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William Carrier

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

Date	Team	Transaction
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

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	0.83	0.50	1.34	0.80	0.04	10.20	9.76	0.45	7.81	6.25
2017-18	VGK	37	310:56	0.19	0.39	0.58	1.09	-0.90	1.92	10.86	-8.94	5.33	0.00
2018-19	VGK	54	528:25	0.91	0.11	1.02	1.08	-0.17	9.52	11.32	-1.80	0.93	11.21
2019-20	VGK	71	679:05	0.62	1.06	1.68	0.88	-0.27	7.22	10.31	-3.10	3.91	3.91
2020-21	VGK	52	523:35	0.69	1.03	1.72	0.85	-0.17	9.68	12.01	-2.34	4.94	9.88
2021-22	VGK	63	706:57	0.76	0.93	1.70	1.24	-0.47	7.69	12.47	-4.78	3.16	10.13
2022-23	VGK	56	655:26	1.46	0.82	2.29	1.16	0.31	14.41	11.40	3.01	5.88	8.09
2023-24	VGK	39	425:11	0.71	0.28	0.99	1.04	-0.34	7.81	11.54	-3.73	3.12	8.33
2024-25	CAR	43	481:57	0.25	0.87	1.12	0.71	-0.47	4.44	12.75	-8.30	0.00	9.09
2025-26	CAR	3	32:41	1.84	1.84	3.67	1.35	0.49	20.00	14.70	5.30	0.00	9.09

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	2.54	41.25	2.00	2.25	47.83	53.07	0.35	-0.16	5.42
2017-18	VGK	37	310:56	48.82	1.54	3.07	43.42	2.12	2.69	42.11	53.27	0.55	0.24	2.54
2018-19	VGK	54	528:25	44.51	1.59	2.78	36.45	2.04	2.12	43.75	56.78	0.06	-0.22	2.97
2019-20	VGK	71	679:05	44.00	2.65	2.87	37.99	2.56	2.34	50.85	55.17	-0.03	0.11	-1.47
2020-21	VGK	52	523:35	44.46	2.29	2.75	37.93	2.29	2.53	50.00	52.04	0.01	0.15	-1.40
2021-22	VGK	63	706:57	49.40	2.89	3.18	36.92	2.21	2.37	56.67	57.34	0.54	-0.12	5.85
2022-23	VGK	56	655:26	39.36	2.93	2.74	39.00	1.74	2.20	62.75	55.45	0.12	-0.30	4.35
2023-24	VGK	39	425:11	47.13	1.98	3.13	37.11	1.55	2.11	56.00	59.75	0.60	-0.30	8.50
2024-25	CAR	43	481:57	49.42	2.24	2.85	34.24	2.49	2.12	47.37	57.39	0.05	-0.13	1.83
2025-26	CAR	3	32:41	64.25	5.51	3.62	29.37	0.00	1.99	100.00	64.53	0.43	0.28	-0.58

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%
2021-22	63	23.5	1.2	9.4	9.4	79.4	41.8	6.4	25.5	68.1	0.4	0.2	0.4
2022-23	56	22.5	1.1	9.2	9.3	80.8	40.0	5.5	19.8	74.7	0.4	0.2	0.4
2023-24	39	23.0	1.1	9.5	9.5	91.7	48.3	12.2	34.7	53.1	0.4	0.2	0.4
2024-25	43	22.4	0.8	9.6	9.6	83.8	48.6	7.7	23.1	69.2	0.3	0.2	0.5
2025-26	3	22.5	1.1	9.7	9.7	70.7	49.3	20.0	20.0	60.0	0.3	0.2	0.5

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	Team	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2025-26	CAR	4.40	0.00	100.00	2.86	2.16	56.97	-0.54	0.47	-9.88
2024-25	CAR	2.07	2.07	50.00	3.31	1.89	63.70	0.49	-0.34	7.76
2024-25	CAR	5.00	2.00	71.43	3.26	1.58	67.44	0.29	-0.63	10.01
2024-25	CAR	0.00	0.00	-	1.89	1.37	58.04	-0.78	-0.96	4.61
2023-24	VGK	1.83	1.10	62.50	3.14	1.53	67.27	0.45	-0.95	15.22
2023-24	VGK	2.27	1.51	60.00	2.16	3.08	41.20	-0.61	0.85	-14.20
2023-24	VGK	3.95	1.98	66.67	5.67	1.30	81.34	2.49	-0.90	22.16
2023-24	VGK	5.54	8.31	40.00	4.70	4.49	51.14	2.29	2.20	-0.14
2023-24	VGK	2.94	2.94	50.00	3.08	3.74	45.21	0.79	1.18	-2.02
2022-23	VGK	2.95	2.31	56.00	2.62	2.43	51.90	0.01	0.07	-0.56
2022-23	VGK	3.18	1.06	75.00	2.88	2.22	56.50	0.47	-0.37	8.28
2022-23	VGK	1.10	1.10	50.00	2.08	3.10	40.20	-0.65	0.72	-13.28
2022-23	VGK	4.38	1.46	75.00	3.16	1.82	63.51	0.54	-0.75	13.00
2021-22	VGK	5.64	2.42	70.00	3.92	2.19	64.18	1.45	-0.33	14.64
2021-22	VGK	3.25	3.25	50.00	3.71	3.44	51.91	1.26	0.74	4.27
2021-22	VGK	3.27	1.63	66.67	3.58	3.15	53.25	0.97	0.55	3.11
2021-22	VGK	3.00	3.00	50.00	2.70	2.00	57.43	-0.22	-0.52	3.80
2021-22	VGK	1.52	1.52	50.00	3.04	1.51	66.74	0.46	-0.88	14.94
2021-22	VGK	3.60	5.40	40.00	2.82	2.98	48.65	-0.12	0.50	-5.64
2021-22	VGK	1.87	3.74	33.33	1.77	1.65	51.69	-1.15	-0.58	-5.01
2021-22	VGK	3.79	1.89	66.67	5.45	2.47	68.82	2.49	0.16	12.55
2021-22	VGK	4.65	4.65	50.00	1.94	1.75	52.63	0.01	-1.67	16.50
2021-22	VGK	2.85	0.00	100.00	5.68	2.24	71.72	2.72	-0.23	17.26
2020-21	VGK	1.90	1.42	57.14	2.44	2.48	49.57	-0.25	0.25	-5.10
2020-21	VGK	2.29	3.81	37.50	2.72	3.54	43.43	0.00	1.15	-9.75
2020-21	VGK	1.66	3.31	33.33	1.25	1.66	42.85	-0.99	-1.13	-1.62
2020-21	VGK	1.72	0.00	100.00	2.91	2.32	55.67	0.25	-0.14	3.66
2020-21	VGK	4.05	0.00	100.00	3.52	2.08	62.81	0.45	-0.21	5.53
2020-21	VGK	2.84	0.00	100.00	3.74	2.44	60.51	0.58	0.07	3.41
2019-20	VGK	2.32	2.71	46.15	3.37	2.38	58.62	0.44	0.18	1.56
2019-20	VGK	2.22	2.22	50.00	2.26	1.46	60.83	-0.52	-0.65	3.98
2019-20	VGK	3.73	4.67	44.44	3.30	2.52	56.68	0.68	0.36	1.86
2019-20	VGK	2.29	0.00	100.00	1.08	1.36	44.32	-1.59	-1.74	-1.93
2018-19	VGK	1.66	1.66	50.00	2.76	1.93	58.87	0.04	-0.44	5.43
2018-19	VGK	4.02	2.01	66.67	2.57	3.81	40.27	-0.39	1.52	-16.04
2018-19	VGK	0.00	0.00	-	1.29	1.61	44.52	-1.38	-0.51	-11.27
2017-18	VGK	2.47	2.06	54.55	2.69	2.82	48.85	0.18	0.32	-1.28
2017-18	VGK	1.21	0.00	100.00	3.26	1.55	67.82	0.59	-0.90	15.71
2017-18	VGK	1.89	1.89	50.00	3.08	2.27	57.64	0.67	0.01	5.93
2016-17	BUF	3.32	2.65	55.56	2.97	2.19	57.59	0.71	-0.28	9.73
2016-17	BUF	0.00	1.69	0.00	2.62	1.57	62.47	0.49	-0.64	13.50
2016-17	BUF	0.00	2.07	0.00	1.65	1.56	51.43	-0.50	-0.66	2.24
2016-17	BUF	0.00	2.89	0.00	1.29	3.53	26.68	-0.90	1.65	-27.06

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

Quick bites: Sharks swept away by the storm at Fear the Fin (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
NHL Morning Recap – October 15th 2025 at The Hockey Writers (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
Hurricanes Dominate Sharks to Win Brandon Bussi’s NHL Debut at The Hockey Writers (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
Bussi leads the Canes through troubled waters before they pull away from the Sharks at Cardiac Cane (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
Hurricanes blow Sharks away, win 5-1 at Canes Country (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
Red Wings-Canadiens Tweetcap: Detroit loses 5-1 to open centennial season on a sour note at The Malik Report (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
Hurricanes Make Sizeable Mistake With Bradly Nadeau’s AHL Re-Assignment at The Hockey Writers (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
Carolina Hurricanes Announce 2025-26 Opening Night Roster at The Hockey Writers (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
The Hurricanes take their preseason show on the road as they travel to Tampa Bay at Cardiac Cane (Fri Sep 26, 2025)
William Carrier looks to bring the pain in Year 2 after surgery sidelined him at Cardiac Cane (Sat Sep 13, 2025)
One Golden Knights group has flipped the narrative in a year at Vegas Hockey Knight (Fri Sep 5, 2025)
Carolina Hurricanes 2025-26 Roster Projection 2.0 at The Hockey Writers (Sun Aug 31, 2025)
2025 Montreal Canadiens Top 25 Under 25: #17 Jayden Struble at Habs Eyes on the Prize (Thu Aug 21, 2025)

Current Contract

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)

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

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

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	3	1	1	2	+3	2	5	20.0	11:07
NHL Career			459	63	57	120	+20	222	707	8.9	10:39	96	6	7	13	+4	72	125	4.8	9:47