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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 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Nicolas Aube-Kubel WSH · 16 P in 60 GP Emil Bemstrom PIT · 16 P in 56 GP Lukas Reichel CHI · 16 P in 65 GP Brandon Tanev SEA · 16 P in 66 GP Patrick Maroon BOS · 16 P in 51 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 points2325-262026-27: 2 points226-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
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
2026-27 UTA 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 2.00 $1.75M
10 seasons Career 375 74 88 162 32 140 496 402 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

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
59 8 8 16 -9 18 61 31 0.27 13.1 11:59

Contract

$1.5MCap hitends in 2024
$94KCap dollars per point16 points in 59 games
$1.549MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.0 goals above replacement
$1.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$19KValueworth 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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Seattle Kraken on Jul 2, 2023, as a new contract: 1 year and $1.5M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season. The Detroit Red Wings still count $433K this season for an earlier contract of his that was bought out.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $1.5M $1.5M $0 $1.5M

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, 2026 Utah Mammoth Extension 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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

+1.0Goals above replacement432nd of 721 skaters, 303rd of 469 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 469 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-1.7 32nd percentileEven-strength defence+1.7 76th percentilePower play-0.8 13th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 72nd percentilePenalties-0.3 27th 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 %557 attempts for, 492 against
+2.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.9Expected goals for %21.9 expected for, 19.5 against
+3.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.5Goals for %15 for, 18 against
98.5PDO6.1% shooting + 92.5% saves
80Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 616 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
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Kailer Yamamoto · Tye Kartye1664:3663.255.52-0
Devin Shore · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Kailer Yamamoto1164:2357.669.25-2
Jared McCann · Kailer Yamamoto · Matty Beniers830:2451.744.50-1
Tomas Tatar · Brandon Tanev · Kailer Yamamoto524:5729.823.30-0

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.

8Goalsnot counting empty-netters
9.3Expected goalsfrom 87 unblocked attempts
-1.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.79 expected goals per 60 minutes53rd
Shot quality 10.7% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -1.3 goals above expected37thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 438 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Expected 9.3Goals 8

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, 2024 @ WPG L 3-4 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 11:11
Apr 14, 2024 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:34
Apr 13, 2024 @ DAL L 1-3 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 13:23
Mar 24, 2024 vs MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:30
Mar 21, 2024 @ VGK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:20
Mar 18, 2024 vs BUF L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:37
Mar 16, 2024 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:53
Mar 14, 2024 vs WSH L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 12:43
Mar 12, 2024 vs VGK L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 11:08
Mar 4, 2024 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:43
Mar 2, 2024 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:48
Feb 29, 2024 vs PIT W 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10:42
Feb 26, 2024 vs BOS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:10
Feb 19, 2024 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 08:58
Feb 12, 2024 @ NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 08:03
Feb 10, 2024 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:20
Jan 24, 2024 vs CHI W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:24
Jan 18, 2024 @ EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:30
Jan 16, 2024 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:51
Jan 15, 2024 @ PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 12:48
Jan 4, 2024 vs OTT W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:30
Jan 1, 2024 vs VGK W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10:34
Dec 29, 2023 vs PHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:21
Dec 27, 2023 @ CGY W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 11:16
Dec 23, 2023 @ ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:36
Dec 20, 2023 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 14:04
Dec 18, 2023 @ DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:20
Dec 16, 2023 vs LAK L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:35
Dec 14, 2023 vs CHI W 7-1 2 0 2 1 0 4 1 15:20
Dec 12, 2023 vs FLA W 4-0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 10:46
Dec 10, 2023 vs MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:54
Dec 9, 2023 vs TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:17
Dec 7, 2023 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 09:06
Dec 4, 2023 @ MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:15
Dec 2, 2023 @ OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:40
Nov 30, 2023 @ TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:14
Nov 28, 2023 @ CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:58
Nov 24, 2023 vs VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 13:55
Nov 22, 2023 vs SJS W 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:48
Nov 20, 2023 vs CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:28
Nov 18, 2023 @ VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:38
Nov 16, 2023 vs NYI W 4-3 (SO) 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 11:27
Nov 15, 2023 @ EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:55
Nov 13, 2023 vs COL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:26
Nov 11, 2023 vs EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:52
Nov 9, 2023 @ COL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:49
Nov 7, 2023 @ ARI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:32
Nov 4, 2023 vs CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:56
Nov 2, 2023 vs NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:29
Oct 30, 2023 @ TBL W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 11:36
Oct 28, 2023 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:45
Oct 26, 2023 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:10
Oct 24, 2023 @ DET W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:59
Oct 21, 2023 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:31
Oct 19, 2023 vs CAR W 7-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 12:50
Oct 17, 2023 vs COL L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 11:11
Oct 14, 2023 @ STL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:53
Oct 12, 2023 @ NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 11:26
Oct 10, 2023 @ VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:32