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Klim Kostin

#10 · Centre · San Jose Sharks

Born May 5, 1999 in Penza, RUS · 6'4", 232 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 31st overall in 2017 by STL (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.

Daniel Sprong NJD · 7 P in 30 GP Max Sasson VAN · 7 P in 29 GP Colton Dach CHI · 7 P in 25 GP Christian Fischer CBJ · 7 P in 46 GP Ethen Frank WSH · 7 P in 24 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.

051015202019-20: 1 points119-202020-21: 1 points120-212021-22: 9 points921-222022-23: 21 points2122-232023-24: 14 points1423-242024-25: 7 points724-25

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 STL 4 1 0 1 1 0 5 6 0.25 $863K
2020-21 STL 2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 9 0.50 $863K
2021-22 STL 40 4 5 9 -3 23 31 90 0.23 $863K
2022-23 EDM 57 11 10 21 12 66 56 157 0.37 $750K
2023-24 DET 33 3 1 4 -2 38 22 60 0.12 $2M
2023-24 SJS 19 5 5 10 -10 15 21 48 0.53
2024-25 SJS 35 1 6 7 -6 27 28 111 0.20 $2M
6 seasons Career 190 25 28 53 -9 169 163 481 0.28

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 EDM 12 3 2 5 2 9 10 38 0.42
1 season Playoffs 12 3 2 5 2 9 10 38 0.42

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
35 1 6 7 -6 27 28 111 0.20 3.6 10:41

Contract

$2MCap hitends in 2025
$286KCap dollars per point7 points in 35 games
-$1.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.6MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. 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 Detroit Red Wings on Jul 1, 2023, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $4M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $2M $1.8M $0 $1.8M
2024-25 $2M $2.2M $0 $2.2M

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
Jul 1, 2023 Detroit Red Wings Extension 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $4M $2M
Jul 27, 2022 St. Louis Blues New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Jul 5, 2017 St. Louis Blues Entry-level 2019-20 to 2021-22 signed for 2017-18, slid 3 $3.413M $863K

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

-3.0Goals above replacement673rd of 698 skaters, 445th of 456 forwards
-0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.1Goals 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-1.2 33rd percentileEven-strength defence-2.1 18th percentilePower play-0.4 25th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 44th percentilePenalties-0.3 25th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player.

-3-2-1012019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25Goals 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

42.9Corsi for %294 attempts for, 391 against
-6.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.3Expected goals for %11.8 expected for, 18.9 against
-8.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
38.5Goals for %10 for, 16 against
98.5PDO6.9% shooting + 91.6% saves
46Attempts 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
Mikael Granlund · Klim Kostin · Will Smith531:1255.653.34-3
Mikael Granlund · Klim Kostin · Fabian Zetterlund319:0436.740.71-0
Luke Kunin · Carl Grundstrom · Klim Kostin318:1840.061.61-1
Klim Kostin · Will Smith · Macklin Celebrini617:3546.562.10-1

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.4Expected goalsfrom 42 unblocked attempts
-2.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.55 expected goals per 60 minutes17th
Shot quality 8.1% chance per attempt60th
Finishing -2.4 goals above expected24thOne 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.

0123Game 20Expected 3.4Goals 1

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
Mar 29, 2025 vs NYR L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 09:54
Mar 15, 2025 vs WSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 10:42
Mar 13, 2025 vs CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10:05
Mar 11, 2025 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:05
Mar 8, 2025 vs NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 4 5 16:00
Mar 6, 2025 @ COL L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 13:43
Mar 4, 2025 @ BUF W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 10:59
Mar 1, 2025 @ OTT L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 09:00
Feb 27, 2025 @ MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 07:30
Jan 10, 2025 @ UTA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:04
Jan 7, 2025 vs VGK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 09:20
Jan 4, 2025 vs NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:39
Jan 2, 2025 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 12:56
Dec 31, 2024 vs PHI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15:31
Dec 28, 2024 vs CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:08
Dec 12, 2024 @ STL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 11:05
Dec 10, 2024 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 13:48
Dec 7, 2024 @ FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:26
Dec 5, 2024 @ TBL L 1-8 0 0 0 -2 0 3 5 11:39
Dec 3, 2024 @ WSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 13:58
Nov 30, 2024 @ SEA W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 12:16
Nov 29, 2024 vs SEA W 8-5 1 1 2 2 7 2 6 09:48
Nov 27, 2024 vs OTT L 3-4 0 1 1 0 2 0 5 10:46
Nov 23, 2024 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 08:45
Nov 21, 2024 @ STL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 2 2 6 12:03
Nov 20, 2024 @ DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 08:54
Nov 18, 2024 vs DET W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 09:29
Nov 16, 2024 @ PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 08:02
Oct 28, 2024 @ UTA W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 05:34
Oct 24, 2024 @ LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:09
Oct 22, 2024 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:23
Oct 18, 2024 @ WPG L 3-8 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:00
Oct 17, 2024 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:15
Oct 15, 2024 @ DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 10:01
Oct 12, 2024 vs ANA L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 11:44