The Stanley Cap | Niko Mikkola Salary Cap Info, Contracts, Statistics, Analaytics and more

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Niko Mikkola

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	Florida Panthers
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	3 years
Height	6'6"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	204	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	30
Age	28 (Apr 27, 1996)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2015, Round 5, Overall 127 (STL)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 1, 2023	Florida Panthers	Signed 3 years @ $2.500M AAV starting in 2023-24
Sep 17, 2022	St. Louis Blues	Signed 1 year @ $1.900M AAV starting in 2022-23
Jan 30, 2020	St. Louis Blues	Signed 2 years @ $787K AAV starting in 2020-21
May 31, 2018	St. Louis Blues	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

		Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2019-20	STL	5	0	1	1	+3	0	10	0.0	14:22
2020-21	STL	30	1	2	3	-11	11	22	4.5	14:31	4		1	1		2	3	0.0	14:40
2021-22	STL	54	3	10	13	-6	55	58	5.2	16:59	12		1	1		8	7	0.0	15:39
2022-23	STL	50	0	3	3	+2	35	31	0.0	16:39
2022-23	NYR	31	1	2	3	+4	23	31	3.2	18:42	7		2	2	+2	12	6	0.0	14:23
2023-24	FLA	82	3	14	17	+11	69	93	3.2	20:02	24	2	2	4	+4	22	23	8.7	18:39
2024-25	FLA	68	5	16	21	+13	62	102	4.9	20:12
Career		320	13	48	61	+16	255	347	3.7	18:17	47	2	6	8	+6	44	39	5.1	16:54

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	STL	5	65:24	0.00	0.92	0.92	0.16	-0.16	0.00	1.89	-1.89	0.00	30.00
2020-21	STL	30	368:50	0.16	0.33	0.49	0.16	0.01	5.00	4.83	0.17	0.00	0.00
2021-22	STL	54	788:20	0.15	0.61	0.76	0.20	-0.04	3.64	4.70	-1.07	1.35	0.00
2022-23	STL	50	718:13	0.00	0.25	0.25	0.14	-0.14	0.00	5.63	-5.63	2.04	0.00
2022-23	NYR	31	513:47	0.12	0.23	0.35	0.12	0.00	3.45	3.42	0.03	0.00	5.41
2022-23	NYR, STL	81	1232:00	0.05	0.24	0.29	0.13	-0.08	1.72	4.53	-2.80	1.16	2.33
2023-24	FLA	82	1376:36	0.09	0.52	0.61	0.16	-0.07	2.30	4.27	-1.97	0.84	5.88
2024-25	FLA	60	1031:39	0.23	0.87	1.11	0.22	0.01	5.00	4.77	0.23	0.00	8.94

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	STL	5	65:24	53.21	3.67	2.83	31.19	0.92	1.86	80.00	60.28	0.62	0.02	5.87
2020-21	STL	30	368:50	30.42	1.63	1.78	38.07	3.25	2.17	33.33	45.04	-0.39	-0.29	-1.77
2021-22	STL	54	788:20	35.09	2.66	2.33	44.30	3.42	2.67	43.75	46.59	-0.24	-0.16	-1.02
2022-23	STL	50	718:13	33.50	2.42	2.20	43.69	2.67	2.65	47.54	45.43	-0.24	-0.07	-1.93
2022-23	NYR	31	513:47	34.92	2.80	2.29	42.04	2.69	2.66	51.06	46.33	-0.33	-0.08	-2.61
2022-23	NYR, STL	81	1232:00	34.09	2.58	2.24	43.00	2.68	2.65	49.07	45.81	-0.27	-0.07	-2.15
2023-24	FLA	82	1376:36	43.50	2.18	2.43	39.71	2.14	2.22	50.51	52.18	-0.29	-0.04	-2.35
2024-25	FLA	60	1031:39	44.90	2.68	2.47	37.92	2.38	2.05	52.87	54.68	-0.16	-0.08	-0.60

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	54	22.4	0.4	6.6	6.9	82.5	56.6	47.9	37.5	14.6	42.9	18.4	38.7
2022-23	81	22.2	0.4	9.0	9.2	84.9	59.2	61.4	34.1	4.5	42.5	18.4	39.1
2023-24	82	22.6	0.3	9.0	9.2	86.0	61.1	67.6	21.1	11.3	37.6	18.6	43.8
2024-25	52	22.3	0.4	9.2	9.3	86.6	64.1	46.8	34.0	19.1	37.3	18.5	44.2

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.

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
2023-24	27	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	$500,000	$2,500,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	UFA
2024-25	28	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	UFA
2025-26	29	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	UFA
Total				-	$500,000	$7,000,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000

Signed: July 1, 2023

Team: Florida Panthers

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.99

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	26		$1,900,000	$1,900,000	-	-	$1,900,000	$1,900,000	$1,900,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$1,900,000	$1,900,000	$1,900,000

Signed: Sep 17, 2022

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.3

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	24	$787,500	$787,500	-	-	$787,500	$787,500	$787,500	RFA-arb
2021-22	25	$787,500	$787,500	-	-	$787,500	$787,500	$787,500	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,575,000	$1,575,000	$1,575,000

Signed: Jan 30, 2020

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.97

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	22	$842,500	$925,000	$82,500	$92,500	$750,000	$842,500	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	23	$842,500	$925,000	$82,500	$92,500	$750,000	$842,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$165,000	$185,000	$1,500,000	$1,685,000	$140,000

Signed: May 31, 2018

Team: St. Louis Blues

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

*Age is as of September 15