Erik Karlsson

Age 30 May 31, 1990

Landsbro SWE

Defense shoots right

6'0" 183 cm

190 lbs 86 kg

ELC Signing Age 18

Waivers Signing Age 19

UFA Year 2017

Agent Craig Oster

Expansion Draft Status
Eligible

Draft Year 2008
Drafted Overall 15
Draft Round 1
Draft Team

Cap Hit: $11,500,000
14.1% of team cap space
Accumulated Cap Hit: $9,318,966
Year 2 of 8 year contract
Expiry Status UFA | 2027 | 37 yrs old
Career Earnings: $74,625,000

Transaction History

Apr 14, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson scored a goal on five shots and blocked five shots in Wednesday's 4-1 loss to the Ducks.
Apr 9, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson recorded an assist in Friday's 5-2 win over the Kings.
Apr 6, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson notched a power-play assist in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Ducks.
Mar 31, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson provided an assist, five shots on goal and a plus-2 rating in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Wild.
Mar 29, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson scored twice on three shots and added a pair of blocked shots in Monday's 4-3 shootout win over the Wild.
Mar 26, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson produced a shorthanded assist, two shots on net and two blocked shots in Friday's 5-2 loss to the Coyotes.
Mar 18, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson posted a power-play assist and a minus-2 rating in Wednesday's 5-4 loss to the Golden Knights.
Mar 12, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson scored a power-play goal on three shots and went plus-2 in Friday's 6-0 win over the Ducks.
Mar 1, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson scored a power-play goal on three shots and went plus-3 in Monday's 6-2 win over the Avalanche.
Feb 27, 2021	Activated	San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson (lower body) will be activated from injured reserve ahead of Saturday's game versus the Blues, Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reports.
Feb 26, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson (lower body) got through a full practice Friday, Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reports.
Feb 23, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson (lower body) isn't expected to resume skating this week, which means he'll miss San Jose's next three games at a minimum, Kevin Kurz of The Athletic reports.
Feb 22, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson (lower body) won't play in Monday's game versus the Wild, Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now reports.
Feb 18, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson (lower body) didn't make the trip to St. Louis for San Jose's back-to-back set with the Blues, Kevin Kurz of The Athletic reports.
Feb 17, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Coach Bob Boughner is hopeful Karlsson (lower body) will be available for Thursday's game against St. Louis, Kevin Kurz of The Athletic reports.
Feb 15, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson (lower body) won't play in Monday's game versus the Ducks, Curtis Pashelka of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
Feb 13, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson exited Saturday's loss to the Golden Knights with a lower-body injury, Kevin Kurz of The Athletic reports.
Feb 11, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson managed a power-play assist and four shots on goal in Thursday's 6-2 loss to the Kings.
Jan 24, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson posted an assist, two blocked shots and two PIM in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Wild.
Jan 22, 2021		San Jose Sharks \| Erik Karlsson \| Karlsson posted an assist, three shots on goal and two blocked shots in Friday's 4-1 loss to the Wild.
Feb 15, 2020	Injured	San Jose Sharks \| placed D Erik Karlsson on IR.
Jun 17, 2019		San Jose Sharks \| signed D Erik Karlsson to an eight-year, $92 million contract extension.
Dec 28, 2018		San Jose Sharks \| announced D Erik Karlsson has served his suspension.
Dec 23, 2018	Suspended	San Jose Sharks \| (NHL) suspended D Erik Karlsson two games for an illegal check to the head of an opposing player.
Sep 13, 2018	Trade	San Jose Sharks \| acquired D Erik Karlsson and LW Francis Perron from the Ottawa Senators for C Chris Tierney, D Dylan DeMelo, C Josh Norris, LW Rudolfs Balcers, a conditional 2020 first-round draft pick and a conditional 2019 second-round draft pick.
Apr 25, 2013	Activated	Ottawa Senators \| activated D Erik Karlsson from injured reserve.
Feb 14, 2013	Injured	Ottawa Senators \| placed D Erik Karlsson on IR.
Jun 19, 2012		Ottawa Senators \| (Erik Karlsson) has been signed to a seven-year contract extension.
Mar 6, 2012	Fined	(Erik Karlsson) has been fined $2,500 by (NHL).

Current Stats
Career Stats

2020-2021 Regular Season Stats

Erik Karlsson	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
San Jose Sharks	39	5	12	17	-6	8	684	47.50	48.00	-3.40	48.50	-0.80	0.18	0.70
Erik Karlsson Stats by Elite Prospects							Erik Karlsson Advanced Stats by

Career Stats

	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
	2005-2006	Sweden U16 (all)	International-Jr	5	0	2	2	8
	2005-2006	Boro/Vetlanda HC J20	J20 Div.2	4	1	5	6	18
	2006-2007	Småland	TV-Pucken	8	4	7	11	20
	2006-2007	Södertälje SK J20	J20 Nationell	10	2	8	10	8
	2006-2007	Södertälje SK J18	J18 Allsvenskan	2	0	1	1	33
Draft Yr	2007-2008	Frölunda HC J20	J20 Nationell	38	13	24	37	68									Playoffs	5	1	0	1	0
Draft Yr	2007-2008	Frölunda HC J18	J18 Region	2	1	1	2	0									Playoffs	2	0	1	1	0
Draft Yr	2007-2008	Frölunda HC J18	J18 Allsvenskan	1	0	1	1	2									Playoffs	2	0	1	1	0
Draft Yr	2007-2008	Frölunda HC	SHL	7	1	0	1	0									Playoffs	6	0	0	0	0
Draft Yr	2007-2008	Sweden U18 (all)	International-Jr	17	3	11	14	22
Draft Yr	2007-2008	Sweden U18	WJC-18	6	0	7	7	4
Draft Yr	2007-2008	Sweden U18	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	4	0	1	1	8
	2008-2009	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	15	3	10	13	16
	2008-2009	Frölunda HC	SHL	45	5	5	10	10									Playoffs	11	1	2	3	0
	2008-2009	Borås HC	HockeyAllsvenskan	7	0	1	1	14
	2008-2009	Sweden U20	WJC-20	6	2	7	9	0
	2008-2009	Frölunda HC J20	J20 Nationell	1	0	2	2	2
	2009-2010	Ottawa Senators	NHL	60	5	21	26	24	943	43.84	50.40	-3.08	54.43	3.39	0.19	0.76	Playoffs	6	1	5	6	0
	2009-2010	Binghamton Senators	AHL	12	0	11	11	22
	2009-2010	Sweden	WC	9	1	3	4	2
	2009-2010	Sweden (all)	International	10	1	3	4	2
	2010-2011	Ottawa Senators	NHL	75	13	32	45	50	1,304	39.22	45.44	-3.67	50.17	1.58	0.37	0.83
	2011-2012	Ottawa Senators	NHL	81	19	59	78	42	1,586	55.48	51.31	4.39	54.14	3.91	0.61	1.74	Playoffs	7	1	0	1	0
	2011-2012	Sweden	WC	8	3	4	7	2
	2011-2012	Sweden (all)	International	8	3	4	7	2
	2012-2013	Ottawa Senators	NHL	17	6	8	14	8	331	59.09	55.57	4.93	59.48	7.42	0.36	1.27	Playoffs	10	1	7	8	0
	2012-2013	Jokerit	Liiga	30	9	25	34	24
	2013-2014	Ottawa Senators	NHL	82	20	54	74	36	1,620	48.65	48.97	1.76	54.35	4.19	0.52	1.37
	2013-2014	Sweden	OG	6	4	4	8	0
	2013-2014	Sweden (all)	International	6	4	4	8	0
	2014-2015	Ottawa Senators	NHL	82	21	45	66	42	1,654	53.52	51.84	2.03	52.68	4.03	0.51	1.16	Playoffs	6	1	3	4	0
	2015-2016	Ottawa Senators	NHL	82	16	66	82	50	1,736	49.36	48.81	2.25	50.61	6.90	0.45	1.56
	2016-2017	Sweden (all)	International	4	0	1	1	2
	2016-2017	Sweden	WCup	4	1	3	4	2
	2016-2017	Ottawa Senators	NHL	77	17	54	71	28	1,491	52.63	50.50	2.10	49.31	1.66	0.44	1.41	Playoffs	19	2	16	18	0
	2017-2018	Ottawa Senators	NHL	71	9	53	62	36	1,459	42.66	48.12	3.38	49.50	5.42	0.16	1.44
	2018-2019	San Jose Sharks	NHL	53	3	42	45	22	977	53.40	59.34	8.46	59.22	6.58	0.06	1.41	Playoffs	19	2	14	16	0
	2019-2020	San Jose Sharks	NHL	56	6	34	40	16	988	48.80	50.20	2.20	52.80	3.90	0.24	1.52
	2020-2021	San Jose Sharks	NHL	39	5	12	17	8	684	47.50	48.00	-3.40	48.50	-0.80	0.18	0.70
Erik Karlsson Stats by Elite Prospects \| Erik Karlsson Advanced Stats by

Active Contract

Signing Team

Signing Date June 17, 2019
Signing Status UFA
Agent Craig Oster

Buyout Calculator

Standard Contract | 8 Years $92,000,000 14.11% of cap space

	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026	2026-2027
Cap Hit	$11,500,000	$11,500,000	$11,500,000	$11,500,000	$11,500,000	$11,500,000	$11,500,000	$11,500,000	UFA
AAV	$11,500,000	$11,500,000	$11,500,000	$11,500,000	$11,500,000	$11,500,000	$11,500,000	$11,500,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$3,500,000	$2,000,000	$5,500,000	$2,000,000	$10,500,000	$10,000,000	$4,000,000	$1,500,000
Signing Bonuses	$11,000,000	$10,000,000	$9,000,000	$10,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$5,000,000	$6,000,000
Total Salary	$14,500,000	$12,000,000	$14,500,000	$12,000,000	$11,500,000	$11,000,000	$9,000,000	$7,500,000
Minors Salary	$14,500,000	$12,000,000	$14,500,000	$12,000,000	$11,500,000	$11,000,000	$9,000,000	$7,500,000
Clauses	NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC
UFA Year
		Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out

Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date June 19, 2012
Signing Status RFA
Agent Craig Oster

Standard Contract | 7 Years $45,500,000 10.83% of cap space

	2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019
Cap Hit	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	UFA
AAV	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$4,000,000	$5,500,000	$6,500,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,500,000
Signing Bonuses	$1,000,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$5,000,000	$5,500,000	$6,500,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,500,000
Minors Salary	$5,000,000	$5,500,000	$6,500,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,000,000	$7,500,000
Clauses						M-NTC	M-NTC
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date May 7, 2009

Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $3,900,000 1.54% of cap space

	2009-2010	2010-2011	2011-2012
Cap Hit	$875,000	$875,000	$875,000	RFA
AAV	$1,300,000	$1,300,000	$1,300,000
Performance Bonuses	$425,000	$425,000	$425,000
Base Salary	$787,500	$787,500	$787,500
Signing Bonuses	$87,500	$87,500	$87,500
Total Salary	$875,000	$875,000	$875,000
Minors Salary	$65,000	$65,000	$65,000
Clauses
UFA Year