What line and power-play unit is John Carlson on?

By ice time over TBL's last 5 games: pair 2, power-play unit 1, 19:11 a night with 4:49 on the power play. Derived from the NHL's ice-time reports, not an official line chart.

What does John Carlson help with in categories leagues?

Above the pool in blocked shots. Below it in hits and goals.

John Carlson fantasy outlook 2026-27

John Carlson ranks 87th of 520 in points leagues at 1.94 fantasy points per game, 94th in categories leagues and 14th among defensemen. In 2026-27 so far he has 2 goals and 2 assists in 6 games, playing 19:56 a night with 5:32 on the power play. In categories he helps most in blocked shots and costs you in hits and goals.

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Points leagues

#87

1.94 FP/G

How John Carlson is being used

Over TBL's last 5 games John Carlson played 5 games, 19:11 a night with 4:49 on the power play: pair 2 by even-strength ice time and the first power-play unit.

John Carlson's ice time is down: 19:11 over his last 5 games against 22:25 on the board.

Lines and units are derived from the NHL's per-game ice time over TBL's last 5 games, not an official line chart. He was on the ice for 78% of the team's power-play time.

Per-game stats

Season	GP	TOI	PP TOI	G	A	PTS	PPP	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-
2026-27	6	19:56	5:32	0.33	0.33	0.67	0.17	3.0	1.0	1.3	-0.33
2025-26	71	23:10	2:44	0.20	0.65	0.84	0.20	2.2	0.4	1.5	0.13

Category profile

Each bar is his per-game output against the 180 skaters a 12-team league rosters, in standard deviations. Right helps your team, left hurts it.

G-0.5
A+0.4
+/--0.3
PPP-0.4
SOG+0.0
HIT-0.7
BLK+1.2

Last 5 games, 2026-27

Game	TOI	G	A	PPP	SOG	+/-
10-10 at NYI	20:43	0	0	0	1	-1
10-08 vs MIN	16:48	2	0	1	9	0
10-05 vs PHI	17:51	0	1	0	1	1
10-03 vs WSH	20:35	0	1	0	0	1
10-01 at NYR	23:41	0	0	0	4	-2

John Carlson in Week 3 (Oct 12-18)

Tampa Bay Lightning play 3 games in Week 3: Tue @NYR, Thu SEA, Sat VAN. At 1.94 fantasy points a game, that projects to 5.8 for the week in points leagues. Week 4 (Oct 19-25): 3 games.

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Defensemans ranked around him

D11
Jakob Chychrun
DWSH
2.00 FP/G
D12
Matthew Schaefer
DNYI
1.97 FP/G
D13
Jake Sanderson
DOTT
1.96 FP/G
D14
John Carlson
DTBL
1.94 FP/G
D15
Shayne Gostisbehere
DCAR
1.90 FP/G
D16
Lane Hutson
DMTL
1.88 FP/G
D17
Adam Fox
DNYR
1.85 FP/G

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Common questions

Where does John Carlson rank in fantasy hockey for 2026-27?
87th of 520 in points leagues at 1.94 fantasy points per game, 94th in categories leagues, and 14th among defensemen.
What line and power-play unit is John Carlson on?
By ice time over TBL's last 5 games: pair 2, power-play unit 1, 19:11 a night with 4:49 on the power play. Derived from the NHL's ice-time reports, not an official line chart.
What does John Carlson help with in categories leagues?
Above the pool in blocked shots. Below it in hits and goals.

By the Parlae deskPlayer data updated Oct 13, 2026 at 10:41 PM ETHow this is built Report a wrong number