Fantasy Hub Player Intelligence

Erik Karlsson

PIT · D · Age 36

GP 4 · G-A-PTS 0-4-4

Limited sample OVERPERFORMING VERY LOW confidence

Expected P/G 0,82 Limited sample · Rank appears after 20 GP

Current trajectory Early season 4 GP · 3Y baseline 0,73

Actual P/G 1,00 Limited sample

Deployment 94 #1 among D on team

Driver 90 #1 among D on team

4 GP current season Process: 20% current Role: 40% current

Team context

Pittsburgh Penguins Balanced environment

Fantasy environment #17 of 32 NHL teams

Team xP/G #17 0,73 top-8 xP/G

Offensive environment Above Average EV OZ #14 · shot diff #11

Power-play environment Strong PP OZ #9

Pace & activity Average #13 NHL · 19,5 bursts/g · 55,5 km/g · 47,7 attempts/g

Balanced environment · above average offensive process · strong power-play environment.

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Usage & Deployment

Overall usageSeason rate

TOI/G23:00

PP TOI/G3:34

SOG/G2,00

5v5 roleObserved role

D2Defense pair

Erik Karlsson · Declan Carlile

Pair time · last game

8:58

TOI · With this pair · last game

62%

TOI · With this pair · last 3

73%

TOI · With this pair · season

76%

Trend

-4 percentage points ↓-4 pts ↓

Power playObserved PP role

PP1Power-play unit

Sidney Crosby · Erik Karlsson · Rickard Rakell · Tommy Novak · Ben Kindel

PP share · last game

79%

PP share · last 3

66%

PP share · season

68%

First-unit starts · last 3

9 / 10

Trend

-2 percentage points ↓-2 pts ↓

SituationalLast 5

Vs empty net

0% · 0:00

Own goalie pulled

93% · 5:32

Derived from official NHL shift charts + play-by-play · Established · High confidence · 15 recent PP opportunities

Production

2026–27 season

PTS

P/G

1,00

SOG/G

2,00

TOI/G

23:00

PP TOI/G

3:34

Official NHL video

Recent highlights

Goals & assists · last 5 games

WPG @ PIT OKT 5

▶ Assist on B. Kindel goal P2 · 09:27

MTL @ PIT OKT 3

▶ Assist on B. Kindel goal P2 · 15:32 ▶ Assist on D. Carlile goal P2 · 00:32

PIT @ PHI SEP 30

▶ Assist on E. Chinakhov goal P3 · 16:37

Performance

Process vs Deployment

0–100 · F/D percentile · sample-adjusted

Limited sample

The process-versus-Deployment profile is still sample-sensitive.

Process 90

Deployment 94

Offensive Driver High-end · limited sample

Shot Creation High-end · limited sample

Play Creation High-end · limited sample

Deployment High-end · limited sample

Median High-end Elite

Trajectory

Early season

3Y baseline 0,73 Historical P/G

2026–27 1,00 vs baseline +0,27

Expected P/G 0,82 vs baseline +0,09

Current-season production is still below the 20-game threshold; the historical baseline is shown without a strong trajectory call.

Intelligence

Model signals

MODEL

Elite Deployment strongly supports current fantasy value.

Deployment 94 is in the top range of the position group.

MODEL

Elite underlying offensive process supports the profile.

Offensive Driver 90 is in the top range of the position group.

MODEL

Production is running above expectation.

Actual P/G exceeds Expected P/G by 0,18.

MODEL

Sample size limits confidence in the current profile.

The model currently reports VERY LOW confidence.

Current value

The current fantasy profile has both high-end process and high-end Deployment behind it. Expected P/G currently sits at 0,82.