Defence · #77
Niko Mikkola
- Age
- 30
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 198 cm
- Weight
- 93 kg
- Born
- Kiiminki, FIN
- Draft
- 2015, round 5, #127 (STL)
Career · 2019–20 to 2026–27
- Games
- 400
- Goals
- 17
- Points
- 73
- TOI per game
- 18:42
- xGF% (5v5)
- 50.6%
- Goals above expected
- −3.8
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2019–20 |   STL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 14:22 | 10 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.2 | 70.2% |
| 2020–21 | STL | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −11 | 14:31 | 22 | 4.5% | 0 | 0.9 | 44.4% |
| 2021–22 | STL | 54 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −6 | 16:59 | 58 | 5.2% | 0 | 2.8 | 47.3% |
| 2022–23 | STL | 50 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 16:39 | 31 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.6 | 45.1% |
| 2022–23 |   NYR | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 18:42 | 31 | 3.2% | 0 | 1.1 | 47.2% |
| 2022–23 | All teams | 81 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +6 | 17:26 | 62 | 1.6% | 0 | 2.7 | 46.0% |
| 2023–24 |   FLA | 82 | 3 | 14 | 17 | +11 | 20:02 | 93 | 3.2% | 0 | 4.4 | 53.2% |
| 2024–25 | FLA | 76 | 6 | 16 | 22 | +12 | 20:12 | 116 | 5.2% | 0 | 5.6 | 54.9% |
| 2025–26 | FLA | 68 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −1 | 20:21 | 68 | 4.4% | 0 | 4.0 | 50.8% |
| 2026–27 | FLA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 20:40 | 8 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.3 | 66.1% |
| Total | 3 teams | 400 | 17 | 56 | 73 | +13 | 18:42 | 437 | 3.9% | 0 | 20.8 | 50.6% |
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
2nd pair
57th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.
- 1st pair
- 2nd pair
- 3rd pair
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
3rd pair- Goals /600.1434th pct
- Assists /600.4518th pct
- ixG /600.1743rd pct
- Shots /603.5135th pct
Play-driving
2nd pair- xGF% (5v5)50.6%67th pct
- CF% (5v5)50.3%65th pct
- Relative xGF%−0.754th pct
- xGA /60 (lower is better)2.3579th pct
Usage
2nd pair- TOI per game18:4265th pct
- PP time share1.6%26th pct
- PK time share39.1%71st pct
- Quality of competition24.6%70th pct
Percentiles among defencemen 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).
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.
−3.8 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 speed32.9 km/h50th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph257th pct
- Hardest shot117.7 km/h13th pct
- Distance skated20 km95th pct
- Offensive-zone time40.6%45th pct
Each season against the other defencemen 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
35.5 km/h55th pct
▼ −1.2 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
2.985th pct
▼ −0.8 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
15.1 km99th pct
▲ +0.1 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
138.0 km/h10th pct
▼ −1.5 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
42.1%60th pct
▼ −1.4 points since 2024–25