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2023-24 TOP CHEDDAR HOCKEY #77 NIKO MIKKOLA Florida Panthers · Defense
EX Season grade
5
Card #2024-08478859
Niko Mikkola in action
77 D Defense
66 OVR
Niko Mikkola Florida Panthers
2023-24 · 82 GP · 3 G · 14 A · 17 PTS
2024-25
2022-23

Season Report

5 Excellent 5

Game Score 0.24 a game, 33rd percentile of the league's defense that season.

GP
82
G
3
A
14
P
17
+/-
+11
PIM
69
PPP
0
SHP
1
GWG
0
S
93
TOI
20:02
HIT
198
BLK
124
TK
10
FO%
—
  • Stanley Cup Won the championship

2023-24 ranks

  • 1st Hits on the Panthers

Under the Hood

Against every regular at the position in 2023-24. Only the stats that season kept.

Shooting 54

Goals / 60
0.11

27th percentile of defense

Shots / 60
3.40

33rd percentile of defense

Hardest Shot
86.0 mph

10th percentile of defense

High-Danger Shots / 60
0.29

67th percentile of defense

Goals Above Expected / 60
-0.05

24th percentile of defense

Playmaking 54

Points / 60
0.62

22nd percentile of defense

Assists / 60
0.51

29th percentile of defense

PP Points / GP
0.00

26th percentile of defense

Skating 89

Top Speed
22.6 mph

77th percentile of defense

Bursts 20+ mph / GP
0.78

76th percentile of defense

Distance / GP
3.0 mi

77th percentile of defense

Defensive Awareness 64

Corsi For %
53.6%

86th percentile of defense

Takeaways / 60
0.37

4th percentile of defense

Physicality 86

Hits / 60
7.23

83rd percentile of defense

Blocks / 60
4.53

40th percentile of defense

PIM / 60
2.52

77th percentile of defense

Connections

Every 2023-24 goal he scored or set up, from the play-by-play.

Set up most by

C 98OVR Carter Verhaeghe Panthers 1 of his goals C 50OVR Kevin Stenlund Panthers 1 of his goals L 90OVR Matthew Tkachuk Panthers 1 of his goals D 76OVR Dmitry Kulikov Panthers 1 of his goals

Set up most

C 97OVR Aleksander Barkov Panthers Set up 4 goals C 78OVR Evan Rodrigues Panthers Set up 2 goals L 90OVR Matthew Tkachuk Panthers Set up 2 goals R 81OVR Vladimir Tarasenko Panthers Set up 1 goal
Scored on most
Calvin Pickard 2 goals Vitek Vanecek 1 goal
Best game
November 20, 2023 vs EDM: 2G

Rivals

Who he fought, hit (and was hit by), and faced on the draw most in 2023-24, from the play-by-play.

Dropped the gloves with

C 61OVR Ridly Greig Senators 1 fight RC

Hit most

C 75OVR Craig Smith Stars Hit him 3 times R 59OVR Josh Anderson Canadiens Hit him 3 times R 61OVR Kasperi Kapanen Blues Hit him 3 times C 44OVR Kevin Rooney Flames Hit him 3 times

Hit most by

C 62OVR Curtis Lazar Devils Hit by him 5 times C 80OVR Trent Frederic Bruins Hit by him 4 times L 81OVR Anders Lee Islanders Hit by him 3 times C 96OVR Jake Guentzel Hurricanes Hit by him 3 times

2023-24 Florida Panthers

52-24-6 · 110 points · 5th of 32

Top teammates

C 98OVR Carter Verhaeghe Panthers 76 GP · 34 G · 38 A · 72 PTS G 97OVR Sergei Bobrovsky Panthers 58 GP · 36 W · .915 SV% · 2.37 GAA D 97OVR Gustav Forsling Panthers 79 GP · 10 G · 29 A · 39 PTS C 97OVR Aleksander Barkov Panthers 73 GP · 23 G · 57 A · 80 PTS C 95OVR Sam Reinhart Panthers 82 GP · 57 G · 37 A · 94 PTS G 93OVR Anthony Stolarz Panthers 27 GP · 16 W · .925 SV% · 2.03 GAA