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William Carrier

#28 · Left wing · Carolina Hurricanes

Born Dec 20, 1994 in LaSalle, Quebec, CAN (age 31) · 6'2", 214 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 57th overall in 2013 by STL (round 2)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Iiro Pakarinen EDM · 3 P in 40 GP Shawn Matthias WPG · 3 P in 27 GP Marko Dano WPG · 3 P in 23 GP Alan Quine NYI · 3 P in 21 GP Seth Griffith BUF · 3 P in 21 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

05101520252016-17: 8 points816-172017-18: 3 points317-182018-19: 9 points918-192019-20: 19 points1919-202020-21: 15 points1520-212021-22: 20 points2021-222022-23: 25 points2522-232023-24: 8 points823-242024-25: 11 points1124-252025-26: 18 points1825-262026-27: 5 points526-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 BUF 41 5 3 8 -1 21 50 112 0.20 $689K
2017-18 VGK 37 1 2 3 -3 19 52 113 0.08 $689K
2018-19 VGK 54 8 1 9 -4 29 85 277 0.17 $725K
2019-20 VGK 71 7 12 19 0 39 99 213 0.27 $725K
2020-21 VGK 52 6 9 15 0 16 65 131 0.29 $1.4M
2021-22 VGK 63 9 11 20 7 34 120 159 0.32 $1.4M
2022-23 VGK 56 16 9 25 15 30 118 133 0.45 $1.4M
2023-24 VGK 39 6 2 8 3 16 65 90 0.21 $1.4M
2024-25 CAR 43 4 7 11 0 16 48 156 0.26 $2M
2025-26 CAR 70 7 11 18 5 18 80 172 0.26 $2M
2026-27 CAR 7 0 5 5 0 6 9 21 0.71 $2.15M
11 seasons Career 533 69 72 141 22 244 791 1577 0.26

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 VGK 10 0 0 0 -1 8 11 56 0.00
2018-19 VGK 7 0 0 0 -1 6 8 43 0.00
2019-20 VGK 17 1 1 2 2 8 18 79 0.12
2020-21 VGK 19 1 2 3 -1 8 33 69 0.16
2022-23 VGK 18 2 4 6 2 26 16 49 0.33
2023-24 VGK 7 1 0 1 1 6 9 33 0.14
2024-25 CAR 15 0 0 0 1 8 23 63 0.00
2025-26 CAR 19 0 4 4 3 0 15 91 0.21
8 seasons Playoffs 112 5 11 16 6 70 133 483 0.14

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
37 1 2 3 -3 19 52 113 0.08 1.9 8:50

Contract

$689KCap hitends in 2018, then RFA
$230KCap dollars per point3 points in 37 games
$300KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.3 goals above replacement
$2.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.4MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 691 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the St. Louis Blues on Aug 19, 2013, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.725M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2017-18, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $689K $575K $93K $260K $668K
2016-17 $689K $650K $0 $160K $650K
2017-18 $689K $750K $0 $83K $750K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2024 Carolina Hurricanes New contract 2024-25 to 2029-30 6 $12.6M $2M
Feb 27, 2020 Vegas Golden Knights Extension 2020-21 to 2023-24 4 $5.6M $1.4M
Jul 23, 2018 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2018-19 to 2019-20 2 $1.45M $725K
Aug 19, 2013 St. Louis Blues Entry-level 2015-16 to 2017-18 signed for 2013-14, slid 3 $2.725M $689K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2017-18 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2017-18 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence-0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.2

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

024682016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

44.3Corsi for %66 attempts for, 83 against
-9.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.4Expected goals for %2.3 expected for, 3.3 against
-12.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %1 for, 2 against
98.4PDO3.7% shooting + 94.7% saves
22Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
William Carrier · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Tomas Nosek961:2342.137.91-2
William Carrier · Ryan Carpenter · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare23:5963.697.50-0
Cody Eakin · William Carrier · Tomas Nosek31:4540.080.60-0
David Perron · William Carrier · Ryan Carpenter10:51100.0100.00-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.2Expected goalsfrom 18 unblocked attempts
-1.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.93 expected goals per 60 minutes73rd
Shot quality 6.8% chance per attempt48th
Finishing -1.2 goals above expected16thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 75 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.51Expected 1.2Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 2018 @ CGY L 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:29
Apr 5, 2018 @ EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 1 2 5 3 13:12
Apr 3, 2018 @ VAN W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 09:39
Feb 4, 2018 @ WSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01:03
Feb 2, 2018 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10:32
Feb 1, 2018 @ WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 09:59
Jan 30, 2018 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 09:32
Jan 25, 2018 vs NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:16
Jan 23, 2018 vs CBJ W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 07:12
Jan 21, 2018 @ CAR W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 11:51
Jan 19, 2018 @ FLA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 10:06
Jan 18, 2018 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10:14
Jan 16, 2018 @ NSH L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:36
Jan 13, 2018 vs EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 06:30
Jan 7, 2018 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:22
Jan 5, 2018 @ CHI W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 09:27
Jan 4, 2018 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 06:54
Nov 25, 2017 @ ARI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:23
Nov 24, 2017 vs SJS W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 06:42
Nov 22, 2017 @ ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 05:10
Nov 19, 2017 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 08:28
Nov 14, 2017 @ EDM L 2-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:09
Nov 10, 2017 vs WPG W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 08:44
Nov 7, 2017 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 09:01
Nov 4, 2017 @ OTT W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 08:58
Nov 2, 2017 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:45
Oct 31, 2017 @ NYR L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 07:09
Oct 30, 2017 @ NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 06:53
Oct 27, 2017 vs COL W 7-0 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 08:49
Oct 24, 2017 vs CHI W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 08:45
Oct 21, 2017 vs STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 09:14
Oct 17, 2017 vs BUF W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 08:46
Oct 15, 2017 vs BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:12
Oct 13, 2017 vs DET L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:31
Oct 10, 2017 vs ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 12:31
Oct 7, 2017 @ ARI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 08:32
Oct 6, 2017 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:31