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Defence · #6

Joel Edmundson

St. Louis Blues Carolina Hurricanes Montréal Canadiens Washington Capitals Toronto Maple Leafs Los Angeles Kings(traded during the season)
Age
33
Shoots
Left
Height
196 cm
Weight
100 kg
Born
Brandon, CAN
Draft
2011, round 2, #46 (STL)

Career · 2015–16 to 2026–27

Games
269
Goals
13
Points
52
TOI per game
18:13
xGF% (5v5)
50.2%
Goals above expected
−5.2

Season by season

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

2015–16STL67189014:56901.1%03.550.0%
2016–17STL6931215+1117:46813.7%03.146.1%
2017–18STL6971017−120:441245.6%07.152.2%
2018–19STL642911+819:231022.0%04.551.7%
2019–20CAR6871320+718:27977.2%04.648.0%
2020–21MTL5531013+2820:03773.9%03.453.8%
2021–22MTL24336−119:35329.4%01.043.2%
2022–23MTL6121113−2919:34692.9%02.341.7%
2023–24WSH44156−516:26412.4%01.746.9%
2023–24TOR9000+317:4850.0%00.250.5%
2023–24All teams53156−216:40462.2%01.947.6%
2024–25LAK7361420+2520:35916.6%13.350.2%
2025–26LAK8222123+1418:291041.9%34.449.1%
2026–27LAK4000014:2440.0%00.161.2%
Total6 teams68937116153+6018:419174.0%439.348.9%

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)
00.20.40.60.850100150200250
12m14m16m18m20m22m24m50100150200250Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2015–16 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

51st 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

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.1751st pct
  • Assists /600.5435th pct
  • ixG /600.1851st pct
  • Shots /604.2764th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)48.9%49th pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.1%64th pct
  • Relative xGF%−3.316th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4548th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game18:4165th pct
  • PP time share2.2%34th pct
  • PK time share42.5%79th pct
  • Quality of competition24.7%78th 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. Adam LarssonNJD/EDM/SEA0.89
  2. Ben LovejoyPIT/NJD/DAL0.84
  3. Brandon CarloBOS/TOR0.83
  4. Deryk EngellandCGY/VGK0.81
  5. Erik CernakTBL0.80
  6. Jamie OleksiakDAL/SEA0.80

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.

−5.2 goals above expected

0510152050100150200250Game

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

−30−20−100+10+20+30+40+50

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 speed31.1 km/h8th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot143.0 km/h82nd pct
  • Distance skated10 km26th pct
  • Offensive-zone time41.2%52nd 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

34.7 km/h29th pct

▼ −0.4 km/h since 2024–25

3434.53535.53636.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 34.6 km/h, 31st percentile (24 games)2022–23: 35.2 km/h, 46th percentile (61 games)2023–24: 34.5 km/h, 28th percentile (53 games)2024–25: 35.1 km/h, 47th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 34.7 km/h, 29th percentile (82 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.023rd pct

▲ +0.6 since 2024–25

012321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 0.5, 13th percentile (24 games)2022–23: 1.1, 33rd percentile (61 games)2023–24: 1.2, 32nd percentile (53 games)2024–25: 0.4, 7th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 1.0, 23rd percentile (82 games)

Distance skated per 60

12.6 km1st pct

▼ −0.0 km since 2024–25

1212.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.0 km, 12th percentile (24 games)2022–23: 12.6 km, 3rd percentile (61 games)2023–24: 13.2 km, 25th percentile (53 games)2024–25: 12.6 km, 2nd percentile (73 games)2025–26: 12.6 km, 1st percentile (82 games)

Hardest shot

159.5 km/h92nd pct

▲ +2.7 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016017021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 153.7 km/h, 64th percentile (24 games)2022–23: 163.1 km/h, 97th percentile (61 games)2023–24: 158.1 km/h, 84th percentile (53 games)2024–25: 156.7 km/h, 85th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 159.5 km/h, 92nd percentile (82 games)

Offensive-zone time

40.5%33rd pct

▲ +0.2 points since 2024–25

34%36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.5%, 1st percentile (24 games)2022–23: 35.5%, 1st percentile (61 games)2023–24: 39.4%, 23rd percentile (53 games)2024–25: 40.3%, 30th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 40.5%, 33rd percentile (82 games)