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Kirill Kaprizov

#97 · Left wing · Minnesota Wild

Born Apr 26, 1997 in Novokuznetsk, RUS (age 29) · 5'10", 202 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 135th overall in 2015 by MIN (round 5)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jonathan Marchessault NSH · 56 P in 78 GP Brock Nelson COL · 56 P in 80 GP Matthew Tkachuk FLA · 57 P in 52 GP Sean Monahan CBJ · 57 P in 54 GP Kent Johnson CBJ · 57 P in 68 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.

0501002020-21: 51 points5120-212021-22: 108 points10821-222022-23: 75 points7522-232023-24: 96 points9623-242024-25: 56 points5624-252025-26: 89 points8925-262026-27: 8 points826-27

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 MIN 55 27 24 51 10 16 157 29 0.93 $925K
2021-22 MIN 81 47 61 108 27 34 289 73 1.33 $9M
2022-23 MIN 67 40 35 75 4 45 261 66 1.12 $9M
2023-24 MIN 75 46 50 96 11 36 277 55 1.28 $9M
2024-25 MIN 41 25 31 56 19 16 145 16 1.37 $9M
2025-26 MIN 78 45 44 89 10 28 269 52 1.14 $9M
2026-27 MIN 5 6 2 8 2 0 13 2 1.60 $17M
7 seasons Career 402 236 247 483 83 175 1411 293 1.20

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2020-21 MIN 7 2 1 3 -3 4 10 14 0.43
2021-22 MIN 6 7 1 8 1 2 27 4 1.33
2022-23 MIN 6 1 0 1 -3 12 17 14 0.17
2024-25 MIN 6 5 4 9 -1 4 22 6 1.50
2025-26 MIN 11 4 11 15 10 2 25 16 1.36
5 seasons Playoffs 36 19 17 36 4 24 101 54 1.00

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
41 25 31 56 19 16 145 16 1.37 17.2 22:28

Contract

$9MCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$161KCap dollars per point56 points in 41 games
$971KCap dollars per goal above replacement9.3 goals above replacement
$8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1MValueworth 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 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Minnesota Wild on Sep 21, 2021, as a new contract: 5 years and $45M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2025-26, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $9M $5M $0 $5M
2022-23 $9M $10M $0 $10M
2023-24 $9M $12.5M $0 $12.5M
2024-25 $9M $10M $0 $10M NMC
2025-26 $9M $7.5M $0 $7.5M NMC

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
Sep 30, 2025 Minnesota Wild Extension 2026-27 to 2033-34 8 $136M $17M
Sep 21, 2021 Minnesota Wild New contract 2021-22 to 2025-26 5 $45M $9M
Jul 13, 2020 Minnesota Wild Entry-level 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $2.775M $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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+9.3Goals above replacement82nd of 698 skaters, 62nd of 456 forwards
+1.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+6.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 456 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+4.7 88th percentileEven-strength defence0.0 47th percentilePower play+1.4 90th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 49th percentilePenalties+0.6 63rd 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.

05101520252020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

53.9Corsi for %747 attempts for, 639 against
+6.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.0Expected goals for %30.0 expected for, 24.5 against
+7.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
59.4Goals for %38 for, 26 against
102.5PDO10.7% shooting + 91.8% saves
187Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 598 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
Mats Zuccarello · Kirill Kaprizov · Marco Rossi27285:4652.952.117-12
Joel Eriksson Ek · Kirill Kaprizov · Matt Boldy20131:2164.264.86-2
Kirill Kaprizov · Matt Boldy · Marco Rossi2565:1256.256.53-2
Mats Zuccarello · Joel Eriksson Ek · Kirill Kaprizov1032:3248.157.92-1

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.

18Goalsnot counting empty-netters
14.0Expected goalsfrom 195 unblocked attempts
+4.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.91 expected goals per 60 minutes76th
Shot quality 7.2% chance per attempt32nd
Finishing +4.0 goals above expected83rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 428 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Goals 18Expected 14.0

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 this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 15, 2025 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 24:00
Apr 12, 2025 @ VAN W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 26:09
Apr 11, 2025 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 22:14
Apr 9, 2025 vs SJS W 8-7 (OT) 2 1 3 -1 0 9 0 19:28
Jan 26, 2025 @ CHI W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 22:17
Jan 25, 2025 vs CGY L 4-5 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 21:24
Jan 23, 2025 vs UTA L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:39
Dec 23, 2024 vs CHI W 4-3 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 22:09
Dec 21, 2024 @ WPG L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 4 3 1 19:56
Dec 20, 2024 vs UTA L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 26:37
Dec 18, 2024 vs FLA L 1-6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 22:52
Dec 15, 2024 vs VGK L 2-3 2 0 2 1 0 6 0 28:03
Dec 14, 2024 vs PHI W 4-1 2 0 2 3 0 3 0 18:40
Dec 12, 2024 vs EDM L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 2 6 0 23:14
Dec 10, 2024 @ UTA W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 3 0 3 1 25:45
Dec 7, 2024 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 5 0 22:30
Dec 6, 2024 @ ANA W 5-1 1 2 3 2 0 5 0 20:49
Dec 3, 2024 vs VAN W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 23:37
Nov 30, 2024 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 21:34
Nov 29, 2024 vs CHI W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 25:38
Nov 27, 2024 @ BUF W 1-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 22:15
Nov 25, 2024 vs WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 23:08
Nov 21, 2024 @ EDM W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 22:51
Nov 19, 2024 @ STL W 4-2 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 21:58
Nov 16, 2024 vs DAL L 1-2 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 23:54
Nov 14, 2024 vs MTL W 3-0 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 20:53
Nov 10, 2024 @ CHI L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 25:02
Nov 8, 2024 @ ANA W 5-2 2 1 3 1 2 5 0 16:28
Nov 7, 2024 @ SJS W 5-2 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 21:10
Nov 5, 2024 vs LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 17:10
Nov 3, 2024 vs TOR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 24:25
Nov 1, 2024 vs TBL W 5-3 2 1 3 4 2 2 0 23:01
Oct 29, 2024 @ PIT W 5-3 1 2 3 2 0 7 0 24:38
Oct 26, 2024 @ PHI L 5-7 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 24:36
Oct 24, 2024 @ TBL W 4-2 2 1 3 0 0 2 0 22:08
Oct 22, 2024 @ FLA W 5-1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 21:00
Oct 19, 2024 @ CBJ W 3-1 1 1 2 1 0 6 0 21:06
Oct 15, 2024 @ STL W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 27:59
Oct 13, 2024 @ WPG L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 21:32
Oct 12, 2024 vs SEA L 4-5 (SO) 1 2 3 2 0 4 1 24:16
Oct 10, 2024 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 18:04