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Joel Kiviranta

#22 · Left wing · Dallas Stars

Born Mar 23, 1996 in Vantaa, FIN (age 30) · 5'11", 185 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Fredrik Olofsson COL · 9 P in 57 GP Kevin Labanc SJS · 9 P in 46 GP Vinni Lettieri MIN · 9 P in 46 GP Tyler Motte TBL · 9 P in 69 GP Adam Ruzicka ARI · 9 P in 42 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.

051015202019-20: 1 points119-202020-21: 11 points1120-212021-22: 7 points721-222022-23: 9 points922-232023-24: 9 points923-242024-25: 23 points2324-252025-26: 9 points925-262026-27: 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
2019-20 DAL 11 1 0 1 -1 4 13 17 0.09 $925K
2020-21 DAL 26 6 5 11 3 6 31 40 0.42 $925K
2021-22 DAL 56 1 6 7 -6 10 59 97 0.13 $1.05M
2022-23 DAL 70 8 1 9 -9 40 85 117 0.13 $1.05M
2023-24 COL 56 3 6 9 -1 12 48 78 0.16 $775K
2024-25 COL 79 16 7 23 15 20 84 114 0.29 $775K
2025-26 COL 51 3 6 9 7 8 50 63 0.18 $1.25M
2026-27 DAL 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 0.50 $1M
8 seasons Career 351 39 31 70 9 100 373 529 0.20

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 DAL 13 5 1 6 7 4 19 37 0.46
2021-22 DAL 7 0 1 1 -2 4 5 12 0.14
2022-23 DAL 15 1 4 5 0 2 12 29 0.33
2023-24 COL 8 1 1 2 3 4 7 23 0.25
2024-25 COL 7 0 0 0 0 2 9 20 0.00
2025-26 COL 5 0 0 0 4 0 5 13 0.00
6 seasons Playoffs 55 7 7 14 12 16 57 134 0.25

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 3 6 9 -1 12 48 78 0.16 6.3 9:50

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2024, then UFA
$86KCap dollars per point9 points in 56 games
$416KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.9 goals above replacement
$2.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.4MValueworth 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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Colorado Avalanche on Nov 12, 2023, as a new contract: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $775K $775K $0 $775K

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
Jul 1, 2026 Dallas Stars New contract 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $1M $1M
2025-26 to 2025-26 $1.25M
Jul 1, 2024 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Nov 12, 2023 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jul 31, 2021 Dallas Stars New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $2.1M $1.05M
May 31, 2019 Dallas Stars Entry-level 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $1.85M $925K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence-0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+0.2

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.

-4-20242019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

51.1Corsi for %93 attempts for, 89 against
-2.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.7Expected goals for %3.1 expected for, 3.2 against
-3.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
75.0Goals for %3 for, 1 against
104.3PDO7.0% shooting + 97.4% saves
19Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Miles Wood · Ross Colton · Joel Kiviranta866:0654.851.23-1
Miles Wood · Nathan MacKinnon · Joel Kiviranta22:230.00.00-0
Yakov Trenin · Brandon Duhaime · Joel Kiviranta41:4720.024.00-0
Artturi Lehkonen · Nathan MacKinnon · Joel Kiviranta21:4650.049.30-0

The lines 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 lines 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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 12 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.36 expected goals per 60 minutes3rd
Shot quality 4.7% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected62ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 74 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.6

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, 2024 vs WPG L 0-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:28
Apr 9, 2024 vs MIN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:29
Apr 7, 2024 vs DAL L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:18
Apr 4, 2024 @ MIN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:38
Mar 13, 2024 @ VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 13:01
Mar 12, 2024 @ CGY W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:29
Mar 8, 2024 vs MIN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:23
Mar 6, 2024 vs DET W 7-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 12:01
Mar 4, 2024 vs CHI W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:02
Mar 2, 2024 @ NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:34
Feb 29, 2024 @ CHI W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:31
Feb 27, 2024 vs DAL W 5-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 07:05
Feb 24, 2024 vs TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 06:36
Feb 22, 2024 @ DET L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:21
Feb 20, 2024 vs VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 11:39
Feb 18, 2024 vs ARI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:33
Feb 15, 2024 @ TBL L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:25
Feb 13, 2024 @ WSH W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:01
Feb 10, 2024 @ FLA L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:15
Feb 8, 2024 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 06:31
Feb 6, 2024 @ NJD L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:49
Feb 5, 2024 @ NYR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:05
Jan 26, 2024 vs LAK W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:11
Jan 24, 2024 vs WSH W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 08:02
Jan 20, 2024 @ PHI W 7-4 0 1 1 -3 0 2 1 12:03
Jan 18, 2024 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:47
Jan 16, 2024 @ OTT W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 12:27
Jan 15, 2024 @ MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:02
Jan 13, 2024 @ TOR W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 15:14
Jan 10, 2024 vs VGK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:13
Jan 8, 2024 vs BOS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 09:02
Jan 6, 2024 vs FLA L 4-8 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:36
Jan 4, 2024 @ DAL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:39
Jan 2, 2024 vs NYI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:29
Dec 31, 2023 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:56
Dec 29, 2023 @ STL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:28
Dec 27, 2023 @ ARI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:46
Dec 23, 2023 vs ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:06
Dec 21, 2023 vs OTT W 6-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 10:28
Dec 19, 2023 @ CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:10
Dec 17, 2023 vs SJS W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:53
Dec 16, 2023 @ WPG L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:59
Dec 9, 2023 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 09:55
Dec 7, 2023 vs WPG L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 07:44
Dec 5, 2023 vs ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:46
Dec 3, 2023 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:48
Dec 2, 2023 @ ANA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:58
Nov 30, 2023 @ ARI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:02
Nov 27, 2023 vs TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:36
Nov 25, 2023 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:58
Nov 24, 2023 @ MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 13:23
Nov 22, 2023 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:22
Nov 20, 2023 @ NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:52
Nov 18, 2023 @ DAL W 6-3 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 10:53
Nov 15, 2023 vs ANA W 8-2 1 2 3 2 0 2 2 09:29
Nov 13, 2023 @ SEA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:29