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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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Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Anthony Duclair NYI · 11 P in 44 GP Aatu Räty VAN · 11 P in 33 GP Collin Graf SJS · 11 P in 33 GP Matthew Poitras BOS · 11 P in 33 GP Alexandre Texier STL · 11 P in 31 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

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
43 4 7 11 0 16 48 156 0.26 8.3 11:44

Contract

$2MCap hitends in 2030, then UFA
$182KCap dollars per point11 points in 43 games
$1.989MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.0 goals above replacement
$1.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$452KValueworth 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 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Carolina Hurricanes on Jul 1, 2024, as a new contract: 6 years and $12.6M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2029-30, with 5 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $2M $1M $1.5M $2.5M NMC
2025-26 $2M $1.45M $1.05M $2.5M NMC
2026-27 $2.15M $850K $1.525M $2.375M NMC
2027-28 $2.15M $900K $925K $1.825M NMC
2028-29 $2.15M $950K $725K $1.675M NMC, M-NTC
2029-30 $2.15M $1M $725K $1.725M M-NTC

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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.0Goals above replacement454th of 698 skaters, 303rd of 456 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 456 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-1.1 36th percentileEven-strength defence+0.7 61st percentilePower play-0.1 47th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 79th percentilePenalties-0.1 32nd 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.

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

58.9Corsi for %567 attempts for, 395 against
+0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.9Expected goals for %21.0 expected for, 17.2 against
-0.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
59.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.7Goals for %19 for, 20 against
96.5PDO8.0% shooting + 88.5% saves
107Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 598 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
Jordan Staal · Jordan Martinook · William Carrier36233:1263.460.48-8
William Carrier · Jack Drury · Jackson Blake1159:4567.958.15-2
William Carrier · Jesperi Kotkaniemi · Jackson Blake619:3260.051.30-0
Jordan Martinook · William Carrier · Jesperi Kotkaniemi817:2638.539.91-0

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.7Expected goalsfrom 81 unblocked attempts
-2.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.79 expected goals per 60 minutes57th
Shot quality 8.2% chance per attempt62nd
Finishing -2.7 goals above expected22ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 428 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Expected 6.7Goals 4

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
Apr 17, 2025 @ OTT L 5-7 0 1 1 -1 0 3 3 14:36
Apr 16, 2025 @ MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 15:37
Apr 13, 2025 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 10:30
Apr 12, 2025 vs NYR W 7-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 10:48
Jan 4, 2025 vs MIN L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:48
Jan 2, 2025 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 13:31
Dec 31, 2024 @ CBJ L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 7 11:06
Dec 28, 2024 vs NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 10:57
Dec 27, 2024 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:47
Dec 23, 2024 @ NSH L 2-5 0 1 1 0 2 0 8 12:57
Dec 22, 2024 @ NYR W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 12:59
Dec 20, 2024 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:24
Dec 17, 2024 vs NYI W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 12:02
Dec 15, 2024 vs CBJ W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 4 11:30
Dec 13, 2024 vs OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 10:40
Dec 10, 2024 vs SJS W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 3 11:40
Dec 7, 2024 @ NYI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 7 11:23
Dec 5, 2024 vs COL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 07:09
Dec 3, 2024 vs SEA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10:12
Nov 30, 2024 @ FLA L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 10:10
Nov 29, 2024 vs FLA L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:43
Nov 27, 2024 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 13:01
Nov 25, 2024 vs DAL W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 14:45
Nov 23, 2024 @ CBJ L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 10 10:45
Nov 21, 2024 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:21
Nov 20, 2024 @ PHI W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 11:37
Nov 17, 2024 vs STL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:41
Nov 16, 2024 vs OTT W 4-0 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 10:38
Nov 13, 2024 @ UTA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:50
Nov 11, 2024 @ VGK W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 12:46
Nov 9, 2024 @ COL L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 09:04
Nov 7, 2024 vs PIT W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:16
Nov 5, 2024 vs PHI W 6-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 09:55
Nov 3, 2024 vs WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:04
Oct 31, 2024 vs BOS W 8-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 4 12:36
Oct 28, 2024 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 09:28
Oct 26, 2024 @ SEA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:14
Oct 24, 2024 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 09:41
Oct 22, 2024 @ EDM W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:59
Oct 19, 2024 @ STL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:37
Oct 18, 2024 @ PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:57
Oct 15, 2024 vs NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:22
Oct 11, 2024 vs TBL L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 11:23