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Vegas Golden Knights Logo William Karlsson

Position Center Current Team Vegas Golden Knights
Shoots Left Current Contract 8 years ($5.9M CapHit)
Height 6'0" Expires 2026-27
Weight (lbs) 190 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 34
Age (DOB) 33 (Jan 8, 1993) Expiry Status UFA
Drafted 2011, Round 2, Overall 53 (ANA)
Date Team Transaction
Dec 5, 2025 Vegas Golden Knights Placed on LTIR
Nov 13, 2025 Vegas Golden Knights Placed on IR
Mar 20, 2025 Vegas Golden Knights Activated from LTIR
Feb 6, 2025 Vegas Golden Knights Placed on LTIR
Jan 22, 2025 Vegas Golden Knights Placed on IR
Oct 26, 2024 Vegas Golden Knights Activated from IR
Oct 7, 2024 Vegas Golden Knights Placed on IR
Jun 24, 2019 Vegas Golden Knights Signed 8 years @ $5.900M AAV starting in 2019-20
Sep 4, 2018 Vegas Golden Knights Signed 1 year @ $5.250M AAV starting in 2018-19
Jun 23, 2016 Columbus Blue Jackets Signed 2 years @ $1.000M AAV starting in 2016-17
May 19, 2013 Anaheim Ducks 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
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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
2015-16 CBJ 81 -0.35 -0.33 -0.26 -0.20 0.75 0.66 - -0.52
2016-17 CBJ 81 -0.40 0.94 -1.16 -1.27 0.43 -0.70 - 0.60
2017-18 VGK 82 1.66 0.10 2.34 3.04 -0.45 -0.01 - 2.18
2018-19 VGK 82 0.24 0.47 -0.30 0.37 -0.27 1.10 - -1.32
2019-20 VGK 63 0.74 0.84 -0.05 -0.19 1.04 0.89 - 0.11
2020-21 VGK 56 1.03 0.88 0.17 0.15 1.60 -0.76 - 0.65
2021-22 VGK 67 -0.23 -0.22 -0.36 -0.99 -0.57 -0.69 0.05 -0.24
2022-23 VGK 82 0.35 1.02 -0.68 -0.78 0.13 0.76 0.62 0.37
2023-24 VGK 70 1.80 0.35 2.04 1.54 0.22 0.52 0.60 0.08
2024-25 VGK 53 0.18 0.55 -0.48 -0.60 -0.94 0.18 0.73 1.55
2025-26 VGK 14 -0.72 -0.76 -0.33 -0.80 -1.53 0.38 0.98 0.40

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI 5v5 TOI 5v4 TOI 4v5 TOI Possession Drive Suppress Faceoffs
2015-16 CBJ 81 -0.19 -1.72 0.80 0.74 -0.26 -1.91 45.7
2016-17 CBJ 81 -0.49 -1.82 0.71 -0.96 -0.68 0.91 45.3
2017-18 VGK 82 0.82 0.42 0.63 1.00 0.63 -0.88 48.0
2018-19 VGK 82 0.86 0.48 0.35 0.13 0.38 0.28 47.6
2019-20 VGK 63 0.88 0.16 0.59 0.20 0.45 0.25 51.9
2020-21 VGK 56 0.55 0.52 0.71 0.59 0.92 0.07 54.0
2021-22 VGK 67 0.55 0.25 0.98 1.88 1.22 -1.70 51.7
2022-23 VGK 82 0.24 -0.02 1.02 1.71 1.30 -0.99 55.3
2023-24 VGK 70 -0.15 0.40 1.00 1.18 0.92 -0.73 56.2
2024-25 VGK 53 0.14 -0.23 0.99 1.06 0.68 -0.80 58.1
2025-26 VGK 14 -0.44 -1.00 0.22 0.85 0.05 -1.18 57.6

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

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.
2015-16 CBJ 81 948:19 0.57 0.70 1.27 0.64 -0.07 9.00 10.09 -1.09 5.34 6.87
2016-17 CBJ 81 899:58 0.27 1.13 1.40 0.53 -0.26 4.71 9.30 -4.59 2.59 6.03
2017-18 VGK 82 1115:38 1.40 1.13 2.53 0.73 0.67 21.49 11.16 10.33 3.95 3.95
2018-19 VGK 82 1136:53 0.74 1.11 1.85 0.67 0.07 12.28 11.18 1.10 6.32 4.60
2019-20 VGK 63 869:50 0.76 1.31 2.07 0.81 -0.05 11.46 12.24 -0.79 5.76 9.35
2020-21 VGK 56 735:29 0.73 1.39 2.12 0.69 0.04 11.84 11.13 0.71 2.11 10.53
2021-22 VGK 67 914:56 0.52 0.98 1.51 0.79 -0.26 7.34 10.99 -3.65 2.67 4.67
2022-23 VGK 82 1068:40 0.45 1.40 1.85 0.67 -0.22 6.90 10.28 -3.39 5.29 7.65
2023-24 VGK 70 845:26 1.35 1.14 2.48 0.85 0.49 16.10 10.20 5.90 4.97 8.70
2024-25 VGK 53 706:24 0.51 1.10 1.61 0.71 -0.20 5.94 8.31 -2.37 2.70 4.73
2025-26 VGK 14 162:05 0.37 0.37 0.74 0.73 -0.36 4.17 8.16 -4.00 3.23 3.23

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
2015-16 CBJ 81 948:19 38.15 1.96 2.42 37.27 2.40 2.10 44.93 53.53 -0.03 -0.37 3.76
2016-17 CBJ 81 899:58 39.07 2.40 2.24 43.07 1.93 2.41 55.38 48.18 -0.24 0.05 -2.99
2017-18 VGK 82 1115:38 45.28 3.50 2.60 39.91 1.56 2.25 69.15 53.53 0.39 -0.06 4.75
2018-19 VGK 82 1136:53 46.86 2.80 2.77 39.37 2.85 2.31 49.53 54.51 -0.07 0.02 -0.83
2019-20 VGK 63 869:50 47.73 2.97 3.08 39.25 2.48 2.27 54.43 57.56 0.17 0.03 1.10
2020-21 VGK 56 735:29 46.42 2.77 3.11 37.61 1.79 2.43 60.71 56.18 0.41 -0.04 3.82
2021-22 VGK 67 914:56 51.09 2.23 2.95 34.63 2.16 2.31 50.75 56.06 0.20 -0.26 4.41
2022-23 VGK 82 1068:40 45.53 2.64 2.89 40.09 2.02 2.46 56.63 54.00 0.31 -0.13 4.07
2023-24 VGK 70 845:26 45.78 3.19 2.72 39.88 2.27 2.01 58.44 57.42 0.27 -0.41 7.22
2024-25 VGK 53 706:24 45.36 2.29 2.59 36.61 1.53 2.04 60.00 55.89 -0.06 -0.22 1.98
2025-26 VGK 14 162:05 41.83 0.74 2.44 35.91 2.22 2.14 25.00 53.28 -0.20 -0.24 0.68

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
IndividualG/60Goals Against per 60 minutes.
IndividualA/60Assists per 60 minutes.
IndividualPts/60Points per 60 minutes.
IndividualxG/60Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
IndividualGAE/60Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
IndividualSh%Shooting Percentage.
IndividualxSh%Expected Shooting Percentage.
IndividualSh%AEShooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual%SA RushPercentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual%SA Reb.Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On IceSAF/60Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On IceGF/60Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IcexGF/60Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IceSAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IcexGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGF%Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On IcexGF%Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On IcexGF RelxGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On IcexGA RelxGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On IcexGF% RelxGF% 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

Current Contract

William Karlsson signed an $47,200,000 8-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights and General Manager George McPhee on June 24, 2019 with an AAV of $5,900,000. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2026-27 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 7.24% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2019-20 26 $5,900,000 $5,900,000 - $2,000,000 $3,900,000 $5,900,000 $5,900,000 RFA-arb
2020-21 27 M-NTC $5,900,000 $5,900,000 - - $5,900,000 $5,900,000 $5,900,000 UFA
2021-22 28 M-NTC $5,900,000 $5,900,000 - - $7,100,000 $7,100,000 $7,100,000 UFA
2022-23 29 M-NTC $5,900,000 $5,900,000 - - $5,900,000 $5,900,000 $5,900,000 UFA
2023-24 30 M-NTC $5,900,000 $5,900,000 - - $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 UFA
2024-25 31 M-NTC $5,900,000 $5,900,000 - - $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 UFA
2025-26 32 M-NTC $5,900,000 $5,900,000 - - $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 UFA
2026-27 33 M-NTC $5,900,000 $5,900,000 - - $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 UFA
Total - $2,000,000 $45,200,000 $47,200,000 $47,200,000
Signed: June 24, 2019
Team: Vegas Golden Knights
GM: George McPhee
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 7.24
Clause: Player can submit a 10 team no trade list starting in 2020-21 through 2026-17.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

William Karlsson signed a $5,250,000 1-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights and General Manager George McPhee on September 4, 2018 with an AAV of $5,250,000. This contract will start in 2018-19 and end after the 2018-19 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 6.60% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2018-19 25 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 - $500,000 $4,750,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 RFA-arb
Total - $500,000 $4,750,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000
Signed: Sep 4, 2018
Team: Vegas Golden Knights
GM: George McPhee
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 6.6

William Karlsson signed a $2,000,000 2-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets and General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen on June 23, 2016 with an AAV of $1,000,000. This contract will start in 2016-17 and end after the 2017-18 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.37% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2016-17 23 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 - - $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 RFA
2017-18 24 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 - - $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000
Signed: June 23, 2016
Team: Columbus Blue Jackets
GM: Jarmo Kekalainen
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 1.37

William Karlsson signed a $2,492,500 3-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks and General Manager Bob Murray on May 19, 2013 with an AAV of $830,833. This contract will start in 2013-14 and end after the 2015-16 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.29% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2013-14 20 $830,833 $925,000 $282,500 $92,500 $550,000 $642,500 $70,000 ELC
2014-15 21 $830,833 $925,000 - $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
2015-16 22 $830,833 $925,000 - $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
Total $282,500 $277,500 $2,215,000 $2,492,500 $210,000
Signed: May 19, 2013
Team: Anaheim Ducks
GM: Bob Murray
Exp. Status: RFA

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
2007-08 Swe-U18 Arlanda U18 5 2 7 9 4
2008-09 Swe-U18 Arlanda U18 33 10 18 28 16
2009-10 Swe-U18 Vasteras U18 39 23 21 44 62
2009-10 Swe-Jr. Vasteras Jr. 6 0 1 1 2 2 1 1
2010-11 Swe-Jr. Vasteras Jr. 38 20 34 54 45
2010-11 Sweden-2 Vasteras 14 1 3 4 2
2010-11 WJ18-A Sweden 6 2 3 5 +8 6
2010-11 Swe-U18 Vasteras U18 11 5 9 14 10 6 7 8 15 2
2011-12 Sweden-2 Vasteras 52 13 34 47 6
2011-12 WJC-A Sweden 6 1 1 2
2011-12 Swe-Jr. Vasteras Jr. 5 2 2 4 2
2012-13 WJC-A Sweden 6 0 2 2 +1 2
2012-13 Sweden HV 71 50 4 24 28 12 5 2 2
2012-13 Swe-Jr. HV 71 Jr. 2 2 2 4 2
2013-14 Sweden HV 71 55 15 22 37 14 8 3 4 7 8
2013-14 AHL Norfolk 9 2 7 9 +5 6 18 1,110.0 8 1 2 3 -3 2 13 769.0
2014-15 AHL Norfolk 37 8 16 24 -5 2 86 930.0
2014-15 NHL Anaheim Ducks 18 2 1 3 +1 2 24 8.3 12:09
2014-15 AHL Springfield 15 0 0 0 -11 23 0.0
2014-15 NHL Columbus Blue Jackets 3 1 1 2 +2 5 20.0 12:46
2015-16 NHL Columbus Blue Jackets 81 9 11 20 -9 6 108 8.3 14:28
2016-17 WC Sweden 10 1 2 3 +6
2016-17 EHT Sweden 2 0 0 0 +2
2016-17 NHL Columbus Blue Jackets 81 6 19 25 +10 10 96 6.2 13:23 5 2 1 3 +4 12 16.7 16:06
2017-18 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 82 43 35 78 +49 12 184 23.4 18:43 20 7 8 15 +8 2 50 14.0 21:40
2018-19 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 82 24 32 56 +1 16 169 14.2 18:51 7 2 3 5 +1 2 17 11.8 20:25
2019-20 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 63 15 31 46 +11 16 138 10.9 18:52 20 4 6 10 +2 53 7.5 19:12
2020-21 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 56 14 25 39 +19 4 111 12.6 18:40 19 4 12 16 +10 2 34 11.8 18:24
2021-22 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 67 12 23 35 +3 10 135 8.9 18:17
2022-23 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 82 14 39 53 +14 10 161 8.7 17:28 22 11 6 17 +11 2 45 24.4 17:21
2023-24 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 70 30 30 60 +15 22 175 17.1 17:36 7 2 2 +4 9 0.0 15:56
2024-25 WC Sweden 4 0 1 1 +3
2024-25 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 53 9 20 29 +17 4 119 7.6 17:01 11 3 3 6 +5 17 17.6 18:34
2025-26 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 14 4 3 7 -1 4 30 13.3 15:09 9 1 4 5 +6 4 12 8.3 17:03
NHL Career 752 183 270 453 +132 116 1455 12.6 17:04 120 34 45 79 +51 12 249 13.6 18:41