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Kevin Bahl

#7 · Defence · Calgary Flames

Born Jun 27, 2000 in New Westminster, British Columbia, CAN (age 26) · 6'6", 230 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 55th overall in 2018 by ARI (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jarred Tinordi CHI · 8 P in 44 GP Nikita Zaitsev CHI · 8 P in 46 GP Philip Broberg EDM · 8 P in 46 GP Gustav Lindstrom DET · 8 P in 36 GP Ian Mitchell CHI · 8 P in 35 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

051015202020-21: 2 points220-212021-22: 4 points421-222022-23: 8 points822-232023-24: 11 points1123-242024-25: 20 points2024-252025-26: 18 points1825-262026-27: 1 points126-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2020-21 NJD 7 0 2 2 0 0 5 18 0.29 $795K
2021-22 NJD 17 1 3 4 -6 10 16 28 0.24 $795K
2022-23 NJD 42 2 6 8 4 35 27 64 0.19 $795K
2023-24 NJD 82 1 10 11 1 82 63 151 0.13 $1.05M
2024-25 CGY 73 3 17 20 -6 35 82 109 0.27 $1.05M
2025-26 CGY 76 4 14 18 2 47 57 114 0.24 $5.35M
2026-27 CGY 5 1 0 1 -1 6 6 6 0.20 $5.35M
7 seasons Career 302 12 52 64 -6 215 256 490 0.21

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2022-23 NJD 11 0 1 1 -1 31 9 22 0.09
1 season Playoffs 11 0 1 1 -1 31 9 22 0.09

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
42 2 6 8 4 35 27 64 0.19 7.4 14:01

Contract

$795KCap hitends in 2023, then RFA
$99KCap dollars per point8 points in 42 games
$1.059MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.8 goals above replacement
$1.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$478KValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 695 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Arizona Coyotes on Mar 15, 2019, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.8M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2022-23, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2020-21 $795K $700K $93K $133K $793K
2021-22 $795K $750K $93K $108K $843K
2022-23 $795K $750K $0 $83K $750K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jun 28, 2025 Calgary Flames Extension 2025-26 to 2030-31 6 $32.1M $5.35M
Jul 31, 2023 New Jersey Devils New contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $2.1M $1.05M
Mar 15, 2019 Arizona Coyotes Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 signed for 2019-20, slid 3 $2.8M $795K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2022-23 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2022-23 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence-0.6Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.1

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-6-4-2022020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

50.4Corsi for %123 attempts for, 121 against
-2.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Expected goals for %5.6 expected for, 5.7 against
-4.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.9Goals for %3 for, 4 against
97.4PDO4.8% shooting + 92.6% saves
13Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Damon Severson · Kevin Bahl1085:5750.650.92-1
Dougie Hamilton · Kevin Bahl818:1758.367.61-0
Jonas Siegenthaler · Kevin Bahl911:0126.715.60-1
John Marino · Kevin Bahl87:5150.046.80-1

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.5Expected goalsfrom 10 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.18 expected goals per 60 minutes48th
Shot quality 4.6% chance per attempt91st
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected38thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 65 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.5Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 13, 2023 @ WSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 17:04
Apr 11, 2023 vs BUF W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 12:34
Apr 8, 2023 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:46
Apr 6, 2023 vs CBJ W 8-1 0 0 0 0 14 1 1 15:26
Apr 4, 2023 vs PIT W 5-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 18:47
Apr 2, 2023 @ WPG L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:00
Apr 1, 2023 @ CHI W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:17
Mar 30, 2023 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:33
Mar 27, 2023 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:39
Mar 25, 2023 vs OTT W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 14:10
Mar 24, 2023 @ BUF L 4-5 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 16:07
Mar 21, 2023 vs MIN L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:13
Mar 19, 2023 @ TBL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 18:58
Mar 16, 2023 vs TBL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:45
Mar 12, 2023 vs CAR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:47
Mar 7, 2023 vs TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:22
Mar 5, 2023 @ ARI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 17:34
Mar 3, 2023 @ VGK L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:07
Mar 1, 2023 @ COL W 7-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:13
Feb 25, 2023 vs PHI W 7-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 19:13
Feb 23, 2023 vs LAK W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 13:06
Feb 18, 2023 @ PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 13:29
Feb 16, 2023 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:20
Feb 14, 2023 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:12
Feb 11, 2023 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14:31
Feb 9, 2023 vs SEA W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 14:28
Jan 27, 2023 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:38
Jan 24, 2023 vs VGK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:10
Jan 22, 2023 vs PIT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:40
Jan 5, 2023 vs STL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:54
Jan 4, 2023 @ DET W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:49
Jan 1, 2023 vs CAR L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 12:48
Dec 30, 2022 @ PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 07:09
Dec 28, 2022 vs BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 9 0 1 12:06
Dec 23, 2022 vs BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:14
Dec 21, 2022 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 16:30
Dec 17, 2022 vs FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:02
Dec 13, 2022 vs DAL L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:00
Dec 1, 2022 vs NSH L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 11:49
Oct 24, 2022 vs WSH L 3-6 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 10:58
Oct 22, 2022 vs SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 09:48
Oct 20, 2022 @ NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:35