Erik Karlsson got injured and had surgery to repair a small muscle tear in his left forearm in 2022. Penguins forward Matt Cooke stomped on Karlsson’s leg.
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Erik Karlsson scored his first NHL goal against the Minnesota Wild’s Niklas Bäckström in a 4–1 win for Ottawa on 19 December 2009.
During the 2012–13 NHL lockout, Erik Karlsson finished his stint in Jokerit with 9 goals and 25 assists (34 points) in 30 games, leading all defencemen in scoring.
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On 1 March 2016, Erik Karlsson was announced to represent Sweden at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
Erik Karlsson appeared in all 82 games during the 2013–14 season and finished the season with 20 goals and 74 points, becoming the first defenceman since Brian Leetch in 2000–01.
In the 2008 U20 4-Nations tournament, Erik Karlsson scored one goal and one assist which tied him with David Rundblad, Viktor Ekbom and Tim Erixon as Sweden’s defenceman-scoring leader.
At the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Erik Karlsson was selected to the all-star team, and as the tournament’s best defenceman.
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