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Kevin Fiala

#22 · Left wing · Los Angeles Kings

Born Jul 22, 1996 in St. Gallen, CHE (age 30) · 6'0", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 11th overall in 2014 by NSH (round 1)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Colin McDonald PHI · 1 P in 5 GP Marek Hrivik NYR · 1 P in 5 GP Joel Vermin TBL · 1 P in 6 GP Mike Angelidis TBL · 1 P in 4 GP Paul Carey WSH · 1 P in 4 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.

0204060802014-15: 0 points014-152015-16: 1 points115-162016-17: 16 points1616-172017-18: 48 points4817-182018-19: 39 points3918-192019-20: 54 points5419-202020-21: 40 points4020-212021-22: 85 points8521-222022-23: 72 points7222-232023-24: 73 points7323-242024-25: 60 points6024-252025-26: 40 points4025-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 NSH 1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0.00 $925K
2015-16 NSH 5 1 0 1 0 0 11 2 0.20 $894K
2016-17 NSH 54 11 5 16 1 18 114 44 0.30 $863K
2017-18 NSH 80 23 25 48 20 26 187 34 0.60 $863K
2018-19 NSH 64 10 22 32 -11 26 131 28 0.50 $863K
2018-19 MIN 19 3 4 7 -12 10 43 14 0.37
2019-20 MIN 64 23 31 54 -1 42 175 25 0.84 $3M
2020-21 MIN 50 20 20 40 -2 43 162 27 0.80 $3M
2021-22 MIN 82 33 52 85 23 52 262 52 1.04 $5.1M
2022-23 LAK 69 23 49 72 2 52 208 53 1.04 $7.875M
2023-24 LAK 82 29 44 73 1 62 225 67 0.89 $7.875M
2024-25 LAK 81 35 25 60 -7 38 244 63 0.74 $7.875M
2025-26 LAK 56 18 22 40 -11 34 147 39 0.71 $7.875M
12 seasons Career 707 229 299 528 2 403 1912 448 0.75

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 NSH 1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0.00
2016-17 NSH 5 2 0 2 0 0 12 4 0.40
2017-18 NSH 12 3 1 4 -3 8 30 8 0.33
2019-20 MIN 4 3 1 4 1 10 19 7 1.00
2020-21 MIN 7 1 1 2 -6 2 22 20 0.29
2021-22 MIN 6 0 3 3 -5 16 15 1 0.50
2022-23 LAK 3 1 5 6 1 4 8 4 2.00
2023-24 LAK 5 1 1 2 1 4 16 10 0.40
2024-25 LAK 6 3 4 7 0 2 25 20 1.17
9 seasons Playoffs 49 14 16 30 -12 46 149 75 0.61

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
5 1 0 1 0 0 11 2 0.20 9.1 13:09

Contract

$894KCap hitends in 2019, then RFA
$894KCap dollars per point1 points in 5 games
$2.415MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.4 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Nashville Predators on Jul 15, 2014, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2016-17. This season is not one of its years: an entry-level contract slides back a year when a player signed at 18 or 19 plays fewer than 10 NHL games. It runs through 2018-19, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $863K $833K $93K $500K $925K
2017-18 $863K $833K $0 $500K $833K
2018-19 $863K $833K $0 $500K $833K

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 29, 2022 Los Angeles Kings Extension 2022-23 to 2028-29 7 $55.125M $7.875M
Aug 16, 2021 Minnesota Wild New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $5.1M $5.1M
Sep 11, 2019 Minnesota Wild New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $6M $3M
Jul 15, 2014 Nashville Predators Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 signed for 2014-15, slid 3 $2.775M $863K

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

+0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.2Even-strength defence-0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

0510152014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

57.6Corsi for %72 attempts for, 53 against
+10.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.3Expected goals for %2.4 expected for, 2.2 against
+6.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
99.7PDO3.0% shooting + 96.7% saves
17Attempts 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
James Neal · Ryan Johansen · Kevin Fiala442:5454.350.41-0
Mike Fisher · Austin Watson · Kevin Fiala15:5577.887.50-0
Mike Fisher · Miikka Salomaki · Kevin Fiala12:06100.0100.00-0
Mike Ribeiro · Craig Smith · Kevin Fiala12:0150.043.10-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.4Expected goalsfrom 16 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.29 expected goals per 60 minutes99th
Shot quality 8.8% chance per attempt86th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected54thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Expected 1.4Goals 1

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
Jan 27, 2016 @ CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 06:42
Jan 21, 2016 @ WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:14
Jan 19, 2016 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:01
Jan 16, 2016 vs MIN W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:01
Jan 14, 2016 @ WPG L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 17:48