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Left wing · #22

Kevin Fiala

Nashville Predators Minnesota Wild Los Angeles Kings(traded during the season)
Age
30
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
St. Gallen, CHE
Draft
2014, round 1, #11 (NSH)

Career · 2014–15 to 2025–26

Games
707
Goals
229
Points
528
TOI per game
16:46
xGF% (5v5)
54.8%
Goals above expected
+16.0
ShowAll teamsNashville PredatorsMinnesota WildLos Angeles Kings

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2014–15NSH1000−111:2530.0%00.343.6%
2015–16NSH5101013:09119.1%01.251.0%
2016–17NSH5411516+113:311149.6%010.556.7%
2017–18NSH80232548+2015:0918712.3%1321.257.4%
2018–19NSH64102232−1115:031317.6%714.350.1%
2018–19MIN19347−1217:38437.0%43.949.6%
2018–19All teams83132639−2315:381747.5%1118.250.0%
2019–20MIN64233154−115:2417513.1%1816.449.7%
2020–21MIN50202040−216:5416212.3%1417.053.0%
2021–22MIN82335285+2317:3926212.6%1727.056.3%
2022–23LAK69234972+217:3620811.1%2428.153.7%
2023–24LAK82294473+118:0222512.9%3026.858.5%
2024–25LAK81352560−718:3124414.3%2528.057.2%
2025–26LAK56182240−1119:0714712.2%1718.353.4%
Total3 teams707229299528+216:461,91212.0%169213.054.8%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
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Player card

Model-based

How 2014–15 to 2025–26 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st line

97th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st line
  • Goals /601.1694th pct
  • Assists /601.5191st pct
  • ixG /601.0894th pct
  • Goals above expected+16.092nd pct

Play-driving

1st line
  • xGF% (5v5)54.8%95th pct
  • CF% (5v5)53.8%94th pct
  • Relative xGF%+3.391st pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0647th pct

Usage

1st line
  • TOI per game16:4684th pct
  • PP time share51.0%88th pct
  • Offensive zone starts68.9%90th pct
  • Quality of competition24.5%72nd pct

Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Filip ForsbergNSH0.97
  2. Jason RobertsonDAL0.97
  3. Anthony ManthaDET/WSH/PIT0.96
  4. Alex TuchVGK/BUF0.96
  5. Taylor HallNJD/ARI/BOS/CHI/CAR0.96
  6. Tyler ToffoliLAK/VAN/MTL/CGY/NJD/SJS0.96

Faceoffs

How often Fiala wins the draw over 2014–15 to 2025–26, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 2346+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

32.1%

54–114 · below the 2346 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

32.5%

Opponents won 50.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.7% against them.

Wins above average

−29

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

1.2

168 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

13%16 · −0.428%60 · +1.625%40 · +1.350%10 · −0.833%6 · −1.8100%1 · –25%8 · −8.264%11 · +7.050%16 · +1.4Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone27.0% 27–73
  • Neutral zone29.3% 12–29
  • Defensive zone55.6% 15–12

By strength

  • Even strength31.4% 48–105
  • Power play33.3% 4–8
  • Shorthanded66.7% 2–1

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +24 after a win, −8 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.4 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2017–1850.0%3.4%
2018–19837.5%39.8%
2019–20922.2%22.6%
2020–211533.3%36.1%
2021–221526.7%26.4%
2022–231650.0%51.4%
2023–243826.3%27.0%
2024–253740.5%40.1%
2025–262528.0%25.9%

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

+16.0 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−500+50+100

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed34.8 km/h24th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph5245th pct
  • Hardest shot151.8 km/h95th pct
  • Distance skated268 km63rd pct
  • Offensive-zone time44.6%82nd pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

34.8 km/h13th pct

▼ −0.9 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.4 km/h, 67th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 35.3 km/h, 30th percentile (69 games)2023–24: 35.9 km/h, 47th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 35.7 km/h, 34th percentile (81 games)2025–26: 34.8 km/h, 13th percentile (56 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.919th pct

▼ −1.5 since 2024–25

24681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 3.7, 31st percentile (82 games)2022–23: 3.2, 27th percentile (69 games)2023–24: 3.7, 33rd percentile (82 games)2024–25: 4.4, 39th percentile (81 games)2025–26: 2.9, 19th percentile (56 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.0 km21st pct

▼ −0.3 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 15.5 km, 46th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 15.2 km, 38th percentile (69 games)2023–24: 15.1 km, 22nd percentile (82 games)2024–25: 15.4 km, 32nd percentile (81 games)2025–26: 15.0 km, 21st percentile (56 games)

Hardest shot

151.8 km/h94th pct

▲ +0.9 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016017021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 154.2 km/h, 91st percentile (82 games)2022–23: 154.8 km/h, 94th percentile (69 games)2023–24: 160.8 km/h, 99th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 150.8 km/h, 92nd percentile (81 games)2025–26: 151.8 km/h, 94th percentile (56 games)

Offensive-zone time

44.6%83rd pct

▼ −0.3 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 44.2%, 81st percentile (82 games)2022–23: 43.2%, 64th percentile (69 games)2023–24: 44.8%, 82nd percentile (82 games)2024–25: 44.9%, 88th percentile (81 games)2025–26: 44.6%, 83rd percentile (56 games)