Keegan Kolesar
Age 29 · Shoots right · 6′2″ · 218 lb · Born Brandon, Manitoba, CAN
Drafted 2015, #69 overall by Columbus
2025-262025-26: 82 games, 6-11-17, 0.21 points per game Season detail →
Keegan Kolesar has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 17 points in 82 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 26th-placed Detroit
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 (0.0). 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 Detroit'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.
20+ mph bursts in the 78th percentile of forwards: 7
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
- 20.87vs
WPG4 Oct · 1st 06:41 - 20.57vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 04:00
- 20.03vs
NYR2 Oct · 2nd 08:34 - 19.40vsWPG4 Oct · 3rd 10:40
- 19.34vsNYR2 Oct · 3rd 06:40
- 19.06vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 08:38
- 18.64vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 02:11
- 18.51vsWPG4 Oct · 1st 06:51
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.34vs
OTT6 Oct · 15:07 TOI - 1.75vsWPG4 Oct · 10:49 TOI
- 1.74vsNYR2 Oct · 10:23 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.94 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 Seattle, a point in zero of four
SEAW 4-10000+312:07SEAOTL 3-4 SO0000012:42SEAL 2-30002015:29SEAOTL 1-2 OT0002011:20OTTW 5-30001015:07WPGL 2-30000010:49NYRL 0-20000010:2317 points in 82 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 Detroit's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 6 goals and 11 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 6 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Detroit trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
140 attempts across the 73 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 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 leaders20+ mph bursts in the 69th percentile of forwards: 126
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.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (15 of 82)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Seattle, a point in zero of four
SEAW 4-10000+312:07SEAOTL 3-4 SO0000012:42SEAL 2-30002015:29SEAOTL 1-2 OT0002011:20SEAW 4-10000+312:07WPGW 6-20001011:19
COLW 3-2 OT0001−110:12SEAOTL 3-4 SO0000012:42
VANW 2-10001+112:07
EDMW 5-10001010:51
CGYW 6-30000−113:10VANW 4-20001+110:16
WSHOTL 4-5 SO0000010:48EDMOTL 3-4 OT0000−18:47OTTW 5-30001015:07WPGL 2-30000010:49NYRL 0-20000010:23Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$2.5M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 6.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 272nd 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 Detroit
288th 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 playoffsSeven seasons, all with the Golden Knights
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct