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Joel Kiviranta

Position	Right Wing / Left Wing	Current Team	Colorado Avalanche
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	1 years
Height	5'11"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	185	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	30
Age	29 (Mar 23, 1996)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	Undrafted

News and Opinions

Ivan Ivan may have the best chance to grab the final opening night roster spot at Mile High Sticking (Sat Aug 30, 2025)
Stars 2020 Postseason Run: Five Years Later at Dallas Sports Nation (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
Avalanche Depth Chart: Olofsson Fills Role, but Is He Enough? at Colorado Hockey Now (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche expected to make notable signing ahead of training camp at Mile High Sticking (Wed Aug 20, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche have questions in bottom-six forward group at Mile High Sticking (Tue Aug 19, 2025)
Sunday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum at Litter Box Cats (Sun Aug 10, 2025)
Deen’s Daily: Avs Roster Still Incomplete with Kiviranta; Surgery for Matthew Tkachuk? at Colorado Hockey Now (Sat Aug 9, 2025)
Joel Kiviranta is back in Colorado at Mile High Hockey (Fri Aug 8, 2025)
Avalanche Depth Chart: Lineup Coming Together but Still an Unfinished Product at Colorado Hockey Now (Fri Aug 8, 2025)
Kiviranta contract a steal for the Avalanche at Mile High Sticking (Fri Aug 8, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche bring back fan favorite on 1-year deal at Mile High Sticking (Fri Aug 8, 2025)
Coupe Stanley : non, le Canadien n’a pas « juste deux ans » pour la remporter at Dans Les Coulisses (Fri Aug 8, 2025)
Joel Kiviranta Signs One-Year Deal with Avalanche at Colorado Hockey Now (Fri Aug 8, 2025)
Avalanche Mailbag 2.0: Avalanche’s 30th Anniversary, Pressure on Bednar and MacFarland, Trading for Zacha, & More at Colorado Hockey Now (Wed Aug 6, 2025)
Avalanche Mailbag 1.0: Gambling with Necas, EJ and Kiviranta Updates, Goaltending Tandem, & More at Colorado Hockey Now (Tue Aug 5, 2025)
Joel Kiviranta’s Uncertain NHL Future at Mile High Hockey (Wed Jul 30, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks give prospects fresh start at Mile High Sticking (Fri Jul 25, 2025)
Best of the rest: Who's left in NHL free agency? at ESPN (Tue Jul 22, 2025)
MHH Roundtable: Summer Checklist at Mile High Hockey (Sat Jul 12, 2025)
Florida Panthers Rumors: 3 Teams the Florida Panthers Can Trade Evan Rodrigues To at The Rat Trick (Tue Jul 8, 2025)
Flyers should take a chance on Joel Kiviranta at Broad Street Buzz (Sun Jul 6, 2025)
A depth forward free agency primer for the Colorado Avalanche at Mile High Sticking (Tue Jul 1, 2025)
Seattle Kraken targets in shallow free agency market at Sound of Hockey (Mon Jun 30, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche standing pat on Charlie Coyle trade offers for this reason at Mile High Sticking (Wed Jun 25, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche fans hate the idea of trading Sam Girard at Mile High Sticking (Sat Jun 14, 2025)
Full list of Colorado Avalanche 2025 free agents at Mile High Sticking (Sat Jun 7, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Aug 8, 2025	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 1 year @ $1.250M AAV starting in 2025-26
Jul 1, 2024	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2024-25
Nov 12, 2023	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 31, 2021	Dallas Stars	Signed 2 years @ $1.050M AAV starting in 2021-22
May 31, 2019	Dallas Stars	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2010-11	Jr. C SM-sarja	Jokerit U16	26	10	9	19		12				3					2
2011-12	Jr. B SM-sarja	Jokerit U18	10	2	4	6						4	2		2		2
2011-12	Jr. A SM-liiga	Jokerit U20	20	4	1	5	+8	4
2011-12	Jr. C SM-sarja	Jokerit U16										3	4	3	7
2011-12	YOG	Finland U16										6	4	2	6	+4	14
2011-12	Jr. C SM-sarja Q	Jokerit U16	8	10	11	21		20
2012-13	WJC-18	Finland U18	7	0	0	0
2012-13	Jr. B SM-sarja	Jokerit U18	1	1	0	1		2				10	4	2	6		2
2012-13	Jr. A SM-liiga	Jokerit U20	40	7	13	20	+7	35
2012-13	WHC-17	Finland U17	5	2	2	4
2012-13	EYOF	Finland U17										3	1		1	+4	4
2012-13	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Finland U18										5				-1
2013-14	Liiga	Jokerit	1	0	0	0		2
2013-14	WJC-18	Finland U18	5	1	0	1	-4	18
2013-14	Jr. B SM-sarja	Jokerit U18	2	1	2	3						9	2	6	8		12
2013-14	Jr. A SM-liiga	Jokerit U20	38	18	19	37	+10	40				4
2013-14	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Finland U18										4	2	1	3		4
2014-15	Liiga	Sport	47	8	5	13	+1	10
2014-15	Jr. A SM-liiga	Sport U20	6	5	0	5	+4	6
2015-16	Mestis	Hermes	1	0	1	1	+1	2
2015-16	Liiga	Sport	48	6	6	12	-1	22				2				-1
2015-16	U20 SM-sarja	Sport U20	1	1	1	2	+1
2016-17	Liiga	Sport	58	11	10	21	-2	20
2017-18	Liiga	Sport	59	19	18	37	-8	24
2018-19	Liiga	Sport	48	16	15	31	+12	18
2018-19	WC	Finland	9	2	1	3	+1
2018-19	EHT	Finland	3	0	0	0		2
2019-20	NHL	Dallas Stars	11	1	0	1	-1	4	13	7.7	10:39	14	5	1	6	+7	4	21	23.8	12:47
2019-20	AHL	Texas Stars	48	12	11	23	+1	25
2020-21	NHL	Dallas Stars	26	6	5	11	+3	6	31	19.4	12:10
2021-22	NHL	Dallas Stars	56	1	6	7	-6	10	59	1.7	9:31	7		1	1	-2	4	5	0.0	9:36
2022-23	NHL	Dallas Stars	70	8	1	9	-9	40	85	9.4	12:09	15	1	4	5		2	12	8.3	12:38
2023-24	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	56	3	6	9	-1	12	48	6.2	9:50	8	1	1	2	+3	4	7	14.3	11:46
2023-24	AHL	Colorado Eagles	10	2	4	6	+7	8
2024-25	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	79	16	7	23	+15	20	84	19.0	12:31	7					2	9	0.0	10:05
NHL Career			298	35	25	60	+1	92	320	10.9	11:16	51	7	7	14	+8	16	54	13.0	11:46

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2019-20	DAL	11	107:00	0.56	0.00	0.56	0.97	-0.41	7.69	13.29	-5.60	29.41	5.88
2020-21	DAL	26	287:25	0.84	1.04	1.88	0.54	0.29	15.38	10.02	5.37	2.78	5.56
2021-22	DAL	56	519:57	0.12	0.69	0.81	0.63	-0.51	1.72	9.42	-7.69	7.79	9.09
2022-23	DAL	70	725:45	0.50	0.08	0.58	0.63	-0.14	8.82	11.24	-2.42	4.26	10.64
2023-24	COL	56	471:43	0.38	0.64	1.02	0.54	-0.15	7.32	10.29	-2.97	1.92	11.54
2024-25	COL	79	839:21	0.86	0.43	1.29	0.66	0.19	16.67	12.89	3.77	1.89	6.60

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2019-20	DAL	11	107:00	42.06	0.56	2.63	33.08	1.12	2.04	33.33	56.31	0.52	-0.24	8.25
2020-21	DAL	26	287:25	39.04	2.71	2.07	37.37	2.71	2.10	50.00	49.60	-0.27	0.15	-4.90
2021-22	DAL	56	519:57	39.23	1.62	2.43	38.20	2.19	2.27	42.42	51.69	-0.11	-0.21	1.10
2022-23	DAL	70	725:45	37.04	1.07	2.14	38.28	2.07	2.29	34.21	48.30	-0.62	-0.14	-4.94
2023-24	COL	56	471:43	35.49	2.16	2.08	39.56	2.04	2.22	51.52	48.36	-0.66	-0.22	-4.56
2024-25	COL	79	839:21	40.03	2.07	2.33	36.89	1.57	1.98	56.86	54.10	-0.30	-0.29	0.46

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	56	22.4	0.7	4.3	4.9	92.1	43.1	13.0	43.5	43.5	42.3	18.7	39.0
2022-23	70	21.5	0.5	9.9	10.1	84.5	32.6	19.4	31.3	49.3	38.4	18.9	42.7
2023-24	56	22.0	0.9	9.9	10.2	82.4	36.9	11.4	28.6	60.0	42.3	18.2	39.6
2024-25	79	22.7	0.6	10.0	10.1	89.2	54.1	4.2	47.9	47.9	39.9	18.4	41.7

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Kelly, P	O'Connor, L	COL	309:45	0.19	1.94	9.09	2.20	1.93	53.31	-0.38	-0.39	0.67
2024-25	Coyle, C	Colton, R	COL	73:27	4.08	1.63	71.43	2.66	1.66	61.50	-0.19	-0.59	5.64
2024-25	Mittelstadt, C	O'Connor, L	COL	55:26	0.00	2.16	0.00	1.71	1.83	48.25	-0.79	-0.48	-3.70
2024-25	O'Connor, L	Ivan, I	COL	48:36	2.47	0.00	100.00	2.39	1.20	66.58	-0.08	-1.15	15.36
2024-25	Colton, R	Drury, J	COL	33:59	3.53	0.00	100.00	2.08	1.78	53.80	-0.90	-0.45	-3.32
2024-25	MacKinnon, N	Rantanen, M	COL	30:47	3.90	1.95	66.67	2.40	2.42	49.76	-0.04	0.10	-1.47
2024-25	Wood, M	Kelly, P	COL	24:01	0.00	0.00	-	2.18	3.83	36.26	-0.55	1.73	-20.23
2023-24	Cogliano, A	Olofsson, F	COL	113:37	2.64	3.17	45.45	1.73	2.48	41.07	-0.83	0.08	-10.53
2023-24	MacDermid, K	Olofsson, F	COL	46:50	0.00	0.00	-	1.83	2.06	47.02	-0.64	-0.24	-4.72
2023-24	Cogliano, A	Johansen, R	COL	40:07	0.00	2.99	0.00	1.93	1.01	65.56	-0.54	-1.51	16.04
2023-24	Cogliano, A	Wagner, C	COL	39:07	3.07	0.00	100.00	1.54	2.08	42.55	-1.06	-0.22	-10.53
2023-24	Wood, M	Colton, R	COL	25:57	2.31	2.31	50.00	3.22	1.59	66.92	0.62	-0.94	16.23
2023-24	Colton, R	O'Connor, L	COL	21:29	0.00	2.79	0.00	3.90	1.54	71.71	1.53	-1.20	25.31
2022-23	Glendening, L	Faksa, R	DAL	231:42	1.29	1.81	41.67	1.99	1.96	50.41	-0.58	-0.50	-0.75
2022-23	Seguin, T	Dellandrea, T	DAL	70:08	0.00	2.57	0.00	2.90	2.47	53.95	0.43	0.16	2.31
2022-23	Glendening, L	Gurianov, D	DAL	51:40	0.00	3.48	0.00	1.10	2.06	34.90	-1.76	-0.36	-19.29
2022-23	Glendening, L	Dellandrea, T	DAL	44:45	0.00	1.34	0.00	1.99	2.09	48.86	-0.65	-0.37	-2.97
2022-23	Faksa, R	Dellandrea, T	DAL	41:50	0.00	1.43	0.00	2.03	1.49	57.70	-0.46	-0.80	5.65
2022-23	Faksa, R	Olofsson, F	DAL	31:50	1.88	1.88	50.00	2.84	1.00	73.95	0.06	-1.78	23.93
2022-23	Glendening, L	Olofsson, F	DAL	31:03	1.93	1.93	50.00	2.31	2.44	48.66	-0.38	-0.50	0.91
2022-23	Domi, M	Dellandrea, T	DAL	20:42	0.00	2.90	0.00	1.77	1.76	50.10	-0.67	-0.64	-0.24
2022-23	Glendening, L	Marchment, M	DAL	20:04	0.00	0.00	-	2.37	1.25	65.51	-0.23	-1.55	17.34
2021-22	Radulov, A	Peterson, J	DAL	88:45	3.38	2.70	55.56	2.77	2.03	57.67	-0.16	-0.34	2.49
2021-22	Seguin, T	Glendening, L	DAL	53:17	1.13	2.25	33.33	3.01	2.27	56.96	0.80	-0.13	8.98
2021-22	Glendening, L	Faksa, R	DAL	37:44	1.59	0.00	100.00	1.39	1.30	51.70	-1.26	-0.84	-3.68
2021-22	Glendening, L	Raffl, M	DAL	31:40	0.00	1.89	0.00	2.15	0.99	68.32	0.06	-2.11	28.14
2021-22	Faksa, R	Gurianov, D	DAL	30:03	2.00	2.00	50.00	1.89	2.93	39.25	-0.50	0.58	-11.25
2021-22	Glendening, L	Kero, T	DAL	25:09	2.39	0.00	100.00	1.34	1.67	44.63	-0.76	-0.59	-3.52
2020-21	Pavelski, J	Benn, J	DAL	50:57	1.18	1.18	50.00	1.48	1.48	49.98	-0.82	-0.56	-3.03
2020-21	Pavelski, J	Dickinson, J	DAL	32:43	0.00	5.50	0.00	2.41	2.61	48.10	0.33	0.63	-3.26
2020-21	Hintz, R	Robertson, J	DAL	25:04	9.57	2.39	80.00	2.64	1.42	65.04	0.32	-0.45	9.62
2019-20	Janmark, M	Dickinson, J	DAL	31:55	0.00	0.00	-	3.51	1.51	69.85	1.44	-0.88	23.45

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	29		$1,250,000	$1,250,000	-	-	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	$1,250,000

Signed: Aug 8, 2025

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.31

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	28		$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.88

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	27		$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$250,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$250,000

Signed: Nov 12, 2023

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.93

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary is $275,000.

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	25	$1,050,000	$1,050,000	-	-	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	26	$1,050,000	$1,050,000	-	-	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	$2,100,000

Signed: July 31, 2021

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.29

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	23	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2020-21	24	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				-	$185,000	$1,665,000	$1,850,000	$140,000

Signed: May 31, 2019

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

*Age is as of September 15