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Regular season and playoffsSJS

Melker Karlsson's 2015-2016 season

Points
19
Swedish flag#40NHL#342
Goals
10
Swedish flag#26NHL#237
Assists
9
Swedish flag#45NHL#412
Plus/minus
+5
Swedish flag#25NHL#168
Games
65
79%
79% of 82

Centre Melker Karlsson was 25 years old when the 2015-2016 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for San Jose Sharks. He played 65 of a possible 82 games and scored 10 goals and 9 assists for 19 points, 0.29 points per game. That was 40th among the Swedes and 342th in the NHL. In the playoffs he played 24 games for 8 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2015-2016Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Melker Karlsson plays the 2015-2016 season for San Jose Sharks

    SJSSan Jose Sharks

    Melker was 25 years old when the 2015-2016 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    A late start

    Melker Karlsson's season starts in game 15 of 82

    San Jose Sharks have played 14 games14 of 82 without him
    • The game
      NYI4–2SJS
      L
      game 15/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG15:59TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS3–2DET
      W
      game 16/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG15:56TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–1BUF
      W
      game 17/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:48TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS5–4BOS
      W
      game 18/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG16:44TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS1–0PHI
      W
      game 19/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG16:40TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS3–1PIT
      W
      game 20/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:26TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS5–3CBJ
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG18:20TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 827 of 21 played
      4
      points
      Swedish flag#36NHL#351
      3
      goals
      Swedish flag#18NHL#172
      1
      assists
      Swedish flag#45NHL#473
      SJS
      13-8-0W-L-OT26Points
      1st in the Pacific·3rd in the Western Conference·6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CHI5–2SJS
      L
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:38TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY2–5SJS
      W
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG14:51TOI
      View the game
    • December 2015
    • The game
      PIT5–1SJS
      L
      game 24/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-5SOG14:58TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS0–1ANA
      L
      game 25/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:42TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–3SJS
      L
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:18TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–4CGY
      L
      game 27/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:59TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS3–4EDM
      L
      game 28/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:29TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MIN2–0SJS
      L
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:27TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS3–1MTL
      W
      game 30/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:03TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS5–4TOR
      W
      game 31/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG14:22TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–4OTT
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG13:00TOI
      View the game
    Ill

    Melker falls ill and misses 1 game

    Flu

    • The game
      SJS3–4CHI
      L
      game 33/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS5–3LAK
      W
      game 34/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG10:55TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      COL6–3SJS
      L
      game 35/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG12:35TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–4SJS
      W
      game 36/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:19TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WPG4–1SJS
      L
      game 37/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:52TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      DET2–1SJS
      L
      game 38/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG12:12TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR0–7SJS
      W
      game 39/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG16:45TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS5–4CGY
      W
      game 40/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG07:58TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS4–1WPG
      W
      game 41/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG10:09TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8226 of 41 played
      6
      points
      Swedish flag#46NHL#435
      5
      goals
      Swedish flag#26NHL#233
      1
      assists
      Swedish flag#58NHL#583
      SJS
      21-18-2W-L-OT44Points
      3rd in the Pacific·9th in the Western Conference·21st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      EDM1–2SJS
      W
      game 42/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG09:50TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL3–4SJS
      W
      game 43/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG11:25TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT4–3SJS
      L
      game 44/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG10:25TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS3–1ARI
      W
      game 45/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG11:28TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MIN3–4SJS
      W
      game 46/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:35TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK3–2SJS
      L
      game 47/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG10:35TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      COL1–6SJS
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG13:04TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • February 2016
    • The game
      SJS2–3ANA
      L
      game 49/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG10:25TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS3–1STL
      W
      game 50/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG09:14TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–6NSH
      L
      game 51/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:00TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–0CHI
      W
      game 52/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG09:35TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY6–5SJS
      L
      game 53/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:56TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ARI1–4SJS
      W
      game 54/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG11:23TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS4–2TBL
      W
      game 55/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG12:19TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–1FLA
      W
      game 56/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:09TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–5CAR
      L
      game 57/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:21TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS6–3STL
      W
      game 58/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG14:24TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS3–4COL
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:56TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–1SJS
      L
      game 60/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:34TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS4–1VAN
      W
      game 61/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG10:41TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–6SJS
      W
      game 62/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG14:04TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8247 of 62 played
      14
      points
      Swedish flag#41NHL#353
      8
      goals
      Swedish flag#25NHL#221
      6
      assists
      Swedish flag#46NHL#421
      SJS
      34-22-6W-L-OT74Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Pacific·6th in the Western Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    Injured

    Melker goes down and misses 2 games

    Undisclosed injury

    • The game
      SJS3–2VAN
      W
      game 63/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–2SJS
      L
      game 64/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–1CGY
      W
      game 65/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:34TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS3–0EDM
      W
      game 66/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:56TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–0SJS
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG14:44TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5SJS
      W
      game 68/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:51TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–3SJS
      W
      game 69/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG12:36TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS1–3ARI
      L
      game 70/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:37TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–4SJS
      W
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:41TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ARI0–3SJS
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:03TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      STL1–0SJS
      L
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:16TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM6–3SJS
      L
      game 74/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:53TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL4–2SJS
      L
      game 75/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:05TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK2–5SJS
      W
      game 76/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG12:51TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS4–1VAN
      W
      game 77/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:46TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–2SJS
      L
      game 78/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:01TOI
      View the game
    • April 2016
    • The game
      SJS3–2NSH
      W
      game 79/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:16TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS3–0MIN
      W
      game 80/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG16:00TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WPG5–4SJS
      L
      game 81/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG14:03TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      ARI0–1SJS
      W
      game 82/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:01TOI
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Melker Karlsson closes the 2015-2016 season with 19 points

    SJSSan Jose Sharks
    Points
    19
    #40NHL#342
    Games
    65of 82
    79%
    Goals
    10
    #26NHL#237
    Assists
    9
    #45NHL#412
    P/GP
    0.29
    #40NHL#347
    +/-
    +5
    #25NHL#168
    Events
    100
    NHL games
    1×
    First star
    2×
    Second star
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    San Jose Sharks are in the playoffs

    First round

    San Jose Sharks meet Los Angeles Kings

    SJSvsLAK
    Swedes on San Jose Sharks
    Swedes on Los Angeles Kings
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      SJS4–3LAK
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:33TOI
      View the game
    • San Jose Sharkslead1–0againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 2
      SJS2–1LAK
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:36TOI
      View the game
    • San Jose Sharkslead2–0againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 3
      LAK2–1SJS
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:36TOI
      View the game
    • San Jose Sharkslead2–1againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 4
      LAK2–3SJS
      W
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:05TOI
      View the game
    • San Jose Sharkslead3–1againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 5
      SJS6–3LAK
      W
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG14:19TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    First round

    San Jose Sharks knock Los Angeles Kings out 4–1

    SJS4–1LAK
    Advance
    5Games1Points1Goals0Assists
    7 days later
    Second round

    San Jose Sharks meet Nashville Predators

    SJSvsNSH
    Swedes on San Jose Sharks
    Swedes on Nashville Predators
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NSH2–5SJS
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG13:02TOI
      View the game
    • May 2016
    • San Jose Sharkslead1–0againstNashville Predators
    • Game 2
      NSH2–3SJS
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:28TOI
      View the game
    • San Jose Sharkslead2–0againstNashville Predators
    • Game 3
      SJS1–4NSH
      L
      5
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:19TOI
      View the game
    • San Jose Sharkslead2–1againstNashville Predators
    • Game 4
      SJS3–4NSH
      L
      5
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG26:16TOI
      View the game
    • San Jose Sharksare2–2withNashville Predators
    • Game 5
      NSH1–5SJS
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG11:12TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • San Jose Sharkslead3–2againstNashville Predators
    • Game 6
      SJS3–4NSH
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG08:44TOI
      View the game
    • San Jose Sharksare3–3withNashville Predators
    • Game 7
      NSH0–5SJS
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG15:16TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Second round

    San Jose Sharks knock Nashville Predators out 4–3

    SJS4–3NSH
    Advance
    7Games2Points1Goals1Assists
    3 days later
    Conference final

    San Jose Sharks meet St. Louis Blues

    SJSvsSTL
    Swedes on San Jose Sharks
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      SJS1–2STL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:52TOI
      View the game
    • St. Louis Blueslead1–0againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 2
      SJS4–0STL
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG15:24TOI
      View the game
    • San Jose Sharksare1–1withSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 3
      STL0–3SJS
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:28TOI
      View the game
    • San Jose Sharkslead2–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 4
      STL6–3SJS
      L
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG13:09TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • San Jose Sharksare2–2withSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 5
      SJS6–3STL
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:18TOI
      View the game
    • San Jose Sharkslead3–2againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 6
      STL2–5SJS
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG12:14TOI
      View the game
    Conference final

    San Jose Sharks knock St. Louis Blues out 4–2

    SJS4–2STL
    Advance
    6Games1Points1Goals0Assists
    5 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    San Jose Sharks play the Stanley Cup Final against Pittsburgh Penguins

    SJSvsPIT
    Swedes on San Jose Sharks
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      SJS2–3PIT
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:55TOI
      View the game
    • June 2016
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead1–0againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 2
      SJS1–2PIT
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:59TOI
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–0againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 3
      PIT2–3SJS
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:31TOI
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–1againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 4
      PIT3–1SJS
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG15:50TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–1againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 5
      SJS4–2PIT
      W
      2
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG15:35TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–2againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 6
      PIT3–1SJS
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG12:45TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Stanley Cup Final

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock San Jose Sharks out 4–2

    SJS2–4PIT
    Eliminated
    6Games4Points2Goals2Assists
    The run in numbers

    Melker Karlsson ends the 2015-2016 playoffs with 8 points

    SJSSan Jose Sharks
    Points
    8
    #7NHL#47
    Games
    24
    Goals
    5
    #3NHL#20
    Assists
    3
    #10NHL#79
    P/GP
    0.33
    #10NHL#77
    +/-
    +3
    #6NHL#36
    Events
    1
    First playoff assist
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff goal
    2 points
    best game
    LAK4–1→NSH4–3→STL4–2→PIT2–4