Joel Kiviranta
Age 30 · Shoots left · 5′11″ · 185 lb · Born Vantaa, FIN
Undrafted
2025-262025-26: 51 games, 3-6-9, 0.18 points per game Season detail →
Joel Kiviranta has 1 point in 2 games of 2026-27, after 9 points in 51 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample1 point in 2 games for the 25th-placed Dallas
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Dallas's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
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
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Dallas trailing.
Assists at 5-on-5
Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.
Most attempts from the crease, goals from the crease
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 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 51 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 98th percentile of forwards: 10.68 miles
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
- 21.54vs
SJS5 Oct · 1st 02:37 - 19.60vsSJS5 Oct · 2nd 13:22
- 19.37vs
STL2 Oct · 3rd 15:42 - 19.09vsSJS5 Oct · 3rd 06:44
- 18.93vsSJS5 Oct · 3rd 17:44
- 18.83vsSTL2 Oct · 2nd 18:36
- 18.80vsSJS5 Oct · 2nd 03:28
- 18.56vsSJS5 Oct · 1st 06:23
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 61.22vsSJS5 Oct · 3rd 09:52
- 8.15vsSTL2 Oct · 1st 06:05
- 3.84vsSTL2 Oct · 2nd 08:54
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.92vsSJS5 Oct · 10:37 TOI
- 1.80vsSTL2 Oct · 10:18 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.86 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 Buffalo, a point in zero of one
BUFW 3-10000011:36SJSW 5-01011+110:37STLL 0-40002010:189 points in 51 games
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 (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Dallas's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 3 goals and 6 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; 1 came with Dallas trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
93 attempts across the 37 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 51 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 forwards: 10.21 miles
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.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (9 of 51)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Buffalo, a point in zero of one
BUFW 3-10000011:36
SEAW 2-00006014:22
CGYW 3-1000109:44
EDMW 2-1 SO0000+17:45
VGKOTL 2-3 OT0000+19:50CGYW 3-1000108:58STLL 2-30001011:26DALW 2-00001010:41
VANL 6-80000+18:11CGYW 9-20002+210:55
WPGL 2-4000007:35SJSW 5-01011+110:37STLL 0-40002010:18Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 9.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 182nd 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 Dallas
Four seasons · 2019-20 to 2022-23Oskar Bäck 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
Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSeven seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct