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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 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ales Stezka SEA · 1 GP, 0.870 Brandon Halverson TBL · 1 GP, 0.792 Clay Stevenson WSH · 1 GP, 0.868 Erik Portillo LAK · 1 GP, 0.966 Hunter Shepard WSH · 1 GP, 0.731

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 WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Cap hit
2024-25 SEA 1 0000 6 4 2 4.01 0.667 $892K
2025-26 SEA 3 1200 82 73 9 3.04 0.890 $892K
2 seasons Career 4 1200 88 77 11 3.18 0.875

2024-25 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1 0 0000 6 4 2 4.01 0.667

Contract

$892KCap hitends in 2027, then RFA

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.

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 2 seasons 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 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

-1.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.3Goals 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

-1.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
0.7Expected goals againstfrom 10 unblocked attempts
2Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.667Save %0.890 expected from his shots
Goals saved -2.68 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 6.6% chance per attempt faced53rdA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 62 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

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 Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Feb 25, 2025 @ STL L 2-7 6 4 2 0.667 29:57