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Mikael Pyyhtia

#82 · Left wing · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Dec 17, 2001 in Turku, FIN (age 24) · 6'0", 177 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 114th overall in 2020 by CBJ (round 4)

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.

Connor Clattenburg EDM · 1 P in 5 GP Florian Xhekaj MTL · 1 P in 5 GP Matt Luff STL · 1 P in 5 GP Patrik Laine MTL · 1 P in 5 GP Anton Blidh NYR · 1 P in 4 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.

02462022-23: 1 points122-232023-24: 2 points223-242024-25: 7 points724-252025-26: 1 points125-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2022-23 CBJ 2 0 1 1 -2 2 2 0 0.50 $898K
2023-24 CBJ 17 0 2 2 -5 0 22 9 0.12 $898K
2024-25 CBJ 47 4 3 7 -11 6 32 25 0.15 $898K
2025-26 CBJ 5 1 0 1 -1 0 6 1 0.20 $775K
4 seasons Career 71 5 6 11 -19 8 62 35 0.15

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
5 1 0 1 -1 0 6 1 0.20 16.7 10:16

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2026
$775KCap dollars per point1 points in 5 games
$42.62MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.0 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season.

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
2026-27 to 2027-28 $875K
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
May 5, 2022 Columbus Blue Jackets Entry-level 2022-23 to 2024-25 3 $2.775M $898K

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

Rating

+0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence+0.3Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.1Penalties+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.

-1-0.500.512022-232023-242024-252025-26Goals 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

58.3Corsi for %60 attempts for, 43 against
+5.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.1Expected goals for %2.1 expected for, 1.6 against
+0.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
59.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %1 for, 2 against
92.5PDO5.0% shooting + 87.5% saves
15Attempts 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
Brendan Gaunce · Danton Heinen · Mikael Pyyhtia430:2957.674.51-1
Brendan Gaunce · Zachary Aston-Reese · Mikael Pyyhtia18:5664.733.30-0
Boone Jenner · Sean Monahan · Mikael Pyyhtia43:1560.058.80-0
Boone Jenner · Brendan Gaunce · Mikael Pyyhtia20:480.00.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 12 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.71 expected goals per 60 minutes35th
Shot quality 5.0% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected64thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.6

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
Jan 15, 2026 vs VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:55
Jan 13, 2026 vs CGY W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:23
Jan 11, 2026 @ UTA W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 11:54
Jan 10, 2026 @ COL L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 11:39
Jan 8, 2026 @ VGK L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:27