San Jose Sharks · #7 · Defense

Michael Kesselring

Age26Ht6'5"Wt215 lbShootsRightBornFlorence, USA

2026-27 regular season

13GP

19:04TOI

Next game

Thu Oct 29, 2:00 AM · SAP Center at San Jose

Vancouver CanucksHome game · 1 day off

VAN defense (2025-26)32nd in goals allowed3.85 goals a game, 29.8 shots against

His games vs VAN0 G, 2 A in 8 GP0.8 shots a game

Linemates

Projected for Oct 29, via @krashboard

Pair 2He plays RD

Sam DickinsonLD

Season profile

2026-27 regular season. Rates ranked against 237 defensemen with 3+ games.

GP13

+/--5

SOG15

S%0.0%

PPP0

Blk9

PIM11

TOI/GP19:04

G/GP27th

0.00

A/GP42nd

0.15

P/GP31st

0.15

SOG/GP60th

1.15

HIT/GP44th

0.77

BLK/GP12th

0.69

TOI53rd

19:04

PPP/GP37th

0.00

P/6027th

0.48

G/6027th

0.00

SOG/6054th

3.6

HDC/6054th

0.24

ixG/6048th

0.24

Key rates

Regular season, per 60 minutes where it says so.

Points / 600.48

Shots / 603.6

Attempts / 609.7

HD chances / 600.24

ixG1.0-1.0 goals vs expected

PP shot share0%0 of 113 attempts

Primary points50%1 of 2

Where his attempts come from

High danger1 att, 0 G5%

Medium danger2 att, 0 G9%

Low danger19 att, 0 G86%

Production by strength

Even2 P, 39 att100%

Power play0 P, 0 att0%

Shorthanded0 P, 1 att0%

Ice time

Season average19:04

Last 10 games18:36-0:28

Last 5 games18:18-0:46

Shifts a game23.5

Ice time by strength is not in the game logs yet, so this is his total minutes.

Prop hit rates

How often he went over, regular season. A line of 0.5 needs 1 blocked shots.

Line

Last 540%2 of 5, avg 0.6

Last 1040%4 of 10, avg 0.5

Last 2046%6 of 13, avg 0.7

Season46%6 of 13, avg 0.7

Home60%3 of 5, avg 0.8

Away38%3 of 8, avg 0.6

vs VAN50%4 of 8, avg 0.8

Best priceOdds soon

Over 0.5--

Under 0.5--

Blocks prices from the books land here once NHL odds are live.

Game by game

Splits

Regular season. Last column follows the prop picked above. Opponent ranks are not in yet for this season.

Split	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	SOG/GP	HIT/GP	BLK/GP	TOI	Blocks o0.5
All games	13	0	2	2	0.15	1.15	0.77	0.69	19:04	46%6/13
Venue
Home	5	0	0	0	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.80	19:09	60%3/5
Away	8	0	2	2	0.25	1.25	0.63	0.63	19:01	38%3/8
Rest
Back-to-back	1	0	0	0	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	20:31	0%0/1
1 day off	8	0	2	2	0.25	1.00	0.63	0.63	19:23	38%3/8
2+ days off	3	0	0	0	0.00	1.67	1.67	1.00	17:32	67%2/3
Opponent defense
vs top 10 D	0	No games
vs middle 12	0	No games
vs bottom 10 D	0	No games
Result
In wins	6	0	1	1	0.17	1.00	0.17	0.33	19:16	33%2/6
In losses	7	0	1	1	0.14	1.29	1.29	1.00	18:54	57%4/7

Shot map

2026-27

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Game log

13 games. The blocks column is marked against over 0.5.

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	SHF
TueOct 27	BUF	L 0-2	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	16:25	21
SatOct 24	@BOS	L 4-6	0	0	1	0	0	-2	7	14:58	18
ThuOct 22	@OTT	W 6-2	0	0	1	0	0	-1	0	18:12	21
TueOct 20B2B	@MTL	W 4-3 OT	0	0	1	0	0	-1	2	20:31	25
MonOct 19	@TOR	L 1-3	0	0	2	1	1	+1	0	21:23	26
SatOct 17	@DET	L 3-4 SO	1	1	1	1	0	+1	0	20:23	26
ThuOct 15	@NSH	W 3-2 SO	1	1	1	0	1	+1	0	18:58	22
TueOct 13	BOS	L 3-6	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	19:15	24
SatOct 10	EDM	L 1-3	0	0	1	1	0	-2	0	19:03	24
ThuOct 8	@STL	W 3-2 OT	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	16:56	22
MonOct 5	@DAL	L 0-5	0	0	1	2	3	-2	0	20:50	24
SatOct 3	LAK	W 5-4 OT	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0	21:15	26
ThuOct 1	FLA	W 4-3 OT	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	19:46	26
13 GPTotals, averages for TOI and shifts			2	2	15	10	9	-5	11	19:04	23.5