Regular season

Linus Karlsson

Vancouver Canucks · C · #94

Middle-six playerDepth Forward?35 points in 79 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'1"
WT: 178 lb
Age: 26
Shoots: R
From: Landsbro, SWE
Draft: 2018 SJS · R3 #87

67Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

5151pctl

5353pctl

3232pctl

4343pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.4452pctl

0.1950pctl

0.2553pctl

1.551pctl

-283pctl

450pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

7.1%74pctl

1.2732pctl

0.1459pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3540pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

29.4%0pctl

0.612pctl

0.3135pctl

1:2158pctl

0:0216pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 46 GP tracked · 10h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

45.7%20pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

37.9%11pctl

O-zone deployment?

43%24pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.4 min48pctl

Support received?

17.1 min54pctl

D-zone deployment?

57%76pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1281pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.7790pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.6393pctl

0.87×3pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.12/gm89pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.3%15pctl

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 880 EV min

General Offense

6.2862

8.8065

Shot Setups/60?

1.0962

Chance Setups/60?

1.0274

Primary Contributions/60?

7.3763

Rebounds Created/60?

0.6875

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0028

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.7569

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.5580

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1455

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6463

Rush Offense/60?

6.9637

Shots off HD Setups/60?

1.2385

2.1889

0.2064

Deflections/60?

2.3985

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0737

Entries Finished/60?

0.4120

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2727

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.0947

0.3459

0.7542

Retrieval Success %?

31%66

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0770

Exit Success %?

6%70

Forechecking

4.0255

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0042

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$0.78M

cap hit

$3.68M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Linus Karlsson	67	Depth Forward	35 P · 79 GP	$0.78M	$3.68M	A+$2.9M	this player
Shane Wright	65	Depth Forward	27 P · 74 GP	$0.89M	$3.17M	A+$2.3M	90%
Vladislav Namestnikov	61	Depth Forward	14 P · 60 GP	$3.00M	$2.24M	D−$0.8M	87%
Emmitt Finnie	64	Depth Forward	30 P · 82 GP	$0.82M	$2.92M	A+$2.1M	86%
Justin Sourdif	68	Depth Forward	35 P · 78 GP	$0.82M	$3.94M	A+$3.1M	84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Max Sasson · 8 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Linus’s goals

Creates for

goals Linus assisted on

From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 2 G · 2 A · 16 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 03-30

0G 0A · 2 shots · 16:14 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 04-01

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:59 TOI

@ MIN

0P

0G 0A

@ MIN 04-02

0G 0A · 3 shots · 17:09 TOI

vs UTA

2P

2G 0A

vs UTA 04-04

2G 0A · 3 shots · 14:04 TOI

vs VGK

1P

0G 1A

vs VGK 04-07

0G 1A · 1 shots · 11:56 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:56 TOI

@ SJS

1P

0G 1A

@ SJS 04-11

0G 1A · 2 shots · 13:48 TOI

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA 04-12

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:57 TOI

vs LAK

0P

0G 0A

vs LAK 04-14

0G 0A · 2 shots · 13:23 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 04-16

0G 0A · 2 shots · 16:19 TOI

Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left

The Territory

attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)229 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 7 of 15 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 24 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 37 blocks · 5 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	Vancouver Canucks	4	0	0	0	0
2024-25	Vancouver Canucks	23	3	3	6	5
2025-26	Vancouver Canucks	79	15	20	35	-28
Career	1 team	106	18	23	41	-23