- Age
- 29
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 188 cm
- Weight
- 99 kg
- Born
- Brandon, CAN
- Draft
- 2015, round 3, #69 (CBJ)
Career · 2019–20 to 2026–27
- Games
- 444
- Goals
- 44
- Points
- 120
- TOI per game
- 11:44
- xGF% (5v5)
- 50.5%
- Goals above expected
- −5.5
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2019–20 |   VGK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:06 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0 | 38.6% |
| 2020–21 | VGK | 44 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −4 | 9:33 | 46 | 6.5% | 0 | 6.0 | 53.1% |
| 2021–22 | VGK | 77 | 7 | 17 | 24 | −6 | 12:39 | 94 | 7.4% | 1 | 11.2 | 49.9% |
| 2022–23 | VGK | 74 | 8 | 10 | 18 | +6 | 11:28 | 63 | 12.7% | 0 | 7.1 | 50.1% |
| 2023–24 | VGK | 79 | 8 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 10:52 | 73 | 11.0% | 0 | 7.2 | 49.3% |
| 2024–25 | VGK | 82 | 12 | 18 | 30 | +3 | 13:12 | 88 | 13.6% | 0 | 11.1 | 53.2% |
| 2025–26 | VGK | 82 | 6 | 11 | 17 | −14 | 11:32 | 67 | 9.0% | 0 | 6.7 | 47.7% |
| 2026–27 |   DET | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 12:55 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.1 | 52.7% |
| Total | 2 teams | 444 | 44 | 76 | 120 | −25 | 11:44 | 434 | 10.1% | 1 | 49.5 | 50.5% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2019–20 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
27th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
4th line- Goals /600.5127th pct
- Assists /600.8847th pct
- ixG /600.5719th pct
- Goals above expected−5.526th pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)50.5%68th pct
- CF% (5v5)49.3%57th pct
- Relative xGF%−3.028th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.1227th pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game11:4430th pct
- PP time share2.6%19th pct
- Offensive zone starts45.5%28th pct
- Quality of competition23.7%33rd 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).
Faceoffs
How often Kolesar wins the draw over 2019–20 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1346+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
41.5%
171–241 · below the 1346 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
41.5%
Opponents won 50.0% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.0% against them.
Wins above average
−35
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
2.8
412 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone42.7% 67–90
- Neutral zone43.8% 67–86
- Defensive zone36.3% 37–65
By strength
- Even strength41.6% 162–227
- Power play50.0% 3–3
- Shorthanded35.3% 6–11
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +18 after a win, −9 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.8 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Christian Dvorak10.0% 1–9
- Sam Carrick55.6% 5–4
- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare50.0% 4–4
- Sam Steel75.0% 6–2
- Joel Kellman62.5% 5–3
- Derick Brassard14.3% 1–6
- Nazem Kadri14.3% 1–6
- Ryan Hartman71.4% 5–2
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | 1 | 100.0% | 96.3% |
| 2020–21 | 135 | 45.9% | 45.8% |
| 2021–22 | 188 | 40.4% | 40.7% |
| 2022–23 | 24 | 33.3% | 32.3% |
| 2023–24 | 15 | 40.0% | 39.7% |
| 2024–25 | 18 | 33.3% | 35.1% |
| 2025–26 | 31 | 38.7% | 38.0% |
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.
−5.5 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
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.
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 speed33.6 km/h34th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph777th pct
- Hardest shot124.1 km/h51st pct
- Distance skated9 km30th pct
- Offensive-zone time41.6%51st pct
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.
Top skating speed
36.0 km/h47th pct
▼ −0.7 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
8.075th pct
▲ +1.3 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
15.7 km60th pct
▼ −0.2 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
129.9 km/h11th pct
▼ −6.0 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
41.4%44th pct
▼ −0.7 points since 2024–25