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William Eklund
Left Wing #72 Sharks
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William Eklund has 29 points (11 goals, 18 assists) in 40 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 214 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: -
Player EvaluationPowered by CORE

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 43% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 24% in the defensive zone.

  • 76

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 46th of 251 Wings
    Defense:Def: 157th of 251 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.17
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.59
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    19.83
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.85
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.78
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.54
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    1.16
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    4.12
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3.65
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.93
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.43
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    2.04
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.89
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.80
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.85
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2.17
    13
    Takeaways/60
    0.78
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    2.95
    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):
    Taylor Hall (Rating of 76 in 2014, Today 76)
    Mackie Samoskevich (Rating of 76 in 2025, Today 76)
    Filip Chytil (Rating of 76 in 2022, Today 73)
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $0.863M
Player Contract Value: $5.500M
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
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
10.01.2026 Team Logo Stars 1 0 1 1 0 24:58 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 1 3 4 0 14 7.1% 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 40 11 18 29 -18 19:58 106 10.4% 22
Season Projection 77 21 35 56 -35 19:57 204 10.3% 42
Total 214 46 93 139 -78 411 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 23.3 yrs 178 cm / 84 kg 0.72 0.65 79 71 $0.863M
85% Viktor Arvidsson Team Logo LW 32.8 yrs 178 cm / 82 kg 0.65 0.64 78 70 $4.000M
84% Travis Konecny Team Logo RW 28.8 yrs 178 cm / 86 kg 0.90 0.75 76 72 $8.750M
84% Rickard Rakell Team Logo RW 32.7 yrs 185 cm / 87 kg 0.71 0.65 78 71 $5.000M
83% Bryan Rust Team Logo RW 33.7 yrs 180 cm / 92 kg 0.90 0.70 80 73 $5.125M
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