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Defence · #5

Kevin Gravel

Los Angeles Kings Edmonton Oilers Toronto Maple Leafs Nashville Predators(traded during the season)
Age
34
Shoots
Left
Height
193 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
Kingsford, USA
Draft
2010, round 5, #148 (LAK)

Career · 8 seasons

Games
139
Goals
1
Points
15
TOI per game
14:19
xGF% (5v5)
49.3%
Goals above expected
−4.4
ShowAll teamsLos Angeles KingsEdmonton OilersToronto Maple LeafsNashville Predators

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2015–16LAK5000011:4120.0%00.340.1%
2016–17LAK49167+314:09521.9%22.357.2%
2017–18LAK16033−314:02200.0%10.645.9%
2018–19EDM36033−214:43440.0%01.348.8%
2019–20TOR3000011:0520.0%00.060.7%
After a break: 2022–23NSH23011−1014:16200.0%00.742.2%
After a break: 2024–25NSH6011+317:5060.0%00.243.3%
2025–26NSH1000016:3610.0%00.025.9%
Total4 teams13911415−914:191470.7%35.449.3%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.10.20.30.420406080100120
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Player card

Model-based

How 8 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

42nd percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd pair
  • Goals /600.037th pct
  • Assists /600.4219th pct
  • ixG /600.1640th pct
  • Shots /604.4369th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)49.3%52nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.8%59th pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.439th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.2083rd pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game14:1914th pct
  • PP time share12.2%60th pct
  • PK time share16.7%34th pct
  • Quality of competition23.8%26th pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Haydn Fleury0.88
  2. Cale FleuryMTL0.76
  3. Ladislav Smid0.74
  4. Oscar FantenbergLAK/CGY0.73
  5. Aaron Ness0.71
  6. Mark FriedmanPIT0.69

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−4.4 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−20−100+10+20+30+40

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed29.4 km/h0th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot114.9 km/h4th pct
  • Distance skated4 km3rd pct
  • Offensive-zone time34.8%0th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

29.4 km/h0th pct

▼ −5.0 km/h since 2024–25

28303234363822–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2022–23: 34.6 km/h, 30th percentile (23 games)2024–25: 34.4 km/h, 24th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 29.4 km/h, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.00th pct

▼ −1.7 since 2024–25

012322–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2022–23: 1.3, 45th percentile (23 games)2024–25: 1.7, 56th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 0.0, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

13.4 km37th pct

▼ −0.0 km since 2024–25

1313.213.413.613.81414.222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2022–23: 13.5 km, 52nd percentile (23 games)2024–25: 13.4 km, 33rd percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 13.4 km, 37th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

114.9 km/h0th pct

▼ −21.9 km/h since 2024–25

10012014016018022–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2022–23: 132.4 km/h, 1st percentile (23 games)2024–25: 136.8 km/h, 9th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 114.9 km/h, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

34.8%0th pct

▼ −7.6 points since 2024–25

30%35%40%45%50%22–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2022–23: 40.8%, 35th percentile (23 games)2024–25: 42.5%, 60th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 34.8%, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)