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Niko Mikkola
#77D · 6'6", 204 lb · 30 years old · Shoots left · Kiiminki, FIN
Drafted 2015 · STL · round 5 · #127 overall
Last 5 games
Against his position
This playerAverage defencemen
Against 233 defencemen, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.
Role
Hits / 603.03115th
Blocks / 603.03174th
Takeaways / 601.3446th
Giveaways / 604.72194th
Penalty minutes6148th
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.
NHL regular season
| Season | GP | G | A | PTS | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19:46 |
| 2025-26 | 68 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20:21 |
| 2024-25 | 76 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 20:12 |
| 2023-24 | 82 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 20:02 |
| 2022-23 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18:42 |
| 2022-23 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16:39 |
| 2021-22 | 54 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 16:59 |
| 2020-21 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14:31 |
| 2019-20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:22 |
| Career | 405 | 18 | 57 | 75 | 18:42 |
Other competitions
| Season | League | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | OG | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024-25 | 4 Nations | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019-20 | AHL | 48 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 2018-19 | AHL | 70 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2018-19 | EHT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-19 | WC | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2017-18 | Liiga | 50 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2017-18 | Champions HL | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017-18 | EHT | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | Liiga | 56 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2016-17 | Champions HL | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016-17 | EHT | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-16 | Liiga | 55 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2015-16 | Champions HL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-16 | WJC-20 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014-15 | Fin-Jr. | 37 | 9 | 14 | 23 |
| 2014-15 | Finland | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014-15 | Finland-2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013-14 | Fin-U18 | 46 | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 2012-13 | Fin-U18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-12 | Jr. C SM-sarja Q | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-11 | Jr. C SM-sarja Q | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shot maps, expected goals and comparisons against league average at this position are coming to this page. They come from Puckflow’s own model rather than the NHL feed, and an empty chart would be worse than this sentence.