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Michael Kesselring

San Jose Sharks
Position D
Age 26
Height 6'5"
Weight 215LBS
Shoots R
Birth Place Florence, SC, USA
Born Jan 12, 2000

Key Insights

2025-26
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Kesselring has been shuffled through 12 different five-man units and none 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

7 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Kesselring this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split
Noah Ostlund is the partner who brings the best out of him
Noah Ostlund

Kesselring is at his best beside Ostlund: 62.5% of the expected goals together against 43.5% apart.

101 minutes together, 320 minutes apart
It stops working when he is paired with Bowen Byram
Bowen Byram

The pairing with Byram is the one that costs him: 36.2% of the expected goals together, 51.1% apart.

112 minutes together, 309 minutes apart
Teammates play better with him than they do without him
Noah Ostlund

Ostlund is a different player beside him: 62.5% of the expected goals with Kesselring, 50.4% without him.

101 minutes together, 628 minutes apart for Ostlund
Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line
Bowen Byram

Byram does better away from him: 48.6% of the expected goals apart against 36.2% together.

112 minutes together, 1,362 minutes apart

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jan 12, 2000
Birth Place Florence, SC, USA
Height 6'5"
Weight 215 LBS
Shoots/Catches R