Kiefer Sherwood
Age 31 · Shoots right · 6′0″ · 195 lb · Born Columbus, Ohio, USA
Undrafted
2025-262025-26: 72 games, 23-13-36, 0.50 points per game Season detail →
Kiefer Sherwood has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 36 points in 72 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample1 point in 3 games for the 15th-placed San Jose
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of San Jose'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.
1 of 1 goal broke a tie
How the 1 goal and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with San Jose trailing.
Assists at 5-on-5
Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
12 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 72 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 leadersHardest shot in the 87th percentile of forwards: 85.49 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.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.47vs
FLA1 Oct · 2nd 08:50 - 21.26vs
LAK3 Oct · 2nd 05:22 - 21.05@
DAL5 Oct · 2nd 14:05 - 20.92@DAL5 Oct · 1st 10:50
- 20.23vsFLA1 Oct · 3rd 13:04
- 19.70vsLAK3 Oct · 3rd 03:06
- 19.60@DAL5 Oct · 3rd 00:19
- 19.40vsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 02:20
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 85.49@DAL5 Oct · 2nd 12:28
- 83.75vsFLA1 Oct · 2nd 14:04
- 82.76vsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 09:52
- 80.00vsFLA1 Oct · 2nd 01:11
- 77.90vsFLA1 Oct · 3rd 13:06
- 73.20vsFLA1 Oct · 3rd 19:36
- 65.40vsFLA1 Oct · 3rd 06:41
- 55.20vsFLA1 Oct · 2nd 08:50
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.44@DAL5 Oct · 15:02 TOI
- 1.98vsLAK3 Oct · 11:49 TOI
- 2.24vsFLA1 Oct · 14:01 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.22 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 St. Louis, a point in four of five
STLW 5-40005−216:34STLOTL 1-2 OT0112+119:33STLOTL 2-3 OT1011+115:34STLW 4-3 SO3035+124:12STLL 2-52024+115:42DALW 5-00001015:02LAKW 5-4 OT1012+111:49FLAW 4-3 OT0001014:0136 points in 72 games on a team that finished 24th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of San Jose's power play went through him.
Special teams
The power play drives the goal total
How the 23 goals and 13 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
5 of 23 goals broke a tie; 13 came with San Jose trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
366 attempts across the 74 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 72 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 leadersHardest shot in the 96th percentile of forwards: 95.79 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.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (26 of 72)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against St. Louis, a point in four of five
STLW 5-40005−216:34STLOTL 1-2 OT0112+119:33STLOTL 2-3 OT1011+115:34STLW 4-3 SO3035+124:12STLL 2-52024+115:42
WPGW 6-10114+214:05
CHIL 2-50220018:17
NSHW 3-20003−116:33
VANOTL 3-4 SO0001017:26
ANAL 1-60001−118:39
EDML 2-51012+118:01CHIW 3-21012+213:15NSHL 3-60001013:00
TORW 4-10111+117:05ANAW 4-30003−215:04DALW 5-00001015:02LAKW 5-4 OT1012+111:49FLAW 4-3 OT0001014:01Better at home, and at his best against the next opponent
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$5.75M a season through 2030-31
In 2025-26 he scored 6.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 293rd of 370 forwards 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 2 Oct 2026.
With San Jose
One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26208th 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 5 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct