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Michael Kesselring

D · 6'5", 215 lb · 26 years old · Shoots right · Florence, South Carolina, USA

Drafted 2018 · EDM · round 6 · #164 overall

Last 5 games

Date	Opp	A	PTS	GS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Nov 14	@UTA	0	0	0.5	1	0	18:38
Nov 11	PIT	1	1	0.6	4	0	18:50
Nov 9	NYI	0	0	0.0	4	-1	18:20
Nov 7	@DAL	0	0	0.1	0	-1	17:36
Nov 6	@MIN	0	0	-0.3	1	-1	18:56

Against their position

This playerAverage defencemen

Against 240 defencemen, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

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Role

Hits / 602.15149th

Blocks / 602.72203rd

Takeaways / 601.2927th

Giveaways / 604.44214th

Penalty minutes13183rd

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

Per game, against the average defenseman

Goals

D 0.08

Assists

D 0.27

SOG

Shots on goal

D 1.2

Expected goals

D 0.08

Attempts for

D 14.6

Attempts against

D 14.7

TOI

Ice time

D 19:05

Speed

Top, mph

21.5

D 21.2

Hits

D 1.0

Hit±

Dealt minus taken

D -0.7

BLK

Shot blocks

D 1.3

bxG

Block xG margin

D +.02

Poss±

Take minus give

D -0.8

Pen±

Drawn minus taken

D -0.1

FO%

Faceoffs won

Shot

Hardest, mph

93.7

D 87.2

Every shot this season

Shot on goal29Missed16Shot blocked27

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	San Jose Sharks	22	0	4	4	-9	30	–	19:00
2025-26	Buffalo Sabres	34	0	2	2	0	46	–	13:24
2024-25	Utah Hockey Club	82	7	22	29	+4	150	4.7	17:41
2023-24	Arizona Coyotes	65	5	16	21	+11	76	6.6	15:48
2022-23	Arizona Coyotes	9	0	3	3	-1	8	–	17:06
Career		212	12	47	59	+5	310	3.9	16:32

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2024-25	WC	USA	10	1	3	4
2024-25	International	Team USA	1	0	0	0
2023-24	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	6	0	0	0
2023-24	WC	USA	7	2	1	3
2023-24	International	Team USA	1	0	0	0
2022-23	AHL	Bakersfield Condors	49	13	9	22
2022-23	AHL	Tucson Roadrunners	10	2	5	7
2021-22	AHL	Bakersfield Condors	55	2	11	13
2020-21	NCAA	Northeastern Univ.	20	5	3	8
2020-21	AHL	Bakersfield Condors	21	1	2	3
2019-20	NCAA	Northeastern Univ.	34	2	3	5
2018-19	USHL	Des Moines Buccaneers	33	2	10	12
2018-19	USHL	Fargo Force	33	7	15	22
2017-18	USA-S17	Team Kelly	5	2	1	3
2017-18	USHS-Prep	New Hampton School	38	11	23	34
2017-18	USHL	Des Moines Buccaneers	12	0	2	2
2016-17	EJEPL 16U	New Hampshire Avalanche 16U AAA	2	0	1	1
2016-17	USHS-Prep	New Hampton School	30	8	20	28
2015-16	USHS-Prep	New Hampton School	40	5	11	16
2014-15	USHS-Prep	New Hampton School	36	3	4	7