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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	SOG	+/−	TOI
Oct 20	@MTL	0	0	1	-1	20:31
Oct 19	@TOR	0	0	2	+1	21:23
Oct 17	@DET	1	1	1	+1	20:23
Oct 15	@NSH	1	1	1	+1	18:58
Oct 13	BOS	0	0	0	-1	19:15

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 / 602.11145th

Blocks / 602.11209th

Takeaways / 601.5138th

Giveaways / 603.32117th

Penalty minutes4108th

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	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	San Jose Sharks	10	0	2	2	-1	10	–	19:50
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		200	12	45	57	+13	290	4.1	16:25

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

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.