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Erik Karlsson
Эрик Карлссон
- Position: defender
- Player status: active player
- Gender: male
- Nationality: Sweden
- Birth date: 31.05.1990 (34 years)
- Birth place: Lannaskede, Sweden
- Height: 181 cm / 5' 11"
- Weight: 79 kg / 174 lbs
- Shoots: right
- Draft 1: Ottawa Senators, year: 2008, round: 1, position: 15
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- Trivia:
Named Best Defenseman WJC18 2007-08
Best +/- rating WJC18 2007-08
Drafted 2008, 2 #61 overall by Mississauga St. Michael's Majors in the CHL Import Draft
Named to WJC All-Star team 2008-09
Named Best Defenseman WJC 2008-09
Drafted 2009, 2 #32 overall by Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the KHL Draft
Named to NHL All-Star game 2010-11, 2011-12, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2022-23
Named Best Defenseman NHL 2011-12, 2014-15, 2022-23
Named Best Swedish NHL player 2011-12, 2015-16, 2016-17
Named to NHL First All-Star team 2011-12, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2022-23
Named to Olympic Games All-Star team 2013-14
Named Best Defenseman Olympic Games 2013-14
Top scorer Olympic Games 2013-14
Most assists NHL 2015-16
Named Swedish Player of the Year 2015-16, 2016-17, 2022-23
2024 World Championship All-Star Team
Player national stats
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Sweden | World Championship | 65 (C) | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
| 2016-17 | Sweden | World Cup of Hockey | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2016-17 | Sweden | National team games | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2013-14 | Sweden | Olympics | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2011-12 | Sweden | World Championship | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2009-10 | Sweden | World Championship | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2008-09 | Sweden | U20 National team games (U20) | 15 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 16 | ||
| 2008-09 | Sweden | WJC (U20) | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2007-08 | Sweden | U18 National team games (U18) | 17 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 22 | ||
| 2007-08 | Sweden | WJC18 (U18) | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2005-06 | Sweden | U16 National team games (U16) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Player club stats
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 |  Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 65 | ||||||
| 2023-24 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 65 | 82 | 11 | 45 | 56 | 44 | 4 |
| 2022-23 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 65 | 82 | 25 | 76 | 101 | 36 | -26 |
| 2021-22 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 65 | 50 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 14 | -14 |
| 2020-21 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 65 | 52 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 18 | -18 |
| 2019-20 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 65 | 56 | 6 | 34 | 40 | 13 | -15 |
| 2018-19 | San Jose Sharks | NHL (Play-off) | 19 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 8 | -3 | |
| 2018-19 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 53 | 3 | 42 | 45 | 22 | 6 | |
| 2017-18 |  Ottawa Senators | NHL | (C) | 71 | 9 | 53 | 62 | 36 | -25 |
| 2016-17 | Ottawa Senators | NHL (Play-off) | (C) | 19 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 13 |
| 2016-17 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | (C) | 77 | 17 | 54 | 71 | 28 | 10 |
| 2015-16 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | (C) | 82 | 16 | 66 | 82 | 50 | -2 |
| 2014-15 | Ottawa Senators | NHL (Play-off) | (C) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -2 |
| 2014-15 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | (C) | 82 | 21 | 45 | 66 | 42 | 7 |
| 2013-14 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 82 | 20 | 54 | 74 | 36 | -16 | |
| 2012-13 | Ottawa Senators | NHL (Play-off) | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2012-13 |  Jokerit | European Trophy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012-13 | Jokerit | SM-liiga | 30 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 24 | 12 | |
| 2012-13 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 17 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 8 | |
| 2011-12 | Ottawa Senators | NHL (Play-off) | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2011-12 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 81 | 19 | 59 | 78 | 42 | 16 | |
| 2010-11 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 75 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 50 | -30 | |
| 2009-10 | Ottawa Senators | NHL (Play-off) | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | -4 | |
| 2009-10 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 60 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 24 | -5 | |
| 2009-10 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 12 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2008-09 | Borås HC | Allsvenskan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | -1 | |
| 2008-09 | Frölunda HC | Elitserien (Play-off) | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 2 | |
| 2008-09 | Frölunda HC | Elitserien | 45 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | |
| 2008-09 | Frölunda HC | J20 SuperElit (U20) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2007-08 | Frölunda HC | Elitserien (Play-off) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007-08 | Frölunda HC | Elitserien | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2007-08 | Frölunda HC | J20 SuperElit (U20, Play-off) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2007-08 | Frölunda HC | J20 SuperElit (U20) | 38 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 68 | 18 | |
| 2007-08 | Frölunda HC | J18 Allsvenskan (U18, Play-off) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -2 | |
| 2007-08 | Frölunda HC | J18 Allsvenskan (U18) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2007-08 | Frölunda HC | J18 Elit (U18) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2006-07 | Södertälje | J20 SuperElit (U20) | 10 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | |
| 2006-07 | Södertälje | J18 Allsvenskan (U18) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | -1 | |
| 2005-06 | IF Troja-Ljungby | J18 Elit (U18) | |||||||
| 2005-06 | Boro/Vetlanda HC | J20 Div. 2 (U20) | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | ||
| 2004-05 | Boro/Vetlanda HC | J20 Div. 1 (U20) |
Note: All games might not be included
| Date | League | Teams | Score | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May. 26 2024 15:20 | World Championship | Bronze | Sweden Canada | 4-2 | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | ||
| May. 25 2024 14:20 | World Championship | Semi Final | Sweden Czechia | 3-7 | | | | | | | | | ||||
| May. 23 2024 20:20 | World Championship | Quarter Final | Sweden Finland | 2-1 OT | | | | | | | | | ||||
| May. 21 2024 20:20 | World Championship | Sweden Slovakia | 6-1 | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | |
| May. 20 2024 16:20 | World Championship | Sweden France | 3-1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | |||
| May. 18 2024 12:20 | World Championship | Latvia Sweden | 2-7 | | | | | 1 | | | | | 2 | ||
| May. 16 2024 16:20 | World Championship | Kazakhstan Sweden | 1-3 | | | | | | | | | ||||
| May. 13 2024 20:20 | World Championship | Germany Sweden | 1-6 | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | |
| May. 12 2024 20:20 | World Championship | Sweden Poland | 5-1 | | | 2 | | | 1 | | | | | 2 | |
| May. 10 2024 20:20 | World Championship | Sweden USA | 5-2 | | | | | | | | | 1 |
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