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Vegas Golden Knights

Phil Kessel

22.7

#8Right Wing

2022-23 regular season
82
GP
14
G
22
A
36
P
149
SOG
9.4% SH
12:49
TOI/GP

RW · VGK · NHL id 8473548

Phil Kessel has played 82 games for the Vegas Golden Knights in 2022-23, scoring 14 goals and 22 assists (36 points) on 149 shots while averaging 12:49 a night (11:13 at even strength, 1:27 on the power play and 0:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Golden Knights have controlled 46% of shot attempts with Kessel on the ice (39-47 in goals, 59% offensive-zone starts). In the Golden Knights' most recent game against WPG he was on L4 with Reilly Smith and William Karlsson and on PP2. He is shooting 9.4% this season against 10.8% across the 474 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 24 game vs WPG, detected from shift data

Line
L4
Reilly SmithWilliam Karlsson
Power play
PP2
William KarlssonJonathan MarchessaultShea TheodoreNicolas Roy
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: L4 · L3 · L4 · L4/PP2 · L4

Deployment timeline

2022-23 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 20 games, 12:45 average time on ice, PP1 in 3 games, 10 line changes.

PPLine44▼4443▲2▲4▼4▼4▲43▲4▼3▲2▲4▼3▲4▼4▲4▼0m3m7m10m13m17mMar 12Mar 16Mar 21Mar 25Mar 30Apr 3Apr 6Apr 11Apr 18Apr 22
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
20 games shown, 12:45 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2022-23 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed76th7722.7 mph
Bursts 20+ mph83rd83130
Hardest shot79th7992.2 mph
Offensive-zone time53rd5442.3%
Distance skated63rd63162.7 mi
High-danger SOG61st6242
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

2022-23 · 275 attempts, 154 on goal, 14 goals

Shot map, OPP at VGK: 275 attempts, 154 on goal, 14 goals, 13.57 expected goals; best chance Phil Kessel at 0.28 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).

Puck luck

2022-23 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

051015+1.0goals above expected0.3σOct 11Apr 13
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2022-23 regular season · 80 of 82 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
+0.029
Season net
+0.45xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.83
Attempts
28
0.091

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−1.89G
Per 60
−0.108
Drawn / taken
5 / 15minors

MethodLeaders
47.5%
50.3%
47.8%
Transition CF/60
5.0
Turnovers won/60
18.2
Turnovers lost/60
15.3

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
149 shots on goal, 14 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Circle18%11%1
Center Point3%8%0
L Point1%6%0
L Circle15%12%3
Outside R7%4%0
Outside L2%5%0
High Slot7%8%2

Role changes

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

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Linemates

2022-23 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Kessel

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

86 games in 2022-23, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 24PO@ WPGW 4-2000+10002—9:429:140:28—
Apr 22PO@ WPGW 5-4000032000%15:1113:351:24—
Apr 20POvs WPGW 5-2022+11020—11:1511:15——
Apr 18POvs WPGL 1-5000010100%11:0011:00——
Apr 13@ SEAW 3-100000001—10:5010:47——
Apr 11vs SEAW 4-1000-11211—14:4813:031:45—
Apr 8@ DALOTL 1-2000-12001—15:1612:531:59—
Apr 6vs LAKW 5-2112+34001—11:3111:31——
Apr 4@ NSHOTL 2-301100002—11:3711:37——
Apr 3@ MINW 4-300004000—14:0411:042:08—
Apr 1vs MINW 4-100002000—10:279:390:48—
Mar 30@ SJSOTL 3-4000-10000—11:1510:310:44—
Mar 28vs EDML 4-7011-11000—13:3510:532:42—
Mar 25@ EDMW 4-301102400—15:4614:500:56—
Mar 23@ CGYW 3-2011+12001—13:3212:370:55—
Mar 21@ VANW 4-3101+11000—14:0911:442:09—
Mar 19vs CBJW 7-211201000—13:5012:411:09—
Mar 16vs CGYL 2-7000-20000—12:409:113:29—
Mar 14@ PHIW 5-301104000—12:5611:470:48—
Mar 12@ STLW 5-3000-12201—13:3411:312:03—

Season splits by strength

2022-23 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations821050:1912:491102108250.5%50.9%591552534852%58.247.564%
Even strength82919:5911:13877103745.8%46.2%460529394745%40.644.358%
5v582917:3411:11876103545.8%46.1%459529394745%40.544.359%
Power play69118:301:432093087.4%86.1%12019120100%15.72.094%
Penalty kill10:530:53020.0%0.0%0000—0.00.1—
5v469117:401:422073087.3%85.9%11819120100%15.42.094%
6v5, own net empty155:560:2413381.3%80.0%811150%1.00.7—
5v6, opponent net empty164:350:171109.1%14.3%1310100%0.70.4—

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2022-23PlayoffsVGK4022+2250.0%3211:47
2022-23VGK82142236-7301499.4%102812:49
2021-22ARI8284452-24401754.6%62116:41
2020-21ARI56202343-171211517.4%8917:05
2019-20ARI70142438-21221539.2%112017:09
2018-19PlayoffsPIT4112-12147.1%3218:28
2018-19PIT82275582-192821512.6%121817:59
2017-18PlayoffsPIT12189-52185.6%1217:43
2017-18PIT82345892-43626113.0%101718:41

Phil Kessel 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.