Kaapo Kakko
Age 25 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 215 lb · Born Turku, FIN
Drafted 2019, #2 overall by NY Rangers
2025-262025-26: 65 games, 13-27-40, 0.62 points per game Season detail →
Kaapo Kakko has 4 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 40 points in 65 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample4 points in 4 games for the 16th-placed Seattle
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 (1.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Seattle'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 of the goals come at even strength
How the 1 goal and 3 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 Seattle trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, 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 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 65 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 20.50 mph, hardest shot 72.29 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
- 20.50@
CGY1 Oct · 1st 07:31 - 19.74vsCGY4 Oct · 3rd 02:04
- 19.26@CGY1 Oct · 3rd 04:01
- 18.98@CGY1 Oct · 2nd 15:36
- 18.61@CGY1 Oct · 2nd 05:29
- 18.43@CGY1 Oct · 3rd 06:35
- 18.43vsCGY4 Oct · 3rd 16:02
- 18.39@
EDM3 Oct · 3rd 03:58
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.28vs
VGK6 Oct · 14:57 TOI - 2.07vsCGY4 Oct · 13:15 TOI
- 2.04@EDM3 Oct · 13:11 TOI
- 2.70@CGY1 Oct · 16:49 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.27 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 Detroit, a point in zero of one
DETL 3-40002012:24VGKL 2-60222−114:57CGYW 6-10000+213:15EDMW 3-10000−113:11CGYL 1-61121+316:4940 points in 65 games on a team that finished 27th
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 (0.6). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Seattle'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 of the goals come at even strength
How the 13 goals and 27 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
5 of 13 goals broke a tie; 4 came with Seattle trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
160 attempts across the 62 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 65 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 21.58 mph, hardest shot 87.30 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.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (31 of 65)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Detroit, a point in zero of one
DETL 3-40002012:24
COLL 0-20004012:18VGKL 1-40000−114:02
LAKL 3-50110+114:07CGYW 4-10110+113:12VGKW 4-3 SO0000−118:09
MINL 2-50110−114:41
WPGL 2-60110−112:26
CHIL 2-41011+114:39
UTAL 2-60110+113:27EDML 0-30000−114:43VGKL 2-60222−114:57CGYW 6-10000+213:15EDMW 3-10000−113:11CGYL 1-61121+316:49Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$4.53M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 8.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 186th 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 Seattle
Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26Jared McCann 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.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 3 assists.
By opponent
Calgary2 P in 21.00 P/GPFranchise 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.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct