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Erik Karlsson
Erik Karlsson
Defenceman  - OTT
(AIR-ihk KAHRL-suhn)
Number: 65
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 175
Shoots: Right
Born: 31 May 1990  (Age 22)
Birthplace: Landsbro, Sweden
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Drafted: OTT / 2008 NHL Entry Draft
Round: 1st (15th overall) PROSPECT BIO
2011-12: Set career highs in games (81), goals, (19), assists (59) and points (78) ... Recorded the 100th point of his NHL career on Dec. 16 vs. Pittsburgh (6-4 win) ... Reached 100 penalty minutes for his NHL career on Jan. 14 at Montreal (3-2 SO win) ... Recorded the 100th assist of his NHL career on Feb. 22 vs. Washington (5-2 win) ... Played his 200th career NHL game on March 2 vs. Chicago (2-1 loss) ... Ranked first among Senators defencemen in goals (19), assists (59) and points (78) and was second in overall team scoring – all of which occurred for the second consecutive season ... Finished the season in a tie for 10th among NHL players (while leading league defencemen) in scoring ... His 78 points were 25 more than any other NHL defenceman (Byfuglien, Campbell – 53) ... Tied for third among all NHL players in assists ... Led NHL defencemen (and all Senators), while ranking 20th in the league with 261 shots on goal ... Led NHL defencemen (and all Senators), while ranking 12th in the NHL with 67 takeaways this season ... Established new franchise records for defencemen in points, assists and multi-point games (21) ... Named NHL First Star of the Week on Feb. 27 and NHL Second Star for the month of February... Became the youngest NHL defenceman since Brian Leetch in 1988-89 to record 70 points in one campaign ... Matched Borje Salming’s single-season career-best of 78 points to rank tied for second among all Swedish defencemen (Lidstrom – 80) in one campaign ... Established a new personal career high with four points in one game on Feb. 20 at N.Y. Islanders (6-0 win) ... Ranked first among Senators, and ninth among all NHL players, in average ice time per game (25:19) ... Ranked first among Senators in game-winning goals (five) ... Recorded 10 shots (for the second time in his career) on Dec. 31 at Buffalo to mark only the third time in franchise history that a defenceman registered 10 or more in one game ... Represented Ottawa at the NHL All-Star Game for the second consecutive season ... Was one of four Senators (Alfredsson, Michalek, Spezza) to be voted into the 59th NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa ... Received an NHL-best 939,951 votes in league-wide fan balloting … Recorded one goal in seven playoff games against the N.Y. Rangers … Following the season, was selected a winner of the James Norris Trophy as the league’s best defenceman, becoming the first Senators blueliner to earn the award. 2010-11: Played 100th career NHL game vs. Tampa Bay on Jan. 8 (2-1 loss) … Led Senators defenceman in scoring with 13 goals, 32 assists and 45 points and ranked second in team scoring … Became only fourth defenceman in franchise history after Steve Duchesne, Norm MacIver and Wade Redden (3x) to register 45 or more points in a season … Led Senators in average ice time with 23 minutes 32 seconds per game, which ranked 27th in the NHL … Led Senators in game-winning goals with four … Represented Ottawa at the 58th NHL All-Star Game in Raleigh, N.C … Had 10 shots on goal March 10 at Florida, only the second time in franchise history that a defenceman has 10 or more shots on goal in a game … Shared monthy Molson Cup award with Brian Elliott in December. 2009-10: Second Senators rookie defenceman in franchise history (Salo) to record a multi-goal game, doing so against Carolina on April 1 (4-2 win) … Ranked second among team rookies in scoring with 26 points and first in assists (21) … Led all defenceman and was tied for fourth with six playoff points (1-5) … Recorded 11 assists in 12 games with AHL Binghamton … Missed five games to injury. 2008-09: Played first full professional season with Frolunda HC Goteborg of the Swedish Elite League, recording 10 points … Was the youngest player on team … Was loaned to Boras HC of the Swedish second division league for seven games … Earned a silver medal with Team Sweden at the 2009 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Ottawa … Selected as tournament’s best defenceman … Ranked first (tie) among all tournament defencemen in points (nine) and fifth (tie) among all players in assists (seven) … Named to the tournament media all-star team. 2007-08: Competed in the Swedish Elite League, playing seven regular-season games for Frolunda HC Goteborg … Notched his first SEL goal, an overtime-winner, against HV 71 on March 28 … Appeared in each of Frolunda’s six post-season contests and was held scoreless in an opening-round defeat against Linkoping … Recorded the most points among defencemen in the junior league (U20) … Helped Sweden reach the bronze-medal game at the 2008 U18 world junior championship … Ranked first among all tournament defencemen in plus-minus (8)… Named tournament’s best defenceman.

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STANDINGS

EASTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 z - PIT 48 36 12 0 165 119 72
2 y - MTL 48 29 14 5 149 126 63
3 y - WSH 48 27 18 3 149 130 57
4 x - BOS 48 28 14 6 131 109 62
5 x - TOR 48 26 17 5 145 133 57
6 x - NYR 48 26 18 4 130 112 56
7 x - OTT 48 25 17 6 116 104 56
8 x - NYI 48 24 17 7 139 139 55
9 WPG 48 24 21 3 128 144 51
10 PHI 48 23 22 3 133 141 49
11 NJD 48 19 19 10 112 129 48
12 BUF 48 21 21 6 125 143 48
13 CAR 48 19 25 4 128 160 42
14 TBL 48 18 26 4 148 150 40
15 FLA 48 15 27 6 112 171 36

STATS

2012-2013 PLAYOFFS
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
D. Alfredsson 8 3 5 4 8
E. Condra 8 1 6 2 7
K. Turris 8 4 2 1 6
J. Pageau 8 4 2 7 6
E. Karlsson 8 1 5 1 6
S. Gonchar 8 0 6 3 6
M. Methot 8 1 4 0 5
M. Zibanejad 8 1 3 0 4
C. Greening 8 3 0 2 3
C. Conacher 7 3 0 -1 3
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
R. Lehner 0 1 0 .952 1.58
C. Anderson 5 2 0 .940 2.17
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