William Karlsson
- Position
- Centre
- Age
- 33Jan 8, 1993
- Height
- 6'0"183 cm
- Weight
- 190 lbs86 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Marsta, SWE
- Nationality
- SWE
- Draft
- 2011 · Round 2 · 53rd overall · ANA
William Karlsson, Vegas Golden Knights centre, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in Marsta, SWE · Draft: 2011 · Round 2, pick 23 (#53 overall) · ANA · 14 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 770
- G
- 186
- A
- 273
- PTS
- 459
- +/-
- 128
Playoffs
- GP
- 126
- G
- 36
- A
- 47
- PTS
- 83
- +/-
- 55
Last 5 games
Awards
- Stanley Cup · 2022-23
- Lady Byng Memorial Trophy · 2017-18
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits4#567 of 659
- Hits per game0.22#604 of 659
- Hits per 600.75#604 of 659
- Blocked shots13#199 of 659
- Takeaways6#71 of 659
- Giveaways9#199 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)4.30#93 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.82#157 of 659
- Goals above expected-1.30#577 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.090#149 of 659
- High-danger shots15#111 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)49.2%#339 of 659
- Corsi relative to team-2.3%#431 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)51.5%#249 of 659
- PDO at 5v50.945#563 of 659
- Offensive zone starts49.3%#350 of 659
- Time on ice per game17:35#244 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 18 tracked games this season · updated Nov 7
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 41.9%40.7%Beats 36%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 40.4%41.3%Beats 56%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 39.1%41.0%Beats 35%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.8 mph23.0 mphBeats 92%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 2033Beats 82%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 14Beats 92%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 54.6 mph58.7 mphBeats 79%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 80.5 mph85.4 mphBeats 69%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 0 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 0 shots
- Crease: 0 shots
- Right side of the net: 0 shots
- Low slot: 6 shots
- Left circle: 5 shots
- Right circle: 4 shots
- High slot: 1 shots
- Outside left: 8 shots
- Outside right: 0 shots
- Left point: 1 shots
- Centre point: 0 shots
- Right point: 0 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 2 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 86Beats 47%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 710Beats 77%
- Mid-range shooting %League avg 12.7%10.0%Beats 43%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 21More than 55%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
57.1%
Won–Lost
157–118
275 taken
League rank
#24
of 125 (100+ FO)
By zone
- Offensive zone60.0% · 48/80
- Neutral zone51.9% · 42/81
- Defensive zone58.8% · 67/114
By situation
- Even strength58.3% · 134/230
- Power play66.7% · 12/18
- Shorthanded40.7% · 11/27
Game LogLast 10 games
Career Arc
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