Michael Kesselring
- Position
- Defence
- Age
- 26Jan 13, 2000
- Height
- 6'5"196 cm
- Weight
- 215 lbs98 kg
- Shoots
- Right
- Born
- Florence, SC, USA
- Nationality
- USA
- Draft
- 2018 · Round 6 · 164th overall · EDM
Michael Kesselring, San Jose Sharks defenceman, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in Florence, SC, USA · Draft: 2018 · Round 6, pick 9 (#164 overall) · EDM · 2 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 205
- G
- 12
- A
- 46
- PTS
- 58
- +/-
- 9
Playoffs
- GP
- 1
- G
- 0
- A
- 0
- PTS
- 0
- +/-
- 0
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits11#394 of 659
- Hits per game0.58#479 of 659
- Hits per 601.82#503 of 659
- Blocked shots18#118 of 659
- Takeaways7#41 of 659
- Giveaways28#636 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)1.10#445 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.18#545 of 659
- Goals above expected-1.10#548 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.038#549 of 659
- High-danger shots1#499 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)47.5%#415 of 659
- Corsi relative to team+1.5%#240 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)47.4%#412 of 659
- PDO at 5v50.935#584 of 659
- Offensive zone starts49.1%#358 of 659
- Time on ice per game19:04#171 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 17 tracked games this season · updated Nov 6
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 41.3%38.3%Beats 12%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 42.0%39.1%Beats 11%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 40.9%43.7%Beats 11%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.2 mph21.5 mphBeats 66%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 819Beats 91%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 00Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 68.4 mph67.2 mphBeats 41%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 86.7 mph93.7 mphBeats 85%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 0 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 1 shots
- Crease: 1 shots
- Right side of the net: 0 shots
- Low slot: 0 shots
- Left circle: 0 shots
- Right circle: 1 shots
- High slot: 0 shots
- Outside left: 1 shots
- Outside right: 0 shots
- Left point: 0 shots
- Centre point: 5 shots
- Right point: 10 shots
- Neutral zone: 1 shots
- Beyond the red line: 0 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 11Beats 75%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 31Beats 37%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 715More than 90%
- Long-range shooting %League avg 3.7%0.0%Beats 70%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →No faceoffs taken this season.
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