Kailer Yamamoto
Age 28 · Shoots right · 5′9″ · 178 lb · Born Spokane, Washington, USA
Drafted 2017, #22 overall by Edmonton
Kailer Yamamoto scored 23 points (13 goals, 10 assists) in 59 games in 2025-26, T-14th on Utah. Against Boston: 0 points in the last 1 meeting.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesUtah have played 4 games and Kailer Yamamoto has not dressed yet. Next game on Thursday 8 October at Boston. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 59 games23 points in 59 games on a team that finished 15th
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 (0.4). 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 Utah'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 10 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
4 of 13 goals broke a tie; 7 came with Utah trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
92 attempts across the 41 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 59 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 22.10 mph, hardest shot 86.92 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.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (18 of 59)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Boston, a point in zero of one
BOSL 1-40000011:30
STLL 3-51012−114:11
WPGW 5-30003+110:14
CGYL 1-40001−211:21
CARL 1-40004−111:21
NSHW 4-11012+114:02
EDMW 6-5 OT0002017:10
VANW 7-41012011:13
SEAW 6-20220+211:23
LAKW 6-20000+113:29EDML 2-50000013:38Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$1.75M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 13.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 83rd 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 Utah
Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26Logan Cooley 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 13 goals, 2025-26.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 10 assists.
By opponent
Seattle3 P in 21.50 P/GPCarolina3 P in 21.50 P/GP
Dallas4 P in 31.33 P/GPNashville3 P in 31.00 P/GP
Montréal2 P in 21.00 P/GPVancouver3 P in 31.00 P/GPCareer
Regular season and playoffsNine seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Teammates in the stats
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct