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Melker Karlsson's 2017-2018 season

Points
19
Swedish flag#40NHL#392
Goals
8
Swedish flag#34NHL#325
Assists
11
Swedish flag#43NHL#409
Plus/minus
-5
NHL#629
Games
71
86%
86% of 82

Centre Melker Karlsson was 27 years old when the 2017-2018 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for San Jose Sharks. He played 71 of a possible 82 games and scored 8 goals and 11 assists for 19 points, 0.27 points per game. That was 40th among the Swedes and 392th in the NHL. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 3 points.

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

2017-2018Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Melker Karlsson plays the 2017-2018 season for San Jose Sharks

    Melker was 27 years old when the 2017-2018 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PHI5–3SJS
      L
      game 1/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:11TOI
    • The game
      LAK4–1SJS
      L
      game 2/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG08:00TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3SJS
      W
      game 3/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:10TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–1SJS
      L
      game 4/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG12:28TOI
    • The game
      MTL2–5SJS
      W
      game 5/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:43TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–0NJD
      W
      game 6/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG12:40TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS3–5NYI
      L
      game 7/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:51TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–1NYR
      W
      game 8/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG16:37TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS1–2BOS
      L
      game 9/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG12:25TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–2BUF
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG14:40TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–3SJS
      W
      game 11/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG15:24TOI
      +1 assist
    • November 2017
    • The game
      NSH1–4SJS
      W
      game 12/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG12:27TOI
    • The game
      ANA1–2SJS
      W
      game 13/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:09TOI
    • The game
      TBL5–1SJS
      L
      game 14/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG13:53TOI
    • The game
      VAN0–5SJS
      W
      game 15/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG15:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–1LAK
      W
      game 16/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG13:47TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA2–0SJS
      L
      game 17/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:36TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–1SJS
      L
      game 18/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG12:54TOI
    Injured

    Melker goes down and misses 4 games

    Upper body injury

    • The game
      ANA3–2SJS
      L
      game 19/825
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      SJS3–1ARI
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      SJS4–5VGK
      L
      game 21/822
      His night
      Out injured
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8218 of 21 played
      6
      points
      Swedish flag#33NHL#338
      3
      goals
      Swedish flag#22NHL#214
      3
      assists
      Swedish flag#41NHL#370
      SJS
      11-8-2W-L-OT24Points
      5th in the Pacific·10th in the Western Conference·18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WPG0–4SJS
      W
      game 22/821
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      SJS3–1PHI
      W
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:20TOI
    • December 2017
    • The game
      SJS2–1FLA
      W
      game 24/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG12:33TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CAR4–5SJS
      W
      game 27/826
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1SHP13:48TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      OTT0–5SJS
      W
      game 28/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG11:58TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MIN4–3SJS
      L
      game 29/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:40TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–2CGY
      W
      game 30/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG14:23TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–4VAN
      L
      game 31/827
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG16:12TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–5EDM
      L
      game 32/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG15:38TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN4–5SJS
      W
      game 33/827
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:04TOI
    • The game
      LAK0–2SJS
      W
      game 34/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:59TOI
    • The game
      CGY2–3SJS
      W
      game 35/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:33TOI
    • The game
      SJS0–6DAL
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:28TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–1MTL
      W
      game 37/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:15TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–3TOR
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG11:37TOI
    • The game
      SJS5–6OTT
      L
      game 39/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG13:21TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS1–4WPG
      L
      game 40/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:44TOI
    • The game
      ARI5–6SJS
      W
      game 41/824
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-1SOG09:39TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8235 of 41 played
      11
      points
      Swedish flag#36NHL#368
      6
      goals
      Swedish flag#24NHL#237
      5
      assists
      Swedish flag#46NHL#439
      SJS
      22-13-6W-L-OT50Points
      4th in the Pacific·9th in the Western Conference·15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      SJS4–1LAK
      W
      game 42/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG14:07TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–2ARI
      W
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:08TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–5COL
      L
      game 44/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:24TOI
    • The game
      PIT1–2SJS
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:11TOI
    • The game
      SJS6–2ANA
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG13:17TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      WPG5–4SJS
      L
      game 47/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG14:26TOI
    • The game
      NYR6–5SJS
      L
      game 48/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG13:50TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–5PIT
      L
      game 49/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:52TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–2DET
      L
      game 50/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:27TOI
    • February 2018
    • The game
      SJS3–1CBJ
      W
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:53TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–1CAR
      W
      game 52/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG15:19TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS1–3COL
      L
      game 53/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:11TOI
    • The game
      VGK5–3SJS
      L
      game 54/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:58TOI
    • The game
      EDM4–6SJS
      W
      game 55/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG15:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS3–2ANA
      W
      game 56/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:23TOI
    • The game
      ARI2–1SJS
      L
      game 57/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG09:54TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–4SJS
      W
      game 58/827
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG14:44TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–5SJS
      W
      game 59/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-2SOG17:15TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      SJS3–2STL
      W
      game 60/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:45TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–7NSH
      L
      game 61/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:48TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–3CHI
      L
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:22TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8256 of 62 played
      17
      points
      Swedish flag#35NHL#338
      8
      goals
      Swedish flag#26NHL#246
      9
      assists
      Swedish flag#41NHL#369
      SJS
      33-21-8W-L-OT74Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Pacific·6th in the Western Conference·12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      SJS2–3MIN
      L
      game 63/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:28TOI
    • The game
      EDM2–5SJS
      W
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:32TOI
    • March 2018
    • The game
      CHI2–7SJS
      W
      game 65/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:02TOI
    • The game
      CBJ4–2SJS
      L
      game 66/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG10:24TOI
    Injured

    Melker goes down and misses 3 games

    Lower body injury

    • The game
      STL0–2SJS
      W
      game 67/825
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      WSH2–0SJS
      L
      game 68/823
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      DET3–5SJS
      W
      game 69/825
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      SJS4–3EDM
      W
      game 70/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:32TOI
    • The game
      SJS7–4CGY
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:49TOI
    • The game
      SJS5–3VAN
      W
      game 72/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG01:14TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–6SJS
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:51TOI
    • The game
      VGK1–2SJS
      W
      game 74/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:29TOI
    • The game
      CGY1–5SJS
      W
      game 75/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG15:32TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS4–3CHI
      W
      game 76/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG11:32TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–3STL
      L
      game 77/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG16:36TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS3–5NSH
      L
      game 78/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG09:35TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–3VGK
      L
      game 79/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:29TOI
    • April 2018
    • The game
      DAL4–2SJS
      L
      game 80/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:52TOI
    Injured

    Melker goes down and misses 2 games

    Undisclosed injury

    • The game
      COL2–4SJS
      W
      game 81/824
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      MIN6–3SJS
      L
      game 82/823
      His night
      Out injured
    The season in numbers

    Melker Karlsson closes the 2017-2018 season with 19 points

    Points
    19
    #40NHL#392
    Games
    71of 82
    87%
    Goals
    8
    #34NHL#325
    Assists
    11
    #43NHL#409
    P/GP
    0.27
    #45NHL#437
    +/-
    -5
    #62NHL#629
    Events
    11
    career best in assists
    250
    NHL games
    2×
    Third star
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    San Jose Sharks are in the playoffs

    First round

    San Jose Sharks meet Anaheim Ducks

    SJSvsANA
    • Game 1
      SJS3–0ANA
      W
      5
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:00TOI
    • San Jose Sharkslead1–0againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 2
      SJS3–2ANA
      W
      5
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG10:31TOI
      +1 assist
    • San Jose Sharkslead2–0againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 3
      ANA1–8SJS
      W
      5
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG13:34TOI
      +1 assist
    • San Jose Sharkslead3–0againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 4
      ANA1–2SJS
      W
      5
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG10:55TOI
      +1 assist
    First round

    San Jose Sharks knock Anaheim Ducks out 4–0

    SJS4–0ANA
    Advance
    4Games3Points0Goals3Assists
    8 days later
    Second round

    San Jose Sharks meet Vegas Golden Knights

    SJSvsVGK
    Swedes on San Jose Sharks
    Swedes on Vegas Golden Knights
    • Game 1
      SJS0–7VGK
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG12:14TOI
    • Vegas Golden Knightslead1–0againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 2
      SJS4–3VGK
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG17:09TOI
    • San Jose Sharksare1–1withVegas Golden Knights
    • Game 3
      VGK4–3SJS
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:18TOI
    • May 2018
    • Vegas Golden Knightslead2–1againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 4
      VGK0–4SJS
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG12:31TOI
    • San Jose Sharksare2–2withVegas Golden Knights
    • Game 5
      SJS3–5VGK
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG11:19TOI
    • Vegas Golden Knightslead3–2againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 6
      VGK3–0SJS
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG09:31TOI
    Second round

    Vegas Golden Knights knock San Jose Sharks out 4–2

    SJS2–4VGK
    Eliminated
    6Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Melker Karlsson ends the 2017-2018 playoffs with 3 points

    Points
    3
    #13NHL#118
    Games
    10
    Goals
    0
    #19NHL#181
    Assists
    3
    #10NHL#82
    P/GP
    0.30
    #11NHL#91
    +/-
    +2
    #5NHL#57
    Events
    10
    playoff points
    ANA4–0→VGK2–4