Kaapo Kakko Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

It stops working when he is paired with Chandler Stephenson

The pairing with Stephenson is the one that costs him: 35.9% of the expected goals together, 49.0% apart.

182 minutes together, 634 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Larsson is a different player beside him: 47.2% of the expected goals with Kakko, 40.2% without him.

294 minutes together, 1,193 minutes apart for Larsson

Brandon Montour is the partner who brings the best out of him

Kakko is at his best beside Montour: 50.3% of the expected goals together against 44.6% apart.

230 minutes together, 586 minutes apart

His linemates play better with him than without him, every time

8 of his 12 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Kakko than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Eberle does better away from him: 46.0% of the expected goals apart against 42.9% together.

166 minutes together, 991 minutes apart

He and Adam Larsson are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Kakko and Larsson: 4.69 expected goals an hour.

294 minutes together at 5v5

Shane Wright is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Wright than anyone: 318 minutes, worth 48.0% of the expected goals.

15 goals for, 5 against together

The goals go his team's way when Shane Wright is out there with him

With Wright on the ice too, the Kraken have outscored opponents 15 to 5 at 5v5.

75.0% goal share over 318 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Brandon Montour are out together

He gives up least beside Montour: 3.89 expected goals against an hour.

230 minutes together at 5v5

Jaden Schwartz is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Schwartz: 97.0% of the expected goals over 43 minutes.

2 goals for, 0 against together

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Beniers, Eberle, Fleury and Lindgren: 33.1% of the expected goals.

1 goal for, 2 against over 43 minutes

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Kakko with Beniers, Dunn, Eberle and Larsson, 46 minutes at 5v5.

49.0% of the expected goals, 3 goals for and 2 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Montour, Schwartz, Tolvanen and Wright: 2 goals in 23 minutes.

5.3 goals an hour, 4.1 expected

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Beniers, Dunn, Eberle and Larsson: 49.0% of the expected goals over 46 minutes.

3 goals for, 2 against, 44.0% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Kakko has been shuffled through 34 different five-man units, and only 3 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

12 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Kakko this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

Jaden Schwartz is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Jaden Schwartz has assisted on 3 of his 13 goals, 23.1% of them.

2 primary, 1 secondary

Frederick Gaudreau is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Frederick Gaudreau's goals, 14.8% of his own assists.

2 primary, 2 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

51.9% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

14 primary of 27 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

12 different teammates have assisted on his 13 goals.

Schwartz (3), Catton (2), Stephenson (2), Montour (2)

His line finishes better than the chances it creates

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 62.7% of the goals off 46.1% of the expected goals.

16.6 points of goal share above expectation

His team wins the goal battle while he is on the ice

The Kraken score 62.7% of the 5v5 goals with Kakko out there.

42 for, 25 against, 18th of 453 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 105.5, running hot and likely to cool.

12.0% shooting and 93.5% goaltending behind him, 7th of 453 forwards

Good things happen for his team when he is on the ice

The Kraken are up 25 goals with Kakko on the ice.

55 for, 30 against, 87th of 467 forwards

The other team gets whatever it wants when he is on

Opponents get 60.7 shot attempts an hour with Kakko on the ice at 5v5.

364th of 453 forwards

The power play stalls when he is the one out there

On the power play his unit generates 8.51 expected goals an hour.

11 goals in 94 minutes, 215th of 269 forwards

Play tilts towards his own net when he is out there

At 5v5 the Kraken generate 46.1% of the expected goals with Kakko on the ice.

53.3 xGF to 62.5 xGA over 817 minutes, 354th of 453 forwards

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Kraken create 3.92 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Kakko on.

346th of 453 forwards

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Kakko's line owns 46.8% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

726 for, 826 against, 342nd of 453 forwards

His line gets badly outshot when it is out there

47.5% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Kakko is on.

349 for, 385 against, 306th of 453 forwards

The defence springs leaks when he is out there

He gives up 4.59 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

301st of 453 forwards

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:39 of power play time a game, 222nd among forwards.

10.2% of his total ice time

He gets a normal share of the minutes

Kakko plays 14:15 a night, 275th among forwards.

927 minutes across 65 games

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 0.78 shots an hour of ice time.

897th in the league

He is the one who makes the play, not the one who finishes it

He sets up 1.75 assists an hour of ice time.

82nd in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +14 on the season.

88th in the league

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Kakko produces 2.59 points an hour of ice time.

112th in the league

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.23 times an hour.

182nd in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.52 points an hour.

185th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

19 takeaways against 43 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.44 takeaways per giveaway

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.84 goals an hour of ice time.

237th in the league

He avoids the physical side of the game

He finishes 1.94 checks an hour.

695th in the league

He stays out of the box, which his coach can rely on

He takes 0.91 penalty minutes an hour.

671st most penalty minutes an hour

He wins about half his draws, like most centres

He wins 45.9% of his draws.

251st in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 2.79 times an hour.

518th most giveaways an hour

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 5.05 shots on goal an hour.

481st in the league

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

48.1% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

77 attempts, 9 goals

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

8.8% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

14 long-range attempts, 109th of 468 forwards

He does not shoot, he looks to pass or carry instead

He fires 10.36 attempts an hour of ice time.

160 attempts in 927 minutes, 347th of 467 forwards

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 25.0 feet.

160 located attempts, 164th of 468 forwards

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Kakko has taken 160 shot attempts this season.

69 on goal, 42 missed, 36 blocked, 286th of 468 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

22.5% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

36 of 160 attempts, 283rd of 468 forwards

He gets to the middle of the ice about as often as most

55.0% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

88 of 160 attempts, 190th of 468 forwards

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

53.8% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

86 attempts from inside the home plate, 208th of 468 forwards

He hits the net about as often as anyone

66.1% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

82 of 124 unblocked, 213th of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Kakko has scored 1 times on Juuse Saros this season, more than on any other goaltender.

1 goals on 6 attempts, 16.7%

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 2 goals against the Bruins this season.

5 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Joel Hofer: 11 attempts, 1 goal.

9.1% conversion

One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest

His deadliest shot is the tip: 14.3% of them go in.

2 goals on 14 attempts

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 15.9% of the shots he puts on goal.

13 goals on 82 shots, 111th of 468 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 17.8 feet out, and the longest went in from 42.

13 goals located by coordinate

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Kakko has 13 goals off 10.6 expected: 2.4 more than the chances alone say.

153rd of 468 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 10.2% of his attempts.

9 goals on 88 close attempts, 159th of 468 forwards

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