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Defence · #7

Kevin Bahl

New Jersey Devils Calgary Flames(traded during the season)
Age
26
Shoots
Left
Height
198 cm
Weight
104 kg
Born
New Westminster, CAN
Draft
2018, round 2, #55 (ARI)

Career · 2020–21 to 2026–27

Games
300
Goals
11
Points
63
TOI per game
18:59
xGF% (5v5)
47.9%
Goals above expected
+0.6

Season by season

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

2020–21NJD7022016:5550.0%00.138.9%
2021–22NJD17134−615:45166.3%00.449.0%
2022–23NJD42268+414:01277.4%01.455.9%
2023–24NJD8211011+117:24631.6%02.451.6%
2024–25CGY7331720−621:23823.7%13.545.8%
2025–26CGY7641418+221:57577.0%12.643.4%
2026–27CGY3000−321:1010.0%00.149.5%
Total2 teams300115263−818:592514.4%210.447.9%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.50.650100150200250300
10m15m20m25m50100150200250300Game

Player card

How 2020–21 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

30th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.1224th pct
  • Assists /600.5530th pct
  • ixG /600.119th pct
  • Shots /602.645th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)47.9%38th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.1%50th pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.625th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.6040th pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game18:5967th pct
  • PP time share2.6%40th pct
  • PK time share42.7%78th pct
  • Quality of competition24.9%91st 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).

Finishing

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.

+0.6 goals above expected

02468101250100150200250300Game

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

−100+10+20+30+40

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 speed34.7 km/h92nd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph376th pct
  • Hardest shot122.7 km/h26th pct
  • Distance skated15 km66th pct
  • Offensive-zone time42.7%63rd pct
Tracking, season by season

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.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle 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

34.9 km/h35th pct

▲ +0.4 km/h since 2024–25

303234363821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 32.3 km/h, 0th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 34.1 km/h, 17th percentile (42 games)2023–24: 35.1 km/h, 42nd percentile (82 games)2024–25: 34.4 km/h, 25th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 34.9 km/h, 35th percentile (76 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.441st pct

▲ +0.4 since 2024–25

012321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 0.2, 2nd percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 1.4, 50th percentile (42 games)2023–24: 1.3, 37th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 1.0, 26th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 1.4, 41st percentile (76 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.6 km48th pct

▲ +0.4 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 12.7 km, 5th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 13.9 km, 73rd percentile (42 games)2023–24: 13.8 km, 65th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 13.2 km, 19th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 13.6 km, 48th percentile (76 games)

Hardest shot

153.7 km/h76th pct

▲ +0.7 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 148.9 km/h, 37th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 153.3 km/h, 63rd percentile (42 games)2023–24: 154.4 km/h, 71st percentile (82 games)2024–25: 153.0 km/h, 73rd percentile (73 games)2025–26: 153.7 km/h, 76th percentile (76 games)

Offensive-zone time

39.3%16th pct

▼ −1.1 points since 2024–25

34%36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.8%, 1st percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 43.0%, 69th percentile (42 games)2023–24: 39.4%, 22nd percentile (82 games)2024–25: 40.5%, 31st percentile (73 games)2025–26: 39.3%, 16th percentile (76 games)