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Kaedan Korczak

#6 · Defence · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Jan 29, 2001 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, CAN (age 25) · 6'3", 206 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 41st overall in 2019 by VGK (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jake Middleton MIN · 16 P in 75 GP Adam Pelech NYI · 16 P in 82 GP Jonas Siegenthaler NJD · 16 P in 82 GP Adam Wilsby NSH · 16 P in 58 GP Zach Whitecloud CGY · 17 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.

0510152021-22: 0 points021-222022-23: 2 points222-232023-24: 9 points923-242024-25: 10 points1024-252025-26: 16 points1625-262026-27: 4 points426-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 VGK 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 $789K
2022-23 VGK 10 0 2 2 -3 0 16 25 0.20 $789K
2023-24 VGK 26 1 8 9 12 8 32 43 0.35 $789K
2024-25 VGK 40 0 10 10 15 2 34 59 0.25 $825K
2025-26 VGK 78 3 13 16 6 26 60 102 0.21 $825K
2026-27 PIT 6 0 4 4 0 0 6 3 0.67 $3.25M
6 seasons Career 161 4 37 41 31 36 148 232 0.25

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2024-25 VGK 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00
2025-26 VGK 13 0 3 3 1 0 3 23 0.23
2 seasons Playoffs 14 0 3 3 1 0 4 24 0.21

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 3 13 16 6 26 60 102 0.21 5.0 15:58

Contract

$825KCap hitends in 2026, then extended to 2030
$52KCap dollars per point16 points in 78 games
$183KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.5 goals above replacement
$4.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.8MValueworth 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 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vegas Golden Knights on Jul 1, 2024, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.65M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Vegas Golden Knights on Jul 2, 2025, 4 years and $13M at $3.25M a season, beginning in 2026-27.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $825K $825K $0 $825K
2025-26 $825K $825K $0 $825K

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 2, 2025 Vegas Golden Knights Extension not begun 2026-27 to 2029-30 4 $13M $3.25M
Jul 1, 2024 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.65M $825K
Dec 21, 2019 Vegas Golden Knights Entry-level 2021-22 to 2023-24 signed for 2019-20, slid 3 $2.9M $789K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+4.5Goals above replacement227th of 715 skaters, 65th of 239 defencemen
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 239 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-2.3 25th percentileEven-strength defence+3.4 92nd percentilePower play-0.1 48th percentilePenalty kill0.0 48th percentilePenalties-0.7 51st 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.

02462021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

51.8Corsi for %1095 attempts for, 1020 against
-0.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.1Expected goals for %52.1 expected for, 40.8 against
+2.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.7Goals for %51 for, 44 against
100.0PDO10.5% shooting + 89.5% saves
141Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 615 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
Jeremy Lauzon · Kaedan Korczak56417:4851.154.619-15
Ben Hutton · Kaedan Korczak48336:0651.156.617-12
Noah Hanifin · Kaedan Korczak54213:3355.857.04-8
Brayden McNabb · Kaedan Korczak35165:1746.953.28-9

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.2Expected goalsfrom 93 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.15 expected goals per 60 minutes38th
Shot quality 3.4% chance per attempt53rd
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected43rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 240 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 3.2Goals 3

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 15, 2026 vs SEA W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 14:16
Apr 13, 2026 vs WPG W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:34
Apr 11, 2026 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 11:49
Apr 4, 2026 @ EDM W 5-1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 11:55
Apr 2, 2026 vs CGY W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:45
Mar 30, 2026 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:57
Mar 26, 2026 vs EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:21
Mar 24, 2026 @ WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:07
Mar 22, 2026 @ DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:31
Mar 19, 2026 vs UTA L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:18
Mar 17, 2026 vs BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:03
Mar 14, 2026 vs CHI W 4-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13:46
Mar 12, 2026 vs PIT W 6-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 12:51
Mar 10, 2026 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:03
Mar 8, 2026 vs EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:01
Mar 6, 2026 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:08
Mar 4, 2026 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 13:32
Mar 3, 2026 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:26
Mar 1, 2026 @ PIT L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:02
Feb 27, 2026 @ WSH L 2-3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 13:02
Feb 25, 2026 @ LAK W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:13
Feb 5, 2026 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 13:40
Feb 4, 2026 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:37
Feb 1, 2026 @ ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:47
Jan 31, 2026 vs SEA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 14:48
Jan 29, 2026 vs DAL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:02
Jan 27, 2026 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:40
Jan 25, 2026 @ OTT L 1-7 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 15:37
Jan 23, 2026 @ TOR W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15:11
Jan 22, 2026 @ BOS L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 16:53
Jan 19, 2026 vs PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:43
Jan 17, 2026 vs NSH W 7-2 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 17:46
Jan 15, 2026 vs TOR W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 16:36
Jan 14, 2026 @ LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:56
Jan 11, 2026 @ SJS W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:26
Jan 10, 2026 vs STL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 18:08
Jan 8, 2026 vs CBJ W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:22
Jan 6, 2026 @ WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 23:34
Jan 4, 2026 @ CHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:40
Jan 2, 2026 @ STL L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 20:33
Dec 31, 2025 vs NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 20:13
Dec 29, 2025 vs MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:46
Dec 27, 2025 vs COL L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 -2 0 0 2 23:13
Dec 23, 2025 vs SJS W 7-2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 20:19
Dec 21, 2025 @ EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:50
Dec 20, 2025 @ CGY L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 21:08
Dec 17, 2025 vs NJD L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:17
Dec 13, 2025 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 17:30
Dec 11, 2025 @ PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:54
Dec 9, 2025 @ NYI L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 17:20
Dec 7, 2025 @ NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:27
Dec 5, 2025 @ NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:34
Dec 2, 2025 vs CHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:19
Nov 29, 2025 vs SJS W 4-3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12:54
Nov 28, 2025 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:16
Nov 26, 2025 vs OTT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:04
Nov 24, 2025 @ UTA L 1-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:49
Nov 22, 2025 @ ANA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:04
Nov 20, 2025 @ UTA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 15:46
Nov 18, 2025 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 15:54
Nov 16, 2025 @ MIN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 09:53
Nov 15, 2025 @ STL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:01
Nov 13, 2025 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:21
Nov 10, 2025 vs FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 17:32
Nov 8, 2025 vs ANA L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 18:37
Nov 6, 2025 vs TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 15:14
Nov 4, 2025 vs DET W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 14:23
Oct 31, 2025 vs COL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:08
Oct 28, 2025 @ CAR W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 21:43
Oct 26, 2025 @ TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 15:22
Oct 25, 2025 @ FLA L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:13
Oct 20, 2025 vs CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:17
Oct 18, 2025 vs CGY W 6-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 18:01
Oct 16, 2025 vs BOS W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 5 15:28
Oct 14, 2025 @ CGY W 4-2 1 0 1 1 2 2 4 17:26
Oct 11, 2025 @ SEA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:21
Oct 9, 2025 @ SJS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:50
Oct 8, 2025 vs LAK L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 14:25