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William Eklund's 2025-2026 season

Points
53
Swedish flag#12NHL#113
Goals
15
Swedish flag#19NHL#190
Assists
38
Swedish flag#7NHL#72
Plus/minus
-31
NHL#934
Games
78
95%
95% of 82

Left winger William Eklund was 22 years old when the 2025-2026 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for San Jose Sharks. He played 78 of a possible 82 games and scored 15 goals and 38 assists for 53 points, 0.68 points per game. That was 12th among the Swedes and 113th in the NHL. San Jose Sharks did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

2025-2026
  1. Season opener

    William Eklund plays the 2025-2026 season for San Jose Sharks

    William was 22 years old when the 2025-2026 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      VGK4–3SJS
      L
      game 1/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP17:27TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ANA7–6SJS
      L
      game 2/824
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG17:32TOI
    • The game
      CAR5–1SJS
      L
      game 3/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG20:28TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS3–6UTA
      L
      game 4/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG17:52TOI
    • The game
      PIT3–0SJS
      L
      game 5/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG18:15TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–4NYI
      L
      game 6/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG17:58TOI
    • The game
      SJS6–5NYR
      W
      game 7/824
      His night
      +3P+3A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP20:51TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      SJS1–3NJD
      L
      game 8/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP18:19TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS6–5MIN
      W
      game 9/826
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      0+/-4SOG2PPP25:29TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      LAK4–3SJS
      L
      game 10/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG24:46TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–5SJS
      W
      game 11/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-2SOG18:17TOI
      +1 goal
    • November 2025
    • The game
      COL2–3SJS
      W
      game 12/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:45TOI
    Injured

    William goes down and misses 4 games

    Lower body injury

    • The game
      DET3–2SJS
      L
      game 13/829
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      SJS6–1SEA
      W
      game 14/824
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      WPG1–2SJS
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      FLA1–3SJS
      W
      game 16/825
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      SJS2–1MIN
      W
      game 17/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG19:15TOI
    • The game
      SJS0–2CGY
      L
      game 18/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:16TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–4SEA
      L
      game 19/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP20:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      UTA2–3SJS
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP20:32TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK3–4SJS
      W
      game 21/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG20:45TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8217 of 21 played
      13
      points
      Swedish flag#15NHL#122
      5
      goals
      Swedish flag#13NHL#114
      8
      assists
      Swedish flag#16NHL#120
      SJS
      10-8-3W-L-OT23Points
      5th in the Pacific·11th in the Western Conference·24th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      OTT3–2SJS
      L
      game 22/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:56TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–3SJS
      W
      game 23/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG18:56TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS0–6COL
      L
      game 24/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG20:26TOI
    • The game
      VAN2–3SJS
      W
      game 25/828
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP16:26TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS3–4VGK
      L
      game 26/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG19:55TOI
      +1 goal
    • December 2025
    • The game
      UTA3–6SJS
      W
      game 27/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG20:57TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH7–1SJS
      L
      game 28/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG18:28TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–4DAL
      L
      game 29/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:09TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–1CAR
      W
      game 30/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP17:03TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS1–4PHI
      L
      game 31/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG19:22TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–2TOR
      W
      game 32/827
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG19:02TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS6–5PIT
      W
      game 33/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-3SOG1PPP22:29TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      CGY3–6SJS
      W
      game 34/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG18:39TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL5–3SJS
      L
      game 35/825
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-6SOG20:31TOI
    • The game
      SEA4–2SJS
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-8SOG20:48TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–7VGK
      L
      game 37/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG19:09TOI
    • The game
      SJS6–3VAN
      W
      game 38/828
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG21:09TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      SJS5–4ANA
      W
      game 39/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG18:44TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MIN3–4SJS
      W
      game 40/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG18:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL7–3SJS
      L
      game 41/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG21:54TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8237 of 41 played
      26
      points
      Swedish flag#13NHL#115
      10
      goals
      Swedish flag#10NHL#114
      16
      assists
      Swedish flag#16NHL#116
      SJS
      20-18-3W-L-OT43Points
      6th in the Pacific·9th in the Western Conference·24th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CBJ2–5SJS
      W
      game 42/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP21:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS4–3LAK
      W
      game 43/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-5SOG21:24TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DAL4–5SJS
      W
      game 44/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP24:58TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VGK7–2SJS
      L
      game 45/825
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-3SOG22:41TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–2WSH
      W
      game 46/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG17:38TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–4DET
      L
      game 47/828
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:51TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–1FLA
      W
      game 48/826
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG17:37TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–4TBL
      L
      game 49/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG20:14TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–3SJS
      W
      game 50/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:10TOI
    • The game
      SJS5–2VAN
      W
      game 51/8211
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG16:15TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS3–4EDM
      L
      game 52/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG16:14TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–3CGY
      L
      game 53/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG14:35TOI
      +1 assist
    • February 2026
    • The game
      SJS3–6CHI
      L
      game 54/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG15:06TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–4COL
      L
      game 55/824
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG19:26TOI
    • The game
      CGY4–1SJS
      L
      game 56/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG17:39TOI
    • The game
      EDM4–5SJS
      W
      game 57/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG14:31TOI
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    William Eklund reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against Edmonton Oilers · February 28

    • The game
      WPG1–2SJS
      W
      game 58/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG15:33TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL5–7SJS
      W
      game 59/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP14:43TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL3–2SJS
      L
      game 60/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:32TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–1SJS
      L
      game 61/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:08TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–6BUF
      L
      game 62/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:29TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8258 of 62 played
      38
      points
      Swedish flag#14NHL#138
      11
      goals
      Swedish flag#21NHL#215
      27
      assists
      Swedish flag#12NHL#93
      SJS
      30-25-6W-L-OT66Points
      1 out of a spot
      5th in the Pacific·9th in the Western Conference·21st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      SJS4–2BOS
      W
      game 63/825
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG15:24TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      SJS4–2MTL
      W
      game 64/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG23:57TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS4–7OTT
      L
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG17:07TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–5EDM
      L
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG15:32TOI
    • The game
      BUF5–0SJS
      L
      game 67/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG15:54TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–1SJS
      L
      game 68/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP22:05TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS3–6NSH
      L
      game 69/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:02TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–2STL
      L
      game 70/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG19:29TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS3–2CBJ
      W
      game 71/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:12TOI
    • The game
      STL4–5SJS
      W
      game 72/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG16:30TOI
    • April 2026
    • The game
      ANA3–4SJS
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:44TOI
    • The game
      TOR1–4SJS
      W
      game 74/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG15:01TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NSH6–3SJS
      L
      game 75/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG14:49TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI2–3SJS
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG15:03TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      EDM5–2SJS
      L
      game 77/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG17:20TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS1–6ANA
      L
      game 78/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:23TOI
    • The game
      VAN4–3SJS
      L
      game 79/828
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG18:32TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–2NSH
      W
      game 80/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP16:57TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–5CHI
      L
      game 81/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:03TOI
    • The game
      SJS6–1WPG
      W
      game 82/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP14:24TOI
      +3 points
    Milestone

    William Eklund reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against Winnipeg Jets · April 16

    The season in numbers

    William Eklund closes the 2025-2026 season with 53 points

    San Jose Sharks did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    53
    #12NHL#113
    Games
    78of 82
    95%
    Goals
    15
    #19NHL#190
    Assists
    38
    #7NHL#72
    P/GP
    0.68
    #16NHL#140
    +/-
    -31
    #90NHL#934
    Events
    250
    NHL games
    100
    career assists
    50
    career goals
    2×
    First star
    5×
    Second star
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 9 pts
  2. 2 months and 7 days later
    Trade

    William Eklund is traded from San Jose Sharks to Ottawa Senators

    Here he joins Swedes Olle Lycksell, Linus Ullmark and Fabian Zetterlund.

    His spell with San Jose Sharks · 2021–22 to 2025–26
    252
    Games
    50
    Goals
    113
    Assists
    163
    Points
    Ottawa Senators received
    San Jose Sharks received
    • 2026 draft pick, round 1