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Erik Karlsson

D · Pittsburgh Penguins · 2026–27

Games6
Fantasy pts20.4
FP / GP3.4
G–A–P0–5–5
+/-+2
TOI / GP23:24
5v5 / GP17:06
PP / GP3:58
PK / GP1:11
5v5 GF–GA6–3
5v5 CF–CA92–101
5v5 CF%47.7%
Shots10
Hits1
Blocks3

Projection

Proj FP/G4.74
Actual FP/G3.40
Luck-adjusted4.40
Last season4.58 (73 GP)
Goals / xG0 / 1.2
Assists / expected5 / 5.3
TOI last 325:35 (season 23:24)
PPPP1 68%

Luck-adjusted replaces goals with expected goals (shot location, type, rebound, rush) and scales assists by on-ice luck. The projection blends that with last season by games played and adjusts for recent ice time.

Current lines

UnitWithAvg TOIMatch
Defense pairs 1 DDeclan Carlile 12:12 5/5
Power play units 1 CBen Kindel CEvgeni Malkin CSidney Crosby RRickard Rakell 3:53 2/5
PK defense 2 DKris Letang 0:54 1/5

Most common 5v5 linemates

PlayerPosGPTogetherShare
Declan Carlile D 6 72:26 71%
Rickard Rakell R 6 41:33 40%
Sidney Crosby C 6 41:16 40%
Evgeni Malkin C 6 29:56 29%
Tommy Novak C 6 23:05 22%
Nick Robertson L 6 23:01 22%
Egor Chinakhov R 6 22:23 22%
Hendrix Lapierre C 6 22:14 22%
Connor Dewar C 6 21:27 21%
Ben Kindel C 5 21:15 21%

Game log

DateOpponentScore GAP+/- SOG5v5 CF–CA 5v5PPPK TOIFP
Oct 10 vs DAL 2–1 0 0 0 -1 2 10–16 17:32 5:40 1:39 27:10 1.0
Oct 9 @ CBJ 2–3 0 1 1 +1 0 21–22 18:38 2:34 1:22 24:50 2.3
Oct 7 @ WSH 3–5 0 0 0 -1 4 14–19 18:19 4:42 1:43 24:44 2.8
Oct 5 vs WPG 2–3 0 1 1 0 1 19–21 21:26 2:34 – 24:00 3.3
Oct 3 vs MTL 6–5 0 2 2 +2 0 13–14 13:42 3:12 0:23 19:38 5.9
Sep 30 @ PHI 7–0 0 1 1 +1 3 15–9 12:59 5:04 1:56 19:59 5.1