Kevin Korchinski
Age 22 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 198 lb · Born Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CAN
Drafted 2022, #7 overall by Chicago
at NY Islanders · 7:30 PM ET2025-262025-26: 13 games, 0-2-2, 0.15 points per game Season detail →
Kevin Korchinski has 0 points in 1 game of 2026-27, after 2 points in 13 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 1 game Small sample0 points in 1 game for the 29th-placed Chicago
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.
Percentiles need 2 games in 2026-27; Kevin Korchinski has 1.
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 Chicago'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.
Top speed 20.17 mph, hardest shot 78.10 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 2 games in 2026-27; Kevin Korchinski has 1.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.17@
BUF3 Oct · 1st 10:39 - 19.59@BUF3 Oct · 1st 17:22
- 18.09@BUF3 Oct · 3rd 06:08
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 78.10@BUF3 Oct · 3rd 19:28
- 66.06@BUF3 Oct · 1st 05:49
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.80@BUF3 Oct · 11:21 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.80 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
The last ten games
BUFW 4-30002−211:212 points in 13 games on a team that finished 31st
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; Kevin Korchinski has 13.
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 third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Chicago'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.
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
19 attempts across the 11 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 1 game. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 13 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 20.74 mph, hardest shot 86.00 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; Kevin Korchinski has 13.
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.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (2 of 13)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
The last ten games
SJSW 5-20001016:00BUFL 1-50000013:43
STLL 3-50000−117:20
CARL 2-70001−216:33SJSL 2-30001−115:38
SEAW 4-20110+111:20
EDML 1-30000014:48
WPGOTL 3-4 OT0001012:58
NJDL 3-50000012:09
UTAW 4-00001+110:27BUFW 4-30002−211:21Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$1.33M a season through 2027-28
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
Three seasons · 2023-24 to 2025-26191st 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 playoffsThree seasons, all with the Blackhawks
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct