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Joel Edmundson

Position	Left Defense / Right Defense	Current Team	Los Angeles Kings
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	4 years ($3.8M CapHit)
Height	6'5"	Expires	2027-28
Weight (lbs)	220	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	35
Age (DOB)	32 (June 28, 1993)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2011, Round 2, Overall 46 (STL)

News and Opinions

Who Changed The Kings The Most? Revisiting Recent Acquisitions at Yahoo Sports NHL (Tue May 12, 2026)
2026 Exit Interviews – Edmundson, Armia, Ward, Kuemper, Malott at LA Kings Insider (Mon May 4, 2026)
FINAL – Kings 4, Canucks 1 – Kempe, Edmundson, Smith at LA Kings Insider (Fri Apr 10, 2026)
Adrian Kempe scores twice, Kings top Canucks 4-1 to move back into Western Conference wild card spot at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri Apr 10, 2026)
FINAL – Kings 2, Flames 3 (SO) – Laferriere, Edmundson, Smith at LA Kings Insider (Wed Mar 25, 2026)
VIDEO: Kings Defenseman Joel Edmundson, Mic’d Up in Ol’ St. Lou at Mayors Manor (Mon Feb 16, 2026)
Everything LA Kings players said after tough OT loss vs. San Jose at Rink Royalty (Fri Jan 9, 2026)
3 takeaways from the LA Kings crushing OT loss to San Jose at Rink Royalty (Thu Jan 8, 2026)
FINAL – Kings 3, Sharks 4 (OT) – Edmundson, Fiala, Hiller at LA Kings Insider (Thu Jan 8, 2026)
FINAL – Kings 1. Blue Jackets 3 – Byfield, Edmundson, Hiller at LA Kings Insider (Tue Dec 23, 2025)
FINAL – Kings 2, Kraken 3 (OT) – Forsberg, Edmundson, Hiller at LA Kings Insider (Thu Dec 11, 2025)
Brandon Duhaime gets special callout from Spencer Carbery, barking from teammates after fighting Joel Edmundson for rough Ethen Frank hit at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Dec 3, 2025)
FINAL – Kings 5, Canadiens 1 – Armia, Byfield, Hiller at LA Kings Insider (Wed Nov 12, 2025)
FINAL – Kings 3, Blackhawks 1 – Danault, Edmundson, Hiller at LA Kings Insider (Sun Oct 26, 2025)
LA Kings Injury Updates: Kyle Burroughs and Joel Edmundson at Rink Royalty (Sat Oct 4, 2025)
LA Kings 2025-26 Season Player Previews: Joel Edmundson at Rink Royalty (Thu Aug 14, 2025)

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2006-07	WBAAA	Brandon Wheat Kings Bantam AAA	28	0	5	5		52
2007-08	MMHL	Brandon Wheat Kings Midget AAA	1	0	0	0
2008-09	MMHL	Brandon	41	5	18	23		58				6	2	4	6		4
2009-10	MMHL	Brandon	44	10	25	35		54				7		5	5		10
2010-11	WHL	Moose Jaw	71	2	18	20	+3	95				6				-3	2
2011-12	WHL	Moose Jaw	56	4	19	23	+13	91				14	3	2	5	+2	12
2012-13	WHL	Moose Jaw	29	2	6	8	-11	70
2012-13	WHL	Kamloops	34	7	10	17	+9	71				15	3	5	8	+2	29
2013-14	AHL	Chicago	64	4	4	8	+14	108	116	340.0		5				-3	16	4	0.0
2014-15	AHL	Chicago	30	4	8	12	-2	49	57	700.0		5	2		2		2	13	1,540.0
2015-16	AHL	Chicago	6	0	0	0		15	9	0.0
2015-16	NHL	St. Louis Blues	67	1	8	9		63	90	1.1	14:56	16	1		1	-4	8	15	6.7	10:56
2016-17	NHL	St. Louis Blues	69	3	12	15	+11	60	81	3.7	17:46	11	3	3	6	+12	14	9	33.3	21:06
2017-18	NHL	St. Louis Blues	69	7	10	17	-1	57	124	5.6	20:44
2017-18	WC	Canada	9	1	3	4	+11	12
2018-19	NHL	St. Louis Blues	64	2	9	11	+8	68	102	2.0	19:23	22	1	6	7	-2	10	22	4.6	16:32
2019-20	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	68	7	13	20	+7	72	97	7.2	18:27	4	1		1	+4	2	16	6.3	23:41
2020-21	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	55	3	10	13	+28	25	77	3.9	20:03	22		6	6	-3	10	23	0.0	23:23
2021-22	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	24	3	3	6	-1	35	32	9.4	19:35
2022-23	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	61	2	11	13	-29	58	69	2.9	19:34
2023-24	NHL	Washington Capitals	44	1	5	6	-5	19	41	2.4	16:26
2023-24	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	9	0	0	0	+3	4	5	0.0	17:48	7		1	1	-1	6	7	0.0	18:40
2024-25	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	73	6	14	20	+25	22	91	6.6	20:35	6		1	1	+2	2	2	0.0	23:14
2025-26	NHL	Los Angeles Kings	82	2	21	23	+14	25	104	1.9	18:29	4	1		1	-3		7	14.3	17:48
NHL Career			685	37	116	153	+60	508	913	4.0	18:43	92	7	17	24	+5	52	101	6.9	18:43

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2015-16	STL	67	895:42	-0.10	0.18	-0.55	-1.08	-	0.58	-	-0.37
2016-17	STL	69	1048:47	0.24	0.60	-0.36	0.20	-	2.22	-	1.20
2017-18	STL	69	1191:54	-0.13	-0.45	0.42	0.40	-	-0.52	-	-1.26
2018-19	STL	64	1040:23	-0.93	-0.97	-0.55	-0.66	-	-1.03	-	-0.47
2019-20	CAR	68	1009:40	0.86	-0.17	1.74	0.92	-	-0.11	-	0.45
2020-21	MTL	55	929:06	-0.83	-0.78	-0.48	-0.27	-	-0.05	-	2.15
2021-22	MTL	24	389:52	-0.71	-1.03	0.07	1.76	-	-1.07	-1.04	0.10
2022-23	MTL	61	940:14	-1.02	-0.94	-0.71	0.04	-	0.30	-0.48	-4.10
2023-24	TOR, WSH	53	769:38	-1.30	-1.10	-0.92	-0.90	-	0.36	-0.54	0.16
2024-25	LAK	73	1299:31	-0.60	-0.71	-0.18	1.03	-	-0.68	-1.15	-0.29
2025-26	LAK	82	1250:13	-0.35	0.29	-0.84	-0.98	-	0.10	-0.60	0.54

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2015-16	STL	67	895:42	-1.24	-1.55	-1.19	0.46	0.67	-0.07	-
2016-17	STL	69	1048:47	-0.42	-1.60	-0.13	-0.94	0.24	1.67	-
2017-18	STL	69	1191:54	0.74	-1.23	0.63	-0.23	0.62	0.99	-
2018-19	STL	64	1040:23	0.09	-1.61	0.30	-0.23	0.08	0.41	-
2019-20	CAR	68	1009:40	-0.29	-1.75	0.47	-1.57	-1.27	1.07	-
2020-21	MTL	55	929:06	0.36	-1.53	0.64	0.00	0.71	0.61	-
2021-22	MTL	24	389:52	0.03	-1.46	0.67	-0.61	-0.05	1.05	-
2022-23	MTL	61	940:14	-0.17	-1.30	1.44	-0.75	-0.38	0.81	-
2023-24	TOR, WSH	53	769:38	-0.82	-1.45	-0.13	0.11	0.51	0.49	-
2024-25	LAK	73	1299:31	0.62	-1.37	0.45	-1.15	0.07	1.87	-
2025-26	LAK	82	1250:13	-0.62	-1.46	0.92	-0.12	0.45	0.75	-

See About Skater Archetypes for more information about skater archetypes.

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2015-16	STL	67	895:42	0.07	0.54	0.60	0.23	-0.16	1.12	3.86	-2.73	1.52	3.79
2016-17	STL	69	1048:47	0.17	0.63	0.80	0.16	0.02	4.00	3.63	0.37	3.64	4.55
2017-18	STL	69	1191:54	0.30	0.45	0.76	0.23	0.07	5.61	4.32	1.29	0.61	3.03
2018-19	STL	64	1040:23	0.12	0.46	0.58	0.20	-0.09	2.27	3.95	-1.68	0.00	0.83
2019-20	CAR	68	1009:40	0.36	0.71	1.07	0.25	0.11	6.90	4.84	2.05	0.85	4.27
2020-21	MTL	55	929:06	0.13	0.52	0.65	0.16	-0.04	2.86	3.64	-0.78	0.92	1.83
2021-22	MTL	24	389:52	0.31	0.46	0.77	0.15	0.16	8.33	4.10	4.24	0.00	0.00
2022-23	MTL	61	940:14	0.13	0.38	0.51	0.13	-0.00	3.70	3.81	-0.11	1.32	1.32
2023-24	WSH	44	639:11	0.09	0.47	0.56	0.15	-0.06	2.56	4.14	-1.58	1.67	10.00
2023-24	TOR	9	130:27	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.10	-0.10	0.00	4.21	-4.21	0.00	11.11
2023-24	TOR, WSH	53	769:38	0.08	0.39	0.47	0.14	-0.06	2.27	4.15	-1.88	1.45	10.14
2024-25	LAK	73	1299:31	0.23	0.55	0.78	0.14	0.09	5.88	3.57	2.31	0.00	3.36
2025-26	LAK	82	1250:13	0.10	0.77	0.86	0.22	-0.13	2.02	4.71	-2.69	0.65	3.90

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2015-16	STL	67	895:42	43.61	1.67	2.18	38.18	2.01	2.10	45.45	50.94	-0.22	-0.06	-1.73
2016-17	STL	69	1048:47	38.73	2.12	2.00	42.51	1.77	2.31	54.41	46.40	-0.16	0.34	-5.96
2017-18	STL	69	1191:54	45.81	2.22	2.39	40.72	2.37	2.30	48.35	51.02	0.11	0.34	-2.85
2018-19	STL	64	1040:23	41.64	2.48	2.42	39.50	2.19	2.28	53.09	51.54	-0.21	0.14	-3.65
2019-20	CAR	68	1009:40	42.25	2.50	2.48	41.48	2.50	2.73	50.00	47.67	-0.44	0.33	-7.24
2020-21	MTL	55	929:06	44.49	2.91	2.49	38.17	1.74	2.10	62.50	54.19	0.16	0.05	1.09
2021-22	MTL	24	389:52	38.32	3.08	2.45	47.25	3.23	3.36	48.78	42.18	-0.11	0.49	-5.04
2022-23	MTL	61	940:14	35.48	2.30	2.31	46.58	4.53	3.11	33.64	42.65	-0.08	0.19	-2.37
2023-24	WSH	44	639:11	38.11	2.25	2.24	43.84	2.72	2.53	45.28	47.02	0.04	0.04	-0.00
2023-24	TOR	9	130:27	46.91	3.68	2.72	48.29	1.84	2.75	66.67	49.80	0.03	0.47	-4.34
2023-24	TOR, WSH	53	769:38	39.60	2.49	2.32	44.59	2.57	2.56	49.23	47.55	0.04	0.11	-0.67
2024-25	LAK	73	1299:31	43.45	2.95	2.40	41.51	2.12	2.42	58.18	49.76	-0.09	0.51	-6.71
2025-26	LAK	82	1250:13	43.43	2.69	2.40	40.41	1.97	2.48	57.73	49.23	-0.20	0.25	-4.64

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating			Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

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Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

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All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

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