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Fredrik Claesson

#3 · Defence · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Nov 24, 1992 in Stockholm, SWE · 6'1", 196 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 126th overall in 2011 by OTT (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Cale Fleury SEA · 0 P in 9 GP Dillon Heatherington OTT · 0 P in 9 GP Jack Rathbone VAN · 0 P in 9 GP Egor Zamula PHI · 0 P in 10 GP Jacob MacDonald COL · 0 P in 8 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.

05102015-16: 2 points215-162016-17: 11 points1116-172017-18: 7 points717-182018-19: 6 points618-192019-20: 2 points219-202020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 0 points021-22

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 OTT 16 0 2 2 -6 2 15 33 0.13
2016-17 OTT 33 3 8 11 5 4 25 55 0.33 $700K
2017-18 OTT 64 1 6 7 -7 35 60 158 0.11 $650K
2018-19 NYR 37 2 4 6 3 9 44 76 0.16 $700K
2019-20 NJD 5 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 0.40 $700K
2020-21 SJS 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 0.00 $700K
2020-21 TBL 2 0 0 0 -1 12 1 2 0.00
2021-22 TBL 9 0 0 0 -3 0 4 12 0.00
7 seasons Career 170 7 21 28 -7 62 153 349 0.16

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 OTT 14 0 3 3 3 4 7 33 0.21
1 season Playoffs 14 0 3 3 3 4 7 33 0.21

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
9 0 0 0 -3 0 4 12 0.00 0.0 9:52

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2020-21 to 2020-21 $700K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $700K
2016-17 to 2018-19 $700K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

-0.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.9Even-strength defence-0.3Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+0.0

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-1012342015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-22Goals 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

49.4Corsi for %76 attempts for, 78 against
-4.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.7Expected goals for %2.9 expected for, 3.8 against
-14.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
20.0Goals for %1 for, 4 against
92.9PDO2.7% shooting + 90.2% saves
11Attempts 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
Fredrik Claesson · Cal Foote824:1148.726.10-3
Fredrik Claesson · Jan Rutta512:4445.040.40-0
Fredrik Claesson · Andrej Sustr212:2356.059.71-0
Zach Bogosian · Fredrik Claesson110:5652.638.60-0

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
0.1Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.05 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 1.0% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected51stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 241 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.1Goals 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. 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
Feb 1, 2022 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 05:33
Jan 29, 2022 vs VGK L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 05:37
Jan 27, 2022 vs NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:04
Jan 22, 2022 @ SJS W 7-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:22
Jan 21, 2022 @ ANA L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:08
Dec 11, 2021 @ OTT L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:09
Nov 20, 2021 vs NJD L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:56
Nov 9, 2021 vs CAR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:28
Nov 6, 2021 @ OTT W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:30