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Kailer Yamamoto

#56 · Right wing · Utah Mammoth

Born Sep 29, 1998 in Spokane, Washington, USA (age 28) · 5'9", 178 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 22nd overall in 2017 by EDM (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Morgan Barron WPG · 23 P in 65 GP Josh Anderson MTL · 23 P in 72 GP Brendan Gallagher MTL · 23 P in 77 GP Nick Cousins OTT · 23 P in 81 GP Yakov Trenin MIN · 23 P in 82 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.

0102030402017-18: 3 points317-182018-19: 2 points218-192019-20: 26 points2619-202020-21: 21 points2120-212021-22: 41 points4121-222022-23: 25 points2522-232023-24: 16 points1623-242024-25: 3 points324-252025-26: 23 points2325-26

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 EDM 9 0 3 3 -2 2 23 6 0.33 $925K
2018-19 EDM 17 1 1 2 -6 2 13 18 0.12 $894K
2019-20 EDM 27 11 15 26 17 12 44 45 0.96 $894K
2020-21 EDM 52 8 13 21 9 26 69 52 0.40 $894K
2021-22 EDM 81 20 21 41 -1 40 114 114 0.51 $1.175M
2022-23 EDM 58 10 15 25 12 24 97 77 0.43 $3.1M
2023-24 SEA 59 8 8 16 -9 18 61 31 0.27 $1.5M
2024-25 UTA 12 2 1 3 -1 2 13 9 0.25 $775K
2025-26 UTA 59 13 10 23 11 14 60 47 0.39 $775K
9 seasons Career 374 73 87 160 30 140 494 399 0.43

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 EDM 4 0 0 0 -1 6 4 7 0.00
2020-21 EDM 4 0 1 1 -2 2 6 8 0.25
2021-22 EDM 14 2 5 7 -6 10 16 36 0.50
2022-23 EDM 12 1 3 4 -7 18 12 25 0.33
2025-26 UTA 6 1 4 5 2 2 4 22 0.83
5 seasons Playoffs 40 4 13 17 -14 38 42 98 0.43

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
59 13 10 23 11 14 60 47 0.39 21.7 11:48

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2026, then extended to 2028
$34KCap dollars per point23 points in 59 games
$118KCap dollars per goal above replacement6.6 goals above replacement
$6.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$5.6MValueworth 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 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Utah Mammoth on Jun 29, 2026, 2 years and $3.5M at $1.75M a season, beginning in 2026-27.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $775K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jun 29, 2026 Utah Mammoth Extension not begun 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $3.5M $1.75M
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Oct 6, 2024 Utah Hockey Club New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jul 2, 2023 Seattle Kraken New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $1.5M $1.5M
Aug 3, 2022 Edmonton Oilers New contract bought out by the Detroit Red Wings, Jun 30, 2023 2022-23 to 2022-23 2 $6.2M $3.1M
Sep 18, 2021 Edmonton Oilers New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $1.175M $1.175M
Aug 10, 2017 Edmonton Oilers Entry-level 2018-19 to 2020-21 signed for 2017-18, slid 3 $3.465M $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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+6.6Goals above replacement149th of 715 skaters, 109th of 476 forwards
+1.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+4.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 476 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+0.6 62nd percentileEven-strength defence+3.6 96th percentilePower play-0.4 25th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 67th percentilePenalties+0.7 66th 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.

024682017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

53.1Corsi for %620 attempts for, 548 against
+1.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.7Expected goals for %27.6 expected for, 22.0 against
+4.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
58.1Goals for %36 for, 26 against
102.2PDO12.9% shooting + 89.3% saves
88Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 615 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
Kailer Yamamoto · Dylan Guenther · Logan Cooley17123:0250.660.412-7
Kevin Stenlund · Brandon Tanev · Kailer Yamamoto18102:3047.030.71-6
Kailer Yamamoto · Barrett Hayton · JJ Peterka1374:1347.159.23-3
Liam O'Brien · Kevin Stenlund · Kailer Yamamoto850:1867.565.12-1

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.

13Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.0Expected goalsfrom 77 unblocked attempts
+5.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.69 expected goals per 60 minutes32nd
Shot quality 10.3% chance per attempt93rd
Finishing +5.0 goals above expected91stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 444 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Goals 13Expected 8.0

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. 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 16, 2026 vs STL L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 14:11
Apr 14, 2026 vs WPG W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 10:14
Apr 12, 2026 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 11:21
Apr 11, 2026 vs CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 11:21
Apr 9, 2026 vs NSH W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:02
Apr 7, 2026 vs EDM W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 17:10
Apr 4, 2026 @ VAN W 7-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 11:13
Apr 2, 2026 @ SEA W 6-2 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 11:23
Mar 28, 2026 @ LAK W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:29
Mar 24, 2026 vs EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:38
Mar 22, 2026 vs LAK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:12
Mar 20, 2026 vs ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:17
Mar 19, 2026 @ VGK W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:23
Mar 16, 2026 @ DAL W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10:00
Mar 14, 2026 vs PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:53
Mar 12, 2026 vs CHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:35
Mar 10, 2026 @ MIN L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 10:47
Mar 9, 2026 @ CHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:38
Mar 7, 2026 @ CBJ W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:56
Mar 5, 2026 @ PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:04
Mar 3, 2026 @ WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:33
Mar 1, 2026 vs CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:01
Feb 27, 2026 vs MIN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:19
Feb 25, 2026 vs COL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:16
Feb 4, 2026 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:45
Feb 2, 2026 vs VAN W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14:21
Jan 31, 2026 vs DAL L 2-3 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 13:56
Jan 29, 2026 @ CAR L 4-5 2 1 3 2 0 5 0 11:25
Jan 27, 2026 @ FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:45
Jan 26, 2026 @ TBL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:06
Jan 24, 2026 @ NSH W 5-2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 14:49
Jan 11, 2026 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 10:59
Jan 7, 2026 vs OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:36
Dec 17, 2025 @ DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:48
Dec 16, 2025 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:30
Dec 14, 2025 @ PIT W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 09:18
Dec 12, 2025 vs SEA W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 09:11
Dec 6, 2025 @ CGY L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:29
Dec 5, 2025 @ VAN W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:06
Dec 3, 2025 @ ANA W 7-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:10
Dec 1, 2025 @ SJS L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 10:10
Nov 29, 2025 @ STL L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:40
Nov 28, 2025 @ DAL L 3-4 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 12:33
Nov 26, 2025 vs MTL L 3-4 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 11:08
Nov 24, 2025 vs VGK W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 12:07
Nov 22, 2025 vs NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 08:55
Nov 18, 2025 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:06
Nov 14, 2025 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:01
Nov 12, 2025 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:27
Nov 9, 2025 @ OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:10
Nov 8, 2025 @ MTL L 2-6 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 11:44
Nov 5, 2025 @ TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:23
Nov 4, 2025 @ BUF W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:42
Nov 2, 2025 vs TBL L 2-4 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 12:10
Oct 26, 2025 @ WPG W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:22
Oct 15, 2025 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 11:13
Oct 13, 2025 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:02
Oct 11, 2025 @ NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:28
Oct 9, 2025 @ COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:28