William Karlsson

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Birth place: Märsta, Sweden
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 0" (183 cm) | 190 lb (86 kg)
Birth place: Märsta, Sweden
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 0" (183 cm) | 190 lb (86 kg)
Championships & Medals
| Age | Year | Team | Event | Tournament Location / Series Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 2011 | Team Sweden | U18 World Championship | Crimmitschau and Dresden, Germany | |
| 18 | 2012 | Team Sweden | U20 World Championship | Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | |
| 19 | 2013 | Team Sweden | U20 World Championship | Ufa, Russia | |
| 20 | 2013 | HV 71 | U20 SuperElit | HV 71 defeated MODO Hockey 4‑3 in the gold medal game. | |
| 24 | 2017 | Team Sweden | World Championship | Cologne, Germany and Paris, France | |
| 30 | 2023 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL Stanley Cup Champion | Vegas Golden Knights defeated Florida Panthers 4‑1 in a best of seven series. | |
| 32 | 2025 | Team Sweden | World Championship | Stockholm, Sweden and Herning, Denmark | |
| IIHF U18 World Championship Medals | |||||
| IIHF U20 World Championship Medals | |||||
| IIHF World Championship Medals | |||||
| Swedish U20 Championship Medals | |||||
| NHL Stanley Cup Championships | |||||
| Overall | Time on Ice | Goals | Assists | Points | per 60 All Situations | per 60 Even-Strength | per 60 Power-Play | Shots | Defensive | Faceoffs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Game | Score | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | TOI | ES | PP | SH | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | ESA | PPA | SHA | GWA | OTA | ESP | PPP | SHP | GWP | OTP | PPP% | G/60 | A/60 | P/60 | ESG/60 | ESA/60 | ESP/60 | PPG/60 | PPA/60 | PPP/60 | SOG | SH% | HITS | BS | FOW | FOL | FO% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | VGK @ CAR | (6-3) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:02 | 13:18 | 0:44 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.000 | 4.276 | 4.276 | 0.000 | 4.511 | 4.511 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 44.44% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | COL @ VGK | (4-2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:56 | 10:00 | 3:11 | 0:45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 54.55% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | DET @ VGK | (0-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:45 | 17:12 | 0:00 | 1:33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 3 | 0.0% | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 69.23% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | TBL @ VGK | (6-3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:04 | 12:17 | 1:30 | 2:17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 5 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 82.35% |
| Nov 8, 2025 | ANA @ VGK | (4-3) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5:03 | 5:03 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.000 | 11.881 | 11.881 | 0.000 | 11.881 | 11.881 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.00% |
| GAME LOG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stripe: | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
| 2008‑09 | Wings HC Arlanda | U18 Elit | 15 | 33 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12.2 |
| 2009‑10 | VIK Västerås HK | U18 Elit | 16 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15.4 |
| 2009‑10 | VIK Västerås HK | U18 Allsvenskan | 16 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22.8 |
| 2009‑10 | VIK Västerås HK | U20 SuperElit | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010‑11 | VIK Västerås HK | U18 Elit | 17 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 |
| 2010‑11 | VIK Västerås HK | U20 SuperElit | 17 | 38 | 20 | 34 | 54 | 45 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19.6 |
| 2010‑11 | VIK Västerås HK | Allsvenskan | 17 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 |
| 2010‑11 | VIK Västerås HK | U18 Allsvenskan | 17 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 |
| 2010‑11 | Team Sweden U18 | | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.1 |
| 2011‑12 | VIK Västerås HK | U20 SuperElit | 18 | ||||||||||
| 2011‑12 | VIK Västerås HK | Allsvenskan | 18 | 46 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 |
| 2011‑12 | Team Sweden U19 | | 18 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011‑12 | Team Sweden U20 | | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012‑13 | HV 71 | U20 SuperElit | 19 | ||||||||||
| 2012‑13 | HV 71 | Elitserien | 19 | 50 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.9 |
| 2012‑13 | Team Sweden | | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012‑13 | Team Sweden U20 | | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013‑14 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 20 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | |
| 2013‑14 | HV 71 | SHL | 20 | 55 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11.4 |
| 2013‑14 | Team Sweden | | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014‑15 | Anaheim Ducks | NHL | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.3 |
| 2014‑15 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 21 | 37 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 2 | -5 | 3 | 0 | 9.3 | |
| 2014‑15 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| 2014‑15 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 2015‑16 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 22 | 81 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 6 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.3 |
| 2016‑17 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 23 | 81 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6.3 |
| 2016‑17 | Team Sweden | | 23 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 |
| 2017‑18 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 24 | 82 | 43 | 35 | 78 | 12 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23.4 |
| 2018‑19 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 25 | 82 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14.2 |
| 2019‑20 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 26 | 63 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10.9 |
| 2020‑21 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 27 | 56 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12.6 |
| 2021‑22 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 28 | 67 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8.9 |
| 2022‑23 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 29 | 82 | 14 | 39 | 53 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8.7 |
| 2023‑24 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 30 | 70 | 30 | 30 | 60 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17.1 |
| 2024‑25 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 31 | 53 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7.6 |
| 2024‑25 | Team Sweden | | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025‑26 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 32 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13.3 |
| NHL Totals | 752 | 183 | 270 | 453 | 116 | 132 | 30 | 15 | 30 | 12.6 | |||
| SHL Totals | 105 | 19 | 46 | 65 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 8.1 | |||
| AHL Totals | 61 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 8 | -11 | 3 | 0 | 7.9 | ||||
| Allsvenskan Totals | 60 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | |||
| U18 Regional Totals | 60 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 55 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12.7 | |||
| U20 Nationell Totals | 44 | 20 | 35 | 55 | 47 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18.7 | |||
| U18 Nationell Totals | 23 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 33 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20.8 | |||
Playoff Stats
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009‑10 | VIK Västerås HK | U20 SuperElit | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010‑11 | VIK Västerås HK | U18 Allsvenskan | 17 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24.1 |
| 2011‑12 | VIK Västerås HK | U20 SuperElit | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.5 |
| 2012‑13 | HV 71 | U20 SuperElit | 19 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.3 |
| 2012‑13 | HV 71 | Elitserien | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013‑14 | Norfolk Admirals | AHL | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | |
| 2013‑14 | HV 71 | SHL | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| 2016‑17 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| 2017‑18 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 24 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14.0 |
| 2018‑19 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.8 |
| 2019‑20 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 26 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.5 |
| 2020‑21 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 27 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 |
| 2022‑23 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 29 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24.4 |
| 2023‑24 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024‑25 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17.6 |
| NHL Totals | 111 | 33 | 41 | 74 | 8 | 45 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13.9 | |||
| SHL Totals | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | |||
| U20 Nationell Totals | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16.0 | |||
| AHL Totals | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | ||||
| U18 Nationell Totals | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24.1 |
National Team Stats - Major Tournaments
| Team | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Sweden - U18 World Championship 2011 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11.8 |
| Team Sweden - U20 World Championship 2012 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 |
| Team Sweden - U20 World Championship 2013 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Team Sweden - World Championship 2017 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 |
| Team Sweden - World Championship 2025 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| World Championship Totals | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | |
| U20 World Championship Totals | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | |
| U18 World Championship Totals | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11.8 |
National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments
| Team | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Sweden - U18 4‑Nations 2010 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Team Sweden - U20 4‑Nations 2011 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Team Sweden - U20 4‑Nations 2011 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Team Sweden - U19 5‑Nations 2012 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16.7 |
| Team Sweden - St. Petersburg Grand Prix 2012 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Team Sweden - U20 National Evaluation Camp 2012 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| Team Sweden - U20 4‑Nations 2012 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 |
| Team Sweden - U20 Worlds Exhibition Games 2012 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Sweden - Euro Hockey Challenge 2013 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Channel One Cup 2013 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Oddset Hockey Games 2014 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Team Sweden - EHT ‑ Carlson Hockey Games 2017 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Team Sweden - Euro Hockey Challenge 2017 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| U20 Men Totals | 12 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Men Totals | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| U19 Men Totals | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| U18 Men Totals | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |