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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 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dryden Hunt CGY · 8 P in 28 GP Cole Guttman CHI · 8 P in 27 GP Matt Martin NYI · 8 P in 57 GP Jesse Ylonen MTL · 8 P in 59 GP Travis Boyd ARI · 8 P in 16 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

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
39 6 2 8 3 16 65 90 0.21 9.2 11:10

Contract

$1.4MCap hitends in 2024, then UFA
$175KCap dollars per point8 points in 39 games
$298KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.7 goals above replacement
$4.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.9MValueworth 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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vegas Golden Knights on Feb 27, 2020, as an extension of the contract he was on: 4 years and $5.6M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2020-21 $1.4M $700K $300K $1M
2021-22 $1.4M $1.1M $0 $1.1M
2022-23 $1.4M $1.75M $0 $1.75M
2023-24 $1.4M $1.75M $0 $1.75M

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+4.7Goals above replacement224th of 721 skaters, 168th of 469 forwards
+0.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 469 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence+0.3 56th percentileEven-strength defence+2.4 89th percentilePower play0.0 57th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 64th percentilePenalties+0.7 67th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player.

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

53.8Corsi for %462 attempts for, 397 against
+5.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
63.4Expected goals for %21.5 expected for, 12.4 against
+11.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
56.0Goals for %14 for, 11 against
99.7PDO6.0% shooting + 93.8% saves
121Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 616 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
William Carrier · Keegan Kolesar · Nicolas Roy23164:5858.367.55-3
William Carrier · Keegan Kolesar · Brett Howden2778:5242.949.73-2
Mark Stone · William Carrier · Michael Amadio430:2267.682.62-1
William Carrier · Michael Amadio · Brett Howden522:1443.963.22-3

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.4Expected goalsfrom 97 unblocked attempts
-1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.02 expected goals per 60 minutes84th
Shot quality 7.6% chance per attempt47th
Finishing -1.4 goals above expected37thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 438 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Expected 7.4Goals 6

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 this season, 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
Mar 25, 2024 @ STL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 12:27
Mar 23, 2024 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 12:07
Mar 21, 2024 vs SEA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:18
Mar 19, 2024 vs TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 09:16
Mar 17, 2024 vs NJD W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 5 10:06
Mar 14, 2024 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:53
Jan 4, 2024 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 11:48
Jan 1, 2024 @ SEA L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:19
Dec 21, 2023 @ TBL L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 11:42
Dec 19, 2023 @ CAR L 3-6 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 12:25
Dec 17, 2023 vs OTT W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:16
Dec 15, 2023 vs BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:30
Dec 12, 2023 vs CGY W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11:06
Dec 10, 2023 vs SJS W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 11:09
Dec 9, 2023 @ DAL W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 10:49
Dec 6, 2023 @ STL W 6-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 09:09
Dec 4, 2023 vs STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:30
Dec 2, 2023 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13:07
Nov 30, 2023 @ VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:49
Nov 28, 2023 @ EDM L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 11:36
Nov 27, 2023 @ CGY L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 10:31
Nov 25, 2023 vs ARI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 10:41
Nov 22, 2023 @ DAL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:24
Nov 19, 2023 @ PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 12:40
Nov 18, 2023 @ PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 09:30
Nov 16, 2023 @ MTL W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 07:58
Nov 14, 2023 @ WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 11:52
Nov 10, 2023 vs SJS W 5-0 0 1 1 2 0 2 5 13:30
Nov 8, 2023 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 12:21
Nov 5, 2023 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 12:47
Nov 4, 2023 vs COL W 7-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 11:40
Oct 30, 2023 vs MTL W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 10:38
Oct 28, 2023 @ LAK W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 09:45
Oct 27, 2023 vs CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:00
Oct 24, 2023 vs PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:02
Oct 21, 2023 @ CHI W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:06
Oct 19, 2023 @ WPG W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:04
Oct 17, 2023 vs DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11:40
Oct 10, 2023 vs SEA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 05:09