Goalie · #34
Kaapo Kahkonen
- Age
- 30
- Catches
- Left
- Height
- 188 cm
- Weight
- 98 kg
- Born
- Helsinki, FIN
- Draft
- 2014, round 4, #109 (MIN)
Career · 2019–20 to 2024–25
- Games
- 54
- Save %
- .907
- GAA
- 2.88
- GSAx
- −16.6
- Wins
- 31
- HD save %
- .709
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded goalies.
| 2019–20 |   MIN | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .913 | 2.96 | 0 | −3.6 |
| 2020–21 | MIN | 24 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 0 | .902 | 2.88 | 2 | −12.8 |
| 2021–22 | MIN | 25 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | .910 | 2.87 | 0 | −0.2 |
| 2021–22 |   SJS | 11 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .916 | 2.86 | 0 | +4.8 |
| 2021–22 | All teams | 36 | 33 | 14 | 14 | 4 | .912 | 2.87 | 0 | +4.6 |
| 2022–23 | SJS | 37 | 37 | 9 | 20 | 7 | .883 | 3.85 | 1 | −27.5 |
| 2023–24 | SJS | 31 | 27 | 6 | 20 | 3 | .895 | 3.81 | 0 | −2.6 |
| 2023–24 |   NJD | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .923 | 2.51 | 1 | +3.6 |
| 2023–24 | All teams | 37 | 33 | 7 | 24 | 3 | .898 | 3.64 | 1 | +1.0 |
| 2024–25 |   COL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.12 | 0 | −1.7 |
| Total | 4 teams | 140 | 132 | 49 | 68 | 15 | .898 | 3.34 | 4 | −40.0 |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Kaapo Kahkonen's save percentage over the previous ten appearances. The dashed line is .900.
Player card
How 2019–20 to 2024–25 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
Backup
21st percentile among qualified goalies, blending goaltending 75%, usage 25%.
- Starter
- Backup
- Third string / AHL
Goaltending
Backup- Save %.89828th pct
- GSAx−40.03rd pct
- GSAx /60-0.3118th pct
- High-danger SV%.73019th pct
- Medium-danger SV%.85217th pct
- Low-danger SV%.96632nd pct
- Rebound control−0.2047th pct
- GAA (lower is better)3.3411th pct
Usage
Starter- Games started13261st pct
- Shots faced /6032.7691st pct
- xG faced /603.0374th pct
Percentiles among goalies with 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
Kaapo Kahkonen −16.6 GSAx
GSAx, every goalie with 10+ games
Speed and tracking
From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time.
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
- Goals-against average4.120th pct
- Share of games above .9000.0%0th pct
- Goal differential per 60-2.060th pct
- Goal support per game2.060th pct
- Team points % in starts0.0%0th pct