What Happened To Erik Karlsson? Why Isn’t Erik Karlsson Playing?

Erik Karlsson had a small muscle tear in his left forearm. Erik Karlsson was not playing be out until because he had surgery to repair a small muscle tear in his left forearm Monday.

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.

Erik Karlsson was selected to participate in the 2011 NHL All-Star Game on 30 January 2011, at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he recorded 25 points in 41 games.

Erik Karlsson finished the 2012 season as the leading scorer among NHL defensemen. 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.

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.

At the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Erik Karlsson was selected to the all-star team, and as the tournament’s best defenceman.