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Keegan Kolesar

Position	Right Wing	Current Team	Vegas Golden Knights
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	3 years
Height	6'2"	Expires	2027-28
Weight (lbs)	216	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	31
Age	28 (Apr 8, 1997)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2015, Round 3, Overall 69 (CBJ)

News and Opinions

The 3 most underappreciated two-way Golden Knights you're not thinking about at Vegas Hockey Knight (Tue Aug 12, 2025)
The most important Golden Knights line is one you're not thinking about at Vegas Hockey Knight (Tue Aug 5, 2025)
The Vegas Golden Knights as... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at Vegas Hockey Knight (Sat Jul 26, 2025)
What are the expectations for Keegan Kolesar heading into 2025-26? at Vegas Hockey Knight (Thu Jul 24, 2025)
Golden Knights Lineup Projection 2.0: Breaking Down the 2025-26 Roster at The Hockey Writers (Sun Jul 20, 2025)
Is the Golden Knights Opening Night Roster Already Set in Stone? at Vegas Hockey Now (Fri Jul 18, 2025)
2025 NHL Playoff Predictions: Who Wins Each Second Round Series? at Oil on Whyte (Wed May 7, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Dec 13, 2024	Vegas Golden Knights	Signed 3 years @ $2.500M AAV starting in 2025-26
Aug 5, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights	Signed 3 years @ $1.400M AAV starting in 2022-23
Oct 19, 2020	Vegas Golden Knights	Signed 2 years @ $725K AAV starting in 2020-21
Dec 20, 2015	Columbus Blue Jackets	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
2011-12	Minor-MB	Wpg. Hawks	27	22	11	33		84
2012-13	MMHL	Wpg. Thrashers	41	21	17	38		26				11	3	4	7		4
2012-13	WHL	Seattle	1	0	0	0	-1					2				-1
2013-14	WHL	Seattle	60	2	6	8	-7	45				9		2	2	+2	2
2014-15	WHL	Seattle	64	19	19	38	-7	85
2015-16	WHL	Seattle	64	30	31	61	+10	107				16	7	8	15	+5	8
2016-17	M-Cup	Seattle Thunderbirds	3	1	0	1	-5	2
2016-17	WHL	Seattle Thunderbirds	54	26	34	60	+28	101				19	12	19	31	+12	37
2017-18	AHL	Chicago Wolves	44	5	8	13	+2	46				3	1		1	+1
2017-18	ECHL	Quad City Mallards	20	9	7	16	-8	10
2018-19	AHL	Chicago Wolves	74	20	16	36	-1	90				21	6	5	11	+3	48
2019-20	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	1	0	0	0			1	0.0	12:06
2019-20	AHL	Chicago Wolves	33	3	15	18	-5	21
2020-21	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	44	3	10	13	-4	30	46	6.5	9:33	17	1	3	4	-2	4	14	7.1	11:20
2021-22	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	77	7	17	24	-6	68	94	7.4	12:39
2022-23	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	74	8	10	18	+6	68	63	12.7	11:28	22	2	3	5	+1	50	10	20.0	9:49
2023-24	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	79	8	10	18	-8	49	73	11.0	10:52	6				-1	2	5	0.0	11:07
2024-25	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	82	12	18	30	+3	53	88	13.6	13:12	11		1	1	-2	6	7	0.0	11:21
NHL Career			357	38	65	103	-9	268	365	10.4	11:45	56	3	7	10	-4	62	36	8.3	10:43

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	VGK	1	12:01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.16	-0.16	0.00	3.23	-3.23	0.00	0.00
2020-21	VGK	44	414:52	0.43	1.45	1.88	0.78	-0.35	6.52	11.73	-5.21	4.55	9.09
2021-22	VGK	77	876:25	0.34	1.10	1.44	0.64	-0.29	6.02	11.18	-5.15	2.86	7.62
2022-23	VGK	74	828:33	0.58	0.72	1.30	0.55	0.03	13.11	12.50	0.61	7.06	4.71
2023-24	VGK	79	818:10	0.51	0.66	1.17	0.56	-0.04	9.72	10.54	-0.82	5.83	4.85
2024-25	VGK	82	1030:18	0.64	0.93	1.57	0.58	0.06	12.79	11.60	1.19	0.76	8.33

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	VGK	1	12:01	29.96	0.00	0.83	34.95	0.00	1.47	-	36.18	-2.32	-0.20	-29.22
2020-21	VGK	44	414:52	42.09	2.75	2.71	37.17	3.33	2.50	45.24	52.00	0.13	0.13	-0.10
2021-22	VGK	77	876:25	41.21	2.26	2.56	39.36	2.46	2.53	47.83	50.33	-0.26	0.06	-2.99
2022-23	VGK	74	828:33	33.96	2.24	2.36	40.12	1.88	2.31	54.39	50.54	-0.24	-0.20	-0.37
2023-24	VGK	79	818:10	35.71	1.76	2.20	42.02	2.49	2.36	41.38	48.33	-0.38	-0.07	-3.25
2024-25	VGK	82	1030:18	41.58	2.27	2.52	38.96	2.27	2.29	50.00	52.36	-0.04	0.01	-0.47

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	77	22.4	0.9	5.1	5.4	88.9	47.1	9.2	35.5	55.3	38.1	19.1	42.8
2022-23	74	22.6	0.9	9.6	9.6	84.5	43.2	10.2	28.6	61.2	39.8	19.2	40.9
2023-24	79	22.5	0.9	9.8	9.9	85.2	42.6	13.0	44.4	42.6	40.9	19.1	40.1
2024-25	82	22.8	0.7	9.9	9.9	84.5	54.0	10.6	37.9	51.5	38.6	19.1	42.3

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	Pearson, T	Roy, N	VGK	204:42	1.76	1.17	60.00	2.33	2.41	49.19	-0.11	0.12	-2.38
2024-25	Hertl, T	Roy, N	VGK	120:31	1.00	1.49	40.00	2.99	2.43	55.15	0.80	-0.12	9.03
2024-25	Pearson, T	Howden, B	VGK	91:06	1.98	3.29	37.50	2.01	3.23	38.31	-0.55	0.98	-14.91
2024-25	Barbashev, I	Howden, B	VGK	84:14	2.85	2.14	57.14	3.20	2.06	60.90	0.78	-0.19	9.02
2024-25	Karlsson, W	Hertl, T	VGK	59:36	3.02	3.02	50.00	3.81	2.17	63.77	1.23	-0.17	11.22
2024-25	Pearson, T	Schwindt, C	VGK	42:04	1.43	1.43	50.00	1.93	1.90	50.40	-0.53	-0.57	0.52
2024-25	Roy, N	Howden, B	VGK	41:56	2.86	4.29	40.00	1.90	1.62	54.04	-0.49	-0.73	3.58
2024-25	Barbashev, I	Roy, N	VGK	40:31	5.92	2.96	66.67	3.04	1.77	63.29	0.51	-0.58	11.33
2024-25	Roy, N	Schwindt, C	VGK	36:00	8.33	1.67	83.33	4.51	1.46	75.50	2.31	-1.14	29.75
2024-25	Barbashev, I	Eichel, J	VGK	30:41	3.91	3.91	50.00	2.37	3.66	39.24	-0.09	1.41	-12.90
2024-25	Roy, N	Rondbjerg, J	VGK	26:33	0.00	4.52	0.00	1.81	1.87	49.22	-1.29	-0.69	-5.57
2024-25	Roy, N	Brisson, B	VGK	26:28	0.00	6.80	0.00	1.25	3.17	28.25	-0.98	0.56	-17.80
2024-25	Olofsson, V	Howden, B	VGK	26:20	2.28	0.00	100.00	2.10	1.32	61.36	-0.46	-0.80	6.72
2024-25	Roy, N	Howden, B	VGK	23:36	2.54	2.54	50.00	2.27	1.66	57.72	-0.17	-0.72	7.20
2023-24	Carrier, W	Roy, N	VGK	163:37	1.83	1.10	62.50	3.14	1.53	67.27	0.45	-0.95	15.22
2023-24	Roy, N	Cotter, P	VGK	91:00	1.98	3.96	33.33	1.90	2.02	48.49	-0.71	-0.38	-3.65
2023-24	Roy, N	Howden, B	VGK	89:30	3.35	3.35	50.00	2.28	2.93	43.77	-0.35	0.65	-9.76
2023-24	Carrier, W	Howden, B	VGK	79:21	2.27	1.51	60.00	2.16	3.08	41.20	-0.61	0.85	-14.20
2023-24	Howden, B	Rondbjerg, J	VGK	64:20	1.87	0.00	100.00	1.96	2.09	48.32	-0.47	-0.53	0.24
2023-24	Carrier, W	Roy, N	VGK	52:33	1.14	2.28	33.33	1.39	2.71	33.87	-0.58	-0.13	-6.98
2023-24	Froese, B	Rondbjerg, J	VGK	50:41	0.00	0.00	-	1.37	1.40	49.60	-1.38	-1.32	-0.73
2023-24	Howden, B	Cotter, P	VGK	48:25	0.00	4.96	0.00	2.04	2.79	42.28	-0.35	0.43	-8.03
2023-24	Howden, B	Brisson, B	VGK	26:01	0.00	4.61	0.00	1.81	2.05	46.88	-0.36	-0.54	1.27
2023-24	Froese, B	Morelli, M	VGK	22:39	5.30	5.30	50.00	3.16	2.99	51.34	0.77	0.29	4.50
2023-24	Roy, N	Rondbjerg, J	VGK	20:32	2.92	0.00	100.00	0.46	2.16	17.38	-1.99	-0.12	-34.31
2022-23	Carrier, W	Roy, N	VGK	285:13	2.95	2.31	56.00	2.62	2.43	51.90	0.01	0.07	-0.56
2022-23	Roy, N	Howden, B	VGK	93:42	2.56	2.56	50.00	1.78	2.09	45.94	-1.07	-0.32	-8.18
2022-23	Blueger, T	Howden, B	VGK	86:57	1.38	1.38	50.00	2.02	2.24	47.44	-0.51	-0.78	1.89
2022-23	Carrier, W	Roy, N	VGK	79:02	3.80	3.04	55.56	2.75	2.22	55.38	-0.35	-0.24	-0.44
2022-23	Carrier, W	Leschyshyn, J	VGK	54:44	1.10	1.10	50.00	2.08	3.10	40.20	-0.65	0.72	-13.28
2022-23	Roy, N	Cotter, P	VGK	42:35	4.23	1.41	75.00	3.96	1.60	71.21	1.43	-0.72	19.07
2022-23	Carrier, W	Howden, B	VGK	41:05	4.38	1.46	75.00	3.16	1.82	63.51	0.54	-0.75	13.00
2022-23	Blueger, T	Carrier, W	VGK	39:10	3.06	0.00	100.00	1.36	1.80	43.00	-0.85	-0.89	-2.03
2022-23	Howden, B	Cotter, P	VGK	32:30	1.85	0.00	100.00	0.65	2.91	18.26	-2.00	0.51	-34.13
2022-23	Barbashev, I	Roy, N	VGK	29:19	0.00	2.05	0.00	2.01	1.64	55.14	-0.73	-0.77	1.86
2022-23	Froese, B	Howden, B	VGK	23:16	0.00	0.00	-	2.80	1.29	68.53	0.34	-1.46	21.29
2021-22	Janmark, M	Roy, N	VGK	103:13	2.33	3.49	40.00	2.45	2.91	45.63	-0.35	0.41	-7.20
2021-22	Carrier, W	Howden, B	VGK	74:27	5.64	2.42	70.00	3.92	2.19	64.18	1.45	-0.33	14.64
2021-22	Dadonov, E	Roy, N	VGK	45:34	0.00	0.00	-	2.70	3.02	47.24	0.43	0.23	2.30
2021-22	Carrier, W	Roy, N	VGK	40:04	3.00	3.00	50.00	2.70	2.00	57.43	-0.22	-0.52	3.80
2021-22	Janmark, M	Leschyshyn, J	VGK	39:26	3.04	3.04	50.00	2.62	3.45	43.19	-0.03	0.91	-7.89
2021-22	Dadonov, E	Patrick, N	VGK	33:48	5.33	3.55	60.00	4.03	1.73	69.98	1.31	-1.19	21.77
2021-22	Carrier, W	Amadio, M	VGK	31:42	3.79	1.89	66.67	5.45	2.47	68.82	2.49	0.16	12.55
2021-22	Roy, N	Leschyshyn, J	VGK	31:26	1.91	1.91	50.00	2.50	4.93	33.64	-0.31	2.40	-19.01
2021-22	Leschyshyn, J	Rondbjerg, J	VGK	30:47	1.95	1.95	50.00	1.79	3.19	35.97	-1.01	0.87	-18.73
2021-22	Karlsson, W	Marchessault, J	VGK	30:25	0.00	0.00	-	2.58	2.08	55.30	-0.22	-0.39	2.25
2021-22	Dadonov, E	Janmark, M	VGK	30:05	1.99	0.00	100.00	1.83	1.72	51.62	-0.95	-0.35	-5.77
2021-22	Howden, B	Rondbjerg, J	VGK	22:05	2.72	2.72	50.00	1.88	1.66	53.19	-0.85	-0.62	-1.35
2021-22	Dadonov, E	Stephenson, C	VGK	20:43	0.00	5.79	0.00	2.71	1.40	65.96	0.13	-1.31	17.25
2021-22	Janmark, M	Amadio, M	VGK	20:16	0.00	0.00	-	1.30	0.71	64.84	-1.40	-1.81	13.06
2020-21	Tuch, A	Glass, C	VGK	69:14	2.60	1.73	60.00	2.86	2.30	55.43	0.46	-0.17	6.09
2020-21	Janmark, M	Roy, N	VGK	49:50	2.41	2.41	50.00	2.43	1.49	62.05	0.17	-0.69	11.06
2020-21	Nosek, T	Tuch, A	VGK	43:52	2.74	2.74	50.00	3.88	2.65	59.41	1.00	0.17	5.72
2020-21	Reaves, R	Carrier, W	VGK	36:12	1.66	3.31	33.33	1.25	1.66	42.85	-0.99	-1.13	-1.62
2020-21	Carrier, W	Tuch, A	VGK	34:47	1.72	0.00	100.00	2.91	2.32	55.67	0.25	-0.14	3.66
2020-21	Carrier, W	Brown, P	VGK	34:41	0.00	3.46	0.00	2.42	2.18	52.64	-0.12	0.32	-5.06
2020-21	Tuch, A	Roy, N	VGK	30:46	7.80	3.90	66.67	2.02	2.00	50.31	-0.69	-0.50	-1.67
2020-21	Reaves, R	Carrier, W	VGK	23:06	2.60	0.00	100.00	2.09	1.30	61.67	-0.27	-1.05	11.54

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*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	28	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	UFA
2026-27	29	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	UFA
2027-28	30	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000

Signed: Dec 13, 2024

Team: Vegas Golden Knights

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.62

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	25	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	-	-	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	RFA-arb
2023-24	26	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	-	-	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	RFA-arb
2024-25	27	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	-	-	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	$1,400,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$4,200,000	$4,200,000	$4,200,000

Signed: Aug 5, 2022

Team: Vegas Golden Knights

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.7

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	23	$725,000	$725,000	-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$110,000	RFA
2021-22	24	$725,000	$725,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$750,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,450,000	$1,450,000	$860,000

Signed: Oct 19, 2020

Team: Vegas Golden Knights

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.89

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2015-16	18	$722,500	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2016-17	19	$708,333	$910,833	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2017-18	20	$702,500	$905,000	$257,500	$92,500	$650,000	$742,500	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	21	$702,500	$905,000	$232,500	-	$650,000	$650,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	22	$702,500	$905,000	$117,500	-	$715,000	$715,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$607,500	$277,500	$2,015,000	$2,292,500	$210,000

Signed: Dec 20, 2015

Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

*Age is as of September 15