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Jordan Oesterle

#82 · Defence · Free agent, last with the Nashville Predators

Born Jun 25, 1992 in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, USA · 6'0", 181 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Logan Stanley WPG · 2 P in 25 GP Tyler Tucker STL · 2 P in 26 GP Simon Edvinsson DET · 2 P in 16 GP Matt Benning SJS · 2 P in 14 GP Ian Mitchell BOS · 2 P in 13 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.

051015202014-15: 1 points114-152015-16: 5 points515-162016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 15 points1517-182018-19: 20 points2018-192019-20: 13 points1319-202020-21: 11 points1120-212021-22: 8 points821-222022-23: 11 points1122-232023-24: 2 points223-242024-25: 10 points1024-252025-26: 0 points025-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 EDM 6 0 1 1 -4 0 7 2 0.17 $768K
2015-16 EDM 17 0 5 5 1 0 24 11 0.29 $768K
2016-17 EDM 2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0.00 $585K
2017-18 CHI 55 5 10 15 -11 8 99 62 0.27 $650K
2018-19 ARI 71 6 14 20 -3 12 77 58 0.28 $650K
2019-20 ARI 58 3 10 13 -9 14 69 48 0.22 $1.4M
2020-21 ARI 43 1 10 11 -10 10 38 45 0.26 $1.4M
2021-22 DET 45 2 6 8 -7 4 63 27 0.18 $1.35M
2022-23 DET 52 2 9 11 -9 19 54 41 0.21 $1.35M
2023-24 CGY 22 0 2 2 -6 4 18 22 0.09 $925K
2024-25 BOS 22 1 5 6 3 2 20 20 0.27 $775K
2024-25 NSH 15 3 1 4 -3 2 18 7 0.27
2025-26 NSH 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0.00 $775K
12 seasons Career 409 23 73 96 -60 75 489 346 0.23

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 ARI 9 1 3 4 1 0 11 7 0.44
1 season Playoffs 9 1 3 4 1 0 11 7 0.44

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
22 0 2 2 -6 4 18 22 0.09 0.0 13:31

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2024, then UFA
$463KCap dollars per point2 points in 22 games
$360KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$565KValueworth 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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Calgary Flames on Jul 2, 2023, as a new contract: 1 year and $925K, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2023-24, 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
2023-24 $925K $925K $0 $925K

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 Boston Bruins New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.55M $775K
Jul 2, 2023 Calgary Flames New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $925K $925K
Jul 28, 2021 Detroit Red Wings New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $2.7M $1.35M
Feb 20, 2019 Arizona Coyotes Extension 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $2.8M $1.4M
Jul 1, 2017 Chicago Blackhawks New contract 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $1.3M $650K
Jun 20, 2016 Edmonton Oilers Extension 2016-17 to 2016-17 1 $585K $585K
Mar 31, 2014 Edmonton Oilers Entry-level 2014-15 to 2015-16 2 $1.85M $768K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacement560th of 721 skaters, 180th of 252 defencemen
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 252 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-0.9 53rd percentileEven-strength defence-0.8 42nd percentilePower play0.0 78th percentilePenalty kill0.0 40th percentilePenalties+0.1 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.

-4-20242014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-25Goals 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

48.1Corsi for %274 attempts for, 296 against
-2.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.1Expected goals for %10.2 expected for, 13.5 against
-5.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
37.0Goals for %10 for, 17 against
93.7PDO7.0% shooting + 86.7% saves
41Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
MacKenzie Weegar · Jordan Oesterle1479:1553.843.64-3
Jordan Oesterle · Nick DeSimone663:3236.633.82-4
Jordan Oesterle · Dennis Gilbert1056:4744.636.50-3
Jordan Oesterle · Noah Hanifin1215:3648.368.60-2

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 24 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.15 expected goals per 60 minutes32nd
Shot quality 3.1% chance per attempt45th
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected36thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 250 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Expected 0.7Goals 0

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
Mar 4, 2024 vs SEA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:07
Jan 25, 2024 vs CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:45
Jan 23, 2024 vs STL L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 11:02
Jan 20, 2024 vs EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:59
Jan 18, 2024 vs TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 09:37
Jan 16, 2024 vs ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 13:15
Jan 13, 2024 @ VGK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:18
Jan 11, 2024 @ ARI W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 15:39
Jan 7, 2024 @ CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 12:11
Jan 6, 2024 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:26
Jan 2, 2024 @ MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:36
Dec 31, 2023 vs PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:31
Dec 16, 2023 vs TBL W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 22:17
Dec 14, 2023 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 18:25
Dec 12, 2023 @ VGK L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:50
Dec 5, 2023 vs MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:28
Dec 2, 2023 vs VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:16
Nov 30, 2023 vs DAL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:27
Nov 1, 2023 vs DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:16
Oct 24, 2023 vs NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:45
Oct 22, 2023 @ DET L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:12
Oct 11, 2023 vs WPG W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 14:01