Karlsson heating up
Erik Karlsson scored twice today — his second straight two-goal game — and has racked up 10 points in his last four outings, leading the NHL with 20 points since Feb. 28. That kind of red-hot production makes him a fantasy defenseman to watch. (x.com) (x.com)
Those markers on March 21 were logged as his 10th and 11th goals of the season in the official boxscore. (espn.com) Across his last four games (Mar. 14 at Utah, Mar. 16 at Colorado, Mar. 18 at Carolina and Mar. 21 vs. Winnipeg) Karlsson’s lines were 0-2, 1-2, 2-1 and 2-0 respectively — a 10-point stretch documented in each game’s boxscore. (espn.com) Karlsson’s 5-on-3 power-play goal in the third period of the Mar. 18 game was the tying score that night, and that three-point outing pushed him past the 50-point mark for the season (he was credited with 52 points after that game). (espn.com) League tracking shows Karlsson among the top-scoring defensemen in recent weeks — StatMuse lists him near the top of defensemen scoring since late February, with double-digit totals in that span depending on the exact date window used. (statmuse.com) He’s been receiving heavy deployment, averaging roughly 24 minutes a night in recent outings, and he leads Pittsburgh in assists this season, underlining why his hot streak moves both the power play and the team’s overall offense. (espn.com)
