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Nikke Kokko

#39 · Goalie · Seattle Kraken

Born Mar 14, 2004 in Oulu, FIN (age 22) · 6'3", 184 lb · Catches left · Drafted 58th overall in 2022 by SEA (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

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

Artur Akhtyamov TOR · 3 GP, 0.877 Cayden Primeau TOR · 3 GP, 0.838 Drew Commesso CHI · 3 GP, 0.918 Dylan Garand NYR · 3 GP, 0.948 Nico Daws NJD · 3 GP, 0.908

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.

01232024-25: 1 games124-252025-26: 3 games325-26

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Cap hit
2024-25 SEA 1 6 4 2 0.667 $892K
2025-26 SEA 3 82 73 9 0.890 $892K
2 seasons Career 4 88 77 11 0.875

2025-26 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
3 82 73 9 0.890 3.00

Contract

$892KCap hitends in 2027, then RFA
$4.349MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 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

Signed by the Seattle Kraken on May 8, 2023, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.85M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2026-27, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $892K $775K $95K $80K $870K
2025-26 $892K $855K $95K $950K
2026-27 $892K $855K $0 $855K

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
May 8, 2023 Seattle Kraken Entry-level 2024-25 to 2026-27 signed for 2023-24, slid 3 $2.85M $892K

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

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.6Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

-1.5-1-0.500.512024-252025-26Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. What these numbers mean

-0.6Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
8.4Expected goals againstfrom 141 unblocked attempts
9Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.890Save %0.898 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.22 above expected per 60 minutes29th
Shot difficulty 5.9% chance per attempt faced1stA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 68 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

02468Allowed 9Expected 8.4

The goals he was expected to let in and the goals he did, as the season went on. When the allowed line runs below the expected line, he is saving more than his shots were worth.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his 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 Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 15, 2026 @ VGK L 1-4 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Apr 13, 2026 vs LAK L 3-5 29 25 4 0.862 57:41
Apr 11, 2026 vs CGY W 4-1 27 26 1 0.963 60:00