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William Lagesson

#84 · Defence · Detroit Red Wings

Born Feb 22, 1996 in Gothenburg, SWE (age 30) · 6'2", 212 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 91st overall in 2014 by EDM (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Friedman PIT · 5 P in 26 GP Kyle Burroughs VAN · 5 P in 42 GP Robin Salo NYI · 5 P in 21 GP Lassi Thomson OTT · 5 P in 16 GP Dylan Samberg WPG · 5 P in 15 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.

0123452019-20: 0 points019-202020-21: 2 points220-212021-22: 5 points521-222023-24: 4 points423-242024-25: 1 points124-25

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2019-20 EDM 8 0 0 0 -4 0 8 4 0.00 $742K
2020-21 EDM 19 0 2 2 0 9 11 15 0.11 $725K
2021-22 EDM 30 0 4 4 1 13 32 39 0.13 $725K
2021-22 MTL 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0.33
2023-24 TOR 30 0 4 4 5 19 12 56 0.13 $775K
2023-24 ANA 10 0 0 0 -2 13 7 20 0.00
2024-25 DET 7 0 1 1 -1 4 5 6 0.14 $775K
5 seasons Career 107 0 12 12 1 58 76 141 0.11

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
33 0 5 5 3 13 33 40 0.15 0.0 12:35

Contract

$725KCap hitends in 2022
$145KCap dollars per point5 points in 33 games
$3.42MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement
$853KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$128KValueworth 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 716 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Edmonton Oilers on Nov 4, 2020, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.45M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2021-22, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2020-21 $725K $700K $0 $700K
2021-22 $725K $750K $0 $750K

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
2025-26 to 2026-27 $775K
Jul 1, 2024 Detroit Red Wings New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jul 1, 2023 Toronto Maple Leafs New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jul 25, 2022 Carolina Hurricanes New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Nov 4, 2020 Edmonton Oilers New contract 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $1.45M $725K
Apr 7, 2017 Edmonton Oilers Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 3 $2.275M $742K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacement509th of 723 skaters, 161st of 242 defencemen
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 242 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-1.3 48th percentileEven-strength defence+0.9 65th percentilePower play0.0 78th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 29th percentilePenalties-0.6 48th 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.

-1-0.500.512019-202020-212021-222023-242024-25Goals 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

54.1Corsi for %356 attempts for, 302 against
+2.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.0Expected goals for %16.8 expected for, 14.3 against
+3.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.5Goals for %17 for, 16 against
99.9PDO8.9% shooting + 90.9% saves
68Attempts 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
Cody Ceci · William Lagesson1885:0353.357.41-3
William Lagesson · Evan Bouchard2080:5762.159.54-5
Tyson Barrie · William Lagesson1747:5756.468.12-1
William Lagesson · Markus Niemelainen1135:5439.638.71-3

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.8Expected goalsfrom 39 unblocked attempts
-0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.12 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 2.1% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing -0.8 goals above expected33rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 241 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Expected 0.8Goals 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
Apr 27, 2022 @ NYR W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 17:17
Apr 24, 2022 vs BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:47
Mar 26, 2022 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:08
Mar 9, 2022 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 08:56
Mar 7, 2022 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 10:59
Mar 5, 2022 vs MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:09
Mar 3, 2022 @ CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:59
Mar 1, 2022 @ PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:10
Feb 27, 2022 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10:21
Feb 26, 2022 @ FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 11:20
Feb 23, 2022 @ TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 4 13:59
Feb 20, 2022 vs MIN L 3-7 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 15:18
Feb 19, 2022 @ WPG W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:48
Feb 17, 2022 vs ANA W 7-3 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 15:02
Feb 15, 2022 @ LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 14:51
Feb 14, 2022 @ SJS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:55
Feb 11, 2022 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:35
Feb 9, 2022 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:13
Feb 8, 2022 vs VGK L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:48
Feb 2, 2022 @ WSH W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:44
Jan 31, 2022 @ OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 5 1 0 08:31
Jan 29, 2022 @ MTL W 7-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 16:02
Jan 27, 2022 vs NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:58
Jan 15, 2022 vs OTT L 4-6 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 07:29
Jan 5, 2022 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:05
Dec 31, 2021 @ NJD L 5-6 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 02:45
Dec 18, 2021 @ SEA W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 14:49
Dec 16, 2021 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:31
Dec 11, 2021 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:05
Dec 3, 2021 @ SEA L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:48
Dec 1, 2021 vs PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 17:06
Nov 27, 2021 @ VGK W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 10:42
Nov 24, 2021 @ ARI W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 10:59