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Kieffer Bellows

#26 · Left wing · Free agent, last with the Nashville Predators

Born Jun 10, 1998 in Edina, Minnesota, USA · 6'1", 195 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 19th overall in 2016 by NYI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

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

Ivan Miroshnichenko WSH · 4 P in 18 GP Juha Jaaska CAR · 4 P in 18 GP Arthur Kaliyev NYR · 4 P in 14 GP Oliver Moore CHI · 4 P in 9 GP Jimmy Snuggerud STL · 4 P in 7 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.

0510152019-20: 3 points319-202020-21: 3 points320-212021-22: 19 points1921-222022-23: 3 points322-232024-25: 4 points424-25

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 NYI 8 2 1 3 3 2 11 12 0.38 $894K
2020-21 NYI 14 3 0 3 0 4 19 36 0.21 $894K
2021-22 NYI 45 6 13 19 -1 19 79 103 0.42 $750K
2022-23 NYI 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0.00 $1.2M
2022-23 PHI 27 3 0 3 -7 6 32 45 0.11
2024-25 NSH 19 2 2 4 -6 6 28 35 0.21 $775K
5 seasons Career 114 16 16 32 -12 37 169 234 0.28

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
19 2 2 4 -6 6 28 35 0.21 7.1 10:40

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$194KCap dollars per point4 points in 19 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 Nashville Predators on Jul 3, 2024, as a new contract (two-way): 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2024-25, 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
2024-25 $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
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Jul 3, 2024 Nashville Predators New contract (two-way) 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Aug 22, 2022 New York Islanders New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $1.2M $1.2M
Oct 12, 2021 New York Islanders New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K
Sep 22, 2017 New York Islanders Entry-level 2018-19 to 2020-21 signed for 2017-18, slid 3 $3.413M $894K

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

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.9Even-strength defence0.0Power play+0.2Penalty kill0.0Penalties+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.

-0.500.512019-202020-212021-222022-232024-25Goals 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

46.8Corsi for %155 attempts for, 176 against
-4.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.9Expected goals for %6.1 expected for, 7.2 against
-4.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
20.0Goals for %2 for, 8 against
92.0PDO2.6% shooting + 89.3% saves
52Attempts 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
Michael McCarron · Kieffer Bellows · Cole Smith1145:3158.067.70-0
Michael McCarron · Kieffer Bellows · Zachary L'Heureux615:3432.429.10-0
Kieffer Bellows · Cole Smith · Fedor Svechkov813:2638.938.01-0
Mark Jankowski · Michael McCarron · Kieffer Bellows17:0770.088.20-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.9Expected goalsfrom 44 unblocked attempts
-0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.87 expected goals per 60 minutes70th
Shot quality 6.7% chance per attempt17th
Finishing -0.9 goals above expected43rdOne 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.

012Expected 2.9Goals 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 6, 2025 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 09:11
Apr 3, 2025 @ DAL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:13
Apr 1, 2025 @ CBJ L 4-8 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 09:56
Mar 31, 2025 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 12:38
Mar 29, 2025 vs VGK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:01
Mar 27, 2025 vs STL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 08:53
Mar 25, 2025 @ CAR W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 11:02
Mar 23, 2025 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 12:17
Mar 22, 2025 vs TOR W 5-2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 09:33
Mar 18, 2025 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 08:00
Mar 15, 2025 @ LAK L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:44
Mar 14, 2025 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:16
Mar 11, 2025 @ SJS W 3-2 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 11:41
Mar 8, 2025 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 09:49
Mar 4, 2025 @ BOS W 6-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:40
Mar 2, 2025 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 13:21
Mar 1, 2025 @ NYI L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:50
Feb 27, 2025 vs WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 10:04
Feb 25, 2025 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 06:40