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Edmonton Oilers

Kris Russell

#6Defenseman

2021-22 regular season
31
GP
2
G
7
A
9
P
34
SOG
5.9% SH
15:26
TOI/GP

D · EDM · NHL id 8471729

Kris Russell has played 31 games for the Edmonton Oilers in 2021-22, scoring 2 goals and 7 assists (9 points) on 34 shots while averaging 15:26 a night (13:27 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 1:42 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Oilers have controlled 48% of shot attempts with Russell on the ice (20-16 in goals, 42% offensive-zone starts). He is shooting 5.9% this season against 3.2% across the 278 games in our data.

Right now

From the Jun 6 game vs COL, detected from shift data

No unit data for the most recent game yet. Lines appear once the game's shift data is processed.

Last 5: D3 · D3 · D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2021-22 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 9 games, 12:00 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine3323▼333330m8m17m25mApr 24Apr 28May 2May 6May 10May 14May 20May 24May 31Jun 4
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
9 games shown, 12:00 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2021-22 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed39th3921.3 mph
Bursts 20+ mph29th306
Hardest shot48th4992.2 mph
Offensive-zone time54th5542.0%
Distance skated34th3468.7 mi
High-danger SOG47th483
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2021-22 · 70 attempts, 37 on goal, 2 goals

Shot map, OPP at EDM: 70 attempts, 37 on goal, 2 goals, 1.98 expected goals; best chance Kris Russell at 0.44 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2021-22 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

0123+0.1goals above expected0.1σOct 13Apr 29
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2021-22 regular season · 28 of 31 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.051
Season net
−0.35xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.29
Attempts
2
0.000

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.18G
Per 60
−0.022
Drawn / taken
1 / 2minors

MethodLeaders
54.1%
50.7%
54.2%
Transition CF/60
3.8
Turnovers won/60
16.7
Turnovers lost/60
15.9

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
34 shots on goal, 2 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot6%23%0
Outside L18%4%0
R Circle0%11%0
L Point15%6%0
Center Point15%9%1
Outside R0%4%0
R Net Side0%4%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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Linemates

2021-22 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Russell

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

37 games in 2021-22, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Jun 6POvs COLOTL 5-6000+10031—9:239:00——
Jun 4POvs COLL 2-4000-10042—10:005:35—4:06
May 18PO@ CGYL 6-900000003—5:203:56—1:24
May 14POvs LAKW 2-000000003—8:448:44——
May 12PO@ LAKW 4-2000+12004—14:3112:52—1:28
May 2POvs LAKL 3-4000-11031—9:437:43—2:00
Apr 29vs VANW 3-200002020—21:1919:410:390:59
Apr 26@ PITW 5-1000-10012—15:1812:44—0:25
Apr 24@ CBJL 2-5000-11012—16:5313:39—3:04
Apr 22vs COLW 6-3112+11045—16:4812:13—3:19
Apr 20vs DALW 5-2011-11000—10:389:37—0:26
Apr 16vs VGKW 4-0101+13022—12:089:58—2:10
Apr 14@ NSHW 4-000001032—11:309:47—1:43
Mar 22@ DALL 3-5000-12001—15:0612:43—2:23
Mar 21@ COLOTL 2-300000035—19:5816:12—3:46
Mar 19vs NJDW 6-3011+13010—17:3516:29—1:06
Mar 17vs BUFW 6-1000+21011—16:2615:300:250:31
Jan 31@ OTTOTL 2-3000-11002—10:2410:13—0:11
Jan 29@ MTLW 7-2011+20000—15:1015:10——
Jan 27vs NSHW 3-200000022—14:0912:28—1:41

Season splits by strength

2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations31478:3915:2640951644.2%44.8%237277242351%24.223.933%
Even strength31416:4513:2737440747.9%48.2%215223201656%19.516.642%
5v531408:2413:1037140148.1%48.4%212218201656%19.316.342%
Power play31:070:2240100.0%100.0%3000—0.40.0—
Penalty kill2852:341:53279622.0%23.9%16471614%1.56.50%
4v476:480:582528.6%28.6%2400—0.10.20%
4v52851:541:51269521.5%23.9%16471614%1.56.50%
5v6, opponent net empty85:340:423730.0%33.3%242167%2.30.6—

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2021-22PlayoffsEDM60000030.0%10149:37
2021-22EDM31279+74345.9%336815:26
2020-21PlayoffsEDM10000010.0%1332:40
2020-21EDM3509908410.0%417518:24
2019-20EDM55099014450.0%7110116:47
2018-19EDM7231316+527634.8%9318520:26
2017-18EDM7841721-78904.4%9722319:04

Kris Russell news

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.