Defence · #38
Kale Clague
- Age
- 28
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 86 kg
- Born
- Regina, CAN
- Draft
- 2016, round 2, #51 (LAK)
Career · 2019–20 to 2023–24
- Games
- 94
- Goals
- 2
- Points
- 21
- TOI per game
- 16:01
- xGF% (5v5)
- 45.9%
- Goals above expected
- −1.4
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2019–20 |   LAK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 14:34 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.1 | 44.9% |
| 2020–21 | LAK | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −6 | 17:12 | 24 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.6 | 43.0% |
| 2021–22 | LAK | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −2 | 17:50 | 6 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.4 | 47.7% |
| 2021–22 |   MTL | 25 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −8 | 16:15 | 20 | 10.0% | 0 | 1.0 | 38.9% |
| 2021–22 | All teams | 36 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −10 | 16:44 | 26 | 7.7% | 3 | 1.4 | 41.5% |
| 2022–23 |   BUF | 33 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −3 | 15:06 | 24 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.2 | 51.5% |
| 2023–24 | BUF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:16 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.1 | 49.2% |
| Total | 3 teams | 94 | 2 | 19 | 21 | −22 | 16:01 | 78 | 2.6% | 3 | 3.4 | 45.9% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2019–20 to 2023–24 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
Extra / AHL
16th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.
- 1st pair
- 2nd pair
- 3rd pair
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
3rd pair- Goals /600.0815th pct
- Assists /600.7663rd pct
- ixG /600.1320th pct
- Shots /603.1118th pct
Play-driving
3rd pair- xGF% (5v5)45.9%23rd pct
- CF% (5v5)49.2%52nd pct
- Relative xGF%−1.736th pct
- xGA /60 (lower is better)2.947th pct
Usage
3rd pair- TOI per game16:0133rd pct
- PP time share16.8%67th pct
- PK time share8.3%18th pct
- Quality of competition23.5%18th 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
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.
−1.4 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
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.
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 speed32.6 km/h9th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph211th pct
- Hardest shot124.5 km/h7th pct
- Distance skated8 km7th pct
- Offensive-zone time41.0%40th pct
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.
Top skating speed
32.6 km/h1st pct
▼ −1.4 km/h since 2022–23
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
3.389th pct
▲ +1.1 since 2022–23
Distance skated per 60
13.4 km37th pct
▲ +0.3 km since 2022–23
Hardest shot
124.5 km/h0th pct
▼ −14.3 km/h since 2022–23
Offensive-zone time
41.0%40th pct
▼ −1.0 points since 2022–23