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Melker Karlsson

C · SWE
+ 3 other teams
Status
Retired 4 yrs ago
Career
2014–2022 (8 yrs)
Age
36 (32 in 2022)
Vitals
5'10" · 182 lb
Drafted
Undrafted

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2014-15 SJS 7 0 0 0 0.00 -6 0 0 0 0 3 0.0% 0
2015-16 SJS 80 3 6 9 0.11 -2 2 0 0 0 42 7.1% 10
2016-17 SJS / WPG 47 0 4 4 0.09 -10 10 0 0 0 30 0.0% 30
2017-18 MTL 77 7 4 11 0.14 -2 15 0 0 0 83 8.4% 59
2018-19 MTL 80 4 7 11 0.14 +1 10 0 0 0 62 6.5% 33
2019-20 MTL 82 3 2 5 0.06 -11 14 1 0 0 63 4.8% 47
2020-21 NYR 49 7 5 12 0.24 -1 10 1 0 0 51 13.7% 28
CAREER 7 yrs 422 24 28 52 0.12 -31 61 2 0 0 -- 7.2% 207
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2015-16 SJS 7 0 1 1 0.14 -4 0 0 0 0 4 0.0% 1
2017-18 MTL 13 2 1 3 0.23 0 0 0 0 0 10 20.0% 7
2019-20 MTL 12 1 1 2 0.17 0 0 0 0 0 7 14.3% 6
CAREER 3 app. 32 3 3 6 0.19 -4 0 0 0 0 -- 14.3% 14
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2014-15 SJS 53 13 11 24 0.45 -3 20 2 1 1 13.0% 15:26
2015-16 SJS 65 10 9 19 0.29 5 16 1 0 0 10.4% 13:31
2016-17 SJS 67 11 11 22 0.33 7 22 1 0 0 15.1% 12:48
2017-18 SJS 71 8 11 19 0.27 -5 26 1 0 0 10.5% 13:15
2018-19 SJS 79 12 4 16 0.20 -1 26 2 0 0 15.2% 11:30
2019-20 SJS 61 6 6 12 0.20 -7 20 0 0 0 10.7% 12:16
Career NHL 396 60 52 112 0.28 -4 130 7 1 1 12.5% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Forwards, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2014-15 24 C SJS 48 40 76 72 68 66 76 62 64 64 66 62 67 65 50 62
2015-16 25 LW SJS 55 36 79 75 66 60 60 68 42 58 67 58 81 62 54 62
2016-17 26 C WPG 77 44 91 77 70 59 88 60 41 62 68 75 72 58 58 66
2017-18 27 C MTL 75 43 89 78 70 63 85 60 29 63 70 75 25 62 64 65
2018-19 28 C MTL 76 43 88 78 70 65 86 58 56 62 60 80 75 64 66 65
2019-20 29 C MTL 71 42 89 78 65 59 92 59 51 55 68 74 75 65 67 64
2020-21 30 C NYR 67 42 89 78 65 62 87 57 40 60 59 77 75 66 69 64
2021-22 31 C NYR 67 42 89 78 65 62 87 57 40 60 59 77 75 66 69 64
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2014-15 24 C SJS 48 40 76 72 68 66 76 62 64 64 66 62 67 65 50 62
2015-16 25 LW SJS +7 −4 +3 +3 −2 −6 −16 +6 −22 −6 +1 −4 +14 −3 +4 ·
2016-17 26 C WPG +22 +8 +12 +2 +4 −1 +28 −8 −1 +4 +1 +17 −9 −4 +4 +4
2017-18 27 C MTL −2 −1 −2 +1 · +4 −3 · −12 +1 +2 · −47 +4 +6 −1
2018-19 28 C MTL +1 · −1 · · +2 +1 −2 +27 −1 −10 +5 +50 +2 +2 ·
2019-20 29 C MTL −5 −1 +1 · −5 −6 +6 +1 −5 −7 +8 −6 · +1 +1 −1
2020-21 30 C NYR −4 · · · · +3 −5 −2 −11 +5 −9 +3 · +1 +2 ·
2021-22 31 C NYR · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2014-15 SJS $925,000 2 yr 1.3% 24 RFA Rookie
2016-17 SJS $1,200,000 1 yr 1.6% 26 RFA
2017-18 MTL $2,000,000 3 yr 2.7% 27 RFA
2020-21 NYR $1,100,000 2 yr 1.3% 30 UFA
2016-17
Mar 4 2017
2016-17
to JETS
to SHARKS
2017-18
Aug 12 2017
2017-18
to CANADIENS

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