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Joel Edmundson

#6 · Defence · Los Angeles Kings

Born Jun 28, 1993 in Brandon, Manitoba, CAN (age 33) · 6'5", 220 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 46th overall in 2011 by STL (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2018-19

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Travis Hamonic OTT · 6 P in 48 GP Carson Soucy VAN · 6 P in 40 GP Erik Johnson PHI · 6 P in 67 GP Isaak Phillips CHI · 6 P in 33 GP Brandt Clarke LAK · 6 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.

051015202015-16: 9 points915-162016-17: 15 points1516-172017-18: 17 points1717-182018-19: 11 points1118-192019-20: 20 points2019-202020-21: 13 points1320-212021-22: 6 points621-222022-23: 13 points1322-232023-24: 6 points623-242024-25: 20 points2024-252025-26: 23 points2325-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 STL 67 1 8 9 0 63 90 165 0.13 $743K
2016-17 STL 69 3 12 15 11 60 81 122 0.22 $1.05M
2017-18 STL 69 7 10 17 -1 57 124 116 0.25 $1.05M
2018-19 STL 64 2 9 11 8 68 102 128 0.17 $3M
2019-20 CAR 68 7 13 20 7 72 97 118 0.29 $3.1M
2020-21 MTL 55 3 10 13 28 25 77 98 0.24 $3.5M
2021-22 MTL 24 3 3 6 -1 35 32 61 0.25 $3.5M
2022-23 MTL 61 2 11 13 -29 58 69 112 0.21 $3.5M
2023-24 WSH 44 1 5 6 -5 19 41 59 0.14 $3.5M
2023-24 TOR 9 0 0 0 3 4 5 21 0.00
2024-25 LAK 73 6 14 20 25 22 91 100 0.27 $3.85M
2025-26 LAK 82 2 21 23 14 25 104 97 0.28 $3.85M
2026-27 LAK 4 0 0 0 0 7 4 3 0.00 $3.85M
12 seasons Career 689 37 116 153 60 515 917 1200 0.22

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2015-16 STL 16 1 0 1 -4 8 15 40 0.06
2016-17 STL 11 3 3 6 12 14 9 10 0.55
2018-19 STL 22 1 6 7 -2 10 22 42 0.32
2019-20 CAR 4 1 0 1 4 2 16 11 0.25
2020-21 MTL 22 0 6 6 -3 10 23 65 0.27
2023-24 TOR 7 0 1 1 -1 6 7 22 0.14
2024-25 LAK 6 0 1 1 2 2 2 16 0.17
2025-26 LAK 4 1 0 1 -3 0 7 11 0.25
8 seasons Playoffs 92 7 17 24 5 52 101 217 0.26

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
53 1 5 6 -2 23 46 80 0.11 2.2 16:40

Contract

$3.5MCap hitends in 2024, then UFA
$583KCap dollars per point6 points in 53 games
-$396KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.9MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. 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 Montreal Canadiens on Sep 16, 2020, as an extension of the contract he was on: 4 years and $14M, 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 $3.5M $2.75M $0 $2.75M M-NTC
2021-22 $3.5M $2.5M $1M $3.5M M-NTC
2022-23 $3.5M $2.563M $2M $4.563M M-NTC
2023-24 $3.5M $1.188M $2M $3.188M 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 Los Angeles Kings New contract 2024-25 to 2027-28 4 $15.4M $3.85M
Sep 16, 2020 Montreal Canadiens Extension 2020-21 to 2023-24 4 $14M $3.5M
Aug 6, 2019 St. Louis Blues New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $3.1M $3.1M
Jul 24, 2018 St. Louis Blues New contract 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $3M $3M
Apr 8, 2016 St. Louis Blues Extension 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $2.1M $1.05M
Mar 6, 2013 St. Louis Blues Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 3 $2.775M $743K

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 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.1Even-strength defence-0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.1Penalties-0.1

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.

-6-4-2022015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

51.6Corsi for %111 attempts for, 104 against
+0.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.1Expected goals for %4.6 expected for, 4.1 against
+0.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.9Goals for %3 for, 4 against
98.1PDO6.1% shooting + 92.0% saves
28Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joel Edmundson · Timothy Liljegren672:2545.247.31-3
TJ Brodie · Joel Edmundson112:1364.765.00-1
Joel Edmundson · Ilya Lyubushkin47:5745.011.80-0
Joel Edmundson · Morgan Rielly76:2488.288.40-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 13 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.33 expected goals per 60 minutes90th
Shot quality 5.5% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected15thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 48 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.7Goals 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 16, 2024 @ FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 16:41
Apr 11, 2024 vs NJD L 5-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 19:22
Mar 24, 2024 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:50
Mar 23, 2024 vs EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 22:53
Mar 20, 2024 @ WSH W 7-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16:00
Mar 19, 2024 @ PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:51
Mar 16, 2024 vs CAR L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:47
Mar 14, 2024 @ PHI W 6-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 16:43
Mar 9, 2024 @ MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:03
Mar 3, 2024 vs ARI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:29
Mar 1, 2024 vs PHI W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 22:20
Feb 27, 2024 @ DET L 3-8 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:55
Feb 26, 2024 vs OTT W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18:30
Feb 24, 2024 @ FLA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:57
Feb 22, 2024 @ TBL W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 14:28
Feb 20, 2024 vs NJD W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:19
Feb 17, 2024 @ MTL W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 21:42
Feb 13, 2024 vs COL L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 12:53
Feb 11, 2024 vs VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:09
Feb 10, 2024 @ BOS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:34
Feb 8, 2024 @ FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:24
Feb 6, 2024 vs MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:19
Jan 27, 2024 @ DAL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:41
Jan 24, 2024 @ COL L 2-6 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 16:52
Jan 23, 2024 @ MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:53
Jan 20, 2024 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:50
Jan 16, 2024 vs ANA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 16:39
Jan 14, 2024 @ NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 15:58
Jan 13, 2024 vs NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 10:58
Jan 11, 2024 vs SEA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:30
Jan 7, 2024 vs LAK W 4-3 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 16:24
Jan 5, 2024 vs CAR L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 19:48
Jan 2, 2024 @ PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 16:27
Dec 30, 2023 vs NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 20:13
Dec 29, 2023 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 21:49
Dec 27, 2023 @ NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:10
Dec 23, 2023 vs TBL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 16:42
Dec 21, 2023 @ CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:28
Dec 20, 2023 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 17:53
Dec 17, 2023 @ CAR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:44
Dec 16, 2023 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 12:28
Dec 14, 2023 @ PHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 13:28
Dec 10, 2023 @ CHI W 4-2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 14:56
Dec 9, 2023 vs NYR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:41
Dec 7, 2023 vs DAL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:58
Dec 4, 2023 @ ARI L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:55
Dec 2, 2023 @ VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:41
Nov 30, 2023 @ ANA W 5-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 08:31
Nov 29, 2023 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17:30
Nov 27, 2023 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 13:56
Nov 24, 2023 vs EDM L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17:01
Nov 22, 2023 vs BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:23
Nov 18, 2023 vs CBJ W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:42