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Kyle Okposo

#8 · Right wing · Florida Panthers

Born Apr 16, 1988 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA · 6'0", 216 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 7th overall in 2006 by NYI (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2023-24

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Galchenyuk TOR · 13 P in 34 GP Matt Duchene NSH · 13 P in 34 GP Alexander Volkov ANA · 13 P in 37 GP Brock McGinn CAR · 13 P in 37 GP Rocco Grimaldi NSH · 13 P in 40 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.

02040602007-08: 5 points507-082008-09: 39 points392009-10: 52 points5209-102010-11: 20 points202011-12: 45 points4511-122012-13: 24 points242013-14: 69 points6913-142014-15: 51 points512015-16: 64 points6415-162016-17: 45 points452017-18: 44 points4417-182018-19: 29 points292019-20: 19 points1919-202020-21: 13 points132021-22: 45 points4521-222022-23: 28 points282023-24: 22 points2223-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2007-08 NYI 9 2 3 5 3 2 15 5 0.56
2008-09 NYI 65 18 21 39 -6 36 165 64 0.60
2009-10 NYI 80 19 33 52 -22 34 249 62 0.65
2010-11 NYI 38 5 15 20 3 40 72 31 0.53
2011-12 NYI 79 24 21 45 -15 46 152 51 0.57 $2.8M
2012-13 NYI 48 4 20 24 -2 38 101 48 0.50 $2.8M
2013-14 NYI 71 27 42 69 -9 51 195 43 0.97 $2.8M
2014-15 NYI 60 18 33 51 -8 12 195 53 0.85 $2.8M
2015-16 NYI 79 22 42 64 -4 51 202 90 0.81 $2.8M
2016-17 BUF 65 19 26 45 -7 24 156 53 0.69 $6M
2017-18 BUF 76 15 29 44 -34 40 161 70 0.58 $6M
2018-19 BUF 78 14 15 29 -9 41 147 87 0.37 $6M
2019-20 BUF 52 9 10 19 -3 28 82 55 0.37 $6M
2020-21 BUF 35 2 11 13 -1 0 45 29 0.37 $6M
2021-22 BUF 74 21 24 45 -15 43 174 59 0.61 $6M
2022-23 BUF 75 11 17 28 -7 34 150 78 0.37 $6M
2023-24 BUF 61 12 10 22 1 32 106 61 0.36 $2.5M
2023-24 FLA 6 0 0 0 0 2 8 14 0.00
17 seasons Career 1051 242 372 614 -135 554 2375 953 0.58

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 NYI 6 3 1 4 -1 5 14 5 0.67
2014-15 NYI 7 2 1 3 1 2 16 11 0.43
2015-16 NYI 11 2 6 8 -3 4 44 26 0.73
2023-24 FLA 17 0 2 2 -1 10 16 52 0.12
4 seasons Playoffs 41 7 10 17 -4 21 90 94 0.41

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
35 2 11 13 -1 0 45 29 0.37 4.4 13:53

Contract

$6MCap hit2020-21
$462KCap dollars per point13 points in 35 games
-$205KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$6.2MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 633 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2023-24 to 2023-24 $2.5M
2020-21 to 2022-23 $6M
2018-19 to 2022-23 $6M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $6M
2012-13 to 2015-16 $2.8M
2011-12 to 2015-16 $2.8M

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Rating

-0.9Goals above replacement555th of 643 skaters, 381st of 430 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 430 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-1.3 26th percentileEven-strength defence-1.5 10th percentilePower play-0.3 28th percentilePenalty kill+0.3 89th percentilePenalties+0.5 65th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-505102010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

44.3Corsi for %315 attempts for, 396 against
-2.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.4Expected goals for %14.0 expected for, 20.7 against
-5.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
44.8Goals for %13 for, 16 against
99.8PDO7.0% shooting + 92.8% saves
62Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 579 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kyle Okposo · Cody Eakin · Tobias Rieder23138:3440.733.03-8
Eric Staal · Kyle Okposo · Taylor Hall736:0153.245.50-2
Kyle Okposo · Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson533:5743.552.93-0
Kyle Okposo · Cody Eakin · Rasmus Asplund420:4343.831.00-0

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. 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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.3Expected goalsfrom 59 unblocked attempts
-2.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.53 expected goals per 60 minutes16th
Shot quality 7.3% chance per attempt26th
Finishing -2.3 goals above expected21stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 411 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Expected 4.3Goals 2

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 this season, 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 15, 2021 @ WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:17
Apr 13, 2021 @ BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:23
Apr 11, 2021 @ PHI W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 17:12
Apr 9, 2021 vs WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 16:29
Apr 8, 2021 vs NJD L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 14:23
Apr 6, 2021 @ NJD W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 16:13
Apr 3, 2021 vs NYR W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 19:13
Apr 1, 2021 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:37
Mar 31, 2021 vs PHI W 6-1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 14:18
Mar 29, 2021 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:23
Mar 27, 2021 @ BOS L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 16:02
Mar 18, 2021 vs BOS L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11:51
Mar 16, 2021 @ NJD L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 15:41
Mar 15, 2021 vs WSH L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:33
Mar 13, 2021 vs PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:54
Mar 11, 2021 vs PIT L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12:24
Mar 9, 2021 @ PHI L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 10:32
Mar 7, 2021 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:11
Mar 6, 2021 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:32
Mar 4, 2021 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11:48
Mar 2, 2021 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 12:28
Feb 28, 2021 vs PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:38
Feb 27, 2021 vs PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:33
Feb 25, 2021 vs NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:25
Feb 23, 2021 @ NJD W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 13:02
Feb 22, 2021 @ NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:10
Feb 20, 2021 @ NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 15:55
Feb 18, 2021 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:14
Feb 16, 2021 vs NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:17
Feb 15, 2021 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:23
Jan 31, 2021 vs NJD L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:51
Jan 30, 2021 vs NJD W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:22
Jan 28, 2021 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:12
Jan 26, 2021 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:42
Jan 24, 2021 @ WSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:43