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Keegan Kolesar

Position	Right Wing	Current Team	Vegas Golden Knights
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	3 years ($2.5M CapHit)
Height	6'2"	Expires	2027-28
Weight (lbs)	216	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	31
Age (DOB)	29 (Apr 8, 1997)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2015, Round 3, Overall 69 (CBJ)

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

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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2019-20	VGK	1	-	-	-	-1.20	-2.06	-1.80	-	11.33
2020-21	VGK	44	0.38	1.56	-0.90	-1.53	1.10	0.38	-	-2.24
2021-22	VGK	77	-0.44	0.84	-1.18	-1.38	0.54	-0.59	0.78	-0.04
2022-23	VGK	74	-0.80	-0.51	-0.65	0.48	-0.80	1.65	0.83	0.74
2023-24	VGK	79	-0.66	-0.37	-0.62	0.05	-1.03	0.93	1.00	-0.38
2024-25	VGK	82	0.08	0.27	-0.30	0.37	0.40	-1.08	0.23	-0.37
2025-26	VGK	82	-0.67	-0.79	-0.37	-0.16	0.22	-1.69	0.63	-0.87

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2019-20	VGK	1	-0.38	-2.09	-1.93	-5.27	-4.12	2.55	-
2020-21	VGK	44	-1.69	-2.09	-2.21	-0.10	-0.13	0.03	45.9
2021-22	VGK	77	-0.69	-1.43	-0.99	-0.90	-1.06	0.13	40.4
2022-23	VGK	74	-0.75	-1.87	-1.76	-1.12	-1.76	-0.95	-
2023-24	VGK	79	-1.10	-1.83	-1.40	-1.21	-1.41	-0.13	-
2024-25	VGK	82	-0.29	-1.98	-1.02	0.06	-0.31	-0.49	-
2025-26	VGK	82	-1.02	-1.78	-0.96	-1.09	-1.10	0.19	-

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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	0.22	-0.22	0.00	4.45	-4.45	0.00	0.00
2020-21	VGK	44	414:52	0.43	1.45	1.88	0.86	-0.43	6.52	12.93	-6.41	4.55	9.09
2021-22	VGK	77	876:25	0.34	1.10	1.44	0.63	-0.29	6.02	11.08	-5.06	2.86	7.62
2022-23	VGK	74	828:33	0.58	0.72	1.30	0.53	0.05	13.11	11.93	1.18	7.06	4.71
2023-24	VGK	79	818:10	0.51	0.66	1.17	0.50	0.01	9.72	9.47	0.25	5.83	4.85
2024-25	VGK	82	1030:18	0.64	0.93	1.57	0.58	0.06	12.79	11.53	1.26	0.78	8.53
2025-26	VGK	82	875:05	0.41	0.69	1.10	0.47	-0.06	9.23	10.58	-1.35	0.00	8.82

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	1.09	34.95	0.00	1.87	-	36.75	-2.03	0.40	-31.23
2020-21	VGK	44	414:52	42.09	2.75	2.76	37.17	3.33	2.73	45.24	50.24	0.05	0.29	-2.29
2021-22	VGK	77	876:25	41.21	2.26	2.60	39.36	2.46	2.63	47.83	49.73	-0.22	0.11	-3.10
2022-23	VGK	74	828:33	33.96	2.24	2.33	40.12	1.88	2.35	54.39	49.79	-0.37	-0.23	-1.33
2023-24	VGK	79	818:10	35.13	1.76	2.04	41.73	2.49	2.20	41.38	48.15	-0.54	-0.15	-4.23
2024-25	VGK	82	1030:18	41.17	2.27	2.50	38.14	2.27	2.34	50.00	51.71	-0.14	0.08	-2.23
2025-26	VGK	82	875:05	36.89	1.58	2.16	36.75	2.88	2.36	35.38	47.74	-0.61	0.13	-7.62

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%
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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
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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.

News and Opinions

Keegan Kolesar shows a more humorous side of John Tortorella with two sentences at Vegas Hockey Knight (Wed May 20, 2026)
Keegan Kolesar talks about a Golden Knights teammate who led the charge in Game 1's win at Vegas Hockey Knight (Mon Apr 20, 2026)
Golden Knights rally in third but fall 5-4 to Stars in shootout at Knights on Ice (Fri Jan 30, 2026)
Keegan Kolesar tells a heartbreaking story about the Zach Whitecloud trade at Vegas Hockey Knight (Wed Jan 21, 2026)
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3 nightmare scenarios that could derail the Vegas Golden Knights 2025-26 season at Vegas Hockey Knight (Fri Aug 29, 2025)
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Current Contract

Keegan Kolesar signed a $7,500,000 3-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights and General Manager Kelly McCrimmon on December 13, 2024 with an AAV of $2,500,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2027-28 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 2.62% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

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: Kelly McCrimmon

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.62

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Keegan Kolesar signed a $4,200,000 3-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights and General Manager Kelly McCrimmon on August 5, 2022 with an AAV of $1,400,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.70% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

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: Kelly McCrimmon

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.7

Keegan Kolesar signed a $1,450,000 2-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights and General Manager Kelly McCrimmon on October 19, 2020 with an AAV of $725,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.89% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

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: Kelly McCrimmon

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.89

Keegan Kolesar signed a $2,292,500 3-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets and General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen on December 20, 2015 with an AAV of $722,500. This contract will start in 2015-16 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.01% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

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: Jarmo Kekalainen

Exp. Status: RFA

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

Career Statistics

			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	ECHL	Quad City Mallards	20	9	7	16	-8	10
2017-18	AHL	Chicago Wolves	44	5	8	13	+2	46				3	1		1	+1
2018-19	AHL	Chicago Wolves	74	20	16	36	-1	90				21	6	5	11	+3	48
2019-20	AHL	Chicago Wolves	33	3	15	18	-5	21
2019-20	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	1	0	0	0			1	0.0	12:06
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
2025-26	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	82	6	11	17	-14	55	67	9.0	11:32	12				-4	6	9	0.0	11:15
NHL Career			439	44	76	120	-23	323	432	10.2	11:43	68	3	7	10	-8	68	45	6.7	10:49