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William Eklund has 28 points (11 goals, 17 assists) in 39 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 138 points (46 goals, 92 assists) in 213 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.

  • 75

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 48th of 251 Wings
    Defense:Def: 177th of 251 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    38.00
    PlayDriving
    -0.14 - 0.14
    0.17
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    19.79
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    0.80
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.80
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.56
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    1.17
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    4.05
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    3.51
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.96
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.42
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    2.07
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    5.58
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.88
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.91
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.88
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    2.23
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    0.72
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    2.87
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.24
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
  • Career Trajectory Most comparable players to William Eklund at his age (23.2 yrs):
    Warren Foegele (Rating of 75 in 2019, Today 62)
    Mackie Samoskevich (Rating of 75 in 2025, Today 75)
    Kyle Palmieri (Rating of 75 in 2014, Today 79)
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Actual AAV: $0.863M
Player Contract Value: $5.300M
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
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
07.01.2026 Team Logo Kings 1 1 0 1 2 21:23 5 20.0% 0
Total 5 2 2 4 -1 14 14.3% 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 39 11 17 28 -18 19:49 105 10.5% 22
Season Projection 78 22 34 56 -36 19:49 210 10.5% 44
Total 213 46 92 138 -78 410 11.2% 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 0.72 0.65 82 63 $0.863M
85% Viktor Arvidsson Team Logo LW 32.8 yrs 178 cm / 81 kg 0.61 0.63 80 62 $4.000M
83% Nazem Kadri Team Logo C 35.3 yrs 183 cm / 83 kg 0.74 0.72 81 66 $7.000M
82% Anton Lundell Team Logo C 24.3 yrs 185 cm / 88 kg 0.74 0.56 78 65 $5.000M
82% Will Smith Team Logo C 20.8 yrs 183 cm / 81 kg 0.88 0.69 84 68 $0.950M
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