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Colorado Avalanche

Joel Kiviranta

23.2

#94Left Wing5'11"183 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2025-26 regular season
51
GP
3
G
6
A
9
P
50
SOG
6.0% SH
10:22
TOI/GP

LW · COL · NHL id 8481641

Joel Kiviranta has played 51 games for the Colorado Avalanche in 2025-26, scoring 3 goals and 6 assists (9 points) on 50 shots while averaging 10:22 a night (9:07 at even strength, 0:04 on the power play and 1:03 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 50% of his 5v5 minutes with Jack Drury and 49% with Brett Kulak over the last 10 games, and the Avalanche have controlled 59% of shot attempts with Kiviranta on the ice (20-12 in goals, 45% offensive-zone starts). In the Avalanche's most recent game against VGK he was on L2 with Parker Kelly and Jack Drury and off the power play. He is shooting 6.0% this season against 9.8% across the 391 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 26 game vs VGK, detected from shift data

Line
L2
Parker KellyJack Drury
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2F
Parker Kelly
Last 5: L4 · L4 · L4 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 11 games, 9:50 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 line changes.

PPLine344442▲4▼44440m3m7m10m13mApr 5Apr 9Apr 13Apr 16Apr 21Apr 26May 5May 11May 20May 24
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
11 games shown, 9:50 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed91st9123.2 mph
Bursts 20+ mph49th4960
Hardest shot50th5084.8 mph
Offensive-zone time80th8144.6%
Distance skated37th3790.0 mi
High-danger SOG36th3617
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2025-26 · 101 attempts, 55 on goal, 3 goals

Shot map, OPP at COL: 101 attempts, 55 on goal, 3 goals, 6.38 expected goals; best chance Joel Kiviranta at 0.50 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 51 GP · 9 points vs 11.3 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: -47. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

6.0%
101.0
45.0%
G vs xG
3 / 5.4
Goals against expected goals
02468-2.4goals below expected-1.0σ10/74/16
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Player analytics

Compare with another player →

2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played51
  • Goals3525th
  • Assists6573rd
  • Points9577th
  • Power-play points0437th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal50545th
  • Hits63324th
  • Blocked shots15646th
  • Plus/minus+7157th
  • Penalty minutes8640th
  • Faceoffs won4371st

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 45 of 51 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.027
Season net
−0.21xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.03
Attempts
8
0.069

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.00G
Per 60
+0.000
Drawn / taken
4 / 4minors

MethodLeaders
60.3%
58.0%
60.9%
Transition CF/60
4.5
Turnovers won/60
21.7
Turnovers lost/60
18.9

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
50 shots on goal, 3 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot30%23%2
R Point0%6%0
L Point2%5%0
L Circle16%13%0
Crease0%3%0
R Net Side6%3%0
R Circle10%12%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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How his goals happened

23 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Mar 12, 2026 @ SEADeflection—3*34.7one-timer
Jan 29, 2026 @ MTLReboundcarry042.34-on-2, rebound
Nov 26, 2025 vs SJSOdd-man rushpass122.03-on-2
Mar 20, 2025 @ OTTOff the faceoff—053.6—
Mar 11, 2025 @ MINDeflectioncarry3*36.7deflection
Mar 10, 2025 vs CHICyclecarry3*60.1—
Mar 8, 2025 vs TOROdd-man rushcarry021.55-on-3
Mar 6, 2025 vs SJSOdd-man rushcarry058.32-on-1
Jan 31, 2025 vs STLOff the faceoff—040.9—
Dec 22, 2024 vs SEAOdd-man rushpass268.72-on-1
Dec 22, 2024 vs SEAPoint shot—069.0—
Dec 22, 2024 vs SEAOdd-man rushcarry1*49.12-on-0, one-timer
Dec 19, 2024 @ SJSForecheck turnoverloose1*59.81-on-0
Dec 19, 2024 @ SJSOdd-man rushcarry141.83-on-1
Dec 3, 2024 @ BUFReboundcarry029.23-on-2, rebound
Oct 24, 2024 @ UTAForecheck turnover—071.4—
Oct 22, 2024 @ SEADeflection—127.7deflection
Oct 22, 2024 @ SEAOdd-man rushpass174.03-on-2
Oct 20, 2024 @ SJSForecheck turnover—020.6—
May 9, 2024 @ DALOdd-man rushcarry38.33-on-1
Feb 27, 2024 vs DALOdd-man rushcarry2*33.23-on-2, one-timer
Dec 7, 2023 vs WPGRushcarry025.1—
Nov 15, 2023 vs ANARushcarry123.3—

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Kiviranta

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Kiviranta apartCF% mate apart
Parker KellyLW48314:0762%61.3%62% (16-10)51.9% 118:1153.8% 177:19
Jack DruryC47281:4856%62.3%67% (16-8)55.4% 143:4054.1% 250:45
Sam MalinskiD53177:5535%59.7%77% (10-3)58.1% 306:2258.3% 695:48
Josh MansonD51173:0534%61.4%62% (8-5)56.8% 296:1854.9% 589:12
Brent BurnsD52171:0534%58.6%82% (9-2)58.5% 308:4953.9% 627:13
Devon ToewsD45113:0122%59.6%67% (6-3)57.0% 299:0258.4% 686:58
Brett KulakD28109:3322%52.5%80% (4-1)66.9% 149:4151.7% 377:00
Samuel GirardD2599:3020%63.4%44% (4-5)52.7% 119:4655.1% 296:29
Zakhar BardakovC2097:1419%55.9%40% (2-3)65.0% 93:5553.2% 47:49
Cale MakarD4396:3219%58.8%75% (3-1)60.7% 296:1155.8% 651:08
Gavin BrindleyC1048:1010%50.0%100% (2-0)61.4% 37:1238.9% 34:22
Nicolas RoyC735:117%44.4%100% (3-0)48.4% 31:5941.0% 44:12
Ross ColtonC731:156%55.2%100% (1-0)65.8% 37:5962.4% 43:23
Nick BlankenburgD1028:506%48.2%50% (1-1)53.7% 64:2153.6% 93:25

Game log

56 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
May 26PO@ VGKL 1-200000030—10:158:59—1:16
May 13POvs MINW 4-3000+11021—9:429:42——
May 11PO@ MINW 5-2000+11030—9:006:58—2:02
Apr 21POvs LAKW 2-1000+120400%10:057:59—2:06
Apr 19POvs LAKW 2-1000+11010—8:267:37—0:49
Apr 16vs SEAW 2-000006001100%14:2211:380:011:28
Apr 14@ CGYW 3-100001011—9:448:08—1:36
Apr 13@ EDMW 2-1000+10020—7:457:32——
Apr 11vs VGKOTL 2-3000+10010—9:509:22—0:28
Apr 9vs CGYW 3-100001200—8:588:58——
Apr 5vs STLL 2-300001010—11:269:50—1:36
Apr 4@ DALW 2-000001020—10:419:30—0:46
Apr 1vs VANL 6-8000+10001—8:117:25—0:46
Mar 30vs CGYW 9-2000+22021—10:5510:19—0:36
Mar 28vs WPGL 2-400000000—7:356:03—1:32
Mar 26@ WPGW 3-2000+11000—8:236:59—1:24
Mar 24@ PITW 6-200000010—11:1510:15—1:00
Mar 22@ WSHW 3-200000010—12:1411:09—1:05
Mar 20@ CHIW 4-100004010—12:0710:29—1:38
Mar 18vs DALOTL 1-200001020—13:0813:08——

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations51529:0410:2255344455.5%55.4%257198201557%24.017.743%
Even strength51465:129:0752637058.7%58.5%240163201263%21.713.945%
5v551463:509:0652637058.7%58.5%240163201263%21.713.945%
Power play52:590:3670100.0%100.0%4000—0.50.0100%
Penalty kill4253:111:16155920.3%24.1%1128020%0.93.30%
5v452:590:3670100.0%100.0%4000—0.50.0100%
4v54253:111:16155920.3%24.1%1128020%0.93.30%
5v6, opponent net empty126:190:3221511.8%15.4%07010%0.60.50%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26PlayoffsCOL5000+4050.0%1319:30
2025-26COL51369+78506.0%631510:22
2024-25PlayoffsCOL70000290.0%20210:05
2024-25COL7916723+15208419.0%1143812:31
2023-24PlayoffsCOL8112+34714.3%23411:46
2023-24COL56369-112486.3%78319:50
2022-23PlayoffsDAL1514502128.3%291112:38
2022-23DAL70819-940859.4%1172012:09
2021-22PlayoffsDAL7011-2450.0%1279:36
2021-22DAL56167-610591.7%97239:31
2020-21DAL266511+363119.4%401112:10
2019-20DAL11101-14137.7%17310:39

Joel Kiviranta news

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.