Defense · BUF · 2022-23

Kale Clague

Age: 28
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 190 lb
Shoots: L
Born: Regina

Games: 33
Goals: 0
Assists: 3
Points: 3
Ice time: 15:06/gm

Season2022-23

Rating · 2022-23

16/100

Below replacement

Shutdown Defender

Better than 16% of NHL defencemen.

-0.17wins above replacement

How he earns it

Each rating compares him only with players who take that role, so the four are not measured against the same field.

Even-strength offense494 min21among all skaters at the position

Even-strength defense494 min79among all skaters at the position

Power playDoesn't play on the power play

Penalty killDoesn't kill penalties

Season by season

Every season is drawn on the same scale, so bar length is comparable top to bottom. Bars left of the center line cost the team goals; bars right of it earned them.

Season	GP	Rating	WAR	Where it came from
2019-20LAK	4	—	-0.05	Where it came from
2020-21LAK	18	12	+0.01	Where it came from
2021-22TOT	36	17	-0.07	Where it came from
2022-23BUF	33	16	-0.17	Where it came from
2023-24BUF	3	—	-0.05	Where it came from
Career5 seasons	94	—	-0.34

Even-strength offenseEven-strength defensePower-play offensePower-play defenseShorthanded offenseShorthanded defense

Game log

Regular season · 33 games

Game	Result	TOI	A	P	Shots	Blocks	Grade
@ CBJApr 14	W 5-2	21:27	1	1	0	2	B-
vs NJDMar 24	W 5-4	9:00	0	0	2	0	C+
vs NSHMar 21	L 3-7	13:28	0	0	1	0	D+
vs BOSMar 19	L 0-7	17:18	0	0	0	0	D+
@ NYIMar 7	L 2-3	14:05	0	0	0	0	D

A player's rating is his percentile among NHL defencemen — a 70 means he is better than 70% of them. It is measured from wins above replacement, the number of wins he adds compared with a player freely available to any team. See the full roster table or read how this is calculated.