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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 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andrew MacDonald PHI · 21 P in 66 GP Jonas Brodin MIN · 21 P in 73 GP Kevin Connauton ARI · 21 P in 73 GP Matt Benning EDM · 21 P in 73 GP Kris Russell EDM · 21 P in 78 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

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
66 5 16 21 -12 18 203 49 0.32 2.5 22:51

Contract

$4.167MCap hit2017-18
$198KCap dollars per point21 points in 66 games
$1.234MCap dollars per goal above replacement3.4 goals above replacement
$2.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.4MValueworth 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 691 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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

+3.4Goals above replacement285th of 691 skaters, 87th of 240 defencemen
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 240 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 71st percentileEven-strength defence-0.2 46th percentilePower play-1.6 2nd percentilePenalty kill-0.2 27th percentilePenalties-0.2 67th 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

51.6Corsi for %1176 attempts for, 1104 against
+0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.4Expected goals for %51.5 expected for, 46.8 against
+1.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
43.6Goals for %44 for, 57 against
97.2PDO7.0% shooting + 90.2% saves
269Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 600 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
Oscar Klefbom · Matt Benning58532:2451.752.421-21
Kris Russell · Oscar Klefbom45213:2749.650.27-12
Adam Larsson · Oscar Klefbom40209:3054.359.79-14
Oscar Klefbom · Ethan Bear776:2045.943.82-6

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
8.7Expected goalsfrom 276 unblocked attempts
-3.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.35 expected goals per 60 minutes93rd
Shot quality 3.1% chance per attempt56th
Finishing -3.7 goals above expected2ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 242 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 8.7Goals 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 18, 2018 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 25:21
Mar 17, 2018 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 4 4 1 20:27
Mar 14, 2018 vs SJS L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 19:46
Mar 8, 2018 vs NYI W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 23:25
Mar 5, 2018 vs ARI W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 24:28
Mar 3, 2018 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 23:25
Mar 1, 2018 vs NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 24:19
Feb 27, 2018 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 23:48
Feb 25, 2018 @ ANA W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 24:19
Feb 24, 2018 @ LAK W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 22:52
Feb 22, 2018 vs COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 25:10
Feb 20, 2018 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 23:03
Feb 18, 2018 @ COL W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 22:46
Feb 17, 2018 @ ARI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 22:37
Feb 15, 2018 @ VGK L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 20:50
Feb 12, 2018 vs FLA L 5-7 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 22:57
Feb 10, 2018 @ SJS L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 23:50
Feb 9, 2018 @ ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 26:46
Feb 7, 2018 @ LAK L 2-5 0 1 1 -4 0 3 0 22:25
Feb 5, 2018 vs TBL W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 22:59
Feb 1, 2018 vs COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 23:31
Jan 25, 2018 vs CGY W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 27:04
Jan 23, 2018 vs BUF L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 23:38
Jan 20, 2018 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:45
Jan 13, 2018 @ VGK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 23:02
Jan 12, 2018 @ ARI W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 21:30
Jan 9, 2018 @ NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 23:45
Jan 7, 2018 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:59
Jan 6, 2018 @ DAL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 22:24
Jan 4, 2018 vs ANA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 24:27
Jan 2, 2018 vs LAK L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:14
Dec 31, 2017 vs WPG L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 19:31
Dec 29, 2017 vs CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 23:05
Dec 18, 2017 vs SJS W 5-3 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 19:41
Dec 16, 2017 @ MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 25:26
Dec 14, 2017 vs NSH L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 21:23
Dec 12, 2017 @ CBJ W 7-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 22:15
Dec 10, 2017 @ TOR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 24:01
Dec 9, 2017 @ MTL W 6-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 23:19
Dec 6, 2017 vs PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 23:29
Dec 2, 2017 @ CGY W 7-5 0 1 1 1 4 3 0 20:04
Nov 30, 2017 vs TOR L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 24:49
Nov 28, 2017 vs ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:16
Nov 26, 2017 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 17:26
Nov 22, 2017 @ DET W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:17
Nov 21, 2017 @ STL L 3-8 0 0 0 -4 0 4 0 17:32
Nov 18, 2017 @ DAL L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 20:49
Nov 16, 2017 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 23:24
Nov 14, 2017 vs VGK W 8-2 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 20:14
Nov 12, 2017 @ WSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22:23
Nov 11, 2017 @ NYR L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 24:22
Nov 9, 2017 @ NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 25:10
Nov 7, 2017 @ NYI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:16
Nov 5, 2017 vs DET L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 22:25
Nov 3, 2017 vs NJD W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 21:05
Nov 1, 2017 vs PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 23:09
Oct 28, 2017 vs WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -4 0 6 0 26:12
Oct 26, 2017 vs DAL W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 27:39
Oct 24, 2017 @ PIT L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 25:30
Oct 21, 2017 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 27:14
Oct 19, 2017 @ CHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 26:27
Oct 17, 2017 vs CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 19:32
Oct 14, 2017 vs OTT L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:03
Oct 9, 2017 vs WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 24:20
Oct 7, 2017 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 25:45
Oct 4, 2017 vs CGY W 3-0 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 22:30