Niko Mikkola
- Position
- Defence
- Age
- 30Apr 27, 1996
- Height
- 6'6"198 cm
- Weight
- 204 lbs93 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Kiiminki, FIN
- Nationality
- FIN
- Draft
- 2015 · Round 5 · 127th overall · STL
Niko Mikkola, Florida Panthers 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 Kiiminki, FIN · Draft: 2015 · Round 5, pick 6 (#127 overall) · STL · 9 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 410
- G
- 19
- A
- 58
- PTS
- 77
- +/-
- 19
Playoffs
- GP
- 69
- G
- 5
- A
- 9
- PTS
- 14
- +/-
- 11
Last 5 games
Awards
- Stanley Cup · 2× 2024-25, 2023-24
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits18#241 of 659
- Hits per game1.06#311 of 659
- Hits per 603.25#366 of 659
- Blocked shots18#118 of 659
- Takeaways7#41 of 659
- Giveaways24#612 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)2.16#279 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.39#406 of 659
- Goals above expected-0.16#318 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.060#401 of 659
- High-danger shots4#373 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)57.7%#43 of 659
- Corsi relative to team+4.6%#109 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)55.4%#105 of 659
- PDO at 5v50.998#309 of 659
- Offensive zone starts61.9%#86 of 659
- Time on ice per game19:29#152 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 16 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%42.2%Beats 61%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 42.0%44.1%Beats 82%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 40.9%39.5%Beats 61%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.2 mph21.6 mphBeats 71%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 813Beats 78%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 00Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 68.4 mph61.0 mphBeats 3%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 86.7 mph83.0 mphBeats 23%
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: 0 shots
- Right side of the net: 0 shots
- Low slot: 3 shots
- Left circle: 3 shots
- Right circle: 0 shots
- High slot: 1 shots
- Outside left: 5 shots
- Outside right: 0 shots
- Left point: 5 shots
- Centre point: 3 shots
- Right point: 0 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 2 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 13Beats 95%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 34Beats 74%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 78More than 65%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →No faceoffs taken this season.
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