Defense · BUF · 2025-26

Michael Kesselring

Age: 26
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 216 lb
Shoots: R
Born: Florence

Games: 34
Goals: 0
Assists: 1
Points: 1
Ice time: 13:24/gm

Rating · 2025-26

3/100

Below replacement

Shooter

Better than 3% of NHL defencemen.

-0.47wins above replacement

How he earns it

Each rating compares him only with players who take that role, so the four are not measured against the same field.

Even-strength offense429 min23among all skaters at the position

Even-strength defense429 min34among all skaters at the position

Power playDoesn't play on the power play

Penalty killDoesn't kill penalties

Season by season

Every season is drawn on the same scale, so bar length is comparable top to bottom. Bars left of the center line cost the team goals; bars right of it earned them.

Season	GP	Rating	WAR	Where it came from
2022-23ARI	9	—	-0.22	Where it came from
2023-24ARI	65	60	+0.48	Where it came from
2024-25UTA	82	65	+0.60	Where it came from
2025-26BUF	34	3	-0.47	Where it came from
2026-27SJS	5	—	-0.07	Where it came from
Career5 seasons	195	—	+0.32

Even-strength offenseEven-strength defensePower-play offensePower-play defenseShorthanded offenseShorthanded defense

Game log

First Round · BOS · 1 games

Game	Result	TOI	G	A	P	Shots	Blocks	Grade
@ BOSMay 1	W 4-1	4:25	0	0	0	0	0	D-

Regular season · 34 games

Game	Result	TOI	A	P	Shots	Blocks	Grade
vs DALApr 15	OTL 3-4 OT	15:03	0	0	0	0	D+
@ NYRApr 8	W 5-3	10:37	0	0	3	0	D+
vs SJSMar 10	W 6-3	15:09	0	0	2	0	C-
vs TBLMar 8	W 8-7	6:03	1	1	1	0	C
vs NSHMar 7	W 3-2	10:28	0	0	1	3	C-

A player's rating is his percentile among NHL defencemen — a 70 means he is better than 70% of them. It is measured from wins above replacement, the number of wins he adds compared with a player freely available to any team. See the full roster table or read how this is calculated.