Regular season

Kaapo Kakko

Seattle Kraken · RW · #84

Middle-six playerDepth Forward?40 points in 65 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'1"
WT: 215 lb
Age: 25
Shoots: L
From: Turku, FIN
Draft: 2019 NYR · R1 #2

69Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4444pctl

5555pctl

4949pctl

3737pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.6270pctl

0.2055pctl

0.4278pctl

1.234pctl

+1491pctl

866pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

5.3%58pctl

1.9660pctl

0.0937pctl

Def Suppression?

0.1819pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

5.017pctl

1.921pctl

0.4480pctl

0.773pctl

1:2748pctl

0:0025pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 44 GP tracked · 10h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.5%41pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

58.7%86pctl

O-zone deployment?

62%92pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.2 min38pctl

Support received?

17.7 min36pctl

D-zone deployment?

38%8pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0857pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.1066pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3049pctl

0.98×46pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.25/gm36pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.2%77pctl

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 832 EV min

General Offense

5.0535

6.3524

Shot Setups/60?

0.6527

Chance Setups/60?

0.4324

Primary Contributions/60?

5.7032

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3637

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0028

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3627

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2948

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0739

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

0.6515

Rush Offense/60?

7.0040

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4323

0.7242

0.0731

Deflections/60?

1.0834

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.2270

Entries Finished/60?

0.6543

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.5866

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.3060

0.5881

0.7239

Retrieval Success %?

44%83

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1483

Exit Success %?

11%84

Forechecking

1.7328

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0042

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$4.53M

cap hit

$4.22M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (−$0.3M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Kaapo Kakko	69	Depth Forward	40 P · 65 GP	$4.53M	$4.22M	C−$0.3M	this player
Marcus Johansson	71	Middle-Six Engine	49 P · 75 GP	-	$4.78M	-	90%
Easton Cowan	65	Depth Forward	29 P · 66 GP	$0.87M	$3.17M	A+$2.3M	89%
Kevin Hayes	64	Depth Forward	8 P · 28 GP	-	$2.92M	-	88%
Alexandre Texier	64	Depth Forward	21 P · 51 GP	$2.10M	$2.92M	B+$0.8M	87%

Chemistry

Top connection: Bobby McMann · 5 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Kaapo’s goals

Creates for

goals Kaapo assisted on

From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.

Recent form · last 10 games

6 pts · 1 G · 5 A · 5 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:43 TOI

vs UTA

1P

0G 1A

vs UTA 04-02

0G 1A · 0 shots · 13:27 TOI

vs CHI

1P

1G 0A

vs CHI 04-04

1G 0A · 1 shots · 14:39 TOI

@ WPG

1P

0G 1A

@ WPG 04-06

0G 1A · 0 shots · 12:26 TOI

@ MIN

1P

0G 1A

@ MIN 04-07

0G 1A · 0 shots · 14:41 TOI

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 18:09 TOI

vs CGY

1P

0G 1A

vs CGY 04-11

0G 1A · 0 shots · 13:12 TOI

vs LAK

1P

0G 1A

vs LAK 04-13

0G 1A · 0 shots · 14:07 TOI

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 04-15

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:02 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 04-16

0G 0A · 4 shots · 12:18 TOI

Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left

The Territory

attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)157 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 5 of 13 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 12 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 15 blocks · 8 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2019-20	New York Rangers	66	10	13	23	-26
2020-21	New York Rangers	48	9	8	17	3
2021-22	New York Rangers	43	7	11	18	9
2022-23	New York Rangers	82	18	22	40	12
2023-24	New York Rangers	61	13	6	19	6
2024-25	New York Rangers	30	4	10	14	9
2024-25	Seattle Kraken	49	10	20	30	-11
2025-26	Seattle Kraken	65	13	27	40	14
Career	2 teams	444	84	117	201	16