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William Karlsson's 2020-2021 season

Points
39
Swedish flag#8NHL#78
Goals
14
Swedish flag#9NHL#107
Assists
25
Swedish flag#7NHL#72
Plus/minus
+19
Swedish flag#1NHL#34
Games
56
100%
100% of 56

Centre William Karlsson was 27 years old when the 2020-2021 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for Vegas Golden Knights. He played all 56 games and scored 14 goals and 25 assists for 39 points, 0.70 points per game. That was 8th among the Swedes and 78th in the NHL. The season was cut to 56 games by the pandemic. In the playoffs he played 19 games for 16 points.

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

2020-2021Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    William Karlsson plays the 2020-2021 season for Vegas Golden Knights

    VGKVegas Golden Knights

    William was 28 years old when the 2020-2021 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 7th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      ANA2–5VGK
      W
      game 1/566
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG18:30TOI
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    • The game
      ANA1–2VGK
      W
      game 2/565
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG18:26TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      ARI2–4VGK
      W
      game 3/563
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG20:54TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      ARI2–5VGK
      W
      game 4/562
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:43TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK2–5ARI
      L
      game 5/564
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG16:35TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK1–0ARI
      W
      game 6/563
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG19:12TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      STL5–4VGK
      L
      game 7/563
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:35TOI
      View the game
    • February 2021
    • The game
      LAK2–5VGK
      W
      game 8/562
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP16:23TOI
      +3 points
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    • The game
      LAK3–4VGK
      W
      game 9/564
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:06TOI
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    • The game
      ANA4–5VGK
      W
      game 10/565
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG18:00TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA1–0VGK
      L
      game 11/565
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:01TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK3–1SJS
      W
      game 12/562
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP18:01TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      COL0–1VGK
      W
      game 13/561
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:21TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      COL3–2VGK
      L
      game 14/561
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP17:30TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 14 of 56
      10
      points
      Swedish flag#10NHL#91
      3
      goals
      Swedish flag#11NHL#139
      7
      assists
      Swedish flag#7NHL#68
      VGK
      10-3-1W-L-OT21Points
      1st in the West·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VGK2–3COL
      L
      game 15/562
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:29TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK3–0COL
      W
      game 16/562
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP18:09TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK3–2ANA
      W
      game 17/565
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-3SOG18:48TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • March 2021
    • The game
      MIN4–5VGK
      W
      game 18/563
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG18:56TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MIN1–5VGK
      W
      game 19/563
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG18:30TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK5–4SJS
      W
      game 20/563
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG18:03TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK4–0SJS
      W
      game 21/562
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG16:31TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK0–2MIN
      L
      game 22/563
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:59TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK3–4MIN
      L
      game 23/563
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG18:48TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK5–4STL
      W
      game 24/561
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG21:15TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK5–1STL
      W
      game 25/561
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG19:15TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS1–2VGK
      W
      game 26/562
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:37TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS4–5VGK
      W
      game 27/562
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG21:52TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK4–2LAK
      W
      game 28/564
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG17:35TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 28 of 56
      20
      points
      Swedish flag#10NHL#93
      7
      goals
      Swedish flag#13NHL#123
      13
      assists
      Swedish flag#6NHL#83
      VGK
      21-6-1W-L-OT43Points
      1st in the West·3rd in the whole NHL
    Milestone

    William Karlsson reaches 250 career points

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · March 19

    • The game
      VGK1–3LAK
      L
      game 29/562
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:28TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      STL1–5VGK
      W
      game 30/562
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-4SOG2PPP20:29TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK1–5COL
      L
      game 31/562
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG16:05TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK3–2COL
      W
      game 32/562
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:10TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK1–4VGK
      W
      game 33/564
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG17:02TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK4–2VGK
      L
      game 34/563
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG18:44TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • April 2021
    • The game
      MIN3–2VGK
      L
      game 35/565
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG24:01TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      MIN2–1VGK
      L
      game 36/564
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG21:49TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK6–1STL
      W
      game 37/561
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG16:47TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK1–3STL
      L
      game 38/56
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG18:15TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ARI4–7VGK
      W
      game 39/563
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG1SHP15:02TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      ARI0–1VGK
      W
      game 40/562
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:44TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK4–2LAK
      W
      game 41/563
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG15:51TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK6–2LAK
      W
      game 42/563
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:28TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 42 of 56
      29
      points
      Swedish flag#7NHL#79
      10
      goals
      Swedish flag#14NHL#121
      19
      assists
      Swedish flag#7NHL#67
      VGK
      29-11-2W-L-OT60Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the West·2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VGK4–0ANA
      W
      game 43/564
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG20:01TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK5–2ANA
      W
      game 44/564
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:45TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–3VGK
      W
      game 45/564
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:45TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–5VGK
      W
      game 46/563
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +4+/-1SOG17:12TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK5–1ANA
      W
      game 47/564
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG20:41TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      COL2–5VGK
      W
      game 48/565
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG18:53TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK0–3ARI
      L
      game 49/565
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG16:29TOI
      View the game
    • May 2021
    • The game
      VGK3–2ARI
      W
      game 50/564
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG22:14TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK5–6MIN
      L
      game 51/565
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP18:02TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK3–2MIN
      W
      game 52/565
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP18:34TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–4VGK
      W
      game 53/562
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG20:14TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      STL1–4VGK
      W
      game 54/561
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:25TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      COL2–1VGK
      L
      game 55/566
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG21:33TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK6–0SJS
      W
      game 56/562
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG18:39TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    William Karlsson closes the 2020-2021 season with 39 points

    VGKVegas Golden Knights
    Points
    39
    #8NHL#78
    Games
    56of 56
    100%
    Goals
    14
    #9NHL#107
    Assists
    25
    #7NHL#72
    P/GP
    0.70
    #11NHL#100
    +/-
    +19
    #1NHL#34
    Events
    250
    career points
    2×
    First star
    1×
    Second star
    2×
    Third star
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Vegas Golden Knights are in the playoffs

    First round

    Vegas Golden Knights meet Minnesota Wild

    VGKvsMIN
    Swedes on Vegas Golden Knights
    Swedes on Minnesota Wild
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      MIN1–0VGK
      L
      5
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG17:44TOI
      View the game
    • Minnesota Wildlead1–0againstVegas Golden Knights
    • Game 2
      MIN1–3VGK
      W
      5
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG21:14TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Vegas Golden Knightsare1–1withMinnesota Wild
    • Game 3
      VGK5–2MIN
      W
      5
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-1SOG21:15TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • Vegas Golden Knightslead2–1againstMinnesota Wild
    • Game 4
      VGK4–0MIN
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:27TOI
      View the game
    • Vegas Golden Knightslead3–1againstMinnesota Wild
    • Game 5
      MIN4–2VGK
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG20:14TOI
      View the game
    • Vegas Golden Knightslead3–2againstMinnesota Wild
    • Game 6
      VGK0–3MIN
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:04TOI
      View the game
    • Vegas Golden Knightsare3–3withMinnesota Wild
    • Game 7
      MIN2–6VGK
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG15:29TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    First round

    Vegas Golden Knights knock Minnesota Wild out 4–3

    VGK4–3MIN
    Advance
    7Games4Points1Goals3Assists
    2 days later
    Second round

    Vegas Golden Knights meet Colorado Avalanche

    VGKvsCOL
    Swedes on Vegas Golden Knights
    Swedes on Colorado Avalanche
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      VGK1–7COL
      L
      5
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG15:25TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • June 2021
    • Colorado Avalanchelead1–0againstVegas Golden Knights
    • Game 2
      VGK2–3COL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:44TOI
      View the game
    • Colorado Avalanchelead2–0againstVegas Golden Knights
    • Game 3
      COL2–3VGK
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG17:32TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Colorado Avalanchelead2–1againstVegas Golden Knights
    • Game 4
      COL1–5VGK
      W
      4
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP15:13TOI
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • Vegas Golden Knightsare2–2withColorado Avalanche
    • Game 5
      VGK3–2COL
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG16:58TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Vegas Golden Knightslead3–2againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 6
      COL3–6VGK
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG17:21TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Second round

    Vegas Golden Knights knock Colorado Avalanche out 4–2

    VGK4–2COL
    Advance
    6Games7Points3Goals4Assists
    4 days later
    Conference final

    Vegas Golden Knights meet Montréal Canadiens

    VGKvsMTL
    Swedes on Vegas Golden Knights
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      MTL1–4VGK
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG17:38TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Vegas Golden Knightslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL3–2VGK
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG17:51TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Vegas Golden Knightsare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      VGK2–3MTL
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG24:41TOI
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstVegas Golden Knights
    • Game 4
      VGK2–1MTL
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG19:14TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Vegas Golden Knightsare2–2withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      MTL4–1VGK
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:50TOI
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstVegas Golden Knights
    • Game 6
      VGK2–3MTL
      L
      3
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-4SOG18:47TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    Conference final

    Montréal Canadiens knock Vegas Golden Knights out 4–2

    VGK2–4MTL
    Eliminated
    6Games5Points0Goals5Assists
    The run in numbers

    William Karlsson ends the 2020-2021 playoffs with 16 points

    VGKVegas Golden Knights
    Points
    16
    #2NHL#6
    Games
    19
    Goals
    4
    #2NHL#29
    Assists
    12
    #2NHL#3
    P/GP
    0.84
    #2NHL#14
    +/-
    +10
    #1NHL#4
    Events
    25
    playoff assists
    2×
    Second star
    1×
    Third star
    6 i rad
    games with a point
    3 points
    best game
    MIN4–3→COL4–2→MTL2–4