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Kyle Capobianco

#20 · Defence · Dallas Stars

Born Aug 13, 1997 in Mississauga, Ontario, CAN (age 29) · 6'3", 194 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 63rd overall in 2015 by ARI (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brandon Manning EDM · 1 P in 9 GP Brian Lashoff DET · 1 P in 9 GP Timothy Liljegren TOR · 1 P in 11 GP Lucas Carlsson CHI · 1 P in 6 GP Mark Friedman PHI · 1 P in 6 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.

024682017-18: 0 points017-182018-19: 0 points018-192019-20: 1 points119-202020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 9 points921-222022-23: 2 points222-232024-25: 0 points024-252025-26: 5 points525-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 ARI 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0.00 $745K
2018-19 ARI 2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 0.00 $745K
2019-20 ARI 9 1 0 1 -1 2 10 14 0.11 $745K
2020-21 ARI 2 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 0.00 $775K
2021-22 ARI 45 2 7 9 -12 38 40 43 0.20 $775K
2022-23 WPG 14 2 0 2 1 6 14 12 0.14 $763K
2024-25 DAL 1 0 0 0 -2 4 0 1 0.00 $775K
2025-26 DAL 33 2 3 5 1 8 18 12 0.15 $775K
8 seasons Career 107 7 10 17 -18 60 86 88 0.16

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 WPG 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0.00
1 season Playoffs 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0.00

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
9 1 0 1 -1 2 10 14 0.11 10.0 14:46

Contract

$745KCap hitends in 2020, then RFA
$745KCap dollars per point1 points in 9 games

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.

The contract

Signed by the Arizona Coyotes on Oct 31, 2016, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2019-20, 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
2017-18 $745K $650K $93K $183K $743K
2018-19 $745K $675K $93K $158K $768K
2019-20 $745K $725K $0 $108K $725K

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 24, 2026 Dallas Stars Extension 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $1.75M $875K
Jul 1, 2024 Dallas Stars New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.55M $775K
Jul 14, 2022 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.525M $763K
Oct 5, 2020 Arizona Coyotes Extension 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $1.55M $775K
Oct 31, 2016 Arizona Coyotes Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 signed for 2016-17, slid 3 $2.775M $745K

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Rating

-0.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence-0.7Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+0.0

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.

-4-3-2-10122017-182019-202021-222024-252026-27Goals 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

49.4Corsi for %118 attempts for, 121 against
-3.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.7Expected goals for %4.3 expected for, 5.3 against
-11.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
44.4Goals for %4 for, 5 against
99.2PDO6.9% shooting + 92.3% 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kyle Capobianco · Ilya Lyubushkin446:1752.947.12-2
Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Kyle Capobianco321:3148.939.10-2
Niklas Hjalmarsson · Kyle Capobianco219:0147.529.11-0
Jason Demers · Kyle Capobianco510:1546.745.40-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 11 unblocked attempts
+0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.11 expected goals per 60 minutes8th
Shot quality 2.2% chance per attempt10th
Finishing +0.8 goals above expected68thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 229 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.2

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
Feb 1, 2020 vs CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 14:44
Jan 18, 2020 @ EDM L 3-7 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 16:04
Nov 7, 2019 vs CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 19:17
Oct 25, 2019 @ NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:05
Oct 24, 2019 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:49
Oct 22, 2019 @ NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:10
Oct 19, 2019 vs OTT W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 17:01
Oct 17, 2019 vs NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 17:24
Oct 15, 2019 @ WPG W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:18