Kyle Clifford 
Age 31 Jan 13, 1991
Ayr CAN
Left Wing shoots left
6'2" 188 cm
211 lbs 96 kg
ELC Signing Age 18
Waivers Signing Age 18
UFA Year 2017
Agent Todd Reynolds
Transaction History
| May 3, 2022 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | Clifford received a one-game suspension for boarding Ross Colton on Monday. | |
| May 3, 2022 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | Clifford will have a hearing with the Department of Player Safety on Tuesday for boarding on Tampa Bay's Ross Colton. | |
| Apr 16, 2022 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | Clifford scored a goal Saturday in a 5-4 overtime win over Ottawa. | |
| Apr 4, 2022 | Recalled | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | Clifford was recalled from AHL Toronto and will play Monday against the Lightning, David Alter of The Hockey News reports. |
| Mar 28, 2022 | Recalled | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | Clifford was recalled from AHL Toronto on Monday. |
| Mar 20, 2022 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | Clifford was waived by Toronto on Sunday, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports. | |
| Mar 9, 2022 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | Clifford finalized a two-year extension with Toronto on Wednesday. | |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | Clifford was promoted from AHL Toronto to the taxi squad Friday, per CBS Sports. | |
| Jan 19, 2022 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | Clifford (lower body) will be Toronto's fourth left wing Wednesday in New York, Mark Masters of TSN.ca reports. | |
| Jan 15, 2022 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | Clifford (lower body) is expected to be fine after blocking a shot in Saturday's game versus the Blues, James Mirtle of The Athletic reports. | |
| Jan 15, 2022 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | Per David Alter of The Hockey News, Clifford skated on the fourth line during morning skate, indicating he'll join the active roster and play Saturday against St. Louis. | |
| Jan 8, 2022 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | Clifford was called up from AHL Toronto on Saturday. He will play on the fourth line versus the Avalanche, David Alter of The Hockey News reports. | |
| Jan 5, 2022 | Assigned | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | Clifford was reassigned to AHL Toronto on Wednesday. |
| Dec 29, 2021 | Assigned | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | The Maple Leafs reassigned Clifford from the taxi squad to AHL Toronto on Wednesday. |
| Dec 14, 2021 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | Clifford notched an assist in Tuesday's 5-1 win over the Oilers. | |
| Dec 5, 2021 | Recalled | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | Clifford was recalled from AHL Toronto on Sunday, Kevin McGran of The Toronto Star reports. |
| Dec 4, 2021 | Assigned | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | Clifford was reassigned to AHL Toronto on Saturday, David Alter of The Hockey News reports. |
| Nov 23, 2021 | Recalled | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | Clifford was recalled from AHL Toronto on Tuesday. |
| Nov 16, 2021 | Assigned | Toronto Maple Leafs | Kyle Clifford | Clifford was traded from St. Louis to Toronto in exchange for future considerations Tuesday. He was assigned to AHL Toronto in the process. |
| Nov 15, 2021 | St. Louis Blues | Kyle Clifford | Clifford was placed on waivers Monday, Jeff Marek of Sportsnet reports. | |
| Nov 12, 2021 | St. Louis Blues | Kyle Clifford | Clifford (COVID-19) cleared virus-related protocols and was at practice Friday, Jim Thomas of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. | |
| Nov 2, 2021 | St. Louis Blues | Kyle Clifford | Clifford was placed on the non-roster COVID-19 protocols list Tuesday. | |
| Oct 23, 2021 | St. Louis Blues | Kyle Clifford | Clifford notched an assist and two hits in Saturday's 7-3 win over the Kings. | |
| May 5, 2021 | St. Louis Blues | Kyle Clifford | Clifford scored a goal on four shots and had two PIM in Wednesday's shootout loss to Anaheim. | |
| Mar 19, 2021 | St. Louis Blues | Kyle Clifford | Clifford picked up a shorthanded assist in Friday's 2-1 shootout win over the Sharks. | |
| Mar 1, 2021 | St. Louis Blues | Kyle Clifford | Clifford posted an assist, three shots on goal and two hits in Monday's 5-4 win over the Ducks. | |
| Feb 13, 2021 | St. Louis Blues | Kyle Clifford | Clifford scored a goal on three shots in Saturday's 5-4 overtime win over the Coyotes. | |
| Jan 30, 2021 | St. Louis Blues | Kyle Clifford | Clifford scored a goal and added five PIM in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Ducks. | |
| Jan 13, 2021 | St. Louis Blues | Kyle Clifford | Clifford tallied a goal in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Avalanche. | |
| Oct 11, 2020 | St. Louis Blues | signed LW Kyle Clifford to a two-year, $2 million contract. | |
| Dec 12, 2017 | Activated | Los Angeles Kings | activated LW Kyle Clifford from injured reserve. |
| Feb 4, 2016 | Activated | Los Angeles Kings | activated LW Kyle Clifford from injured reserve. |
| Jan 31, 2016 | Recalled | Los Angeles Kings | recalled LW Kyle Clifford from Ontario (AHL). |
| Jan 28, 2016 | Assigned | Los Angeles Kings | loaned LW Kyle Clifford to Ontario (AHL) on a conditioning assignment. |
| Feb 25, 2015 | Los Angeles Kings | signed LW Kyle Clifford to a five-year contract extension. | |
| Nov 13, 2013 | Injured | Los Angeles Kings | placed LW Kyle Clifford on IR. |
| Oct 28, 2013 | Fined | (NHL) fined LW Kyle Clifford $2,756.41 for kneeing Edmonton Oilers C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on October 27th. |
| Aug 2, 2013 | Los Angeles Kings | re-signed LW Kyle Clifford to a two-year, $2.15 million contract. |
2021-2022 Regular Season Stats
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Kyle Clifford |
GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | TOI | GF% | DFF% | Rel DFF% | CF% | Rel CF% | G60 | P60 |
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St. Louis Blues 
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 20 | 33.30 | 61.40 | 14.10 | 63.90 | 13.90 | 2.97 | |
| Toronto Maple Leafs
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23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 31 | 192 | 38.90 | 42.90 | -11.30 | 48.00 | -2.70 | 0.31 | |
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Career Stats
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | TOI | GF% | DFF% | Rel DFF% | CF% | Rel CF% | G60 | P60 | Playoffs | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-2007 | Cambridge Hawks U16 AAA | ALLIANCE U16 | 70 | 31 | 49 | 80 | 119 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006-2007 | Cambridge Hawks U16 AAA | OHL Cup | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007-2008 | Barrie Colts | OHL | 66 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 83 | Playoffs | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Draft Yr | 2008-2009 | Barrie Colts | OHL | 60 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 133 | Playoffs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Draft Yr | 2008-2009 | Canada U18 | WJC-18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |||||||||||||||
| 2009-2010 | Barrie Colts | OHL | 58 | 28 | 29 | 57 | 111 | Playoffs | 17 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2010-2011 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 76 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 141 | 717 | 40.00 | 48.84 | -4.85 | 48.37 | -4.51 | 0.59 | 1.17 | Playoffs | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2011-2012 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 81 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 123 | 724 | 43.59 | 47.55 | -5.90 | 52.16 | -3.65 | 0.41 | 0.99 | Playoffs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012-2013 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 48 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 51 | 468 | 50.00 | 56.67 | 1.25 | 54.55 | -2.83 | 0.90 | 1.67 | Playoffs | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2012-2013 | Ontario Reign | ECHL | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013-2014 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 71 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 81 | 684 | 59.38 | 50.02 | -5.42 | 54.52 | -3.39 | 0.26 | 0.70 | Playoffs | 24 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2014-2015 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 80 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 87 | 841 | 55.36 | 53.15 | -1.40 | 54.71 | -1.12 | 0.43 | 1.07 | ||||||||
| 2015-2016 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 56 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 513 | 48.28 | 52.00 | -3.50 | 53.86 | -4.07 | 0.35 | 1.05 | Playoffs | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015-2016 | Ontario Reign | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016-2017 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 73 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 92 | 768 | 46.67 | 54.26 | 0.30 | 55.99 | 2.37 | 0.31 | 0.78 | ||||||||
| 2017-2018 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 50 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 48 | 516 | 42.86 | 52.67 | 4.10 | 52.76 | 3.22 | 0.58 | 1.05 | Playoffs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018-2019 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 72 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 96 | 735 | 52.94 | 50.24 | 3.97 | 52.12 | 5.37 | 0.73 | 1.55 | ||||||||
| 2019-2020 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 53 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 593 | 42.60 | 55.40 | 3.20 | 55.10 | 1.70 | 0.61 | 1.31 | ||||||||
| 2019-2020 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 149 | 45.50 | 45.60 | -6.80 | 47.00 | -3.20 | 2.42 | 5.24 | Playoffs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020-2021 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 50 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 459 | 40.00 | 46.30 | 0.10 | 49.00 | 1.40 | 0.52 | 0.78 | Playoffs | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021-2022 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 33.30 | 61.40 | 14.10 | 63.90 | 13.90 | 2.97 | |||||||||
| 2021-2022 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021-2022 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 192 | 38.90 | 42.90 | -11.30 | 48.00 | -2.70 | 0.31 | Playoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Active Contract
Standard Contract | 2 Years $1,525,000 0.94% of cap space
| 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cap Hit | $762,500 | $762,500 | UFA |
| AAV | $762,500 | $762,500 | |
| Performance Bonuses | $0 | $0 | |
| Base Salary | $750,000 | $775,000 | |
| Signing Bonuses | $0 | $0 | |
| Total Salary | $750,000 | $775,000 | |
| Minors Salary | $750,000 | $775,000 | |
| Clauses | |||
| UFA Year | |||
| Buy It Out | Buy It Out | ||
Contract History
Standard Contract | 2 Years $2,000,000 1.23% of cap space
Standard Contract | 5 Years $8,000,000 2.24% of cap space
Signing Team 
Signing Date August 2, 2013
Signing Status RFA
Signing Date August 2, 2013
Signing Status RFA
Standard Contract | 2 Years $2,150,000 1.67% of cap space
Signing Team
Signing Date September 22, 2009
Signing Date September 22, 2009
Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $2,700,000 1.30% of cap space