William Karlsson — Faceoff Stats

Vegas Golden Knights· C·Shoots L·Born Jan 8, 1993·2014–2026

William Karlsson has a 2019-20 faceoff win percentage of 51.9% across 946 faceoffs in the 2019-20 season. Best zone: Defensive (53.6%). Ranked #56 in the league.

2019-20 FO%
51.9%
Record
491W - 455L
Total Faceoffs
946
League Rank
#56

Performance by Zone

Offensive Zone
50.5%
162 / 321 faceoffs
Defensive Zone
53.6%
164 / 306 faceoffs
Neutral Zone
51.7%
165 / 319 faceoffs

Situational Splits

Even Str.
52.9%
719 FO
Power Play
53.5%
101 FO
Pen. Kill
45.2%
126 FO
Home
54.1%
547 FO
Away
48.9%
399 FO
P1
49.5%
301 FO
P2
53.2%
316 FO
P3
52.3%
308 FO
OT
61.9%
21 FO
Final 5 min
48.7%
224 FO
vs Left
48.6%
615 FO
vs Right
58.0%
331 FO

Season-by-Season

Season Team GP FO% W Total FO OZ% DZ% NZ%
2025-26 Vegas Golden Knights 14 57.6% 91 158 55.1% 67.2% 49.0%
2024-25 Vegas Golden Knights 53 58.1% 410 706 67.0% 52.9% 54.8%
2023-24 Vegas Golden Knights 70 56.2% 547 973 64.4% 50.1% 52.7%
2022-23 Vegas Golden Knights 82 55.3% 632 1,142 54.0% 58.8% 52.8%
2021-22 Vegas Golden Knights 67 51.7% 508 983 50.4% 53.7% 50.6%
2020-21 Vegas Golden Knights 56 54.0% 518 959 57.1% 49.2% 55.5%
2019-20 Vegas Golden Knights 61 51.9% 491 946 50.5% 53.6% 51.7%
2018-19 Vegas Golden Knights 82 47.6% 588 1,234 47.0% 46.3% 49.3%
2017-18 Vegas Golden Knights 81 48.0% 402 837 45.2% 51.7% 46.9%
2016-17 Columbus Blue Jackets 81 45.3% 435 960 29.3% 60.1% 51.3%
2015-16 Columbus Blue Jackets 81 45.7% 416 911 30.2% 58.1% 48.4%
2014-15 Anaheim Ducks, Columbus Blue Jackets 21 47.2% 93 197 56.9% 38.8% 47.2%

Best Matchups

Opponent Record Win%
vs. Michael Amadio LAK 10-1 90.9%
vs. Gaetan Haas EDM 6-1 85.7%
vs. Tyler Bozak STL 5-1 83.3%
vs. Vincent Trocheck FLA 4-1 80.0%
vs. Sam Reinhart BUF 8-2 80.0%
vs. Derek Ryan CGY 4-1 80.0%
vs. Jean-Gabriel Pageau OTT 6-2 75.0%
vs. Pavel Zacha NJD 6-2 75.0%
vs. Mitchell Stephens TBL 6-2 75.0%
vs. Blake Lizotte LAK 6-2 75.0%

Toughest Matchups

Opponent Record Win%
vs. Sean Couturier PHI 2-11 15.4%
vs. Bryan Little WPG 1-5 16.7%
vs. Gabriel Landeskog COL 1-5 16.7%
vs. Sam Lafferty PIT 1-4 20.0%
vs. Pierre-Luc Dubois CBJ 2-7 22.2%
vs. Sam Steel ANA 6-17 26.1%
vs. Chris Tierney OTT 2-5 28.6%
vs. Evgeni Malkin PIT 3-7 30.0%
vs. Aleksander Barkov FLA 4-9 30.8%
vs. Bo Horvat VAN 4-9 30.8%

Similar Players

Player Team FO% Total FO Similarity
Erik Haula vs MIN, NJD, NSH, VGK, BOS, CAR, FLA 52.4% 9,077 98.7%
Ryan Kesler vs ANA, VAN 56.0% 11,483 97.8%
Bo Horvat vs VAN, NYI 54.4% 16,800 97.5%
Sean Couturier vs PHI 52.6% 14,166 97.5%
Andrew Copp vs WPG, DET, NYR 51.9% 6,887 97.0%
David Backes vs STL, BOS, ANA 50.7% 7,831 97.0%
Boone Jenner vs CBJ 53.9% 8,335 96.9%
Jordan Staal vs CAR, PIT 55.3% 19,326 96.8%
Mike Fisher vs NSH, OTT 51.5% 8,035 96.7%
Phillip Danault vs MTL, LAK, CHI 53.3% 11,906 96.7%

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