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Kailer Yamamoto

#56 · Right wing · Utah Mammoth

Shoots right · 28 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season1112212:28
Last season591310236011:48

Yamamoto plays on Utah’s fourth line.

Watch for it: he shuts down the other team’s chances and finishes better than most.

Role

Where he fits on Utah right now.

Line

L4 with A. Lee and B. Hayton · 7:33 a game together

Power play

Not on either unit

Penalty kill

Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 17 kills

Ice time

12:28 a game, 12th-most among Utah forwards · 11:01 5-on-5 · 1:21 PP

Competition

Easier opponents than 81% of forwards · home 76%, road 82%

About average among forwards

What’s changed

  • K. Yamamoto returned in their last game after missing 5 games. Their recent numbers were built mostly without him.

What he carries

How much of Utah’s game runs through him, and what they would have to replace without him.

  • Goals he’s in on

    13%Spread around

    25 of 189 · 315th in NHL

  • Goals he scores

    7%Spread around

    14 of 189 · 189th in NHL

  • Power-play goals

    0%

    0 of 34 · not a power-play regular

  • Shots on goal

    4%Spread around

    62 of 1,639 · 504th in NHL

  • Goals he’s in on

    50%One of a kind

    2 of 4 · 9th in NHL

  • Goals he scores

    25%Load-bearing

    1 of 4 · 11th in NHL

  • Power-play goals

    0%Contributor

    0 of 2 · 128th in NHL

  • Shots on goal

    7%Spread around

    2 of 30 · 180th in NHL

If he’s out, who picks it up

Line
L4, right wing with Lee and Hayton7:33 a game together lately
Next in line C. KellerUtah’s next most-used right wing
Power play
Not a regular1:21 a game
Nothing to hand over
Ice time
12:28 a game12th-most of any Utah forward
Next in line D. But10:52 a game
Penalty kill
Not usedno regular shorthanded minutes
Nothing to hand over

“Next in line” is the teammate who already does the most of that after him this season. It is not a guess at the coach’s choice. Dots in the cards above are his Utah teammates, each over the games they played; hover one for the name.

What a fill-in gives back

He’s in on 0.42 goals a game. A typical depth forward called up to replace him is in on about 0.30.

First lineSecond lineTypical fill-inYamamoto

Goals scored or assisted per game, this season and last. Faint dots are his Utah teammates up front; ticks are the typical NHL forward by ice-time rank on his team.

When he’s been out

He missed 28 games between Oct 17, 2025 and Oct 8, 2026. Utah won 16 of them.

With himWithout
Won31 of 6016 of 28
Goals a game3.13.6
Chance edge a game+0.09+0.49

Even over this many games, results swing a lot by luck, and other players come and go too.

What Utah count on him for

What his post-game report cards judge him on, why, and how often he has done it.

  • Preventing chances at 5-on-5

    Better than 98% of forwards

    A typical night: 2.1 expected goals per 60 allowed with him on at 5-on-5

    ✓1 of 1 games

Not on his report card

  • Power play1:21 a gameBar: 1:30 a game
  • Killing penaltiesRarely kills penaltiesBar: 1:00 a game
  • FaceoffsA winger: rarely takes the drawBar: 8 draws a game
  • Shooting better than 7%Bar: better than 75%
  • Creating his own chances better than 65%, just shortBar: better than 75%
  • Creating chances at 5-on-5 better than 74%, just shortBar: better than 75%
  • Takeaways better than 87%Bar: better than 75%
  • Hitting better than 71%, just shortBar: better than 75%
  • Blocking shots better than 40%Bar: better than 75%

His report card grades him on what Utah rely on him for and what he does better than most at his position: better than 75% of wingers, or a regular share of the power play, penalty kill or faceoffs. These are the others.

Recent games

His report card and Swing from his last 1 game, newest first.

Swing is how much his night moved the game, from the post-game page. Tap a game for the full report.

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

  • Preventing chancesTop 10

    −0.25 expected goals against /60better than 98% of forwards

  • Finishing

    +0.4 goals above expected /100 shotsbetter than 95% of forwards

  • Takeaways

    takeaway score 1311.44 takeaways /60better than 87% of forwardsmore than 92% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Shooting volume

    9.0 shot attempts /60behind 93% of wingers

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 11. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is above most forwards.

Behind most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most forwards.

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 11. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other forwards.

Kailer YamamotoAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 1 game blended with last season’s 59, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare wingers with wingers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.

This season’s 1 game only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    +0.13 expected goals /60top 26%

    +0.09 expected goals /60too few games

  • Preventing chancesTop 10
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.25 expected goals against /60top 2%

    −0.03 expected goals against /60too few games

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    9.0 shot attempts /60bottom 7%

    13.0 shot attempts /60too few games

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.80 expected goals /60top 35%

    0.84 expected goals /60too few games

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    +0.4 goals above expected /100 shotstop 5%

    −0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstoo few games

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.59 first assists /60top 33%

    0.56 first assists /60too few games

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.73 expected goals /60too few games

    1.86 expected goals /60too few games

  • Power-play impact
    Along for the rideMakes it go

    +0.27 expected goals /60too few games

    +0.24 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.95 expected goals for /60too few games

    0.90 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

  • Hitting
    Avoids contactPhysical

    hitting score 125top 29%4.23 hits /60average

    hitting score 133too few games14.44 hits /60too few games

  • Shot blocking
    Rarely blocksShot blocker

    blocking score 86bottom 40%1.69 blocks /60average

    blocking score 92too few games0.00 blocks /60too few games

  • Takeaways
    RarePuck thief

    takeaway score 131top 13%1.44 takeaways /60top 8%

    takeaway score 100too few games0.00 takeaways /60too few games

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.87 penalties drawn /60top 40%

    0.79 penalties drawn /60too few games

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.62 penalties taken /60top 42%

    0.68 penalties taken /60too few games

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    46.2% wontoo few games

    49.4% wontoo few games

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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79 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

11

2 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left7
  • Wide right5
  • Over the net1
  • Off the post or crossbar2
  • Short or other2

17 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

No missed shots yet.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

  • Top speed
    SlowerBurner

    22.1 mphbottom 29%

    19.4 mphtoo few games

  • Fast bursts
    RareFrequent

    5.8 bursts /60average

    0.0 bursts /60too few games

  • Hardest shot
    SofterCannon

    86.9 mphbottom 40%

    74.4 mphtoo few games

  • Distance skated
    ShorterCovers ground

    9.59 miles /60average

    9.71 miles /60too few games

  • Time in the offensive zone
    DefendingAttacking

    41.2% of his timeaverage

    54.4% of his timetoo few games

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.