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Brett Kulak

Position	Left Defense / Right Defense	Current Team	Edmonton Oilers
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	4 years
Height	6'2"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	192	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	32
Age	31 (Jan 6, 1994)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2012, Round 4, Overall 105 (CGY)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 13, 2022	Edmonton Oilers	Signed 4 years @ $2.750M AAV starting in 2022-23
May 25, 2019	Montreal Canadiens	Signed 3 years @ $1.850M AAV starting in 2019-20
Jul 25, 2018	Calgary Flames	Signed 1 year @ $900K AAV starting in 2018-19
Aug 28, 2017	Calgary Flames	Signed 1 year @ $650K AAV starting in 2017-18
Mar 18, 2014	Calgary Flames	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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	CGY	8	96:19	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.23	-0.23	0.00	4.03	-4.03	0.00	8.33
2016-17	CGY	21	286:02	0.00	0.63	0.63	0.14	-0.14	0.00	3.69	-3.69	0.00	0.00
2017-18	CGY	71	881:55	0.14	0.41	0.54	0.20	-0.06	2.82	4.08	-1.26	3.60	2.70
2018-19	MTL	57	948:10	0.32	0.63	0.95	0.24	0.08	5.10	3.83	1.28	0.76	3.82
2019-20	MTL	56	912:24	0.00	0.33	0.33	0.22	-0.22	0.00	3.41	-3.41	2.50	4.17
2020-21	MTL	46	719:30	0.17	0.50	0.67	0.16	0.01	3.57	3.39	0.18	0.00	4.23
2021-22	EDM	18	271:02	0.44	0.89	1.33	0.19	0.25	7.69	3.31	4.39	0.00	2.70
2021-22	MTL	56	901:39	0.20	0.60	0.80	0.15	0.05	5.00	3.81	1.19	1.32	1.32
2021-22	EDM, MTL	74	1172:41	0.26	0.67	0.92	0.16	0.09	5.81	3.66	2.16	0.88	1.77
2022-23	EDM	82	1232:02	0.10	0.58	0.68	0.17	-0.07	1.89	3.32	-1.43	0.00	2.26
2023-24	EDM	82	1148:05	0.16	0.63	0.78	0.18	-0.02	3.41	3.84	-0.43	2.46	3.28
2024-25	EDM	82	1465:51	0.25	0.61	0.86	0.19	0.06	4.72	3.59	1.13	0.54	2.17
2025-26	EDM	3	50:50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03	-0.03	0.00	2.80	-2.80	0.00	0.00

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	CGY	8	96:19	42.98	0.62	1.93	38.62	1.87	2.11	25.00	47.77	-0.12	-0.70	5.61
2016-17	CGY	21	286:02	37.13	1.47	1.98	41.11	2.31	2.44	38.89	44.86	-0.35	0.14	-5.49
2017-18	CGY	71	881:55	46.33	2.31	2.65	41.84	2.59	2.32	47.22	53.38	-0.15	-0.09	-0.37
2018-19	MTL	57	948:10	49.86	3.29	2.73	38.22	2.40	2.17	57.78	55.76	-0.07	-0.26	2.21
2019-20	MTL	56	912:24	46.89	2.30	2.65	36.83	2.37	2.12	49.30	55.60	-0.06	-0.09	0.43
2020-21	MTL	46	719:30	42.03	2.08	2.34	32.27	1.92	1.92	52.08	54.98	-0.19	-0.33	1.92
2021-22	EDM	18	271:02	49.37	3.54	2.88	36.75	2.66	2.25	57.14	56.15	-0.03	-0.61	5.66
2021-22	MTL	56	901:39	36.93	2.40	2.25	39.66	2.93	2.40	45.00	48.42	-0.10	-0.34	2.24
2021-22	EDM, MTL	74	1172:41	39.81	2.66	2.40	38.99	2.87	2.36	48.15	50.35	-0.10	-0.41	2.92
2022-23	EDM	82	1232:02	40.23	2.58	2.61	41.98	2.53	2.48	50.48	51.28	-0.38	0.04	-3.74
2023-24	EDM	82	1148:05	40.97	2.35	2.55	36.43	2.30	2.11	50.56	54.65	-0.62	-0.26	-2.50
2024-25	EDM	82	1465:51	43.84	2.17	2.49	36.88	2.78	2.11	43.80	54.13	-0.25	-0.23	0.20
2025-26	EDM	3	50:50	23.61	2.36	0.90	33.05	1.18	2.53	66.67	26.24	-1.96	1.01	-39.02

NHL Edge Stats

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

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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.

News and Opinions

Oilers May Be Better Off Not to Extend Brett Kulak at The Hockey Writers (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
NHL Rumor Mill – October 16, 2025 at Spectors Hockey (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
Oilers Made a Great Decision by Extending Mattias Ekholm at The Hockey Writers (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
NHL Rumors: Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, and Will Stars Have to Take Less? at NHL Rumors (Thu Oct 9, 2025)
NHL Rumors: Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, and Will Stars Have to Take Less? at NHL Rumors (Thu Oct 9, 2025)
NHL Rumor Mill – October 9, 2025 at Spectors Hockey (Thu Oct 9, 2025)
The Oilers enter 2025-26 season with the strongest defensive group in the NHL at Oil on Whyte (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
Oilers score another massive win with Ekholm extension at Oil on Whyte (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
Flames at Oilers, G1 2025-26 at Lowetide (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
McDavid Gives Oilers Massive Break and Management Needs to Capitalize at The Hockey Writers (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
Monday Mailbag: Should the Oilers extend Brett Kulak? at Oilers Nation (Mon Sep 29, 2025)
Old Emotions at Lowetide (Fri Sep 19, 2025)
Oilers Have Lineup Flexibility Heading Into 2025-26 Season at The Hockey Writers (Tue Sep 16, 2025)
Oilers Are the Perfect Trade Destination for Penguins’ Bryan Rust at The Hockey Writers (Sat Sep 13, 2025)
Predicting the Oilers’ Opening Night Defence Pairs at The Hockey Writers (Thu Sep 11, 2025)
Canadiens Update, Oilers Trade Tease, & More NHL Rumors at The Hockey Writers (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
Ranking NHL Teams By Defensemen at The Hockey Writers (Mon Sep 8, 2025)
Will the Oilers struggle to contend in future years? at Oil on Whyte (Fri Sep 5, 2025)
Riesen to Believe, Vol 2 2025-26 at Lowetide (Thu Sep 4, 2025)
Oilers’ 3 Most Underrated Players for 2025-26 at The Hockey Writers (Thu Sep 4, 2025)
Checking up on where former Calgary Flames are playing in 2025–26 at The Win Column (Wed Sep 3, 2025)
Tomas Plekanec a permis au Canadien d'acquérir Lane Hutson at HABSolument Fan (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
C'est grâce aux Maple Leafs si Lane Hutson appartient au Canadien at HABSolument Fan (Wed Aug 20, 2025)
Blue on Blue at Lowetide (Tue Aug 19, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	28	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	-	-	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	UFA
2023-24	29	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	UFA
2024-25	30	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	UFA
2025-26	31	$2,750,000	$2,750,000	-	-	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$11,000,000	$11,000,000	$11,000,000

Signed: July 13, 2022

Team: Edmonton Oilers

GM: Ken Holland

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.33

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Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	25	$1,850,000	$1,850,000	-	-	$1,950,000	$1,950,000	$1,950,000	RFA-arb
2020-21	26	$1,850,000	$1,850,000	-	-	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	27	$1,850,000	$1,850,000	-	-	$2,200,000	$2,200,000	$2,200,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$5,550,000	$5,550,000	$5,550,000

Signed: May 25, 2019

Team: Montreal Canadiens

GM: Marc Bergevin

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.27

Retained Salary: Montreal Canadiens retained 50.0% of total salary on March 21, 2022

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	24		$900,000	$900,000	-	-	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000

Signed: July 25, 2018

Team: Calgary Flames

GM: Brad Treliving

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.13

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	23		$650,000	$650,000	-	-	$650,000	$650,000	$125,000	RFA
Total					-	-	$650,000	$650,000	$125,000

Signed: Aug 28, 2017

Team: Calgary Flames

GM: Brad Treliving

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.87

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	20	$656,667	$816,667	$215,000	$85,000	$550,000	$635,000	$70,000	ELC
2015-16	21	$656,667	$816,667	$145,000	$80,000	$575,000	$655,000	$70,000	ELC
2016-17	22	$656,667	$816,667	$120,000	$80,000	$6,000,000	$6,080,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$480,000	$245,000	$7,125,000	$7,370,000	$210,000

Signed: Mar 18, 2014

Team: Calgary Flames

GM: Brian Burke

Exp. Status: RFA

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
2008-09	AMBHL	PAC Spruce Grove	33	2	19	21		28
2009-10	Minor-AB	PAC Spruce Grove	32	4	34	38		42				10	2	8	10		14
2010-11	WHL	Vancouver	3	0	0	0	-1
2010-11	AMHL	St. Albert	31	9	18	27		71				5	1	1	2
2011-12	WHL	Vancouver	72	9	15	24	+29	22				6		4	4	-1	2
2012-13	WHL	Vancouver	72	12	32	44	-34	34
2012-13	AHL	Abbotsford Heat	4	0	0	0	-1			0.0
2013-14	WHL	Vancouver	69	14	46	60	-8	51				4	1	2	3		7
2013-14	AHL	Abbotsford Heat	6	1	2	3	+5	2	4	2,500.0		4					2	5	0.0
2014-15	ECHL	Colorado	39	9	21	30	+9	15	70	1,290.0
2014-15	AHL	Adirondack	26	4	9	13	-2	27	40	1,000.0
2014-15	NHL	Calgary Flames	1	0	0	0		2		0.0	19:31
2015-16	AHL	Stockton	59	3	14	17	-9	36	107	280.0
2015-16	NHL	Calgary Flames	8	0	0	0	-2		9	0.0	12:21
2016-17	NHL	Calgary Flames	21	0	3	3	-3	12	19	0.0	14:15
2016-17	AHL	Stockton Heat	22	2	8	10	+7	14				5		4	4	+4	4
2017-18	NHL	Calgary Flames	71	2	6	8	-3	27	73	2.7	12:59
2018-19	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	57	6	11	17	+12	31	102	5.9	17:51
2018-19	AHL	Laval Rocket	19	3	8	11	+2	4
2019-20	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	56	0	7	7	-1	12	101	0.0	17:08	10		3	3	+2		19	0.0	18:33
2020-21	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	46	2	6	8	+3	20	57	3.5	16:06	13		1	1	-4	4	11	0.0	12:52
2021-22	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	56	3	10	13	-10	33	63	4.8	17:58
2021-22	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	18	2	6	8	+6	12	29	6.9	17:05	16		5	5	+7	12	18	0.0	17:06
2022-23	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	82	3	17	20	+11	41	114	2.6	17:31	12	1	1	2	+3	9	19	5.3	16:21
2023-24	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	82	3	13	16		30	94	3.2	15:23	25	1	7	8	-3	14	21	4.8	16:30
2024-25	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	82	7	18	25	-7	18	135	5.2	20:32	22	1	4	5	+9	8	25	4.0	23:25
2025-26	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	3	0	0	0	+3	2	1	0.0	19:54
NHL Career			583	28	97	125	+9	240	797	3.5	16:50	98	3	21	24	+14	47	113	2.6	17:51