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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Evgeny Medvedev PHI · 12 P in 45 GP Christian Ehrhoff CHI · 12 P in 48 GP Jyrki Jokipakka CGY · 12 P in 58 GP Dennis Seidenberg BOS · 12 P in 61 GP Jordie Benn DAL · 12 P in 64 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

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
30 4 8 12 -4 6 48 21 0.40 8.3 21:53

Contract

$894KCap hit2015-16
$75KCap dollars per point12 points in 30 games
$184KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.9 goals above replacement
$3.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.7MValueworth 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. When it ends is not known.

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

+4.9Goals above replacement205th of 675 skaters, 62nd of 230 defencemen
+0.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 230 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+1.2 81st percentileEven-strength defence+2.1 84th percentilePower play-0.6 15th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 25th percentilePenalties+0.2 83rd 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.

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

50.6Corsi for %441 attempts for, 430 against
+3.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.2Expected goals for %17.4 expected for, 16.6 against
+5.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
46.2Goals for %18 for, 21 against
98.5PDO7.6% shooting + 90.9% saves
81Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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
Mark Fayne · Oscar Klefbom20171:2950.343.73-8
Justin Schultz · Oscar Klefbom15159:3853.256.47-9
Brandon Davidson · Oscar Klefbom1468:5249.552.53-1
Eric Gryba · Oscar Klefbom1430:2548.935.21-2

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
2.3Expected goalsfrom 77 unblocked attempts
+1.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.21 expected goals per 60 minutes58th
Shot quality 2.9% chance per attempt45th
Finishing +1.7 goals above expected83rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 230 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Goals 4Expected 2.3

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
Dec 11, 2015 vs NYR W 7-5 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 11:55
Dec 9, 2015 vs SJS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25:29
Dec 6, 2015 vs BUF W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22:14
Dec 4, 2015 vs DAL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 23:09
Dec 2, 2015 vs BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25:01
Nov 30, 2015 @ TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:04
Nov 28, 2015 @ PIT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25:11
Nov 27, 2015 @ DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 24:57
Nov 25, 2015 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 21:16
Nov 23, 2015 @ WSH L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:16
Nov 20, 2015 vs NJD W 5-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 22:53
Nov 18, 2015 vs CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 22:53
Nov 14, 2015 @ LAK L 3-4 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 24:48
Nov 12, 2015 @ ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 23:03
Nov 11, 2015 @ ANA W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 24:01
Nov 8, 2015 @ CHI L 2-4 0 1 1 -3 2 1 1 19:42
Nov 6, 2015 vs PIT L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 24:30
Nov 3, 2015 vs PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 23:02
Oct 31, 2015 vs CGY L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 23:56
Oct 29, 2015 vs MTL W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 21:02
Oct 27, 2015 @ MIN L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 22:08
Oct 25, 2015 vs LAK L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 23:27
Oct 23, 2015 vs WSH L 4-7 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 16:51
Oct 21, 2015 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:50
Oct 18, 2015 @ VAN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:10
Oct 17, 2015 @ CGY W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18:51
Oct 15, 2015 vs STL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:19
Oct 13, 2015 @ DAL L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 21:50
Oct 10, 2015 @ NSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 21:05
Oct 8, 2015 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:40