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Slater Koekkoek

#20 · Defence · Edmonton Oilers

Born Feb 18, 1994 in Winchester, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 193 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 10th overall in 2012 by TBL (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jalen Chatfield VAN · 1 P in 18 GP Jeremy Davies NSH · 1 P in 16 GP Jarred Tinordi BOS · 1 P in 21 GP Riley Stillman CHI · 1 P in 21 GP Mark Borowiecki NSH · 1 P in 22 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.

02468102014-15: 0 points014-152015-16: 1 points115-162016-17: 4 points416-172017-18: 8 points817-182018-19: 6 points618-192019-20: 10 points1019-202020-21: 1 points120-212021-22: 4 points421-22

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 TBL 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 0.00
2015-16 TBL 9 0 1 1 -1 2 11 6 0.11
2016-17 TBL 29 0 4 4 -4 8 27 25 0.14 $894K
2017-18 TBL 35 4 4 8 4 18 43 36 0.23 $800K
2018-19 TBL 9 1 0 1 0 4 15 8 0.11 $865K
2018-19 CHI 22 1 4 5 4 10 21 46 0.23
2019-20 CHI 42 1 9 10 3 42 47 64 0.24 $925K
2020-21 EDM 18 1 0 1 -7 2 17 10 0.06 $850K
2021-22 EDM 19 0 4 4 2 16 11 21 0.21 $925K
8 seasons Career 186 8 26 34 1 104 198 218 0.18

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 TBL 10 0 1 1 -1 2 9 7 0.10
2019-20 CHI 9 1 2 3 4 2 7 10 0.33
2020-21 EDM 4 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 0.25
3 seasons Playoffs 23 1 4 5 3 4 21 20 0.22

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
18 1 0 1 -7 2 17 10 0.06 5.9 13:10

Contract

$850KCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$850KCap dollars per point1 points in 18 games

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2020-21, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2020-21 $850K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2021-22 to 2022-23 $925K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $850K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $925K
2016-17 to 2018-19 $894K

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.5Even-strength defence+0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.2

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. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-4-202462014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-22Goals 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 %56 attempts for, 39 against
+4.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
70.2Expected goals for %3.2 expected for, 1.4 against
+14.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
61.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %2 for, 2 against
95.3PDO6.5% shooting + 88.9% saves
15Attempts 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
Slater Koekkoek · Ethan Bear329:5352.953.20-2
Tyson Barrie · Slater Koekkoek214:5862.994.91-0
Slater Koekkoek · Darnell Nurse21:11100.0100.00-0
Adam Larsson · Slater Koekkoek21:02100.0100.00-0

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. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.3Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.35 expected goals per 60 minutes88th
Shot quality 4.1% chance per attempt88th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected44thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 59 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.3Goals 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
May 15, 2021 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:18
Feb 20, 2021 vs CGY W 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:14
Feb 19, 2021 @ CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:16
Feb 17, 2021 vs WPG W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:07
Feb 15, 2021 vs WPG L 5-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:20
Feb 11, 2021 @ MTL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:39
Feb 9, 2021 @ OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:35
Feb 6, 2021 @ CGY L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:16
Feb 2, 2021 vs OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:09
Jan 30, 2021 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:52
Jan 28, 2021 vs TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:15
Jan 24, 2021 @ WPG W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:12
Jan 22, 2021 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:54
Jan 20, 2021 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 19:40
Jan 18, 2021 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 18:39
Jan 16, 2021 vs MTL L 1-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 14:37
Jan 14, 2021 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:37
Jan 13, 2021 vs VAN L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:17