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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 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Charlie McAvoy BOS · 28 P in 54 GP Kevin Shattenkirk NYR · 28 P in 73 GP Hampus Lindholm ANA · 28 P in 76 GP Brent Seabrook CHI · 28 P in 78 GP Colton Parayko STL · 28 P in 80 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

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
61 5 23 28 -11 16 167 44 0.46 3.0 23:59

Contract

$4.167MCap hitends in 2023, then UFA
$149KCap dollars per point28 points in 61 games
$1.192MCap dollars per goal above replacement3.5 goals above replacement
$3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.1MValueworth 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 696 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 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2018-19 $4.167M
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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

+3.5Goals above replacement279th of 699 skaters, 77th of 244 defencemen
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 244 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 63rd percentileEven-strength defence+0.0 49th percentilePower play-0.3 25th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 37th percentilePenalties-0.7 46th 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

50.4Corsi for %1068 attempts for, 1051 against
+2.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.2Expected goals for %48.2 expected for, 47.9 against
+2.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %30 for, 45 against
97.4PDO5.1% shooting + 92.3% saves
253Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 591 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 Klefbom61993:1050.749.423-39
Kris Russell · Oscar Klefbom5357:5041.855.44-1
Oscar Klefbom · Matt Benning3738:1356.565.62-1
Oscar Klefbom · Evan Bouchard711:2552.457.10-0

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.0Expected goalsfrom 227 unblocked attempts
-3.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.33 expected goals per 60 minutes91st
Shot quality 3.5% chance per attempt66th
Finishing -3.0 goals above expected5thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 244 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 8.0Goals 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
Apr 6, 2019 @ CGY W 3-1 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 17:43
Apr 4, 2019 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:52
Apr 2, 2019 @ COL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 21:31
Apr 1, 2019 @ VGK L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 23:54
Mar 30, 2019 vs ANA L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 20:13
Mar 28, 2019 vs DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 25:04
Mar 26, 2019 vs LAK W 8-4 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 22:54
Mar 23, 2019 vs OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 24:04
Mar 21, 2019 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 23:26
Mar 19, 2019 @ STL L 2-7 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 22:44
Mar 17, 2019 @ VGK L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 21:10
Mar 16, 2019 @ ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 26:05
Mar 13, 2019 vs NJD L 3-6 0 1 1 -2 2 2 0 23:38
Mar 11, 2019 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:45
Mar 9, 2019 vs TOR L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 23:00
Mar 7, 2019 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 5 0 24:53
Mar 4, 2019 @ BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 23:00
Mar 2, 2019 @ CBJ W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 24:17
Feb 28, 2019 @ OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:18
Feb 27, 2019 @ TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 5 1 20:57
Feb 25, 2019 @ NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 25:02
Feb 23, 2019 vs ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24:47
Feb 21, 2019 vs NYI W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 24:23
Feb 19, 2019 vs ARI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 22:25
Feb 16, 2019 @ NYI L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 7 1 25:51
Feb 15, 2019 @ CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 23:21
Feb 13, 2019 @ PIT L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 24:29
Feb 9, 2019 vs SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 22:17
Feb 7, 2019 @ MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 23:55
Feb 5, 2019 vs CHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:56
Dec 11, 2018 @ COL W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:36
Dec 9, 2018 vs CGY W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 28:03
Dec 7, 2018 vs MIN W 7-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 24:33
Dec 5, 2018 @ STL W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 30:42
Dec 3, 2018 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 24:31
Dec 1, 2018 vs VGK W 2-1 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 24:38
Nov 29, 2018 vs LAK W 3-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 25:14
Nov 27, 2018 vs DAL W 1-0 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 28:30
Nov 25, 2018 @ LAK L 2-5 0 2 2 0 2 8 0 26:10
Nov 23, 2018 @ ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 5 3 27:23
Nov 20, 2018 @ SJS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 23:14
Nov 18, 2018 vs VGK L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 24:21
Nov 17, 2018 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 25:33
Nov 13, 2018 vs MTL W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 25:13
Nov 11, 2018 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 24:50
Nov 8, 2018 @ FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 25:24
Nov 6, 2018 @ TBL L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 25:58
Nov 5, 2018 @ WSH L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 0 5 0 25:49
Nov 3, 2018 @ DET W 4-3 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 24:57
Nov 1, 2018 vs CHI W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 24:51
Oct 30, 2018 vs MIN L 3-4 0 1 1 2 0 7 2 27:09
Oct 28, 2018 @ CHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 25:56
Oct 27, 2018 @ NSH W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 30:15
Oct 25, 2018 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 26:17
Oct 23, 2018 vs PIT L 5-6 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 28:16
Oct 20, 2018 vs NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 5 2 30:09
Oct 18, 2018 vs BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 28:04
Oct 16, 2018 @ WPG W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 24:03
Oct 13, 2018 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:51
Oct 11, 2018 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 22:37
Oct 6, 2018 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:41