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Sweden John Klingberg

#3 Minnesota Wild / NHL - 22/23
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Player Facts
Date of Birth
Aug 14, 1992
Position
D
Age
30
Height
6'3" / 191 cm
Place of Birth
Göteborg, SWE
Weight
185 lbs / 84 kg
Nation
Sweden
Shoots
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Youth Team
Lerums BK
Contract
22/23
Cap Hit
$3,500,000 Powered by
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Minnesota Wild Minnesota Wild / Signed
Drafted
2010 round 5 #131 overall by Dallas Stars
Agency
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Highlights
1-time J20 SM Gold Medal 1
1-time U20 WJC Gold Medal 1
2-time World Championship Gold Medal 2
1-time TV-Pucken Bronze Medal 1
1-time NHL All-Rookie Team 1
1-time SHL Champion 1
1-time World Championship Best Defenseman 1

An offensive-minded defenseman, Klingberg skates well and is very mobile. Has terrific puck skills and excels on the powerplay. Oozes hockey sense. Loves to join the attack and act as a fourth forward.


Brothers: Carl Klingberg, Olle Klingberg
Father: Anders Klingberg

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Player Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2007-08 Frölunda HC U16 U16 SM 6 2 4 6 2 9 |
2008-09 Frölunda HC J18 J18 Elit 16 3 8 11 8 - |
Frölunda HC J18 J18 Allsvenskan 14 0 4 4 4 - | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 -
2009-10 Frölunda HC J18 J18 Elit 10 2 4 6 12 - |
Frölunda HC J18 J18 Allsvenskan 10 1 9 10 10 - | Playoffs 7 2 9 11 10 -
Frölunda HC J20 J20 SuperElit 27 0 5 5 32 - | Playoffs 5 1 0 1 6 -
2010-11 Frölunda HC J20 J20 SuperElit 13 3 14 17 29 - | Playoffs 7 1 10 11 6 -
Frölunda HC Elitserien 26 0 5 5 10 -3 |
Borås HC HockeyAllsvenskan 7 1 0 1 2 -1 |
Sweden U19 (all) International-Jr 7 5 6 11 25 - |
Sweden U20 WJC-20 6 1 1 2 0 2 |
Sweden U20 (all) International-Jr 14 2 3 5 2 - |
Sweden (all) International 1 0 0 0 0 -1 |
2011-12 Jokerit U20 U20 SM-liiga 1 0 0 0 0 1 |
Jokerit SM-liiga 20 1 2 3 8 1 |
Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 6 1 4 5 0 -1 |
Skellefteå AIK Elitserien 16 1 3 4 6 -1 | Playoffs 16 0 4 4 14 -6
Sweden U20 WJC-20 6 0 3 3 4 1 |
Sweden U20 (all) International-Jr 15 2 8 10 4 3 |
2012-13 Skellefteå AIK J20 J20 SuperElit 1 0 0 0 0 -1 |
Skellefteå AIK Elitserien 25 1 12 13 6 10 | Playoffs 13 1 3 4 8 9
Texas Stars AHL 0 0 0 0 0 0 | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 -1
2013-14 Frölunda HC “A” SHL 50 11 17 28 12 8 | Playoffs 7 0 4 4 2 0
Texas Stars AHL 3 0 1 1 4 2 |
Sweden (all) International 6 0 3 3 0 -3 |
2014-15 Dallas Stars NHL 65 11 29 40 32 5 |
Texas Stars AHL 10 4 8 12 6 5 |
Sweden WC 7 2 4 6 0 9 |
Sweden (all) International 9 2 5 7 2 9 |
2015-16 Dallas Stars NHL 76 10 48 58 30 22 | Playoffs 13 1 3 4 2 -5
2016-17 Dallas Stars NHL 80 13 36 49 34 2 |
Sweden WC 10 2 4 6 2 7 |
Sweden (all) International 12 4 6 10 8 8 |
2017-18 Dallas Stars “A” NHL 82 8 59 67 26 10 |
Sweden “A” WC 10 1 5 6 4 6 |
Sweden (all) International 13 1 6 7 6 5 |
2018-19 Dallas Stars “A” NHL 64 10 35 45 12 6 | Playoffs 13 2 7 9 6 8
Sweden WC 5 2 2 4 2 -1 |
Sweden (all) International 5 2 2 4 2 -1 |
2019-20 Dallas Stars “A” NHL 58 6 26 32 22 -10 | Playoffs 26 4 17 21 14 -5
2020-21 Dallas Stars “A” NHL 53 7 29 36 23 -15 |
2021-22 Dallas Stars “A” NHL 74 6 41 47 34 -28 | Playoffs 7 0 1 1 26 -2
2022-23 Anaheim Ducks NHL 50 8 16 24 30 -28 |
Minnesota Wild NHL 9 1 3 4 4 5 |
Projected NHL 69 11 22 33 40 -27 |
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Tournament Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2008-09 Göteborg TV-Pucken 8 0 2 2 6 - |
2010-11 Frölunda HC ET 5 0 2 2 2 - |
2011-12 Jokerit ET 6 0 1 1 2 - |
2013-14 Frölunda HC ET 6 2 4 6 2 - |
Sweden EHT 6 0 4 4 0 -4 |
2014-15 Sweden EHT 2 1 0 1 2 0 |
2016-17 Sweden EHT 2 2 2 4 4 1 |
2017-18 Sweden EHT 3 0 1 1 2 -2 |
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Date Team Opp Score G A TP PIM +/- SOG PPG SHG TOI
NHL
2023-03-21T19:00:00-0400 Minnesota Wild @ New Jersey Devils
2023-03-19T14:00:00-0400 Minnesota Wild vs Washington Capitals
2023-03-18T14:00:00-0400 Minnesota Wild vs Boston Bruins
2023-03-15T21:30:00-0400 Minnesota Wild @ St. Louis Blues
2023-03-12T21:30:00-0400 Minnesota Wild @ Arizona Coyotes
2023-03-11T21:30:00-0600 Minnesota Wild @ San Jose Sharks
2023-03-08T18:30:00-0600 Minnesota Wild @ Winnipeg Jets
2023-03-07T19:00:00-0600 Minnesota Wild vs Calgary Flames
2023-03-04T21:00:00-0600 Minnesota Wild @ Calgary Flames
2023-02-27T21:00:00-0600 Anaheim Ducks vs Chicago Blackhawks
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Player Career Totals
League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 3 13 4 9 13 1.00 10 7 | 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 -1
EHT 4 13 3 7 10 0.77 8 -5 | 0
ET 3 17 2 7 9 0.53 6 - | 0
HockeyAllsvenskan 1 7 1 0 1 0.14 2 -1 | 0
International 6 46 9 22 31 0.67 18 17 | 0
International-Jr 2 36 9 17 26 0.72 31 3 | 0
J18 Allsvenskan (J18 Nationell) 2 24 1 13 14 0.58 14 - | 2 10 2 9 11 1.10 10 -
J18 Elit (J18 Region) 2 26 5 12 17 0.65 20 - | 0
J20 SuperElit (J20 Nationell) 3 41 3 19 22 0.54 61 -1 | 2 12 2 10 12 1.00 12 -
SM-liiga (Liiga) 1 20 1 2 3 0.15 8 1 | 0
Mestis 1 6 1 4 5 0.83 0 -1 | 0
NHL 9 611 80 322 402 0.66 247 -31 | 4 59 7 28 35 0.59 48 -4
SHL (Elitserien) 4 117 13 37 50 0.43 34 14 | 3 36 1 11 12 0.33 24 3
TV-Pucken 1 8 0 2 2 0.25 6 - | 0
U16 SM 1 6 2 4 6 1.00 2 9 | 0
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 | 0
WC 4 32 7 15 22 0.69 8 21 | 0
WJC-20 2 12 1 4 5 0.42 4 3 | 0
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Puckhandling
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Teamwork
18
Passing
18
Acceleration
18
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Player Connections
Player Period Teams
Radek Faksa (F) 2012-2022 10 Dallas Stars, Texas Stars
Jamie Oleksiak (D) 2012-2021 9 Dallas Stars, Texas Stars
Esa Lindell (D) 2011-2022 9 Dallas Stars, Jokerit U20, Kiekko-Vantaa, Texas Stars
Tyler Seguin (F) 2014-2022 8 Dallas Stars
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
03/03/2023
03/03/2023 Confirmed Anaheim Ducks Minnesota Wild
07/29/2022
07/29/2022 Confirmed Dallas Stars Anaheim Ducks
04/17/2015
04/17/2015 Extension Dallas Stars Dallas Stars
05/20/2013
05/20/2013 Confirmed Skellefteå AIK Frölunda HC
01/20/2012
01/20/2012 Confirmed Jokerit Skellefteå AIK
05/16/2011
05/16/2011 Confirmed Jokerit Dallas Stars
04/10/2011
04/10/2011 Confirmed Frölunda HC Jokerit
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Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Dallas Stars

Cult/Star player for Frölunda HC J20

Cult/Star player for Skellefteå AIK

Career transactions
- 2011-05-17 • Signed to a three-year entry-level contract by the Dallas Stars
- 2011-04-11 • Signed to a one-year contract by Jokerit

Other memorable dates
- 2010-11-25 • Scored first Allsvenskan goal (at Oskarshamn vs Jens Holmström)
- 2010-11-17 • Made Allsvenskan debut (at Tingsryd)
- 2010-09-21 • Made Elitserien debut (vs AIK; TOI 17:38, -1)

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