Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← All players

Photo of Duncan Keith

Duncan Keith

#2 · Defence · Edmonton Oilers · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Jul 16, 1983 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN · 6'1", 192 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 54th overall in 2002 by CHI (round 2)

Trophy case

Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 2014-15

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.

Nate Schmidt VAN · 15 P in 54 GP Ryan Graves COL · 15 P in 54 GP Kevin Shattenkirk ANA · 15 P in 55 GP Travis Sanheim PHI · 15 P in 55 GP Jaccob Slavin CAR · 15 P in 52 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.

02040602005-06: 21 points2105-062006-07: 31 points312007-08: 32 points3207-082008-09: 44 points442009-10: 69 points6909-102010-11: 45 points452011-12: 40 points4011-122012-13: 27 points272013-14: 61 points6113-142014-15: 45 points452015-16: 43 points4315-162016-17: 53 points532017-18: 32 points3217-182018-19: 40 points402019-20: 27 points2719-202020-21: 15 points152021-22: 21 points2121-22

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 CHI 81 9 12 21 -11 79 134 88 0.26
2006-07 CHI 82 2 29 31 0 76 122 78 0.38 $1.475M
2007-08 CHI 82 12 20 32 30 56 148 67 0.39 $1.475M
2008-09 CHI 77 8 36 44 33 60 173 40 0.57 $1.475M
2009-10 CHI 82 14 55 69 21 51 213 46 0.84 $1.475M
2010-11 CHI 82 7 38 45 -1 22 173 45 0.55 $5.538M
2011-12 CHI 74 4 36 40 15 42 162 45 0.54 $5.538M
2012-13 CHI 47 3 24 27 16 31 91 19 0.57 $5.538M
2013-14 CHI 79 6 55 61 22 28 198 36 0.77 $5.538M
2014-15 CHI 80 10 35 45 12 20 171 16 0.56 $5.538M
2015-16 CHI 67 9 34 43 13 26 130 16 0.64 $5.538M
2016-17 CHI 80 6 47 53 22 16 183 24 0.66 $5.538M
2017-18 CHI 82 2 30 32 -29 28 187 41 0.39 $5.538M
2018-19 CHI 82 6 34 40 13 70 141 42 0.49 $5.538M
2019-20 CHI 61 3 24 27 1 18 111 26 0.44 $5.538M
2020-21 CHI 54 4 11 15 -13 30 110 33 0.28 $5.538M
2021-22 EDM 64 1 20 21 15 22 79 22 0.33 $5.538M
17 seasons Career 1256 106 540 646 159 675 2526 684 0.51

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 CHI 17 0 6 6 1 10 23 10 0.35
2009-10 CHI 22 2 15 17 2 10 61 20 0.77
2010-11 CHI 7 4 2 6 -3 6 27 6 0.86
2011-12 CHI 6 0 1 1 1 2 16 6 0.17
2012-13 CHI 22 2 11 13 10 18 51 20 0.59
2013-14 CHI 19 4 7 11 7 8 27 15 0.58
2014-15 CHI 23 3 18 21 16 4 59 17 0.91
2015-16 CHI 6 3 2 5 3 2 22 6 0.83
2016-17 CHI 4 0 1 1 -6 2 6 5 0.25
2019-20 CHI 9 0 5 5 -7 4 10 7 0.56
2021-22 EDM 16 1 4 5 -4 4 21 8 0.31
11 seasons Playoffs 151 19 72 91 20 70 323 120 0.60

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
54 4 11 15 -13 30 110 33 0.28 3.6 23:25

Contract

$5.538MCap hit2020-21
$369KCap dollars per point15 points in 54 games
-$4.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$10.3MValueworth 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 633 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
2020-21 to 2021-22 $5.538M
2018-19 to 2022-23 $5.538M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $5.538M
2010-11 to 2022-23 $5.538M
2006-07 to 2009-10 $1.475M

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 analytics

Rating

-5.4Goals above replacement642nd of 643 skaters, 212th of 213 defencemen
-0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-9.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 213 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-0.5 54th percentileEven-strength defence-6.0 1st percentilePower play-0.7 6th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 32nd percentilePenalties-2.4 1st 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. 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.

-10-505102010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

45.1Corsi for %808 attempts for, 982 against
-2.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.4Expected goals for %36.7 expected for, 49.9 against
-4.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
43.0Goals for %37 for, 49 against
99.3PDO7.7% shooting + 91.6% saves
157Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 579 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
Duncan Keith · Ian Mitchell34275:5742.140.68-10
Duncan Keith · Adam Boqvist33220:1848.947.211-13
Duncan Keith · Connor Murphy46171:0047.842.28-14
Duncan Keith · Wyatt Kalynuk1784:2741.736.13-4

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.8Expected goalsfrom 134 unblocked attempts
-0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.23 expected goals per 60 minutes65th
Shot quality 3.6% chance per attempt73rd
Finishing -0.8 goals above expected30thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 218 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Game 40Expected 4.8Goals 4

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
May 6, 2021 @ CAR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:37
May 4, 2021 @ CAR L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 24:06
May 3, 2021 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 24:23
May 1, 2021 vs FLA L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 22:53
Apr 29, 2021 vs FLA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 25:46
Apr 27, 2021 vs TBL L 4-7 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 24:34
Apr 23, 2021 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 23:13
Apr 21, 2021 vs NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 26:24
Apr 19, 2021 @ NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 25:29
Apr 17, 2021 @ DET W 4-0 0 0 0 2 4 2 3 21:55
Apr 15, 2021 @ DET L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 20:24
Apr 12, 2021 @ CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 29:48
Apr 10, 2021 @ CBJ W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 25:40
Apr 8, 2021 vs DAL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 20:42
Apr 6, 2021 vs DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 23:59
Apr 3, 2021 @ NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:20
Apr 1, 2021 vs CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 21:39
Mar 30, 2021 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:12
Mar 28, 2021 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 24:21
Mar 27, 2021 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 23:41
Mar 25, 2021 vs FLA W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 23:13
Mar 23, 2021 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24:24
Mar 20, 2021 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 20:45
Mar 18, 2021 @ TBL L 2-4 0 1 1 -3 0 2 2 20:54
Mar 15, 2021 @ FLA L 3-6 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 24:41
Mar 13, 2021 @ FLA L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 23:03
Mar 11, 2021 @ DAL W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 20:46
Mar 9, 2021 @ DAL L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 21:14
Mar 7, 2021 vs TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 25:35
Mar 5, 2021 vs TBL W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 25:59
Mar 4, 2021 vs TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 24:32
Feb 28, 2021 vs DET W 7-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19:25
Feb 27, 2021 vs DET L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 21:20
Feb 25, 2021 @ CBJ W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 24:16
Feb 23, 2021 @ CBJ W 6-5 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 26:16
Feb 19, 2021 @ CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24:33
Feb 17, 2021 @ DET W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 22:06
Feb 15, 2021 @ DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 23:33
Feb 13, 2021 vs CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 25:42
Feb 11, 2021 vs CBJ L 5-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 24:38
Feb 9, 2021 @ DAL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 24:36
Feb 7, 2021 @ DAL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 25:59
Feb 4, 2021 vs CAR W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 27:53
Feb 2, 2021 vs CAR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 27:01
Jan 31, 2021 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 25:15
Jan 29, 2021 vs CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 23:22
Jan 27, 2021 @ NSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 26:03
Jan 26, 2021 @ NSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 24:28
Jan 24, 2021 vs DET W 6-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 22:33
Jan 22, 2021 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25:02
Jan 19, 2021 @ FLA L 4-5 (OT) 0 2 2 -1 2 1 0 20:27
Jan 17, 2021 @ FLA L 2-5 0 2 2 -1 0 1 1 21:59
Jan 15, 2021 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 23:45
Jan 13, 2021 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 19:43