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Right wing · #84

Kaapo Kakko

New York Rangers Seattle Kraken(traded during the season)
Age
25
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
98 kg
Born
Turku, FIN
Draft
2019, round 1, #2 (NYR)

Career · 2019–20 to 2026–27

Games
448
Goals
85
Points
205
TOI per game
14:41
xGF% (5v5)
48.6%
Goals above expected
+8.7
ShowAll teamsNew York RangersSeattle Kraken

Season by season

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

2019–20NYR66101323−2614:171099.2%1210.239.4%
2020–21NYR489817+314:218111.1%39.656.4%
2021–22NYR4371118+915:276211.3%27.250.9%
2022–23NYR82182240+1215:1812514.4%316.551.4%
2023–24NYR6113619+613:179114.3%19.249.9%
2024–25NYR3041014+913:17458.9%25.848.3%
2024–25SEA49102030−1117:037213.9%68.046.5%
2024–25All teams79143044−215:3711712.0%813.847.2%
2025–26SEA65132740+1414:157816.7%89.746.9%
2026–27SEA4134+314:33333.3%10.152.6%
Total2 teams44885120205+1914:4166612.8%3876.348.6%

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)
00.20.40.60.811.2100200300400
12m14m16m18m20m100200300400Game

Player card

Model-based

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 line

73rd 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

2nd line
  • Goals /600.7860th pct
  • Assists /601.0969th pct
  • ixG /600.7043rd pct
  • Goals above expected+8.786th pct

Play-driving

2nd line
  • xGF% (5v5)48.6%48th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.4%58th pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.574th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.1965th pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game14:4163rd pct
  • PP time share29.8%63rd pct
  • Offensive zone starts65.1%79th pct
  • Quality of competition24.5%66th 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. Jack RoslovicWPG/CBJ/NYR/CAR/EDM0.86
  2. Marco RossiMIN/VAN0.85
  3. Casey MittelstadtBUF/COL/BOS0.82
  4. Sonny MilanoCBJ/ANA/WSH0.82
  5. Gabe PerreaultNYR0.81
  6. Conor ShearyBUF/WSH/TBL/NYR0.80

Faceoffs

How often Kakko wins the draw over 2019–20 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1344+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

47.3%

87–97 · below the 1344 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

48.1%

Opponents won 50.8% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.2% against them.

Wins above average

−4

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

Draws per game

1.7

184 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

38%16 · −1.451%76 · −0.550%54 · +1.467%3 · 0.029%7 · +1.80%1 · –25%4 · +3.344%9 · +8.243%14 · +0.6Attacking 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 zone50.8% 66–64
  • Neutral zone35.5% 11–20
  • Defensive zone43.5% 10–13

By strength

  • Even strength45.0% 67–82
  • Power play60.6% 20–13
  • Shorthanded0.0% 0–2

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +33 after a win, +6 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.8 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2019–20633.3%33.2%
2020–21742.9%41.2%
2021–22714.3%15.2%
2022–23425.0%27.8%
2023–242356.5%56.7%
2024–2510050.0%50.6%
2025–263745.9%47.8%

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.

+8.7 goals above expected

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

−80−60−40−200+20+40+60+80+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 speed33.0 km/h21st pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph19th pct
  • Hardest shot116.3 km/h32nd pct
  • Distance skated15 km71st pct
  • Offensive-zone time38.7%27th 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

34.7 km/h12th pct

▲ +0.7 km/h since 2024–25

33343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.0 km/h, 51st percentile (43 games)2022–23: 37.0 km/h, 84th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 34.9 km/h, 13th percentile (61 games)2024–25: 34.0 km/h, 3rd percentile (79 games)2025–26: 34.7 km/h, 12th percentile (65 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.34th pct

▼ −0.0 since 2024–25

024681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 2.2, 12th percentile (43 games)2022–23: 1.6, 9th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 1.3, 6th percentile (61 games)2024–25: 1.3, 4th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 1.3, 4th percentile (65 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.8 km14th pct

▼ −0.1 km since 2024–25

1414.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.9 km, 16th percentile (43 games)2022–23: 14.6 km, 12th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 14.7 km, 11th percentile (61 games)2024–25: 14.9 km, 11th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 14.8 km, 14th percentile (65 games)

Hardest shot

140.5 km/h58th pct

▼ −0.7 km/h since 2024–25

13013514014515015521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 145.4 km/h, 59th percentile (43 games)2022–23: 150.5 km/h, 82nd percentile (82 games)2023–24: 140.6 km/h, 43rd percentile (61 games)2024–25: 141.2 km/h, 56th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 140.5 km/h, 58th percentile (65 games)

Offensive-zone time

41.5%46th pct

▼ −0.7 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 42.8%, 64th percentile (43 games)2022–23: 42.0%, 53rd percentile (82 games)2023–24: 42.4%, 58th percentile (61 games)2024–25: 42.2%, 56th percentile (79 games)2025–26: 41.5%, 46th percentile (65 games)