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Kaapo Kahkonen

Position	Goaltender	Current Team	Montreal Canadiens
Catches	Left	Current Contract	1 year ($1.2M CapHit)
Height	6'2"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	217	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Age (DOB)	29 (Aug 16, 1996)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2014, Round 4, Overall 109 (MIN)

News and Opinions

Rocket Weekly: An Early Exit at Habs World (Wed May 13, 2026)
Rocket Weekly: And Now They Wait at Habs World (Thu Apr 23, 2026)
Rocket Weekly: An Iffy Divisional Road Trip at Habs World (Mon Feb 23, 2026)
Kahkonen Would Provide the Shakup the Canadiens Need at The Hockey Writers (Wed Dec 10, 2025)
Canadiens waste no time after Blues loss, sending Kaapo Kahkonen back to Laval at Habs Fanatics (Mon Dec 8, 2025)
Canadiens make surprising goaltender move before St. Louis Blues game at A Winning Habit (Sun Dec 7, 2025)
Kaapo Kahkonen est rappelé par le Canadien at Dans Les Coulisses (Sun Dec 7, 2025)
Les Maple Leafs ont préféré Cayden Primeau à Kaapo Kahkonen at Dans Les Coulisses (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
Canadiens Send Three Players to Laval Rocket, Place Two on Waivers at Habs Fanatics (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Beck, Engström et F. Xhekaj à Laval | Blais et Kahkonen au ballottage at Dans Les Coulisses (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Canadiens Face Easy Choice Between Backup Goalies Dobes and Kahkonen at The Hockey Writers (Sat Oct 4, 2025)
Insider Believes Newly Acquired Player Could Already Face Waivers at Habs Fanatics (Sun Sep 7, 2025)
Likeliest Canadiens to Be Odd Men out in 2025-26 at The Hockey Writers (Sun Jul 27, 2025)
À écouter Éric Raymond, Jakub Dobes a de l’avance sur Kaapo Kahkonen at Dans Les Coulisses (Thu Jul 17, 2025)
Kaapo Kahkonen Signing Gives Canadiens Flexibility With Jacob Fowler at A Winning Habit (Tue Jul 1, 2025)

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%
2010-11	Jr. C I-divisioo	GrIFK U16	1							1.00	0.958
2011-12	Fin-U18	Blues U18	1		1				2	2.00
2011-12	U16 SM-sarja	Blues U16										9							2.17	0.936
2012-13	Fin-U18	Blues U18	2						6	3.00
2012-13	Fin-Jr.	Blues Jr.	28						68	2.43		12						28	2.68
2013-14	Fin-Jr.	Blues Jr.	38						91	2.39		10						21	2.10
2013-14	WJ18-A	Finland	5		2	3		131	15	3.37
2014-15	Finland-2	TuTo Hockey	47						92	2.11		13						26	1.95
2014-15	Mestis	TUTO Hockey	47							2.11	0.925	13							1.95	0.934
2015-16	Finland-2	TuTo Hockey	1							0.00		6						18	3.03
2015-16	Liiga	Blues	27		6	15	5	769	71	2.69	0.908
2015-16	Mestis	TUTO Hockey	1							0.00	1.000	6							3.03	0.885
2015-16	WJC-20	Finland U20	4		4			99	9	2.52	0.909
2016-17	Liiga	Lukko	34		12	12	10	1096	87	2.58	0.921
2017-18	Liiga	Lukko	56		20	23	12	1538	120	2.20	0.922	2			2		63	5	2.38	0.921
2018-19	AHL	Iowa Wild	39		17	14	12	1190	110	2.78	0.908
2019-20	NHL	Minnesota Wild	5	5	3	1	1	172	15	2.96	0.913
2019-20	AHL	Iowa Wild	34		25	6	3	972	71	2.07	0.927
2020-21	NHL	Minnesota Wild	24	24	16	8		692	68	2.88	0.902
2021-22	NHL	Minnesota Wild	25	25	12	8	3	734	66	2.87	0.910
2021-22	NHL	San Jose Sharks	11	11	2	6	1	322	27	2.86	0.916
2022-23	NHL	San Jose Sharks	37	37	9	20	7	1149	135	3.85	0.883
2023-24	NHL	San Jose Sharks	31	31	6	20	3	996	105	3.81	0.895
2023-24	NHL	New Jersey Devils	6	6	1	4		143	11	2.51	0.923
2024-25	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	1	1		1		20	4	4.12	0.800
2024-25	AHL	Manitoba Moose	22		6	14	1	572	66	3.29	0.885
2024-25	AHL	Charlotte Checkers	12		8	4	1	287	27	2.30	0.906	18		12	6		434	41	2.18	0.906
2024-25	AHL	Colorado Eagles	2			2	1	62	5	2.57	0.919
2025-26	AHL	Laval Rocket	38		21	9	7	969	102	2.73	0.895	5		2	3	11	101	13	3.03	0.871
NHL Career			140	140	49	68	15	4228	431	3.34	0.898

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs

See About Skater Archetypes for more information about skater archetypes.

5v5 Goalie Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAA/60	SA/60	xGA/60	GA/60	GS/60	Sv%	xSv%	Sv%AE
2019-20	MIN	5	255:22	44.64	34.54	2.13	2.11	0.02	93.88	93.82	0.06
2020-21	MIN	24	1126:24	40.32	28.44	2.04	2.61	-0.57	90.82	92.81	-1.99
2021-22	MIN	25	1069:05	41.08	29.58	2.36	2.41	-0.06	91.84	92.03	-0.19
2021-22	SJS	11	454:57	46.82	33.76	2.88	2.51	0.38	92.58	91.46	1.11
2021-22	MIN, SJS	36	1524:02	42.79	30.83	2.51	2.44	0.07	92.08	91.84	0.24
2022-23	SJS	37	1707:22	45.05	32.33	2.88	3.51	-0.64	89.13	91.10	-1.97
2023-24	SJS	31	1338:34	52.35	35.59	3.21	3.27	-0.06	90.81	90.99	-0.18
2023-24	NJD	6	201:06	45.95	31.03	2.79	2.39	0.40	92.31	91.02	1.29
2023-24	NJD, SJS	37	1539:40	51.52	34.99	3.15	3.16	-0.00	90.98	90.99	-0.01
2024-25	COL	1	42:39	37.98	23.92	2.65	5.63	-2.98	76.47	88.93	-12.46

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAA/60	SA/60	xGA/60	GA/60	GS/60	Sv%	xSv%	Sv%AE
2019-20	MIN	5	17:55	90.42	56.93	7.02	16.74	-9.72	70.59	87.67	-17.08
2020-21	MIN	24	116:16	65.02	51.61	5.47	7.74	-2.27	85.00	89.40	-4.40
2021-22	MIN	25	126:17	84.10	62.72	7.14	8.08	-0.94	87.12	88.61	-1.49
2021-22	SJS	11	40:24	90.59	59.41	10.16	7.43	2.74	87.50	82.89	4.61
2021-22	MIN, SJS	36	166:41	85.67	61.91	7.87	7.92	-0.05	87.21	87.28	-0.07
2022-23	SJS	37	190:52	71.04	49.04	6.77	6.29	0.48	87.18	86.20	0.98
2023-24	SJS	31	122:07	78.12	53.06	7.91	10.81	-2.90	79.63	85.09	-5.46
2023-24	NJD	6	26:20	77.47	59.24	6.80	4.56	2.24	92.31	88.53	3.78
2023-24	NJD, SJS	37	148:27	78.01	54.16	7.72	9.70	-1.98	82.09	85.75	-3.66
2024-25	COL	1	6:51	35.04	17.52	2.31	0.00	2.31	100.00	86.81	13.19

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Glossary

Statistic	Definition
SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes.
SA/60	Shots Against per 60 minutes.
xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes.
GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
GS/60	Goals Saved per 60 minutes (xGA/60 -GA/60).
Sv%	Save Percentage.
xSv%	Expected Save Percentage.
Sv%AE	Save Percentage above Expected (Sv% - xSv%).

Data from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16).

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Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

Data Sources

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Skating data is from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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