Minnesota Wild · #97 · Left wing

Kirill Kaprizov

Age 29 · Shoots left · 5′10″ · 202 lb · Born Novokuznetsk, RUS

Drafted 2015, #135 overall by Minnesota

Next game · Thu 8 Octat Tampa Bay · 7:00 PM ET1 P in the last 2 vs TBL
90+ points 65%Hart Trophy 7.0%Markets →
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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals31st on MIN
Assists0T-11th on MIN
Points3T-2nd on MIN
P / GP1.00T-52nd in the NHL
Shots933.3% shooting
TOI / GP21:332nd on MIN

2025-262025-26: 78 games, 45-44-89, 1.14 points per game Season detail →

Kirill Kaprizov has 3 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 89 points in 78 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

3 points in 3 games for the 5th-placed Minnesota

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Ice time21:3397th
Goals / 602.7894th
Shots / GP3.0090th
Shooting %33.3%87th
Points / GP1.0084th
PP points180th
Penalty differential+180th
Takeaways027th
Assists / 600.0021st
Hits119th
Blocked shots012th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

1.01.01–3

Dashed line: season average (1.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points3T-2nd on MIN
Points per game1.00T-52nd in NHL
Goals3T-6th in NHL
Assists0T-11th on MIN
Shooting %33.3%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time21:332nd on MIN
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Ice time and special teams

A top-line forward who runs the first power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Minnesota's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength17:04
Power play4:29
Shorthanded0:00
Total21:33

20.3 shifts a game, averaging 64 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals1T-1st on MIN
PP assists0T-8th on MIN
PP points1T-4th on MIN · T-51st NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 604.468th on MIN

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP4Minnesota total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share25.0%of every MIN PPG
PP TOI share80.8%of MIN PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

The power play drives the goal total

How the 3 goals and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-3rd on MIN
Overtime goals0T-1st on MIN
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals1
Even-strength goals2
Power-play goals1

Goals by period

1st0
2nd1
3rd2
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading2
Trailing1

0 of 3 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Minnesota trailing.

Assists at 5-on-5

Primary0
Secondary0

Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.

Rates per 60

Points / 602.78
Goals / 602.78
Shots / 608.4
ES points / 602.342 ES points
PP points / 604.461 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease3 att · 0 G
Slot9 att · 2 G
Wing7 att · 0 G
Point2 att · 1 G
Neutral zone1 att · 0 G

22 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)2.017th
Goals3
Goals vs expected+1.0
Unblocked attempts18
xG per attempt.110
ixG per 601.84

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

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 leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Top speed in the 85th percentile of forwards: 22.07 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Defensive-zone time33.5%93rd
Offensive-zone time48.4%91st
22+ mph bursts189th
Top speed, mph22.0785th
Distance skated, mi10.484th
Hardest shot, mph84.9384th
Average shot, mph65.184th
20+ mph bursts561st
90+ mph shots048th
Distance / 60, mi9.6543rd

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph22.07Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph84.93Forward average 74.7
Distance skated10.4 mi4.05 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts51.4%16.2% defensive · 32.4% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

51.5%All situations30.5%
45.5%Even strength34.8%
73.5%Power play15.2%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 22.07@NSH1 Oct · 1st 10:42
  2. 20.14@NSH1 Oct · 1st 19:55
  3. 19.90@NSH1 Oct · 2nd 00:52
  4. 19.89vsBOS3 Oct · 1st 19:12
  5. 19.63vsBOS3 Oct · 1st 07:18
  6. 19.23vsBOS3 Oct · 1st 16:15
  7. 19.16@NSH1 Oct · 1st 05:19
  8. 19.11@NSH1 Oct · 2nd 19:13

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph1 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph4 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph20 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 79.36@NSH1 Oct · 3rd 08:19
  2. 78.60vsBOS3 Oct · 1st 19:18
  3. 76.39@NSH1 Oct · 1st 07:31
  4. 67.59@NSH1 Oct · 1st 19:59
  5. 67.51vsBOS3 Oct · 3rd 18:27
  6. 65.20@NSH1 Oct · 3rd 17:13
  7. 64.81@NSH1 Oct · 1st 12:40
  8. 60.60vsBOS3 Oct · 2nd 06:11

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph2 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph3 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 4.05@BUF6 Oct · 24:58 TOI
  2. 3.14vsBOS3 Oct · 18:49 TOI
  3. 3.21@NSH1 Oct · 20:53 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.47 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-10th on MIN
Giveaways2
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits1T-11th on MIN
Blocked shots0T-16th on MIN

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken41.3 a game
Won1
Win %25.0%
Offensive zone1 of 4

A part-time centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Tampa Bay, a point in one of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
24 Mar 2026@TBLL 3-60002−121:31
3 Mar 2026vsTBLW 5-11013+222:11

Prediction markets

65% for the 90+ points

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

90+ points2026-27 regular season65%—70¢Not listedNot listed
Hart TrophyMost valuable player7.0%—12¢Best5¢Not listed
Art Ross TrophyPoints leader1.5%—3¢Not listedNot listed
Ted Lindsay AwardPlayers' MVP vote1.5%—Not listed2¢Not listed

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Contract

$17M a season through 2033-34

In 2025-26 he scored 5.2 points per $1M of cap hit, 320th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$17M16.3% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 1 of 8
Expires2033-34UFA at 37
Cap value$136MCap hit × 8 years

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 2 Oct 2026.


With Minnesota

Six seasons · 2020-21 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Quinn Hughes sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Quinn Hughes1
Jared Spurgeon1
Maxim Shabanov1
Joel Eriksson Ek1

Assists on his 3 goals, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points4782nd for Minnesota
Goals2331st
Assists2455th
Games played40024th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Six seasons, all with the Wild

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2020-21MIN552724510.9317.2%
2021-22MIN8147611081.3316.3%
2022-23MIN674035751.1215.3%
2023-24MIN754650961.2816.6%
2024-25MIN412531561.3717.2%
2025-26MIN784544891.1416.7%
Career3972302454751.2016.5%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2015Minnesota · round 5#135

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · MIN points

Games36
Goals19
Points361.00 P/GP
Game-winning goals3
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct