Not on an NHL roster · Goalie · Catches L

Kaapo Kahkonen

Age 30 · 6'2" · 217 lb · Born in Helsinki, FIN

Cap hit

$1M

1.0% of $104M cap

Term

1 yr

Through 2026-27, then UFA

Clause

None

Surplus value

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needs 40 recent games

Contract details from our records; public announcement not yet matched

2024-25 regular season

1 starts

Record

0-1-0

SV%

.800

GAA

4.12

Shots against

GSAx

-2

goals saved above expected

Game Score

-1.96

per game

Game log

Last 5 games · NHL API

Game	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI	xGA	GSAx	HD saves	GS
Oct 30vs TBL · L 5-2	L	20	16	4	.800	58:16	2.04	-1.96	1/3	-1.96
Apr 13@ PHI · L 1-0	L	21	20	1	.952	57:37	2.68	+1.68	1/2	+1.68
Apr 7vs NSH · OTL 3-2	ND	5	4	1	.800	8:39	0.49	-0.51	0/0	-0.51
Apr 3@ NYR · L 4-3	L	41	37	4	.902	58:15	4.32	+0.32	3/6	+0.33
Mar 24@ NYI · W 4-0	W	36	36	0	1.000	59:30	3.17	+3.17	5/5	+3.18

Dec = decision (W, L, OTL; ND = started, no decision). HD saves = high-danger shots on goal stopped. GS = our Game Score.

Advanced metrics

2023-24 · 37 GP · 1,914 min · percentile vs. NHL goalies

SV%.898

31st percentile

GSAx+2.6

57th percentile

GSAx/60+0.08

56th percentile

HDSV%.757

94th percentile

HD GSAx+10.7

100th percentile

5v5 GSAx+4.4

66th percentile

EV SV%.909

44th percentile

Quality start %48.5%

39th percentile

Really bad start %21.2%

31st percentile

xGA/603.72

100th percentile

Expected goals come from our own model and rate every unblocked shot he faced by its chance of going in. High-danger shots are those worth 0.15 expected goals or more. Percentiles compare him with goalies who played 600 minutes that season. xGA/60 shows how hard his workload was, so its bar is grey.

Where his Game Score comes from

2024-25 · 1 GP · goals above average

Season total -2.0 goals, or -1.96 per game.

Goaltending: -2.0

Game Score adds up a player's impact in goals compared with an average player given the same ice time: his share of expected goals for and against at even strength, on the power play, and on the penalty kill, plus finishing (goals minus expected goals), primary assists, penalties drawn and taken, and faceoffs. Goalies are measured by goals saved above expected.

Career stats

From the NHL's player records

NHL regular season NHL playoffs All leagues

Season	Team	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SV%	GAA	SO	SA	GA	GSAx
2019-20	Minnesota Wild	5	5	3	1	1	.913	2.96	0	172	15	—
2020-21	Minnesota Wild	24	23	16	8	0	.902	2.88	2	692	68	—
2021-22	Minnesota Wild	25	23	12	8	3	.910	2.87	0	734	66	—
2021-22	San Jose Sharks	11	10	2	6	1	.916	2.86	0	322	27	—
2022-23	San Jose Sharks	37	37	9	20	7	.883	3.85	1	1149	135	-22.6
2023-24	San Jose Sharks	31	27	6	20	3	.895	3.81	0	996	105	+2.6
2023-24	New Jersey Devils	6	6	1	4	0	.923	2.51	1	143	11	+2.6
2024-25	Colorado Avalanche	1	1	0	1	0	.800	4.12	0	20	4	-2
Career	6 seasons	140	132	49	68	15	.898	3.34	4	4228	431

Seasons traded mid-year show one row per team. GSAx (goals saved above expected) is ours, from our expected goals model.

Latest news

Headlines from news outlets and team blogs

No news about him in the last 30 days.

Sentiment & chatter

Fans

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Beat writers

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Media

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Fan, beat writer, and media scores, the 14-day trade chatter chart, and the latest mentions appear once sentiment scoring is switched on. Mentions are already being collected.

Recent Game Scores

Last 10 games · goals above average

-2.1ANA2/29

-1.5MIN3/3

-3.9DAL3/5

+0.6

+0.6NYR3/11

-1.7ARI3/16

+3.2

+3.2NYI3/24

+0.3

+0.3NYR4/3

-0.5NSH4/7

+1.7

+1.7PHI4/13

-2.0TBL10/30

Average -0.59 per game over these 10.

Age curve

NHL goalies · production index

202937

At 30, goalies typically produce 100% of their peak (age 26).

From 24 seasons of NHL results, adjusted for league scoring and save percentage in each era. Shaded bars are the seasons left on his contract.

Contract by season

1 season left

Season	Team	Cap hit	% of cap
2026-27	MTL	$1M	1.0%

UFA after 2026-27. $1M in cap hits left. % of cap uses each season's ceiling where the league has set one ($104M this season, $113.5M in 2027-28).