Joel Edmundson
Age 33 · Shoots left · 6′5″ · 220 lb · Born Brandon, Manitoba, CAN
Drafted 2011, #46 overall by St. Louis
2025-262025-26: 82 games, 2-21-23, 0.28 points per game Season detail →
Joel Edmundson has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 23 points in 82 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 31st-placed Los Angeles
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Los Angeles's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most attempts from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
6 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 81st percentile of defencemen: 88.87 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 19.32@
COL30 Sep · 2nd 11:45 - 19.12@
SJS3 Oct · 2nd 11:00 - 18.57@COL30 Sep · 3rd 15:14
- 18.40@COL30 Sep · 2nd 17:12
- 18.06@COL30 Sep · 2nd 07:23
- 18.05@SJS3 Oct · 3rd 04:49
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 88.87@COL30 Sep · 2nd 11:20
- 65.42@SJS3 Oct · 1st 13:42
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.78vs
FLA6 Oct · 13:18 TOI - 1.93@SJS3 Oct · 13:17 TOI
- 2.23@COL30 Sep · 15:34 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.98 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Vegas, a point in zero of four
VGKL 4-60000−318:06VGKL 1-40001−217:25VGKOTL 2-3 OT0000+118:51VGKW 6-5 SO0000+219:17FLAL 1-20002013:18SJSW 5-4 OT0001013:17COLW 8-40001015:3423 points in 82 games on a team that finished 20th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Los Angeles's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 2 goals and 21 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 2 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Los Angeles trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
250 attempts across the 83 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 92nd percentile of defencemen: 99.09 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (19 of 82)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Vegas, a point in zero of four
VGKL 4-60000−318:06VGKL 1-40001−217:25VGKOTL 2-3 OT0000+118:51VGKW 6-5 SO0000+219:17
CGYL 1-30003016:44
VANOTL 3-4 OT0002018:48
SEAW 5-30110−116:39
EDMW 1-00001+119:56VANW 4-10114+320:03
NSHW 3-2 SO0002+120:55
TORW 7-6 OT0111015:48NSHOTL 4-5 SO0114−116:47
STLW 2-1 OT0000019:55
UTAL 2-60113+218:54FLAL 1-20002013:18SJSW 5-4 OT0001013:17COLW 8-40001015:34Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$3.85M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 6.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 88th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With Los Angeles
Three seasons · 2024-25 to 2026-27110th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTwelve seasons, with 6 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct