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William Eklund has 27 points (10 goals, 17 assists) in 38 games for the San Jose Sharks this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 7) of the 2021 NHL Draft by the San Jose Sharks, he has 137 points (45 goals, 92 assists) in 212 regular-season games for the San Jose Sharks.

  • Country: Country FlagSWE
    Age: 23.2 yrs (12.10.2002)
    Height / Weight: 178 cm / 84 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 7th in 2021
    Draft Team: Team logoSan Jose Sharks
    Awards: -
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The 23-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Sharks controlling 58% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When William Eklund is off the ice, the Sharks control 41% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 42% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 24% in the defensive zone.

  • 74

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 52nd of 251 Wings
    Defense:Def: 190th of 251 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    77.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    0.12
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    19.55
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    0.68
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    1.12
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.52
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    0.91
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.60
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    3.75
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.84
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.32
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    1.51
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    5.03
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.42
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.63
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.32
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    1.83
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    0.60
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    2.99
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.29
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    8.98
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    10.68
  • Career Trajectory Most comparable players to William Eklund at his age (23.2 yrs):
    Rafael Harvey-Pinard (Rating of 74 in 2022, Today 65)
    Ryan Donato (Rating of 74 in 2019, Today 68)
    Artturi Lehkonen (Rating of 74 in 2018, Today 89)
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Actual AAV: $0.863M
Player Contract Value: $4.700M
Remaining: 4 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2029 RFA
Age at the end: 27.7 yrs (12.10.2002)
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William Eklund
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
27.12.2025 Team Logo Canucks 1 1 1 2 1 21:08 4 25.0% 0
29.12.2025 Team Logo Ducks 1 1 0 1 -1 18:43 1 100.0% 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Wild 1 0 1 1 0 18:25 0 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Lightning 1 0 0 0 -1 21:53 2 0.0% 4
06.01.2026 Team Logo Blue Jackets 1 0 1 1 -1 21:16 6 0.0% 0
Total 5 2 3 5 -2 13 15.4% 4
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2021-22 Team Logo Sharks 9 0 4 4 -3 14:19 8 0.0% 2
2022-23 Team Logo Sharks 8 2 1 3 -5 19:49 18 11.1% 6
2023-24 Team Logo Sharks 80 16 29 45 -45 18:40 128 12.5% 30
2024-25 Team Logo Sharks 77 17 41 58 -7 19:33 151 11.3% 29
2025-26 Team Logo Sharks 38 10 17 27 -20 19:46 100 10.0% 22
Season Projection 78 21 35 56 -41 19:47 205 10.2% 45
Total 212 45 92 137 -80 405 11.1% 89
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
No games played
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
William Eklund Team Logo LW 23.2 yrs 178 cm / 84 kg 0.71 0.65 81 61 $0.863M
83% Vincent Trocheck Team Logo C 32.5 yrs 180 cm / 84 kg 0.83 0.73 77 57 $5.625M
83% Matvei Michkov Team Logo RW 21.1 yrs 178 cm / 78 kg 0.57 0.72 77 59 $0.950M
82% Viktor Arvidsson Team Logo LW 32.8 yrs 178 cm / 82 kg 0.61 0.63 76 64 $4.000M
82% Matt Coronato Team Logo RW 23.2 yrs 178 cm / 82 kg 0.59 0.52 78 60 $6.500M
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