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Alexander Kerfoot

#14 · Centre · Nashville Predators

Born Aug 11, 1994 in Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN (age 32) · 5'11", 185 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 150th overall in 2012 by NJD (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jordan Greenway MIN · 28 P in 67 GP Derek Stepan ARI · 28 P in 70 GP Viktor Arvidsson NSH · 28 P in 57 GP Valeri Nichushkin COL · 27 P in 65 GP Denis Gurianov DAL · 29 P in 64 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.

020402017-18: 43 points4317-182018-19: 42 points4218-192019-20: 28 points2819-202020-21: 23 points2320-212021-22: 51 points5121-222022-23: 32 points3222-232023-24: 45 points4523-242024-25: 28 points2824-252025-26: 13 points1325-262026-27: 3 points326-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 COL 79 19 24 43 -7 28 81 42 0.54 $925K
2018-19 COL 78 15 27 42 -9 38 116 22 0.54 $925K
2019-20 TOR 65 9 19 28 -2 32 88 48 0.43 $3.5M
2020-21 TOR 56 8 15 23 2 12 68 41 0.41 $3.5M
2021-22 TOR 82 13 38 51 19 20 117 75 0.62 $3.5M
2022-23 TOR 82 10 22 32 8 30 133 54 0.39 $3.5M
2023-24 ARI 82 13 32 45 -15 26 103 73 0.55 $3.5M
2024-25 UTA 81 11 17 28 -5 14 101 59 0.35 $3.5M
2025-26 UTA 34 7 6 13 0 23 28 30 0.38 $3M
2026-27 NSH 5 1 2 3 0 0 4 3 0.60 $3.5M
10 seasons Career 644 106 202 308 -9 223 839 447 0.48

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 COL 6 2 0 2 -1 2 7 2 0.33
2018-19 COL 12 0 3 3 -1 6 17 10 0.25
2019-20 TOR 5 0 3 3 0 2 5 8 0.60
2020-21 TOR 7 1 5 6 3 4 11 8 0.86
2021-22 TOR 7 1 1 2 1 4 12 7 0.29
2022-23 TOR 11 2 0 2 1 4 13 22 0.18
2025-26 UTA 6 0 1 1 -3 6 5 12 0.17
7 seasons Playoffs 54 6 13 19 0 28 70 69 0.35

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
65 9 19 28 -2 32 88 48 0.43 10.2 14:46

Contract

$3.5MCap hitends in 2023, then UFA
$125KCap dollars per point28 points in 65 games
$1.132MCap dollars per goal above replacement3.1 goals above replacement
$3.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$247KValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs on Jul 4, 2019, as a new contract: 4 years and $14M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2022-23, with 3 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
2019-20 $3.5M $700K $4.3M $5M
2020-21 $3.5M $2.6M $1M $3.6M
2021-22 $3.5M $750K $1.95M $2.7M
2022-23 $3.5M $750K $1.95M $2.7M 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, 2026 Nashville Predators New contract 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $7M $3.5M
Mar 5, 2025 Utah Hockey Club Extension 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $3M $3M
Jul 1, 2023 Arizona Coyotes New contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $7M $3.5M
Jul 4, 2019 Toronto Maple Leafs New contract 2019-20 to 2022-23 4 $14M $3.5M
Aug 23, 2017 Colorado Avalanche Entry-level 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $2.275M $925K

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence+0.3Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+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.

02468102017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

47.9Corsi for %56 attempts for, 61 against
-6.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.2Expected goals for %1.5 expected for, 2.1 against
-15.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %1 for, 3 against
93.2PDO3.6% shooting + 89.7% saves
6Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexander Kerfoot · Kasperi Kapanen · Nick Robertson327:5342.950.11-1
Alexander Kerfoot · Andreas Johnsson · Ilya Mikheyev17:2357.195.80-0
Alexander Kerfoot · Nick Robertson · Ilya Mikheyev16:1255.637.10-0
Alexander Kerfoot · Kasperi Kapanen · Ilya Mikheyev23:5342.923.80-0

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. 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
0.5Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.38 expected goals per 60 minutes6th
Shot quality 6.9% chance per attempt32nd
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 106 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.5Goals 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
Mar 10, 2020 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:22
Mar 6, 2020 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:32
Mar 5, 2020 @ LAK L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:34
Mar 3, 2020 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:01
Feb 29, 2020 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:21
Feb 27, 2020 @ FLA W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 13:06
Feb 25, 2020 @ TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 10:09
Feb 22, 2020 vs CAR L 3-6 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 13:39
Feb 20, 2020 vs PIT W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:10
Feb 18, 2020 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 14:44
Feb 16, 2020 @ BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 14:57
Feb 15, 2020 @ OTT W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 14:36
Feb 13, 2020 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:49
Feb 11, 2020 vs ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 14:30
Feb 8, 2020 @ MTL L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:03
Feb 7, 2020 vs ANA W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 15:25
Feb 5, 2020 @ NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:25
Feb 3, 2020 vs FLA L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:13
Feb 1, 2020 vs OTT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:17
Jan 29, 2020 @ DAL W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 14:14
Jan 27, 2020 @ NSH W 5-2 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 18:46
Jan 18, 2020 vs CHI L 2-6 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:52
Jan 16, 2020 vs CGY L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:11
Jan 14, 2020 vs NJD W 7-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:02
Jan 12, 2020 @ FLA L 4-8 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 17:43
Jan 8, 2020 vs WPG L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:56
Jan 6, 2020 vs EDM L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 13:51
Jan 4, 2020 vs NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16:33
Jan 2, 2020 @ WPG W 6-3 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 15:07
Dec 31, 2019 @ MIN W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 17:10
Dec 28, 2019 vs NYR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:10
Dec 27, 2019 @ NJD W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 17:14
Dec 23, 2019 vs CAR W 8-6 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 12:53
Dec 21, 2019 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:44
Dec 20, 2019 @ NYR W 6-3 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 15:10
Dec 17, 2019 vs BUF W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:14
Dec 14, 2019 @ EDM W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 15:19
Dec 12, 2019 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:38
Dec 10, 2019 @ VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:57
Dec 7, 2019 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 12:36
Dec 4, 2019 vs COL L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 13:37
Dec 3, 2019 @ PHI L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:39
Nov 30, 2019 vs BUF W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:07
Nov 23, 2019 @ COL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12:36
Nov 21, 2019 @ ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:26
Nov 13, 2019 @ NYI L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:40
Nov 10, 2019 @ CHI L 4-5 0 0 0 -3 0 3 1 15:24
Nov 9, 2019 vs PHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:25
Nov 7, 2019 vs VGK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13:20
Nov 5, 2019 vs LAK W 3-1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 12:33
Nov 2, 2019 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:42
Oct 29, 2019 vs WSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 15:36
Oct 26, 2019 @ MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 16:38
Oct 25, 2019 vs SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:14
Oct 22, 2019 @ BOS L 2-4 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 15:07
Oct 21, 2019 vs CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:17
Oct 19, 2019 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 16:34
Oct 16, 2019 @ WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 11:55
Oct 15, 2019 vs MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 13:04
Oct 12, 2019 @ DET W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 15:09
Oct 10, 2019 vs TBL L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:30
Oct 7, 2019 vs STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:08
Oct 5, 2019 vs MTL L 5-6 (SO) 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 15:21
Oct 4, 2019 @ CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:47
Oct 2, 2019 vs OTT W 5-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 14:58