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Defence · #44

Wyatt Kaiser

Chicago Blackhawks
Age
24
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
86 kg
Born
Andover, USA
Draft
2020, round 3, #81 (CHI)

Career · 2022–23 to 2026–27

Games
180
Goals
10
Points
36
TOI per game
18:41
xGF% (5v5)
43.4%
Goals above expected
+0.8

Season by season

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

2022–23CHI9033−418:36140.0%00.940.7%
2023–24CHI32077017:19180.0%00.641.6%
2024–25CHI57448018:07666.1%03.046.3%
2025–26CHI7761117−1619:37758.0%04.542.8%
2026–27CHI5011−319:3630.0%00.138.4%
Total1 team180102636−2318:411765.7%09.243.4%

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)
00.10.20.30.420406080100120140160180
16m17m18m19m20m21m22m20406080100120140160180Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2022–23 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

23rd 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

3rd pair
  • Goals /600.1849th pct
  • Assists /600.4619th pct
  • ixG /600.1643rd pct
  • Shots /603.1428th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)43.4%11th pct
  • CF% (5v5)45.5%16th pct
  • Relative xGF%+0.867th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.7122nd pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game18:4161st pct
  • PP time share1.7%37th pct
  • PK time share36.4%65th pct
  • Quality of competition24.3%42nd 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).

Most similar players this season

  1. Henry ThrunSJS/TOR0.88
  2. Nick LeddySTL/SJS0.86
  3. Jack JohnsonCOL0.85
  4. Troy StecherARI/TOR0.81
  5. Alex VlasicCHI0.80
  6. Travis DermottEDM0.80

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.

+0.8 goals above expected

024681020406080100120140160180Game

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

−15−10−50+5+10+15+20+25

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 mph485th pct
  • Hardest shot142.9 km/h82nd pct
  • Distance skated19 km84th pct
  • Offensive-zone time38.0%21st 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

36.0 km/h69th pct

▲ +1.0 km/h since 2024–25

3434.53535.53636.522–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 35.7 km/h, 66th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 35.7 km/h, 66th percentile (32 games)2024–25: 35.0 km/h, 43rd percentile (57 games)2025–26: 36.0 km/h, 69th percentile (77 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.677th pct

▲ +1.2 since 2024–25

024622–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 4.7, 98th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 2.6, 80th percentile (32 games)2024–25: 1.4, 44th percentile (57 games)2025–26: 2.6, 77th percentile (77 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.7 km50th pct

▲ +0.2 km since 2024–25

1313.213.413.613.81414.222–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 13.9 km, 72nd percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 13.7 km, 56th percentile (32 games)2024–25: 13.5 km, 39th percentile (57 games)2025–26: 13.7 km, 50th percentile (77 games)

Hardest shot

143.5 km/h27th pct

▲ +0.8 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016022–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 129.4 km/h, 0th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 134.8 km/h, 4th percentile (32 games)2024–25: 142.6 km/h, 26th percentile (57 games)2025–26: 143.5 km/h, 27th percentile (77 games)

Offensive-zone time

39.9%25th pct

▼ −0.6 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%22–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 39.3%, 18th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 38.3%, 9th percentile (32 games)2024–25: 40.5%, 31st percentile (57 games)2025–26: 39.9%, 25th percentile (77 games)