[1] After beginning the 2009–10 season in the minors with the Bakersfield Condors in the ECHL, he was called up to the Ducks and played his first NHL game against the Minnesota Wild on December 4, 2009.

[4] During the 2012–13 season, on March 11, 2013, Sexton was traded by the Ducks to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for Kyle Wilson.

Prior to the 2018–19 season, Sexton left Nizhnekamsk as a free agent, and signed a contract with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg on May 2, 2018.

He initially participated in the postseason, despite the abrupt exit of many foreign players and two non-Russia based KHL teams (Dinamo Riga and Jokerit Helsinki) due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, before leaving the club after two games on March 4, 2022.

He upon adding 8 points in 13 playoff games to help Växjö win their fourth Le Mat Trophy, he announced his retirement from professional hockey on May 18, 2023.