Blueline model coming

Erik Karlsson

PIT●D●Age 35.7

Pythia scores forwards today. A defenceman model is on the roadmap — no skater breakout score for blueliners yet.

Underlying profile · 2025-26descriptive · not a call

Points/602.2497th pctile (D)

Expected G/600.3993rd pctile (D)

Shots/606.092nd pctile (D)

Points/602.24

Goals15

Expected Goals11.4

Shots/606.0

TOI/GP23.6

Games75

Percentiles are within the defencemen pool this season — a descriptive read of the underlying game, not a forecast.

Career History

17 seasons · MoneyPuck.com · advanced metrics from 2008-09

Season ▲	Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	P/60	xG	xG/60	Sh	Sh/60	TOI	PP
2009-10	OTT	19.7	60	5	21	26	1.29	5.4	0.27	112	5.6	20.1	3.14
2010-11	OTT	20.7	75	13	32	45	1.53	9.6	0.33	182	6.2	23.5	3.47
2011-12	OTT	21.7	81	19	59	78	2.28	14.5	0.42	261	7.6	25.3	3.59
2012-13	OTT	22.7	17	6	8	14	1.82	4.1	0.53	79	10.3	27.2	4.37
2013-14	OTT	23.7	82	20	54	74	2.00	14.8	0.40	257	7.0	27.0	3.89
2014-15	OTT	24.7	82	21	45	66	1.77	14.6	0.39	292	7.8	27.3	4.58
2015-16	OTT	25.7	82	16	66	82	2.07	13.2	0.33	248	6.3	29.0	4.38
2016-17	OTT	26.7	77	17	54	71	2.06	13.3	0.39	218	6.3	26.8	3.43
2017-18	OTT	27.7	71	9	53	62	1.96	9.4	0.30	196	6.2	26.7	3.08
2018-19	S.J	28.7	53	3	42	45	2.08	5.5	0.26	169	7.8	24.5	2.85
2019-20	S.J	29.7	56	6	35	41	1.79	5.0	0.22	120	5.2	24.5	2.74
2020-21	S.J	30.7	52	8	14	22	1.08	5.3	0.26	110	5.4	23.6	2.83
2021-22	SJS	31.7	50	10	25	35	1.79	5.6	0.29	117	6.0	23.5	2.69
2022-23	SJS	32.7	82	25	76	101	2.89	12.4	0.35	209	6.0	25.6	3.25
2023-24	PIT	33.7	82	11	45	56	1.69	10.4	0.31	213	6.4	24.3	3.23
2024-25	PIT	34.7	82	11	42	53	1.67	9.1	0.29	191	6.0	23.2	2.32
2025-26	PIT	35.7	75	15	51	66	2.24	11.4	0.39	176	6.0	23.6	3.13
Career			1159	215	722	937	1.93	163.7	0.34	3150	6.5	25.1

Basic stats left of the divider; Pythia's advanced metrics (xG, xG/60, shots/60, TOI/GP, PP/GP) to the right. Plus-minus is not in MoneyPuck data.