12 G · 43 A · 190 GP
0.289 P/GP · 3 PPP · 16:15 ATOI
San Jose Sharks#7Active
Michael Kesselring
D · 6′5″ / 215 lb · Shoots R · Florence, USA · Age 26 · 2018 #164 by EDM
55Career points
0.289Career P/GP
190Games played
12Goals
4 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-262points
The latest read.
2 points in 34 games in 2025-26. Career: 55 points across 190 games.
34GP
0goals
2assists
2points
46shots
0PP points
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
0 G · 0 A · 1 GP
0.000 P/GP · 0 PPP · 4:25 ATOI
The arc.
Points and points per game by seasonNHL season log · 4 seasons
When it mattered.
Postseason against the field. A smaller, self-selected population, so it is marked on the scale rather than filled626 all-time peers
Playoff career · 1 GP · 0 G · 0 A · 0 pts (0.000 P/GP)
19.0
19.2
40.4
Honours.
Trophies won and near missesofficial NHL landing
Calder Memorial Trophy14th · 2024
Milestone watch.
The next round number on the league's own fileleague milestone watch · api.nhle.com · fetched 2026-10-05
10away from 200 games playedGames Played · 190 now · regular season
Published by the league, not computed here: the milestone and the current total are both on the NHL milestone feed, and the number printed is the difference. Playoff milestone rows are held out, because a playoff total read as a career total is a false statement.
What this draft slot returns.
Base rate for the exact pick, a history, never a forecastdraft-position study · 2026-07-14-prospect-translation-v2.32
2018 draft#164round 6 · EDM
Rates: insufficient sample (n=10 of 32): no NHLer/impact/star/stayer rate shown for this cohort.
Sample: 10 players taken #164, drawn only from classes old enough to judge, on the Schuckers-style pick curve published on Draft Value. A base rate describes a slot, not a person: it cannot predict this career and is not used to grade it.
Floor rule: rates below a minimum sample are suppressed, not shown thin. Exact slot needs 12+ players, the pooled pick-curve band needs 32+, matching this site's builders to the nhl-draft-intel engine's own bucket-calibration floors (12 / 18 / 32).
Against history.
Percentile against every NHL peercareer totals · position-aware
The height of the career.
Peak season and the best five41+ GP qualified seasons
2024-25 peak: 82 GP / 7 G / 22 A / 29 Pts / 0.354 P/GP · 17:41 TOI
| Best five | GP | G | A | PTS | P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 0.354 |
| 2023-24 | 65 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0.323 |
| Prime-five | 147 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 0.340 |
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-05-01@ BOSPlayoff4:25 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-04-15vs DAL15:03 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-04-08@ NYR10:37 TOI0G 0A0 P · 3 S
2026-03-10vs SJS15:09 TOI0G 0A0 P · 2 S
2026-03-08vs TBL6:03 TOI0G 1A1 P · 1 S
Career
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart4 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Buffalo Sabres | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| 2024-25Peak | Utah Hockey Club | 82 | 7 | 22 | 29 | +4 | 3 | 150 |
| 2023-24 | Arizona Coyotes | 65 | 5 | 16 | 21 | +11 | 0 | 76 |
| 2022-23 | Arizona Coyotes | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 8 |
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The same numbers, in the league that produced them.
Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward
2024-25 is the best season either way: 0.354 raw, 0.349 once the league it happened in is levelled out.
| Season | GP | Raw P/GP | League GF/gm | Adj. P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 34 | 0.059 | 3.13 | 0.056 |
| 2024-25Best adjusted | 82 | 0.354 | 3.04 | 0.349 |
| 2023-24 | 65 | 0.323 | 3.11 | 0.311 |
Method: each season's raw points per game is multiplied by 3.00 ÷ that season's league goals per team-game, taken from the official final standings. Seasons under 20 games are excluded. It levels scoring climate and nothing else (not role, ice time, teammates, schedule or injury), so treat it as one comparison, not a verdict.
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | International | Team USA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-25 | WC | USA | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023-24 | AHL | Tucson Roadrunners | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | International | Team USA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | WC | USA | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023-24 | AHL | Tucson Roadrunners | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | AHL | Bakersfield Condors | 49 | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| 2022-23 | AHL | Tucson Roadrunners | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2022-23 | AHL | Tucson Roadrunners | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | AHL | Bakersfield Condors | 55 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2021-22 | AHL | Bakersfield Condors | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | AHL | Bakersfield Condors | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020-21 | NCAA | Northeastern Univ. | 20 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2020-21 | AHL | Bakersfield Condors | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019-20 | NCAA | Northeastern Univ. | 34 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018-19 | USHL | Des Moines Buccaneers | 33 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 2018-19 | USHL | Fargo Force | 33 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 2018-19 | USHL | Fargo Force | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | USA-S17 | Team Kelly | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017-18 | USHL | Des Moines Buccaneers | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017-18 | USHS-Prep | New Hampton School | 38 | 11 | 23 | 34 |
| 2016-17 | EJEPL 16U | New Hampshire Avalanche 16U AAA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016-17 | USHS-Prep | New Hampton School | 30 | 8 | 20 | 28 |
| 2015-16 | USHS-Prep | New Hampton School | 40 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
Showing the 24 most recent pre-NHL rows of 25.
The comparable set.
Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers
Selection rule. Defencemen only; career games played within ±20% of 190 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 152 to 228); then the five nearest by career P/GP, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 41 of them cleared the band.
Ryker EvansD · 2021 #35 · active176 GP · 14 G · 37 A · 51 P0.290 P/GP · +0.000Conor TimminsD · 2017 #32 · active198 GP · 6 G · 48 A · 54 P0.273 P/GP · −0.017Olen ZellwegerD · 2021 #34 · active164 GP · 16 G · 35 A · 51 P0.311 P/GP · +0.022Sebastian AhoD · 2017 #139 · retired190 GP · 11 G · 39 A · 50 P0.263 P/GP · −0.026Simon NemecD · 2022 #2 · active155 GP · 16 G · 33 A · 49 P0.316 P/GP · +0.027
Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.
Game log
Compare observed minutes, shots and finishing across game windows →
Official game ledger
Every 2025-26 appearance.
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Insights
NHL Edge tracking.
Measured puck and player tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct
Top shot speed94.6mph75.8
152.2 km/h equivalent · league average 88.9 mph
Max skating speed21.7mph49.4
34.9 km/h equivalent · league average 21.6 mph
Distance skated107.8km33.3
67.0 mi equivalent · league average 214.3 km
Most distance in one game4.5km25.3
2.8 mi equivalent · league average 5.2 km
Bursts over 20 mph26bursts54.9
league average 31.3
Where the shift was spent
Offensive zone time41.0%40.0
league average 42.3
Neutral zone time17.9%48.0
league average 16.8
Defensive zone time41.1%37.8
league average 40.9
Shots on goal, by location
All shots on goal46shots45.7
league average 62.1 shots
High-danger shots on goal2shots41.4
league average 4.0 shots
Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.
The shot map.
Where his shots came from · 2025-26 regular season · NHL Edge areasNHL Edge shot-location detail · api-web.nhle.com · fetched 2026-08-18
Hover, tap or focus an area for its exact figures. Net at the top; left and right as the shooter sees them.
AreaShotsShare of hisPct
R Point150 G74th
Outside R70 G83th
Center Point60 G41th
R Circle50 G65th
L Circle30 G51th
High Slot20 G41th
L Point20 G32th
Crease10 G75th
L Net Side10 G65th
Low Slot10 G31th
Offensive Neutral Zone10 G56th
Outside L10 G36th
R Net Side10 G61th
Behind the Net00 G0th
Beyond Red Line00 G0th
L Corner00 G0th
R Corner00 G0th
2high danger0 G · 0.0%
10mid danger0 G · 0.0%
23long range0 G · 0.0%
Method: 46 shots on goal in 2025-26, placed by the NHL into the areas it names; each area is shaded by its share of his total, so this map is his distribution and not a comparison to any other player. The percentile column is the league's own for shots from that area, where it publishes one; nothing is converted, ranked or combined. Areas as the NHL names them; the drawing is to rink proportion with the net at the top.
Awards voting.
0 trophy wins · 0 top-three finishes · 1 ballot appearances · 0 first-place votesNHL award ballot history
Opponent atlas.
Career results by opponentlocal NHL AI Opponent Atlas
Career volume leaders
Career vs.STL4 points8 GP · 3 G · 1 A20 shots · 1 PP points
Career vs.COL4 points10 GP · 1 G · 3 A14 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.CBJ3 points5 GP · 0 G · 3 A10 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.WSH3 points5 GP · 1 G · 2 A5 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.TBL3 points6 GP · 0 G · 3 A7 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.CGY3 points7 GP · 0 G · 3 A10 shots · 0 PP pointsBest points-per-game matchups
Pace vs.CBJ0.60 P/GP5 GP · 0 G · 3 A10 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.WSH0.60 P/GP5 GP · 1 G · 2 A5 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.STL0.50 P/GP8 GP · 3 G · 1 A20 shots · 1 PP pointsPace vs.TBL0.50 P/GP6 GP · 0 G · 3 A7 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.CGY0.43 P/GP7 GP · 0 G · 3 A10 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.COL0.40 P/GP10 GP · 1 G · 3 A14 shots · 0 PP pointsFrozen from the local NHL AI Opponent Atlas. These are descriptive career splits through the source snapshot, not a projection of the next matchup and not evidence that the opponent caused the result.
Against the goaltenders.
Goaltenders faced, from play-by-playNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18
Michael Kesselring has faced 70 goaltenders in this dataset but none of them for the 20 shots on goal a published rate requires here. The counts exist; the rates would be noise, so they are not printed.
The source receipt.
Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse
Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.
Official endpoint: player landing · redraft 2026-07-10-redraft-v5.2 snapshot 2026-07-09.
The room.
Every current San Jose Sharks teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory
