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Joel Edmundson

#6 · Defence · Los Angeles Kings

Born Jun 28, 1993 in Brandon, Manitoba, CAN (age 33) · 6'5", 220 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 46th overall in 2011 by STL (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2018-19

Compare with a similar player

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

Chris Tanev VAN · 20 P in 69 GP Mike Matheson FLA · 20 P in 59 GP Matt Grzelcyk BOS · 21 P in 68 GP Tyler Myers VAN · 21 P in 68 GP Ben Chiarot MTL · 21 P in 69 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.

051015202015-16: 9 points915-162016-17: 15 points1516-172017-18: 17 points1717-182018-19: 11 points1118-192019-20: 20 points2019-202020-21: 13 points1320-212021-22: 6 points621-222022-23: 13 points1322-232023-24: 6 points623-242024-25: 20 points2024-252025-26: 23 points2325-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 STL 67 1 8 9 0 63 90 165 0.13 $743K
2016-17 STL 69 3 12 15 11 60 81 122 0.22 $1.05M
2017-18 STL 69 7 10 17 -1 57 124 116 0.25 $1.05M
2018-19 STL 64 2 9 11 8 68 102 128 0.17 $3M
2019-20 CAR 68 7 13 20 7 72 97 118 0.29 $3.1M
2020-21 MTL 55 3 10 13 28 25 77 98 0.24 $3.5M
2021-22 MTL 24 3 3 6 -1 35 32 61 0.25 $3.5M
2022-23 MTL 61 2 11 13 -29 58 69 112 0.21 $3.5M
2023-24 WSH 44 1 5 6 -5 19 41 59 0.14 $3.5M
2023-24 TOR 9 0 0 0 3 4 5 21 0.00
2024-25 LAK 73 6 14 20 25 22 91 100 0.27 $3.85M
2025-26 LAK 82 2 21 23 14 25 104 97 0.28 $3.85M
2026-27 LAK 4 0 0 0 0 7 4 3 0.00 $3.85M
12 seasons Career 689 37 116 153 60 515 917 1200 0.22

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 STL 16 1 0 1 -4 8 15 40 0.06
2016-17 STL 11 3 3 6 12 14 9 10 0.55
2018-19 STL 22 1 6 7 -2 10 22 42 0.32
2019-20 CAR 4 1 0 1 4 2 16 11 0.25
2020-21 MTL 22 0 6 6 -3 10 23 65 0.27
2023-24 TOR 7 0 1 1 -1 6 7 22 0.14
2024-25 LAK 6 0 1 1 2 2 2 16 0.17
2025-26 LAK 4 1 0 1 -3 0 7 11 0.25
8 seasons Playoffs 92 7 17 24 5 52 101 217 0.26

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
68 7 13 20 7 72 97 118 0.29 7.2 18:27

Contract

$3.1MCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$155KCap dollars per point20 points in 68 games
-$2.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5.8MValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the St. Louis Blues on Aug 6, 2019, as a new contract: 1 year and $3.1M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $3.1M $3.1M $0 $3.1M

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, 2024 Los Angeles Kings New contract 2024-25 to 2027-28 4 $15.4M $3.85M
Sep 16, 2020 Montreal Canadiens Extension 2020-21 to 2023-24 4 $14M $3.5M
Aug 6, 2019 St. Louis Blues New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $3.1M $3.1M
Jul 24, 2018 St. Louis Blues New contract 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $3M $3M
Apr 8, 2016 St. Louis Blues Extension 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $2.1M $1.05M
Mar 6, 2013 St. Louis Blues Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 3 $2.775M $743K

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 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-4.1Goals above replacement660th of 670 skaters, 224th of 231 defencemen
-0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-8.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 231 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-2.3 23rd percentileEven-strength defence-4.0 4th percentilePower play+0.1 82nd percentilePenalty kill-0.2 29th percentilePenalties-1.9 4th 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.

-6-4-2022015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

50.8Corsi for %957 attempts for, 928 against
-5.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.4Expected goals for %41.4 expected for, 47.7 against
-9.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.6Goals for %45 for, 44 against
100.6PDO8.7% shooting + 91.9% saves
165Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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
Joel Edmundson · Brett Pesce53444:5952.047.319-22
Joel Edmundson · Haydn Fleury34211:0753.244.96-9
Joel Edmundson · Jaccob Slavin39181:1446.343.99-9
Joel Edmundson · Trevor van Riemsdyk28136:2548.842.34-3

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.6Expected goalsfrom 127 unblocked attempts
+2.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.22 expected goals per 60 minutes59th
Shot quality 3.6% chance per attempt76th
Finishing +2.4 goals above expected88thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 229 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 7Expected 4.6

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
Mar 10, 2020 @ DET W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:28
Mar 8, 2020 @ PIT W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 20:51
Mar 7, 2020 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 5 21:21
Mar 5, 2020 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 23:26
Feb 29, 2020 @ MTL L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 22:50
Feb 28, 2020 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 5 20:38
Feb 25, 2020 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 16:31
Feb 22, 2020 @ TOR W 6-3 0 1 1 1 5 2 2 18:59
Feb 21, 2020 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:11
Feb 18, 2020 @ NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 17:57
Feb 16, 2020 vs EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:43
Feb 14, 2020 vs NJD W 5-2 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 15:43
Feb 11, 2020 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:10
Feb 8, 2020 @ VGK W 6-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 16:11
Feb 6, 2020 @ ARI W 5-3 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 19:03
Feb 4, 2020 @ STL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:38
Feb 2, 2020 vs VAN W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 19:52
Jan 31, 2020 vs VGK L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 16:30
Jan 21, 2020 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18:34
Jan 19, 2020 vs NYI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:16
Jan 17, 2020 vs ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 19:27
Jan 16, 2020 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 23:47
Jan 13, 2020 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:14
Jan 11, 2020 vs LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:50
Jan 10, 2020 vs ARI W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:05
Jan 7, 2020 vs PHI W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 18:33
Jan 5, 2020 vs TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 14:07
Jan 3, 2020 vs WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:07
Dec 31, 2019 vs MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:01
Dec 28, 2019 vs WSH W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 18:43
Dec 27, 2019 @ NYR L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 2 1 2 14:36
Dec 23, 2019 @ TOR L 6-8 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 17:46
Dec 21, 2019 vs FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:06
Dec 19, 2019 @ COL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 19:28
Dec 17, 2019 @ WPG W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:34
Dec 14, 2019 @ CGY W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 18:58
Dec 12, 2019 @ VAN L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 20:05
Dec 10, 2019 @ EDM W 6-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 22:08
Dec 7, 2019 vs MIN W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 21:49
Dec 5, 2019 vs SJS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 21:25
Dec 3, 2019 @ BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 20:51
Nov 30, 2019 @ TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18:16
Nov 29, 2019 vs NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 16:20
Nov 27, 2019 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 15:38
Nov 24, 2019 @ DET W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:21
Nov 23, 2019 vs FLA W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 19:14
Nov 21, 2019 vs PHI L 3-5 0 1 1 1 12 1 0 14:41
Nov 19, 2019 @ CHI W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20:24
Nov 16, 2019 @ MIN W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 20:49
Nov 14, 2019 @ BUF W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:25
Nov 11, 2019 vs OTT W 8-2 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 19:35
Nov 9, 2019 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 16:12
Nov 7, 2019 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 16:35
Nov 5, 2019 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 1 4 1 3 13:47
Nov 2, 2019 vs NJD L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:07
Nov 1, 2019 vs DET W 7-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:13
Oct 29, 2019 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:59
Oct 26, 2019 vs CHI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:44
Oct 24, 2019 @ CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 16:41
Oct 18, 2019 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 5 0 2 12:53
Oct 16, 2019 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:13
Oct 15, 2019 @ LAK W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:36
Oct 12, 2019 vs CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 17:02
Oct 11, 2019 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 19:28
Oct 8, 2019 @ FLA W 6-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 18:49
Oct 6, 2019 vs TBL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 20:34
Oct 5, 2019 @ WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 22:18
Oct 3, 2019 vs MTL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 19:07