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William Eklund
Left Wing #72 Sharks
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William Eklund has 29 points (11 goals, 18 assists) in 41 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 139 points (46 goals, 93 assists) in 215 regular-season games for the San Jose Sharks.

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  • Country: Country FlagSWE
    Age: 23.3 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 59% 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 44% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 24% in the defensive zone.

  • 77

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 44th of 252 Wings
    Defense:Def: 145th of 252 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.18
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.59
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    19.96
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.83
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.83
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.53
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    1.15
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    4.13
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3.76
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.90
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.44
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    2.06
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.84
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.68
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.83
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2.10
    13
    Takeaways/60
    0.75
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    3.01
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.24
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
  • Career Trajectory Most comparable players to William Eklund at his age (23.3 yrs):
    Owen Tippett (Rating of 77 in 2022, Today 77)
    Alex Laferriere (Rating of 77 in 2024, Today 68)
    Jordan Eberle (Rating of 77 in 2013, Today 80)
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $0.863M
Player Contract Value: $5.900M
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
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
10.01.2026 Team Logo Stars 1 0 1 1 0 24:58 1 0.0% 0
11.01.2026 Team Logo Golden Knights 1 0 0 0 -4 22:40 3 0.0% 2
Total 5 1 2 3 -4 17 5.9% 6
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 41 11 18 29 -22 20:01 109 10.1% 24
Season Projection 78 21 34 55 -42 20:01 207 10.1% 46
Total 215 46 93 139 -82 414 11.1% 91
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 23.3 yrs 178 cm / 84 kg 0.71 0.65 79 72 $0.863M
85% Viktor Arvidsson Team Logo LW 32.8 yrs 178 cm / 81 kg 0.65 0.64 78 70 $4.000M
83% Rickard Rakell Team Logo RW 32.7 yrs 185 cm / 87 kg 0.71 0.65 77 73 $5.000M
83% Travis Konecny Team Logo RW 28.8 yrs 178 cm / 86 kg 0.90 0.75 76 72 $8.750M
83% Bryan Rust Team Logo RW 33.7 yrs 180 cm / 91 kg 0.90 0.70 80 73 $5.125M
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