Michael Kesselring
Age 26 · Shoots right · 6′5″ · 215 lb · Born Florence, South Carolina, USA
Drafted 2018, #164 overall by Edmonton
2025-262025-26: 34 games, 0-2-2, 0.06 points per game Season detail →
Michael Kesselring has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 2 points in 34 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 15th-placed San Jose
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 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.
Most attempts from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
4 attempts across the 2 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 · 34 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 leadersTop speed in the 89th percentile of defencemen: 21.48 mph
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
- 21.48@
DAL5 Oct · 1st 11:55 - 19.94@DAL5 Oct · 3rd 04:46
- 19.65vs
LAK3 Oct · 2nd 03:19 - 19.56vsLAK3 Oct · 1st 00:27
- 19.56vs
FLA1 Oct · 1st 03:04 - 19.26vsFLA1 Oct · 3rd 08:53
- 19.19vsLAK3 Oct · 1st 19:50
- 19.15vsFLA1 Oct · 1st 01:10
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 85.38@DAL5 Oct · 1st 09:33
- 79.20@DAL5 Oct · 1st 04:10
- 75.09vsFLA1 Oct · 1st 09:38
- 43.58@DAL5 Oct · 3rd 04:20
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.86@DAL5 Oct · 20:50 TOI
- 3.15vsLAK3 Oct · 21:15 TOI
- 2.75vsFLA1 Oct · 19:46 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.92 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 zero of two
STLW 4-20001+115:33STLL 0-30002015:59DALW 5-00001−120:50LAKW 5-4 OT0000+121:15FLAW 4-3 OT0001019:462 points in 34 games
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Michael Kesselring has 34.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.1). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of San Jose's power play went through him.
Special teams
No goals yet: all 2 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
105 attempts across the 34 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 · 34 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 leadersTop speed 21.67 mph, hardest shot 94.57 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Tracking percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Michael Kesselring has 34.
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.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (2 of 34)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against St. Louis, a point in zero of two
STLW 4-20001+115:33STLL 0-30002015:59DALOTL 3-4 SO0000+215:03
NYRW 5-30003+110:37SJSW 6-30002−115:09
TBLW 8-70111+16:03
NSHW 3-20001+110:28
PITW 5-10002012:58
VGKW 3-20003011:19TBLW 6-20000−18:40FLAW 3-20001012:19
NJDW 2-10001014:43DALW 5-00001−120:50LAKW 5-4 OT0000+121:15FLAW 4-3 OT0001019:46Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$4.5M a season through 2028-29
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
390th 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 playoffsFour seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct