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Kevin Bieksa

#3 · Defence · Anaheim Ducks

Born Jun 16, 1981 in Grimsby, Ontario, CAN · 6'1", 197 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 151st overall in 2001 by VAN (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andrej Sekera BUF · 12 P in 37 GP Alexei Emelin MTL · 12 P in 38 GP Matt Irwin SJS · 12 P in 38 GP Michal Rozsival CHI · 12 P in 27 GP Barret Jackman STL · 12 P in 46 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.

0102030402005-06: 6 points605-062006-07: 42 points4206-072007-08: 12 points1207-082008-09: 43 points4308-092009-10: 22 points2209-102010-11: 22 points2210-112011-12: 44 points4411-122012-13: 12 points1212-132013-14: 24 points2413-142014-15: 14 points1414-152015-16: 15 points1515-162016-17: 14 points1416-172017-18: 8 points817-18

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 VAN 39 0 6 6 -1 77 38 41 0.15
2006-07 VAN 81 12 30 42 1 134 203 109 0.52 $525K
2007-08 VAN 34 2 10 12 -11 90 64 52 0.35 $525K
2008-09 VAN 72 11 32 43 -4 97 153 119 0.60 $3.75M
2009-10 VAN 55 3 19 22 -5 85 95 70 0.40 $3.75M
2010-11 VAN 66 6 16 22 32 73 105 104 0.33 $3.75M
2011-12 VAN 78 8 36 44 12 94 166 159 0.56 $4.6M
2012-13 VAN 36 6 6 12 6 48 77 60 0.33 $4.6M
2013-14 VAN 76 4 20 24 -8 104 167 144 0.32 $4.6M
2014-15 VAN 60 4 10 14 0 77 99 109 0.23 $4.6M
2015-16 ANA 71 4 11 15 -7 99 109 152 0.21 $4.6M
2016-17 ANA 81 3 11 14 0 63 94 173 0.17 $4M
2017-18 ANA 59 0 8 8 -13 83 66 116 0.14 $4M
13 seasons Career 808 63 215 278 2 1124 1436 1408 0.34

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 VAN 9 0 0 0 -1 20 13 16 0.00
2008-09 VAN 10 0 5 5 3 14 18 9 0.50
2009-10 VAN 12 3 5 8 2 14 20 22 0.67
2010-11 VAN 25 5 5 10 6 51 47 88 0.40
2011-12 VAN 5 1 0 1 0 6 17 10 0.20
2012-13 VAN 4 1 0 1 -1 8 6 5 0.25
2014-15 VAN 6 0 0 0 -1 9 5 6 0.00
2015-16 ANA 6 0 1 1 1 2 11 8 0.17
2016-17 ANA 8 0 4 4 5 23 10 18 0.50
2017-18 ANA 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0.00
10 seasons Playoffs 86 10 20 30 13 147 148 183 0.35

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
36 6 6 12 6 48 77 60 0.33 7.8 21:56

Contract

$4.6MCap hit2012-13
$383KCap dollars per point12 points in 36 games
-$683KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5.3MValueworth 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 558 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2016-17 to 2017-18 $4M
2012-13 to 2015-16 $4.6M
2011-12 to 2015-16 $4.6M
2008-09 to 2010-11 $3.75M
2006-07 to 2007-08 $525K

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-1.4Goals above replacement554th of 605 skaters, 188th of 208 defencemen
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 208 ranked defencemen: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence+0.1 68th percentileEven-strength defence-2.6 6th percentilePower play-0.4 24th percentilePenalty kill-0.5 13th percentilePenalties-0.7 38th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-10-505102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

49.4Corsi for %534 attempts for, 546 against
-2.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.3Expected goals for %23.2 expected for, 25.9 against
-5.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.7Goals for %29 for, 26 against
102.9PDO10.9% shooting + 92.0% saves
122Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kevin Bieksa · Alexander Edler19239:2050.647.29-7
Kevin Bieksa · Jason Garrison19150:3352.253.17-3
Dan Hamhuis · Kevin Bieksa29114:0351.243.97-7
Kevin Bieksa · Andrew Alberts1247:0941.832.11-5

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.0Expected goalsfrom 112 unblocked attempts
+2.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.31 expected goals per 60 minutes92nd
Shot quality 3.6% chance per attempt74th
Finishing +2.0 goals above expected87thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Goals 6Expected 4.0

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 this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 27, 2013 @ EDM L 2-7 0 1 1 -2 6 4 0 21:09
Apr 15, 2013 @ NSH W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 0 3 3 22:07
Apr 13, 2013 @ COL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 22:33
Apr 10, 2013 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 24:02
Apr 8, 2013 vs PHX W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 21:01
Apr 6, 2013 vs CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 22:30
Apr 4, 2013 vs EDM W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 22:08
Apr 1, 2013 @ SJS L 2-3 0 1 1 1 2 5 1 23:06
Mar 30, 2013 @ EDM L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 22:51
Mar 28, 2013 vs COL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 22:01
Mar 26, 2013 vs CBJ W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 24:26
Mar 24, 2013 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 22:22
Mar 23, 2013 @ LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 21:29
Mar 21, 2013 @ PHX W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 23:05
Mar 19, 2013 vs STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 22:22
Mar 18, 2013 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 24:01
Mar 16, 2013 vs DET L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 4 2 20:02
Mar 14, 2013 vs NSH W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 20:47
Mar 2, 2013 vs LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 22:58
Feb 22, 2013 @ NSH W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 09:31
Feb 21, 2013 @ DAL W 4-3 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 19:33
Feb 19, 2013 @ CHI L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 26:14
Feb 17, 2013 vs STL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 23:29
Feb 15, 2013 vs DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20:20
Feb 12, 2013 vs MIN W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 20:18
Feb 9, 2013 vs CGY W 5-1 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 23:55
Feb 7, 2013 @ MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 20:14
Feb 4, 2013 @ EDM W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 24:45
Feb 1, 2013 vs CHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 25:25
Jan 30, 2013 vs COL W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 20:50
Jan 28, 2013 @ LAK L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 24:21
Jan 27, 2013 @ SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 1 11 2 4 18:28
Jan 25, 2013 @ ANA W 5-0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 19:38
Jan 23, 2013 vs CGY W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 22:59
Jan 20, 2013 vs EDM L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24:28
Jan 19, 2013 vs ANA L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 20:24