RW · DAL · NHL id 8478420
Mikko Rantanen has played 64 games for the Dallas Stars in 2025-26, scoring 22 goals and 55 assists (77 points) on 139 shots while averaging 20:11 a night (15:24 at even strength, 3:54 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 86% of his 5v5 minutes with Wyatt Johnston and 45% with Thomas Harley over the last 10 games, and the Stars have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Rantanen on the ice (46-32 in goals, 63% offensive-zone starts). In the Stars' most recent game against MIN he was on L1 with Jason Robertson and Wyatt Johnston and on PP1. He is shooting 15.8% this season against 15.9% across the 722 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 30 game vs MIN, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 16 games, 20:01 average time on ice, PP1 in 16 games, 8 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
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 · 328 attempts, 153 on goal, 23 goals
Shot map, OPP at DAL: 328 attempts, 153 on goal, 23 goals, 24.54 expected goals; best chance Mikko Rantanen at 0.82 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 64 GP · 77 points vs 69.3 expected
Last 20 games: -34. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 15.8%
- 104.6
- 74.8%
- G vs xG
- 22 / 29.2
- • Role shrank over the last 10 games (2 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
- 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 played64
- Goals22100th of 715
- Assists5519th of 715
- Points7731st of 715
- Power-play points348th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal139182nd of 715
- Hits48415th of 715
- Blocked shots30453rd of 715
- Plus/minus0307th of 715
- Penalty minutes9314th of 715
- Faceoffs won37236th of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)45.3%615th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)46.6%565th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)54.4%124th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)54.3%125th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)51.3%288th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)50.5%289th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.95325th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.046394th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.24508th of 719
- Faceoff win %44.0%
- Draw Equity /100−0.055
Usage
- Ice time per game20:11121st of 715
- Power-play time per game3:5410th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %63.2%105th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.51584th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO104622nd of 719
- Goals above expected−7.2706th of 715
- Luck Meter+27200th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.8155th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts75273rd of 715
- Hardest shot87.1411th of 715
- Offensive-zone time44.5%117th of 715
Compare head to head
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 · 64 of 64 games through the sequence engine
- −0.041
- Season net
- −0.65xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.95
- Attempts
- 15
- 0.045
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to L1 from L2Apr 25, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to L1 from L2Dec 3, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to L1 from L2Apr 5, 2025 alerts →
- Played 5:34 less than his 5-game averageNov 23, 2024 alerts →
- Moved down to L2 from L1Nov 18, 2024 alerts →
- Played 11:27 more than his 5-game averageMay 17, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to L1 from L2Apr 30, 2023 alerts →
How his goals happened
40 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2026 @ MIN | Deflection | pass | 0 | 26.9 | 3-on-1, one-timer | |
| Apr 9, 2026 vs MIN | Deflection | — | 2 | 52.8 | deflection | |
| Mar 28, 2026 @ PIT | Cycle | — | 2* | 56.0 | one-timer | |
| Feb 2, 2026 vs WPG | Odd-man rush | carry | 2 | 12.9 | 3-on-2 | |
| Jan 15, 2026 @ UTA | Rebound | — | 0 | 20.8 | rebound | |
| Jan 10, 2026 @ SJS | Rebound | — | 0 | 7.5 | rebound | |
| Jan 6, 2026 @ CAR | Cycle | — | 0 | 11.4 | — | |
| Jan 1, 2026 @ CHI | Rush | loose | 0 | 21.8 | — | |
| Dec 27, 2025 vs CHI | Cycle | — | 0 | 9.0 | — | |
| Dec 15, 2025 vs LAK | Rush | carry | 0 | 60.9 | — | |
| Dec 5, 2025 vs SJS | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 38.5 | — | |
| Dec 3, 2025 @ NJD | Rebound | — | 3* | 4.0 | rebound | |
| Dec 2, 2025 @ NYR | Odd-man rush | carry | 1* | 48.1 | 2-on-1, one-timer | |
| Nov 20, 2025 @ VAN | Rush | pass | 1 | 41.8 | — | |
| Nov 11, 2025 @ OTT | Odd-man rush | loose | 1 | 67.6 | 1-on-0 | |
| Nov 6, 2025 vs ANA | Rebound | — | 3 | 17.5 | rebound | |
| Nov 4, 2025 vs EDM | Odd-man rush | carry | 3* | 32.5 | 3-on-2 | |
| Nov 1, 2025 @ FLA | Forecheck turnover | — | 2 | 16.6 | — | |
| Oct 26, 2025 @ NSH | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 43.4 | one-timer | |
| Oct 18, 2025 @ STL | Deflection | carry | 0 | 10.6 | rebound | |
| Oct 16, 2025 vs VAN | Odd-man rush | carry | 3* | 72.2 | 3-on-2 | |
| Oct 9, 2025 @ WPG | Rebound | — | 0 | 15.1 | rebound | |
| May 11, 2025 vs WPG | Rush | pass | 2 | 47.3 | — | |
| May 7, 2025 @ WPG | Rush | pass | 0 | 42.2 | — | |
| May 7, 2025 @ WPG | Deflection | — | 4* | 63.9 | deflection | |
| May 7, 2025 @ WPG | Odd-man rush | carry | 1* | 6.6 | 4-on-3, one-timer | |
| May 3, 2025 vs COL | Odd-man rush | loose | 3 | 33.8 | 1-on-0 | |
| May 3, 2025 vs COL | Point shot | — | 1 | 12.1 | — | |
| May 3, 2025 vs COL | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 39.9 | 4-on-3 | |
| May 1, 2025 @ COL | Dump and chase | dump | 0 | 53.3 | — | |
| Apr 28, 2025 vs COL | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 37.0 | 3-on-1 | |
| Apr 8, 2025 vs VAN | Forecheck turnover | carry | 1 | 69.8 | 5-on-4, one-timer | |
| Mar 29, 2025 @ SEA | Rush | carry | 0 | 27.4 | — | |
| Mar 27, 2025 @ CGY | Rebound | carry | 0 | 15.4 | 3-on-1, rebound | |
| Mar 9, 2025 @ VAN | Point shot | — | 0 | 55.8 | — | |
| Mar 8, 2025 @ EDM | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 75.6 | one-timer | |
| Feb 27, 2025 vs BUF | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 60.6 | — | |
| Jan 30, 2025 vs CHI | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 20.5 | 2-on-1 | |
| Jan 9, 2025 @ MIN | Rush | carry | 2 | 72.1 | — | |
| Jan 6, 2025 vs FLA | Cycle | — | 0 | 21.4 | — |
* 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 Rantanen
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Rantanen apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyatt Johnston | C | 68 | 761:20 | 73% | 46.2% | 55% (36-29) | 43.1% 254:53 | 40.1% 260:45 |
| Miro Heiskanen | D | 64 | 434:37 | 42% | 46.5% | 59% (22-15) | 44.5% 524:56 | 50.8% 700:36 |
| Esa Lindell | D | 70 | 415:30 | 40% | 46.1% | 65% (22-12) | 45.1% 628:24 | 47.9% 836:31 |
| Thomas Harley | D | 59 | 384:12 | 37% | 47.1% | 52% (17-16) | 45.6% 499:31 | 47.7% 748:27 |
| Sam Steel | C | 49 | 374:16 | 36% | 44.6% | 56% (15-12) | 45.3% 362:07 | 45.5% 266:03 |
| Jason Robertson | LW | 55 | 241:08 | 23% | 50.4% | 74% (14-5) | 43.4% 596:35 | 49.1% 610:37 |
| Nils Lundkvist | D | 38 | 197:21 | 19% | 45.3% | 69% (9-4) | 44.8% 377:53 | 50.6% 405:27 |
| Alexander Petrovic | D | 49 | 191:05 | 18% | 46.1% | 40% (6-9) | 45.3% 542:00 | 41.8% 527:26 |
| Ilya Lyubushkin | D | 47 | 166:33 | 16% | 38.8% | 41% (7-10) | 47.9% 537:46 | 41.5% 503:03 |
| Roope Hintz | LW | 29 | 146:25 | 14% | 43.1% | 55% (6-5) | 45.7% 291:38 | 51.4% 234:37 |
| Justin Hryckowian | C | 25 | 144:37 | 14% | 47.5% | 63% (5-3) | 45.9% 235:01 | 44.6% 159:28 |
| Lian Bichsel | D | 38 | 125:57 | 12% | 44.2% | 50% (2-2) | 45.3% 439:38 | 45.2% 436:25 |
| Matt Duchene | C | 26 | 117:10 | 11% | 40.7% | 36% (5-9) | 48.5% 283:52 | 39.5% 238:16 |
| Kyle Capobianco | D | 30 | 86:25 | 8% | 41.6% | 71% (5-2) | 47.3% 360:02 | 52.7% 262:12 |
Game log
70 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30PO | @ MIN | L 2-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 43% | 21:46 | 16:16 | 2:24 | — |
| Apr 28PO | vs MIN | L 2-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 23:32 | 14:44 | 4:37 | — |
| Apr 25PO | @ MIN | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 100% | 22:59 | 20:15 | 2:44 | — |
| Apr 22PO | @ MIN | W 4-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50% | 27:14 | 16:10 | 11:04 | — |
| Apr 20PO | vs MIN | W 4-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 19:12 | 13:45 | 5:10 | — |
| Apr 18PO | vs MIN | L 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 21:22 | 14:27 | 5:29 | — |
| Apr 15 | @ BUF | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 18:33 | 14:14 | 4:19 | — |
| Apr 13 | @ TOR | W 6-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | 19:23 | 13:53 | 5:30 | — |
| Apr 11 | vs NYR | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 18:25 | 12:37 | 5:47 | 0:01 |
| Apr 9 | vs MIN | W 5-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0% | 17:42 | 16:27 | 0:54 | 0:01 |
| Apr 7 | vs CGY | W 4-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 21:08 | 14:17 | 6:50 | — |
| Apr 4 | vs COL | L 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 21:45 | 16:54 | 3:08 | — |
| Apr 2 | vs WPG | W 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | 20:31 | 16:48 | 1:07 | — |
| Mar 31 | @ BOS | L 3-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 22:25 | 16:58 | 3:37 | — |
| Mar 29 | @ PHI | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 21:24 | 18:28 | 2:51 | 0:05 |
| Mar 28 | @ PIT | W 6-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40% | 18:57 | 11:52 | 6:28 | — |
| Feb 4 | vs STL | W 5-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 16:49 | 11:43 | 5:06 | — |
| Feb 2 | vs WPG | W 4-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 21:55 | 15:40 | 5:32 | — |
| Jan 31 | @ UTA | W 3-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 20:47 | 14:20 | 5:23 | — |
| Jan 29 | @ VGK | W 5-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60% | 22:11 | 18:15 | 3:01 | — |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 64 | 1291:15 | 20:11 | 1330 | 1126 | 54.2% | 55.6% | 669 | 537 | 103 | 55 | 65% | 99.1 | 57.4 | 70% |
| Even strength | 64 | 985:59 | 15:24 | 822 | 984 | 45.5% | 46.6% | 410 | 457 | 46 | 35 | 57% | 47.3 | 40.9 | 63% |
| 5v5 | 64 | 949:51 | 14:50 | 789 | 951 | 45.3% | 46.5% | 389 | 442 | 46 | 32 | 59% | 45.2 | 37.9 | 63% |
| Power play | 63 | 249:23 | 3:58 | 417 | 64 | 86.7% | 86.2% | 231 | 49 | 46 | 6 | 88% | 42.3 | 4.4 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 7 | 0:30 | 0:04 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0% |
| 4v4 | 17 | 13:05 | 0:46 | 10 | 11 | 47.6% | 43.8% | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.4 | 1.0 | 50% |
| 3v3 (OT) | 15 | 23:03 | 1:32 | 23 | 22 | 51.1% | 51.4% | 15 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 1.8 | 2.0 | 50% |
| 5v4 | 63 | 239:16 | 3:48 | 387 | 64 | 85.8% | 85.1% | 208 | 49 | 43 | 6 | 88% | 38.6 | 4.4 | 100% |
| 5v3 | 7 | 5:48 | 0:50 | 19 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 2.1 | 0.0 | — |
| 6v5, own net empty | 30 | 33:01 | 1:06 | 62 | 28 | 68.9% | 64.8% | 24 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 41% | 3.8 | 9.9 | 100% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 22 | 19:45 | 0:54 | 20 | 48 | 29.4% | 29.5% | 2 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 40% | 5.2 | 1.9 | 0% |
| 4v3 | 5 | 4:19 | 0:52 | 11 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 1.5 | 0.0 | 100% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Playoffs | DAL | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -8 | 12 | 14 | 7.1% | 12 | 7 | 22:41 |
| 2025-26 | DAL | 64 | 22 | 55 | 77 | 0 | 93 | 139 | 15.8% | 48 | 30 | 20:11 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | DAL | 18 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -3 | 10 | 50 | 18.0% | 15 | 21 | 20:46 |
| 2024-25 | DAL, CAR, COL | 82 | 32 | 56 | 88 | +13 | 60 | 212 | 15.1% | 48 | 44 | 21:15 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | COL | 11 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 8 | 32 | 12.5% | 21 | 13 | 24:03 |
| 2023-24 | COL | 80 | 42 | 62 | 104 | +19 | 50 | 271 | 15.5% | 53 | 49 | 22:54 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | COL | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +4 | 2 | 27 | 25.9% | 7 | 7 | 21:26 |
| 2022-23 | COL | 82 | 55 | 50 | 105 | +15 | 82 | 306 | 18.0% | 77 | 41 | 22:13 |
| 2021-22Playoffs | COL | 20 | 5 | 20 | 25 | +3 | 4 | 53 | 9.4% | 36 | 8 | 20:11 |
| 2021-22 | COL | 75 | 36 | 56 | 92 | +35 | 56 | 254 | 14.2% | 58 | 43 | 20:59 |
| 2020-21Playoffs | COL | 10 | 5 | 8 | 13 | +5 | 4 | 32 | 15.6% | 19 | 3 | 21:22 |
| 2020-21 | COL | 52 | 30 | 36 | 66 | +30 | 34 | 177 | 16.9% | 26 | 20 | 19:55 |
| 2019-20 | COL | 42 | 19 | 22 | 41 | -2 | 14 | 107 | 17.8% | 28 | 23 | 18:57 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | COL | 12 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -1 | 4 | 34 | 17.6% | 16 | 5 | 21:39 |
| 2018-19 | COL | 74 | 31 | 56 | 87 | +13 | 54 | 193 | 16.1% | 59 | 41 | 20:51 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | COL | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 10 | 0.0% | 6 | 2 | 19:37 |
| 2017-18 | COL | 81 | 29 | 55 | 84 | 0 | 34 | 178 | 16.3% | 32 | 40 | 18:58 |
Mikko Rantanen news
- Top 50 Players Right Now: #19 - Mikko Rantanennhl.com
- 9/18/26 Training Camp: Mikko RantanenNHL.com
- Mikko Rantanen Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Mikko Rantanen StatsNHL.com
- Mikko Rantanen HomeNHL.com
- What if the Oilers traded for Mikko Rantanen in 2025?Oilers Nation
- Has the Dallas Stars Championship Window Closed?NHLRumors.com
- NHL Rumors: The Plan from the Dallas Stars to Keep Jason Robertson Long-TermNHLRumors.com
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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.