10.2% | 11.9% | 14 | 97 | 0 | 9 | 0% | 1.3 | 11.4 | 3% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 16 | 10:57 | 0:41 | 8 | 19 | 29.6% | 27.8% | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 2.6 | 0.9 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | SJS | 61 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 20 | 56 | 10.7% | 38 | 39 | 12:16 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | SJS | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 | 20 | 0.0% | 25 | 12 | 11:38 |
| 2018-19 | SJS | 79 | 12 | 4 | 16 | -1 | 26 | 79 | 15.2% | 67 | 39 | 11:30 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | SJS | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 14 | 0.0% | 21 | 5 | 12:18 |
| 2017-18 | SJS | 71 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -5 | 26 | 76 | 10.5% | 81 | 69 | 13:15 |
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.