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Niko Mikkola

Niko Mikkola

FLA·DJersey number #77
Latest captured market
Mar 3 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 426 game sample
PTS
16.7
SOG
91.5
G
4.7
A
12.0
PPP
0.3
HIT
156.1
BLK
101.3
PIM
70.1

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 426 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this cold run probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
−0.74
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −0.6 goals over 125
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.14
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.2 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among defencemen · 508 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 508 defencemen, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 426 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 426 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.20
G
0.06
A
0.15
SOG
1.11
PPP
0.00
HIT
1.91
BLK
1.24
PIM
0.86

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-266838110.166820:22
2024-2576616220.2911620:11
2023-2482314170.219320:02
2022-23811560.076217:26
2021-2254310130.245816:59

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2024-25223360.271820:13
2023-24242240.172318:39
2022-2370220.29614:23
2021-22120110.08715:39

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Mar 3 lineG 2/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Mar 20@ CGY200031217:01
Mar 19@ EDM000021022:31
Mar 15@ SEA100011018:54
Mar 12vs CBJ100063018:29
Mar 10vs DET110011017:59
Mar 6@ DET300043022:54
Mar 5@ CBJ210010019:24
Mar 3@ NJD100001020:04
Mar 1@ NYI200001023:03
Feb 27vs BUF000002025:29

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Mar 3 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-263.63minus 0.6 goals above expected54125
2024-255.36plus 0.7 goals above expected69176
2023-244.33minus 1.3 goals above expected63128
2022-232.81minus 1.8 goals above expected5791
2021-223.03minus 0.0 goals above expected4379

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running cold is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-263 goals, 8 assists, 11 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2024-256 goals, 16 assists, 22 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2023-243 goals, 13 assists, 16 points0-0-00 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2022-231 goal, 5 assists, 6 points0-0-00 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2021-222 goals, 10 assists, 12 points0-0-01 goal, 0 assists, 1 point

Shot locations

125 attempts · 3 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (57)Shot on goal (65)Goal (3)

Markets · Mar 3

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
3%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
4%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.