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Oscar Klefbom

#77 · Defence · Edmonton Oilers

Born Jul 20, 1993 in Karlstad, SWE · 6'3", 216 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 19th overall in 2011 by EDM (round 1)

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.

Kevin Shattenkirk TBL · 34 P in 70 GP Mikhail Sergachev TBL · 34 P in 70 GP Samuel Girard COL · 34 P in 70 GP Alexander Edler VAN · 33 P in 59 GP Drew Doughty LAK · 35 P in 67 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.

01020302013-14: 3 points313-142014-15: 20 points2014-152015-16: 12 points1215-162016-17: 38 points3816-172017-18: 21 points2117-182018-19: 28 points2818-192019-20: 34 points3419-20

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 EDM 17 1 2 3 -6 0 14 6 0.18
2014-15 EDM 60 2 18 20 -21 4 98 45 0.33 $894K
2015-16 EDM 30 4 8 12 -4 6 48 21 0.40 $894K
2016-17 EDM 82 12 26 38 7 6 201 43 0.46 $4.167M
2017-18 EDM 66 5 16 21 -12 18 203 49 0.32 $4.167M
2018-19 EDM 61 5 23 28 -11 16 167 44 0.46 $4.167M
2019-20 EDM 62 5 29 34 -17 24 159 45 0.55 $4.167M
7 seasons Career 378 34 122 156 -64 74 890 253 0.41

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 EDM 12 2 3 5 -2 0 25 11 0.42
2019-20 EDM 4 0 2 2 0 0 11 2 0.50
2 seasons Playoffs 16 2 5 7 -2 0 36 13 0.44

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
62 5 29 34 -17 24 159 45 0.55 3.1 25:25

Contract

$4.167MCap hitends in 2023, then UFA
$123KCap dollars per point34 points in 62 games
$843KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.9 goals above replacement
$4.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$627KValueworth 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

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2022-23, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $4.167M
2020-21 $4.167M
2021-22 $4.167M
2022-23 $4.167M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2022-23 $4.167M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $4.167M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $894K

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

+4.9Goals above replacement180th of 670 skaters, 49th of 231 defencemen
+0.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals 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-0.3 65th percentileEven-strength defence+1.3 75th percentilePower play-0.7 10th percentilePenalty kill0.0 44th percentilePenalties-0.5 49th 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.

024682013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-20Goals 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

47.1Corsi for %978 attempts for, 1099 against
-1.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.1Expected goals for %45.5 expected for, 47.2 against
+0.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.9Goals for %45 for, 53 against
99.4PDO8.5% shooting + 90.9% saves
234Attempts 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
Adam Larsson · Oscar Klefbom40506:4247.350.918-21
Oscar Klefbom · Joel Persson13162:1546.145.27-8
Kris Russell · Oscar Klefbom33152:5840.845.54-4
Oscar Klefbom · Ethan Bear51107:4849.752.75-4

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.4Expected goalsfrom 221 unblocked attempts
-1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.25 expected goals per 60 minutes69th
Shot quality 2.9% chance per attempt42nd
Finishing -1.4 goals above expected20thOne 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 60Expected 6.4Goals 5

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 11, 2020 vs WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:43
Mar 9, 2020 vs VGK L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 22:27
Mar 7, 2020 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 22:11
Feb 16, 2020 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 30:57
Feb 15, 2020 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25:45
Feb 13, 2020 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 0 3 1 24:09
Feb 11, 2020 vs CHI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 24:40
Feb 8, 2020 vs NSH W 3-2 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 24:37
Feb 6, 2020 vs SJS L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 6 3 1 21:44
Feb 4, 2020 @ ARI L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 26:30
Feb 1, 2020 @ CGY W 8-3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 23:45
Jan 31, 2020 vs STL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 24:11
Jan 29, 2020 vs CGY L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25:41
Jan 18, 2020 vs ARI W 7-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:37
Jan 14, 2020 vs NSH W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 28:33
Jan 11, 2020 @ CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 24:46
Jan 9, 2020 @ MTL W 4-2 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 26:06
Jan 6, 2020 @ TOR W 6-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 27:56
Jan 4, 2020 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 28:22
Jan 2, 2020 @ BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 27:16
Dec 31, 2019 vs NYR W 7-5 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 20:22
Dec 27, 2019 vs CGY L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 21:59
Dec 23, 2019 @ VAN L 2-4 1 0 1 -2 0 2 1 25:05
Dec 21, 2019 vs MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 28:05
Dec 20, 2019 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 5 2 25:55
Dec 18, 2019 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 26:02
Dec 16, 2019 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 30:32
Dec 14, 2019 vs TOR L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 28:11
Dec 12, 2019 @ MIN L 5-6 1 1 2 2 2 7 0 25:54
Dec 10, 2019 vs CAR L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 4 2 26:41
Dec 8, 2019 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 21:20
Dec 6, 2019 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 19:21
Dec 4, 2019 vs OTT L 2-5 1 0 1 -4 0 5 0 27:33
Dec 1, 2019 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 26:19
Nov 30, 2019 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 24:29
Nov 27, 2019 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 25:10
Nov 24, 2019 @ ARI W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 25:41
Nov 23, 2019 @ VGK W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 23:28
Nov 21, 2019 @ LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 26:13
Nov 19, 2019 @ SJS W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 3 2 31:38
Nov 16, 2019 vs DAL L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 25:58
Nov 14, 2019 vs COL W 6-2 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 27:30
Nov 12, 2019 @ SJS L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 24:24
Nov 10, 2019 @ ANA W 6-2 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 26:19
Nov 8, 2019 vs NJD W 4-0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 23:23
Nov 6, 2019 vs STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 25:36
Nov 4, 2019 vs ARI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 27:35
Nov 2, 2019 @ PIT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 27:42
Oct 30, 2019 @ CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 27:19
Oct 29, 2019 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 25:45
Oct 27, 2019 vs FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 27:39
Oct 24, 2019 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 25:54
Oct 22, 2019 @ MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 25:12
Oct 20, 2019 @ WPG L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 27:05
Oct 18, 2019 vs DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 24:54
Oct 16, 2019 vs PHI W 6-3 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 24:01
Oct 14, 2019 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 23:30
Oct 12, 2019 @ NYR W 4-1 1 1 2 0 0 3 2 21:43
Oct 10, 2019 @ NJD W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 2 25:29
Oct 8, 2019 @ NYI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 26:44
Oct 5, 2019 vs LAK W 6-5 0 3 3 0 0 3 1 26:33
Oct 2, 2019 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 24:21