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Oliver Kylington

#58 · Defence · Anaheim Ducks

Born May 19, 1997 in Stockholm, SWE · 6'0", 183 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 60th overall in 2015 by CGY (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jon Merrill VGK · 7 P in 49 GP Mirco Mueller NJD · 7 P in 50 GP Jordie Benn VAN · 7 P in 44 GP Trevor Daley DET · 7 P in 43 GP Brett Kulak MTL · 7 P in 56 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.

01020302015-16: 0 points015-162018-19: 8 points818-192019-20: 7 points719-202020-21: 1 points120-212021-22: 31 points3121-222023-24: 8 points823-242024-25: 5 points524-25

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 CGY 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 $793K
2018-19 CGY 38 3 5 8 3 10 21 11 0.21 $731K
2019-20 CGY 48 2 5 7 -6 16 37 36 0.15 $731K
2020-21 CGY 8 0 1 1 -1 0 7 3 0.13 $788K
2021-22 CGY 73 9 22 31 34 14 138 40 0.42 $750K
2023-24 CGY 33 3 5 8 -6 12 42 24 0.24 $2.5M
2024-25 COL 13 1 3 4 -3 4 4 2 0.31 $1.05M
2024-25 ANA 6 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 0.17
7 seasons Career 220 18 42 60 22 60 252 117 0.27

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2021-22 CGY 12 1 2 3 5 8 20 4 0.25
1 season Playoffs 12 1 2 3 5 8 20 4 0.25

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
48 2 5 7 -6 16 37 36 0.15 5.4 13:42

Contract

$731KCap hitends in 2020, then RFA
$104KCap dollars per point7 points in 48 games
$383KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$347KValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Calgary Flames on Jul 15, 2015, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $731K $650K $93K $183K $743K
2018-19 $731K $700K $0 $133K $700K
2019-20 $731K $750K $0 $83K $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
Aug 6, 2024 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $1.05M $1.05M
Aug 2, 2022 Calgary Flames New contract 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $5M $2.5M
Aug 9, 2021 Calgary Flames New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K
Dec 18, 2020 Calgary Flames New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $788K $788K
Jul 15, 2015 Calgary Flames Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 signed for 2015-16, slid 3 $2.775M $731K

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacement516th of 670 skaters, 152nd of 231 defencemen
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 231 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-2.7 17th percentileEven-strength defence+0.0 55th percentilePower play0.0 50th percentilePenalty kill0.0 44th percentilePenalties+0.1 82nd 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.

-202462015-162018-192019-202020-212021-222023-242024-25Goals 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

48.3Corsi for %569 attempts for, 608 against
-3.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.7Expected goals for %24.0 expected for, 25.2 against
-3.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
43.5Goals for %20 for, 26 against
98.6PDO6.5% shooting + 92.1% saves
92Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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
Rasmus Andersson · Oliver Kylington44389:3051.050.69-11
Michael Stone · Oliver Kylington1384:3143.535.93-2
Brandon Davidson · Oliver Kylington651:2445.547.84-3
Oliver Kylington · Alexander Yelesin436:4056.165.32-3

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.5Expected goalsfrom 61 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.14 expected goals per 60 minutes22nd
Shot quality 2.5% chance per attempt22nd
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected64thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 229 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Game 40Goals 2Expected 1.5

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. 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
Feb 23, 2020 @ DET W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:45
Feb 21, 2020 vs BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:04
Feb 17, 2020 vs ANA W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:37
Feb 15, 2020 vs CHI L 4-8 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 13:32
Feb 13, 2020 @ ANA W 6-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:59
Feb 12, 2020 @ LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:54
Feb 10, 2020 @ SJS W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:33
Feb 8, 2020 @ VAN W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:26
Feb 1, 2020 vs EDM L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 14:22
Jan 29, 2020 @ EDM W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:06
Jan 28, 2020 vs STL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 15:08
Jan 18, 2020 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:44
Jan 16, 2020 @ TOR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:36
Jan 13, 2020 @ MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:28
Jan 11, 2020 vs EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 12:36
Jan 9, 2020 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:51
Jan 7, 2020 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:09
Jan 2, 2020 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:40
Dec 31, 2019 vs CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:04
Dec 29, 2019 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:56
Dec 27, 2019 @ EDM W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 18:17
Dec 19, 2019 vs MTL L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:52
Dec 17, 2019 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:19
Dec 14, 2019 vs CAR L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:39
Dec 9, 2019 @ COL W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 13:29
Dec 5, 2019 vs BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 11:26
Nov 30, 2019 vs OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 13:00
Nov 27, 2019 @ BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:15
Nov 25, 2019 @ PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:49
Nov 23, 2019 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:40
Nov 21, 2019 @ STL L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 13:44
Nov 19, 2019 vs COL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 11:46
Nov 17, 2019 @ VGK L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 15:37
Nov 16, 2019 @ ARI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:05
Nov 5, 2019 vs ARI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:10
Nov 3, 2019 @ WSH L 2-4 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 14:36
Nov 2, 2019 @ CBJ W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:29
Oct 31, 2019 @ NSH W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:39
Oct 29, 2019 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:09
Oct 26, 2019 @ WPG L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:36
Oct 24, 2019 vs FLA W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:45
Oct 19, 2019 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:57
Oct 17, 2019 vs DET W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:33
Oct 15, 2019 vs PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:49
Oct 13, 2019 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:47
Oct 8, 2019 vs LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:26
Oct 5, 2019 vs VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:11
Oct 3, 2019 @ COL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 13:20