Centre · #68

Melker Karlsson

San Jose Sharks

Age: 36
Shoots: Right
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 82 kg
Born: Lycksele, SWE
Draft: Undrafted

Career · 2014–15 to 2019–20

Games: 396
Goals: 60
Points: 112
TOI per game: 13:01
xGF% (5v5): 49.5%
Goals above expected: +3.2

Linemates through the season

Coaches reshuffle lines constantly. The river shows who this player spent 5-on-5 time with, game by game.

Linemates through the season

Each band is a linemate's share of this player's 5-on-5 time in each game; thicker means more time together. Click a band or a name for that pairing.

Most common linemates

With and without each other: the share of 5-on-5 expected goals together, and for each player apart.


Brent BurnsD · SJS	1580:09	379	48.4%	50.3%	53.6%
Brenden DillonD · SJS	1402:39	368	49.1%	49.6%	54.0%
Marc-Edouard VlasicD · SJS	1270:59	335	49.7%	48.8%	51.3%
Justin BraunD · SJS/PHI	1217:33	311	51.3%	49.8%	51.1%
Joe ThorntonC · SJS	1025:42	290	53.4%	47.4%	54.1%
Joe PavelskiC · SJS/DAL	1021:18	214	53.6%	45.7%	56.4%
Barclay GoodrowC · SJS	892:53	185	47.0%	46.4%	48.3%
Chris TierneyC · SJS/OTT	618:14	221	46.2%	52.4%	51.0%
Paul MartinD · PIT/SJS	577:23	140	49.9%	53.8%	52.6%
Logan CoutureC · SJS	515:23	276	48.3%	49.2%	51.5%
Tomas HertlC · SJS	461:52	255	50.2%	50.5%	54.1%
Dylan DeMeloD · SJS/OTT	392:00	112	55.6%	46.4%	54.1%

Most frequent opponents

The players this one faced most at 5-on-5 (5+ minutes), and who won the matchup.


Drew DoughtyD · LAK	97:29	23	42.4%
TJ BrodieD · CGY	96:48	22	55.1%
Mark GiordanoD · CGY	96:06	19	44.3%
Michael StoneD · ARI/CGY	79:04	19	64.4%
Dougie HamiltonD · CGY/CAR	77:15	18	39.8%
Mikael BacklundC · CGY	77:00	22	37.1%
Oliver Ekman-LarssonD · ARI	76:52	18	61.8%
Connor MurphyD · ARI/CHI	71:51	21	57.1%
Alexander EdlerD · VAN	70:04	14	40.9%
Kris RussellD · CGY/EDM	67:59	18	47.7%
Alex PietrangeloD · STL	67:21	13	40.4%
Jake MuzzinD · LAK/TOR	67:20	18	53.1%