Niko Mikkola
Age 30 · Shoots left · 6′6″ · 204 lb · Born Kiiminki, FIN
Drafted 2015, #127 overall by St. Louis
2025-262025-26: 68 games, 3-8-11, 0.16 points per game Season detail →
Niko Mikkola has 0 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 11 points in 68 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample0 points in 4 games for the 4th-placed Florida
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Florida's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
15 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 68 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersDistance per 60 in the 94th percentile of defencemen: 9.24 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.46@
ANA4 Oct · 1st 03:51 - 20.09@
SJS1 Oct · 2nd 19:01 - 20.00@SJS1 Oct · 3rd 08:27
- 20.00@
CAR29 Sep · 3rd 11:48 - 19.86@SJS1 Oct · 3rd 00:25
- 19.49@SJS1 Oct · 3rd 13:24
- 19.09@CAR29 Sep · 2nd 00:18
- 18.99@ANA4 Oct · 3rd 03:08
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 73.15@ANA4 Oct · 3rd 03:45
- 69.61@ANA4 Oct · 1st 11:33
- 69.10@SJS1 Oct · 3rd 12:26
- 68.76@SJS1 Oct · 1st 07:27
- 68.23@CAR29 Sep · 2nd 02:37
- 64.96@ANA4 Oct · 2nd 02:08
- 63.29@CAR29 Sep · 3rd 18:14
- 60.73@CAR29 Sep · 3rd 02:33
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.92@
LAK6 Oct · 18:10 TOI - 3.03@ANA4 Oct · 20:17 TOI
- 3.64@SJS1 Oct · 22:42 TOI
- 3.15@CAR29 Sep · 21:32 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.18 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Minnesota, a point in zero of one
MINW 4-3 OT0001+121:00LAKL 1-20001−118:10ANAW 3-2 OT0001020:17SJSW 4-3 OT0002022:42CAROTL 0-1 OT0004021:3211 points in 68 games on a team that finished 25th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Florida's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 3 goals and 8 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 3 goals broke a tie; 3 came with Florida trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
186 attempts across the 63 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 68 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersDistance per 60 in the 99th percentile of defencemen: 9.39 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (10 of 68)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Minnesota, a point in zero of one
MINW 4-3 OT0001+121:00
CGYL 1-40002−217:01
EDMW 4-00000022:31
SEAL 2-60001−218:54
CBJW 2-1 OT0001−118:29
DETW 4-31011017:59DETW 3-10003022:54CBJL 2-41012+119:24
NJDL 1-50001−120:04
NYIL 4-50002−123:03
BUFL 2-30000−125:29LAKL 1-20001−118:10ANAW 3-2 OT0001020:17SJSW 4-3 OT0002022:42CAROTL 0-1 OT0004021:32Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$5M a season through 2033-34
In 2025-26 he scored 2.2 points per $1M of cap hit, 183rd of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With Florida
Four seasons · 2023-24 to 2026-27104th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsEight seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct