Chicago Blackhawks · #44 · Defence

Wyatt Kaiser

Age 24 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 190 lb · Born Andover, Minnesota, USA

Drafted 2020, #81 overall by Chicago

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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-10th on CHI
Assists1T-5th on CHI
Points1T-7th on CHI
P / GP0.25T-348th in the NHL
Shots30.0% shooting
TOI / GP20:204th on CHI

2025-262025-26: 77 games, 6-11-17, 0.22 points per game Season detail →

Wyatt Kaiser has 1 point in 4 games of 2026-27, after 17 points in 77 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

1 point in 4 games for the 29th-placed Chicago

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

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Penalty differential+186th
Blocked shots783rd
Takeaways161st
Hits361st
Ice time20:2060th
Assists / 600.7457th
Points / GP0.2550th
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Shots / GP0.7538th
Shooting %0.0%38th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.30.31–4

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-7th on CHI
Points per game0.25T-348th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-5th on CHI
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time20:204th on CHI
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Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who kills penalties

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength18:33
Power play0:06
Shorthanded1:42
Total20:20

25.3 shifts a game, averaging 48 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on CHI
PP assists0T-3rd on CHI
PP points0T-4th on CHI · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-4th on CHI

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Chicago total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every CHI PPG
PP TOI share2.4%of CHI PP time

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


Scoring detail

No goals yet: his one point is an assist

How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on CHI
Overtime goals0T-1st on CHI
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary1 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.74
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 602.2
ES points / 600.811 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot0 att · 0 G
Wing2 att · 0 G
Point3 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.1456th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.1
Unblocked attempts5
xG per attempt.028
ixG per 600.10

2026-27 · 4 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 93rd percentile of defencemen: 21.55 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 percentile among NHL defencemen

Top speed, mph21.5593rd
20+ mph bursts486th
Distance skated, mi11.582nd
Hardest shot, mph88.7980th
Average shot, mph72.773rd
22+ mph bursts048th
Distance / 60, mi8.5046th
90+ mph shots042nd
Defensive-zone time42.7%26th
Offensive-zone time38.0%20th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen 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, mph21.55Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph88.79Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated11.5 mi3.36 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts21.1%32.4% defensive · 46.5% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

37.6%All situations43.1%
36.9%Even strength43.8%
27.3%Power play30.1%
45.4%Shorthanded35.6%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.55@UTA1 Oct · 1st 04:40
  2. 21.17@BUF3 Oct · 3rd 07:31
  3. 20.42@VGK29 Sep · 1st 12:32
  4. 19.99@UTA1 Oct · 2nd 15:49
  5. 19.75@VGK29 Sep · 2nd 07:58
  6. 18.84@UTA1 Oct · 1st 08:48
  7. 18.68@VGK29 Sep · 3rd 14:02
  8. 18.44@VGK29 Sep · 2nd 00:26

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph4 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph10 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 88.79@BUF3 Oct · 3rd 00:51
  2. 76.30@UTA1 Oct · 1st 05:45
  3. 69.71@BUF3 Oct · 3rd 06:23

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph1 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph1 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.50vsSTL6 Oct · 17:57 TOI
  2. 3.36@BUF3 Oct · 22:58 TOI
  3. 2.80@UTA1 Oct · 19:49 TOI
  4. 2.86@VGK29 Sep · 20:37 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.88 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

Takeaways1T-5th on CHI
Giveaways7
TK / GV ratio0.14
Hits310th on CHI
Blocked shots71st on CHI

Discipline

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

Game log

Against NY Islanders, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
24 Mar 2026@NYIW 4-30002+119:46
30 Dec 2025vsNYIOTL 2-3 SO0000021:15

Contract

Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 10.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 35th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$1.7M1.6% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 2 of 2
Expires2026-27RFA at 24
Cap value$3.4MCap hit × 2 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 Chicago

Five seasons · 2022-23 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

124th 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.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points36124th for Chicago
Goals10146th
Assists26116th
Games played17983rd
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Five seasons, all with the Blackhawks

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2022-23CHI90330.330.0%
2023-24CHI320770.220.0%
2024-25CHI574480.146.1%
2025-26CHI77611170.228.0%
2026-27CHI10111.00—
Career1761026360.205.8%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2020Chicago · round 3#81

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · CHI points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct