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William Carrier

Position	Left Wing	Current Team	Carolina Hurricanes
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	6 years ($2.0M CapHit)
Height	6'2"	Expires	2029-30
Weight (lbs)	214	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	35
Age (DOB)	31 (Dec 20, 1994)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2013, Round 2, Overall 57 (STL)

Date	Team	Transaction
Nov 8, 2025	Carolina Hurricanes	Activated from IR
Oct 29, 2025	Carolina Hurricanes	Placed on IR
Jul 1, 2024	Carolina Hurricanes	Signed 6 years @ $2.000M AAV starting in 2024-25
Feb 27, 2020	Vegas Golden Knights	Signed 4 years @ $1.400M AAV starting in 2020-21
Jul 23, 2018	Vegas Golden Knights	Signed 2 years @ $725K AAV starting in 2018-19
Aug 19, 2013	St. Louis Blues	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Skating data is from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2016-17	BUF	41	359:17	-0.04	-0.76	0.85	0.31	0.53	1.83	-	0.52
2017-18	VGK	37	310:56	-1.91	-1.19	-1.43	-2.00	-2.23	0.69	-	2.01
2018-19	VGK	54	528:25	-0.97	-1.58	1.59	-0.43	2.57	-1.56	-	1.06
2019-20	VGK	71	679:05	-0.05	-0.18	-0.17	-0.67	-0.76	0.03	-	-0.09
2020-21	VGK	52	523:35	0.38	0.13	0.14	-0.54	1.37	0.56	-	-0.10
2021-22	VGK	63	706:57	-0.27	-0.29	-0.22	-1.01	1.49	-0.44	1.56	-0.20
2022-23	VGK	56	655:26	1.38	-1.04	3.71	1.01	0.27	1.06	1.31	1.12
2023-24	VGK	39	425:11	-1.28	-1.50	-0.02	-0.74	0.13	-0.34	1.39	0.89
2024-25	CAR	43	481:57	-1.12	-0.36	-1.22	-2.19	0.65	-1.59	0.46	-0.53
2025-26	CAR	70	737:02	-0.74	-0.29	-0.79	-0.57	-0.09	-0.19	1.15	-0.03

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2016-17	BUF	41	359:17	-1.86	-2.10	-1.93	1.18	0.82	-1.10	-
2017-18	VGK	37	310:56	-1.99	-2.03	-2.00	0.55	1.30	0.84	-
2018-19	VGK	54	528:25	-1.33	-1.95	-1.97	0.46	-0.13	-0.80	-
2019-20	VGK	71	679:05	-1.54	-2.01	-1.86	-0.35	-0.57	-0.09	-
2020-21	VGK	52	523:35	-1.31	-2.07	-2.02	0.20	0.32	0.05	-
2021-22	VGK	63	706:57	-0.81	-1.90	-1.72	0.95	0.80	-0.61	-
2022-23	VGK	56	655:26	-0.46	-1.38	-1.61	0.18	-0.53	-1.07	-
2023-24	VGK	39	425:11	-0.63	-1.84	-1.93	1.33	0.62	-1.44	-
2024-25	CAR	43	481:57	-0.51	-1.93	-1.69	0.39	0.07	-0.47	-
2025-26	CAR	70	737:02	-1.00	-1.83	-1.91	0.13	-0.85	-0.92	-

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Skating data is from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2016-17	BUF	41	359:17	0.84	0.50	1.34	0.75	0.08	10.20	9.22	0.99	7.81	6.25
2017-18	VGK	37	310:56	0.19	0.39	0.58	0.88	-0.69	1.92	8.75	-6.83	5.33	0.00
2018-19	VGK	54	528:25	0.91	0.11	1.02	1.06	-0.16	9.52	11.15	-1.63	0.93	11.22
2019-20	VGK	71	679:05	0.62	1.06	1.68	0.84	-0.22	7.22	9.75	-2.53	3.91	3.91
2020-21	VGK	52	523:35	0.69	1.03	1.72	0.84	-0.16	9.68	11.89	-2.21	4.94	9.88
2021-22	VGK	63	706:57	0.76	0.93	1.70	1.13	-0.37	7.69	11.41	-3.71	3.16	10.13
2022-23	VGK	56	655:26	1.46	0.82	2.29	1.15	0.32	14.41	11.28	3.13	5.88	8.09
2023-24	VGK	39	425:11	0.71	0.28	0.99	0.95	-0.25	7.81	10.54	-2.73	3.16	8.42
2024-25	CAR	43	481:57	0.25	0.87	1.12	0.72	-0.47	4.44	12.78	-8.33	0.00	9.21
2025-26	CAR	70	737:02	0.57	0.90	1.47	0.77	-0.20	8.75	11.76	-3.01	2.34	7.81

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2016-17	BUF	41	359:17	42.92	1.84	2.37	41.25	2.00	2.22	47.83	51.66	0.36	-0.03	4.44
2017-18	VGK	37	310:56	48.82	1.54	2.84	43.42	2.12	2.63	42.11	51.95	0.51	0.28	2.11
2018-19	VGK	54	528:25	44.51	1.59	2.80	36.45	2.04	2.03	43.75	57.92	0.07	-0.25	3.52
2019-20	VGK	71	679:05	44.00	2.65	2.79	37.99	2.56	2.29	50.85	54.92	-0.17	0.08	-2.33
2020-21	VGK	52	523:35	44.46	2.29	2.82	37.93	2.29	2.71	50.00	51.04	0.01	0.31	-3.00
2021-22	VGK	63	706:57	49.40	2.89	3.01	36.92	2.21	2.44	56.67	55.21	0.32	-0.08	3.63
2022-23	VGK	56	655:26	39.36	2.93	2.69	39.00	1.74	2.31	62.75	53.74	-0.02	-0.23	2.16
2023-24	VGK	39	425:11	46.29	1.98	2.86	36.83	1.55	1.95	56.00	59.50	0.29	-0.40	7.24
2024-25	CAR	43	481:57	48.68	2.24	2.72	33.74	2.49	2.11	47.37	56.33	-0.17	-0.22	0.89
2025-26	CAR	70	737:02	45.75	2.93	2.73	30.85	2.36	2.02	55.38	57.56	-0.48	-0.48	1.28

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

NHL issues ruling on William Carrier's dangerous elbow to Lane Hutson after Canadiens Game 3 loss at Habs Fanatics (Tue May 26, 2026)
William Carrier could face NHL sanction for illegal elbow on Lane Hutson in Game 3 at Habs Fanatics (Tue May 26, 2026)
On comprend pourquoi les proches de William Carrier supporteraient le CH at Dans Les Coulisses (Thu May 21, 2026)
"Même ma femme et mes amis prennent pour le Canadien!" at HABSolument Fan (Thu May 21, 2026)
William Carrier looks to bring the pain in Year 2 after surgery sidelined him at Cardiac Cane (Sat Sep 13, 2025)

Current Contract

William Carrier signed a $12,000,000 6-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes and General Manager Eric Tulsky on July 1, 2024 with an AAV of $2,000,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2029-30 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 2.27% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	29	NMC	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	-	$1,500,000	$1,000,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	UFA
2025-26	30	NMC	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	-	$1,050,000	$1,450,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	UFA
2026-27	31	NMC	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	-	$1,525,000	$775,000	$2,300,000	$2,300,000	UFA
2027-28	32	NMC	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	-	$925,000	$775,000	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	UFA
2028-29	33	NMC	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	-	$725,000	$775,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	UFA
2029-30	34	M-NTC	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	-	$725,000	$775,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	UFA
Total					-	$6,450,000	$5,550,000	$12,000,000	$12,000,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Carolina Hurricanes

GM: Eric Tulsky

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.27

Clause: Full NMC converts to a 10 team no trade list for 2029-30.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

William Carrier signed a $5,600,000 4-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights and General Manager Kelly McCrimmon on February 27, 2020 with an AAV of $1,400,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.72% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	25	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	-	$300,000	$700,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	26	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	-	-	$1,100,000	$1,100,000	$1,100,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	27	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	-	-	$1,750,000	$1,750,000	$1,750,000	UFA
2023-24	28	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	-	-	$1,750,000	$1,750,000	$1,750,000	UFA
Total				-	$300,000	$5,300,000	$5,600,000	$5,600,000

Signed: Feb 27, 2020

Team: Vegas Golden Knights

GM: Kelly McCrimmon

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.72

William Carrier signed a $1,450,000 2-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights and General Manager George McPhee on July 23, 2018 with an AAV of $725,000. This contract will start in 2018-19 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.91% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	23	$725,000	$725,000	-	-	$725,000	$725,000	$725,000	RFA
2019-20	24	$725,000	$725,000	-	-	$725,000	$725,000	$725,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,450,000	$1,450,000	$1,450,000

Signed: July 23, 2018

Team: Vegas Golden Knights

GM: George McPhee

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.91

William Carrier signed a $2,247,500 3-year contract with the St. Louis Blues and General Manager Doug Armstrong on August 19, 2013 with an AAV of $740,833. This contract will start in 2013-14 and end after the 2017-18 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.15% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2013-14	18	$740,833	$908,333	-	$90,000	-	$90,000	-	ELC
2014-15	19	$710,833	$878,333	-	$90,000	-	$90,000	-	ELC
2015-16	20	$689,167	$856,667	$260,000	$92,500	$575,000	$667,500	$70,000	ELC
2016-17	21	$689,167	$856,667	$160,000	-	$650,000	$650,000	$70,000	ELC
2017-18	22	$689,167	$856,667	$82,500	-	$750,000	$750,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$502,500	$272,500	$1,975,000	$2,247,500	$210,000

Signed: Aug 19, 2013

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: Doug Armstrong

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2008-09	QBAA	Lac St-Louis Lions Bantam AAA	21	19	16	35		22
2009-10	QAAA	Lac St-Louis	3	0	0	0		2
2010-11	QMJHL	Cape Breton	61	8	4	12	-28	54	104	769.0		4				-5	2	1	0.0
2011-12	QMJHL	Cape Breton	66	27	43	70	-10	65	198	1,364.0		4	3	3	6	-4	4	16	1,875.0
2012-13	QMJHL	Cape Breton	34	16	26	42	-14	41	137	1,168.0
2013-14	QMJHL	Cape Breton	39	12	29	41	-3	42	140	860.0
2013-14	QMJHL	Drummondville	27	10	14	24	+2	45	114	880.0		4	1	3	4	+1	6
2014-15	AHL	Rochester	63	7	14	21	+1	38	80	880.0
2015-16	AHL	Rochester	56	13	17	30	+14	48	123	1,060.0
2016-17	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	41	5	3	8	-1	21	50	10.0	9:00
2016-17	AHL	Rochester Americans	8	3	2	5	-1	6
2017-18	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	37	1	2	3	-3	19	52	1.9	8:50	10				-1	8	11	0.0	7:55
2018-19	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	54	8	1	9	-4	29	85	9.4	9:57	7				-1	6	8	0.0	8:52
2019-20	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	71	7	12	19		39	99	7.1	9:52	20	2	1	3	+3	10	25	8.0	8:51
2020-21	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	52	6	9	15		16	65	9.2	10:25	19	1	2	3	-1	8	33	3.0	10:05
2021-22	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	63	9	11	20	+7	34	120	7.5	11:37
2022-23	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	56	16	9	25	+15	30	118	13.6	12:35	18	2	4	6	+2	26	16	12.5	9:59
2023-24	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	39	6	2	8	+3	16	65	9.2	11:10	7	1		1	+1	6	9	11.1	10:43
2024-25	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	43	4	7	11		16	48	8.3	11:44	15				+1	8	23	0.0	11:39
2025-26	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	70	7	11	18	+5	18	80	8.8	10:45	12		2	2	+3		12	0.0	10:25
NHL Career			526	69	67	136	+22	238	782	8.8	10:39	108	6	9	15	+7	72	137	4.4	9:51