Kaapo Kakko

#84 · Right wing · Seattle Kraken

Shoots left · 25 years old

	GamesGP	GoalsG	AssistsA	PointsP	ShotsSOG	Ice timeTOI
This season	5	1	4	5	4	14:24
Last season	65	13	27	40	78	14:15

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Role

Where he fits on Seattle right now.

Line: L3 with S. Wright and B. Catton · 9:34 a game together
Power play: PP1 Net-front
Penalty kill: Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 10 kills
Ice time: 14:24 a game, 10th-most among Seattle forwards · 11:57 5-on-5 · 2:26 PP
Competition: Easier opponents than 75% of forwards · home 67%, road 77%
Easier opponents than 85% of forwards · road 87%

Where he stands out

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

Better than most at his position

Setting up goals
0.84 first assists /60better than 97% of forwards
Staying out of the box
0.44 penalties taken /60better than 85% of forwards

Behind most at his position

Shooting volume
7.9 shot attempts /60behind 99% of wingers
Fast bursts
1.3 bursts /60less often than 96% of forwards
Creating his own chances
0.57 expected goals /60behind 95% of wingers
Power-play chances
1.63 expected goals /60behind 93% of forwards

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

Setting up goals
0.69 first assists /60better than 88% of forwards

Behind most at his position

Fast bursts
0.8 bursts /60less often than 93% of forwards
Shooting volume
9.7 shot attempts /60behind 91% of wingers
Preventing chances
+0.15 expected goals against /60behind 90% of forwards
Top speed
20.5 mphslower than 86% of forwards

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other forwards.

Kaapo KakkoAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 5 games blended with last season’s 65, 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 5 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

Creating chances
Along for the rideDrives play
+0.04 expected goals /60average
+0.03 expected goals /60average
Preventing chances
Chances against riseShuts it down
+0.12 expected goals against /60bottom 16%
+0.15 expected goals against /60bottom 10%

Scoring

Shooting volume
Rarely shootsFires away
7.9 shot attempts /60bottom 1%
9.7 shot attempts /60bottom 9%
Creating his own chances
Few chancesDangerous
0.57 expected goals /60bottom 5%
0.68 expected goals /60bottom 28%
Finishing
Below expectedSniper
+0.1 goals above expected /100 shotstop 16%
−0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 38%
Setting up goals
Rarely sets upPlaymaker
0.84 first assists /60top 3%
0.69 first assists /60top 12%

Special teams

Power-play chances
QuietThreat
1.63 expected goals /60bottom 7%
1.80 expected goals /60average
Shorthanded threat
Pure defensePower kill
0.89 expected goals for /60too few games
0.89 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

Hitting
Avoids contactPhysical
hitting score 38bottom 29%1.98 hits /60bottom 21%
hitting score 49bottom 37%2.50 hits /60bottom 32%
Shot blocking
Rarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 65bottom 17%1.08 blocks /60bottom 3%
blocking score 100average2.50 blocks /60top 39%
Takeaways
RarePuck thief
takeaway score 109top 32%1.20 takeaways /60top 22%
takeaway score 98average0.83 takeaways /60bottom 41%

Penalties and faceoffs

Drawing penalties
RarelyDraws calls
0.61 penalties drawn /60bottom 21%
0.81 penalties drawn /60average
Staying out of the box
Often penalizedClean
0.44 penalties taken /60top 15%
0.59 penalties taken /60top 37%
Faceoffs
Loses drawsWins draws
48.8% wontoo few games
50.0% 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.

Show

124 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 3 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

5 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. 1 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

Wide left17
Wide right16
Over the net5
Off the post or crossbar4
Short or other1

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

Wide left0
Wide right1
Over the net0
Off the post or crossbar0
Short or other0

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

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
21.6 mphbottom 10%
20.5 mphbottom 14%
Fast bursts
RareFrequent
1.3 bursts /60bottom 4%
0.8 bursts /60bottom 7%
Hardest shot
SofterCannon
87.3 mphbottom 40%
72.3 mphbottom 20%
Distance skated
ShorterCovers ground
9.19 miles /60bottom 18%
9.22 miles /60bottom 24%
Time in the offensive zone
DefendingAttacking
39.8% of his timebottom 18%
37.7% of his timebottom 20%

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.