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D · Montreal Canadiens Canadiens · SWE
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Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
34 (1992)
Contract
$7,000,000 × 2yr
Expires
UFA 2028 · age 36
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Trade · Jul 2024
Drafted
2010 Rd 6 (#162) TOR
Vitals
6'2" · 185 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 254 d-men
CK 71 44th
FG 43 33rd
DI 87 61st
SK 71 23rd
ST 70 21st
EN 80 66th
DU 73 34th
PH 85 91st
FO 25 98th
PA 64 74th
SC 60 94th
DF 74 23rd
PS 25 67th
EX 77 76th
LD 82 81st
OV 70 50th

Contract

Cap hit $7,000,000 6.7% of cap
Year 5 of 6
2022-23
2026-27
2027-28
Expiry Status
UFA
2028 age 36
Clauses 1-way

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2014-15 NYI 2 0 0 0 0.00 -1 4 0 0 0 1 0.0% 3
2015-16 NYI 78 11 31 42 0.54 -23 54 0 7 0 107 10.3% 67
2016-17 NYI 82 7 32 39 0.48 -49 30 1 6 0 96 7.3% 49
2017-18 PIT / MTL 84 9 28 37 0.44 -28 36 2 4 0 159 5.7% 118
2018-19 MTL 74 5 39 44 0.59 -10 14 1 1 0 101 5.0% 45
2019-20 MTL 71 9 35 44 0.62 +9 34 1 3 0 110 8.2% 93
2020-21 TBL 69 4 39 43 0.62 +15 24 2 3 0 75 5.3% 73
2021-22 TBL / CLB 71 8 43 51 0.72 -1 30 0 4 0 81 9.9% 70
2022-23 CLB 77 5 35 40 0.52 +1 10 0 3 0 58 8.6% 24
2023-24 CLB 81 5 23 28 0.35 -19 22 0 1 0 60 8.3% 59
2024-25 MTL 82 5 31 36 0.44 -1 47 1 2 0 79 6.3% 134
2025-26 MTL 10 0 0 0 0.00 -5 12 0 0 0 3 0.0% 15
CAREER 12 yrs 781 68 336 404 0.52 -112 317 8 34 0 -- 7.3% 750
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2017-18 MTL 13 2 6 8 0.62 +1 11 0 1 0 16 12.5% 6
2019-20 MTL 12 0 4 4 0.33 -5 14 0 0 0 22 0.0% 29
2020-21 TBL 14 0 4 4 0.29 0 8 0 0 0 17 0.0% 23
2021-22 CLB 7 0 1 1 0.14 -1 8 0 0 0 9 0.0% 3
2022-23 CLB 4 1 0 1 0.25 -2 2 0 1 0 4 25.0% 3
CAREER 5 app. 50 3 15 18 0.36 -7 43 0 2 0 -- 4.4% 64
2026-27 · no games in this range

No games logged in this range.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S TOI
2025-26 56 10 17 27 -13 24 2 5 9 79 20:28
On Pace - 82 15 25 40 -19 35 3 7 13 116 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2014-15 DAL 65 11 29 40 0.62 5 32 3 2 12 11.2% 21:50
2015-16 DAL 76 10 48 58 0.76 22 30 4 2 22 5.8% 22:41
2016-17 DAL 80 13 36 49 0.61 2 34 3 4 17 10.5% 23:21
2017-18 DAL 82 8 59 67 0.82 10 26 3 1 23 3.9% 24:04
2018-19 DAL 64 10 35 45 0.70 6 12 5 5 20 6.5% 24:32
2019-20 DAL 58 6 26 32 0.55 -10 22 0 2 17 5.0% 22:10
2020-21 DAL 53 7 29 36 0.68 -15 23 1 2 17 6.5% 22:42
2021-22 DAL 74 6 41 47 0.64 -28 34 2 1 20 4.3% 22:13
2022-23 ANH 50 8 16 24 0.48 -28 30 3 1 6 10.3% 20:52
2022-23 MIN 17 2 7 9 0.53 3 4 0 1 4 5.9% 19:56
2023-24 TOR 14 0 5 5 0.36 -7 8 0 0 2 0.0% 20:33
2024-25 EDM 11 1 3 4 0.36 0 8 0 0 0 5.3% 17:15
2025-26 SJS 56 10 17 27 0.48 -13 24 2 5 9 12.7% 20:28
Career NHL 700 92 351 443 0.63 -53 287 26 26 169 6.9% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Defensemen, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2014-15 22 D NYI 62 40 76 70 68 68 76 53 40 58 46 64 45 50 40 60
2015-16 23 D NYI 55 37 80 78 71 84 70 68 30 67 63 68 60 59 51 66
2016-17 24 D NYI 67 42 88 89 69 82 93 88 25 82 58 64 25 59 59 71
2017-18 25 D MTL 65 42 87 89 69 88 95 85 25 72 60 70 25 63 64 71
2018-19 26 D MTL 65 42 89 89 69 90 98 93 25 86 50 73 25 66 67 74
2019-20 27 D MTL 69 42 93 89 67 91 90 84 25 77 60 68 25 66 67 72
2020-21 28 D TBL 65 41 88 88 67 85 78 82 25 71 50 67 25 68 70 69
2021-22 29 D CLB 73 43 87 88 73 86 85 81 25 73 54 62 25 69 72 70
2022-23 30 D CLB 71 43 86 85 73 85 89 81 25 73 49 66 25 71 71 70
2023-24 31 D CLB 71 43 85 85 71 81 88 78 25 66 58 69 25 73 74 70
2024-25 32 D MTL 73 43 83 80 71 81 60 88 25 67 47 65 25 74 75 68
2025-26 33 D MTL 65 42 79 74 70 71 39 59 25 61 50 69 25 76 80 63
2026-27 34 D MTL 71 43 87 71 70 80 73 85 25 64 60 74 25 77 82 70
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2014-15 22 D NYI 62 40 76 70 68 68 76 53 40 58 46 64 45 50 40 60
2015-16 23 D NYI −7 −3 +4 +8 +3 +16 −6 +15 −10 +9 +17 +4 +15 +9 +11 +6
2016-17 24 D NYI +12 +5 +8 +11 −2 −2 +23 +20 −5 +15 −5 −4 −35 · +8 +5
2017-18 25 D MTL −2 · −1 · · +6 +2 −3 · −10 +2 +6 · +4 +5 ·
2018-19 26 D MTL · · +2 · · +2 +3 +8 · +14 −10 +3 · +3 +3 +3
2019-20 27 D MTL +4 · +4 · −2 +1 −8 −9 · −9 +10 −5 · · · −2
2020-21 28 D TBL −4 −1 −5 −1 · −6 −12 −2 · −6 −10 −1 · +2 +3 −3
2021-22 29 D CLB +8 +2 −1 · +6 +1 +7 −1 · +2 +4 −5 · +1 +2 +1
2022-23 30 D CLB −2 · −1 −3 · −1 +4 · · · −5 +4 · +2 −1 ·
2023-24 31 D CLB · · −1 · −2 −4 −1 −3 · −7 +9 +3 · +2 +3 ·
2024-25 32 D MTL +2 · −2 −5 · · −28 +10 · +1 −11 −4 · +1 +1 −2
2025-26 33 D MTL −8 −1 −4 −6 −1 −10 −21 −29 · −6 +3 +4 · +2 +5 −5
2026-27 34 D MTL +6 +1 +8 −3 · +9 +34 +26 · +3 +10 +5 · +1 +2 +7
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2014-15 NYI $870,000 3 yr 1.3% 22 ELC Rookie
2017-18 PIT $4,500,000 5 yr 6.0% 25 RFA
2022-23 CLB $7,000,000 6 yr 8.5% 30 UFA CURRENT
2014-15
Nov 27 2014
2014-15
2017-18
Jul 9 2017
2017-18
Mar 11 2018
2017-18
to CANADIENS
  • John Klingberg 71
2020-21
Jul 1 2020
2020-21
to LIGHTNING
  • John Klingberg 69
2021-22
Feb 23 2022
2021-22
to BLUE JACKETS
  • John Klingberg 70
2024-25
Jul 5 2024
2024-25
to CANADIENS
to BLUE JACKETS

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