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Beau Akey

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Edmonton Oilers
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	3 years ($831.7K CapHit)
Height	6'0"	Expires	2027-28
Weight (lbs)	173	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	23
Age (DOB)	21 (Feb 11, 2005)	Expiry Status	RFA
Drafted	2023, Round 2, Overall 56 (EDM)

News/Contracts/Statistics
Transaction History

Date	Team	Transaction
Oct 1, 2024	Edmonton Oilers	Assigned to Junior Team
Oct 10, 2023	Edmonton Oilers	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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.

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

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

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

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

Depth Over Distance at Lowetide (Sat May 9, 2026)
Oilers Prospect Update: Howard, Leppänen and Akey continue to impress as playoffs loom for Condors at Oilers Nation (Wed Apr 1, 2026)
Oilers Prospect Update: Akey, Hutson and Poulin continue to shine for Condors at Oilers Nation (Thu Feb 12, 2026)
Oilers Prospect Update: Young Condors continue to grow together at Oilers Nation (Wed Jan 14, 2026)
Oilers Prospect Update: Condors win three straight as other names are forced to step up at Oilers Nation (Mon Jan 5, 2026)
Oilers top defensive prospect Beau Akey assigned to ECHL’s Fort Wayne Komets at Oilers Nation (Wed Nov 5, 2025)
Oilers 2025-26 Top 10 prospects, No. 4: Beau Akey has the chance to breakout as a rookie at Oil on Whyte (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
3 Oilers Prospects Who Stood Out in Rookie Game Against Flames at The Hockey Writers (Sat Sep 13, 2025)
3 Oilers to Watch in Battle of Alberta Rookie Game at The Hockey Writers (Sun Sep 7, 2025)
Oilersnation’s Summer 2025 Prospect Countdown – No. 4: Beau Akey at Oilers Nation (Wed Aug 13, 2025)
Oilers prospect Beau Akey aiming to make NHL roster in pro rookie season at Oilers Nation (Thu Aug 7, 2025)

Current Contract

Beau Akey signed a $2,685,000 3-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers and General Manager Ken Holland on October 10, 2023 with an AAV of $895,000. This contract will start in 2023-24 and end after the 2027-28 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.07% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	18	$895,000	$950,000	-	$95,000	-	$95,000	-	ELC
2024-25	19	$863,333	$918,333	-	$95,000	-	$95,000	-	ELC
2025-26	20	$831,667	$886,667	$80,000	$95,000	$775,000	$870,000	$82,500	ELC
2026-27	21	$831,667	$886,667	$55,000	-	$800,000	$800,000	$82,500	ELC
2027-28	22	$831,667	$886,667	$30,000	-	$825,000	$825,000	$82,500	ELC
Total				$165,000	$285,000	$2,400,000	$2,685,000	$247,500

Signed: Oct 10, 2023

Team: Edmonton Oilers

GM: Ken Holland

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

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
2016-17	WSI U12	Draftday Hockey Selects U12	6	1	2	3		23
2017-18	WSI U13	Draftday Hockey Selects U13	7	1	1	2
2019-20	ALLIANCE U15	Waterloo Wolves U15 AAA	31	11	11	22		26
2021-22	OHL	Barrie Colts	61	5	11	16	-3	30				6				-1	2
2022-23	OHL	Barrie Colts	66	11	36	47	-4	39				13	2	3	5	-7	2
2023-24	OHL	Barrie Colts	14	4	5	9	+4	12
2024-25	WJC-20	Canada U20	5	0	0	0	+1
2024-25	OHL	Barrie Colts	52	6	26	32	+10	30				16		5	5	-6	8
2025-26	AHL	Bakersfield Condors	42	2	8	10	+12	22
2025-26	ECHL	Fort Wayne Komets	4	1	0	1	+5