Kevin
Bahl
D · CGY · Defensive · Below average
- PAL
- 22
- WAR
- 0.1
- Value
- 14
- PTS
- 18
2025-26№ 163 / 325
Kevin Bahl (Calgary Flames) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Kevin Bahl
HEIGHT : 198 cm · WEIGHT : 104 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : June 26, 2000 · New Westminster, Canada
Drafted : 2018 · ARI · round 2, pick #55
Contract : $5,350,000 · 2025-26 → 2030-31 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFA · Signing bonus $3,000,000M-NTC
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Calgary Flames | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 2025-26 | Calgary Flames | 76 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 47 |
| 2024-25 | Calgary Flames | 73 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 35 |
| 2023-24 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 82 |
| 2022-23 | New Jersey Devils | 42 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 35 |
| 2021-22 | New Jersey Devils | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 2020-21 | New Jersey Devils | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| NHL totals | 313 | 12 | 53 | 65 | 221 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | New Jersey Devils | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| Playoff totals | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | |
Kevin Bahl: our analysis
2025-26 season: 76 GP, 4 G, 14 A, 18 PTS, +2 +/-, 21:57 TOI. WAR 0.1 (163rd of 325) · PAL 22, below average.
In 2025-26, Kevin Bahl, 26, posts a PAL Rating of 22 out of 100 (below average), and his WAR of 0.1 ranks 163rd among 325 regulars, in the bottom half.
His strengths: penalty kill (91, among the best in the league). On the other hand, creation (5, among the weakest in the league) and possession (6, among the weakest in the league) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+1.4); his biggest cost: EV offense (-4.7).
A marked decline: his PAL was 46 in 2024-25, against 22 now; his WAR went from 0.3 to 0.1.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 14 (very poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Kevin Bahl's story
Growing up in Mississauga after being born in New Westminster on June 27, 2000, Kevin Bahl shifted from soccer to hockey as a youngster and developed his skills at the Canadian Ice Academy while attending Blyth Academy during his junior years. Those early choices set the stage for a steady rise through Ontario’s youth ranks.
Bahl came through the Toronto Marlboros program in the GTHL before the Ottawa 67's selected him 31st overall in the OHL Priority Selection. Thrust into the 67's lineup as a 16-year-old, he made an immediate impression with physical play and dependable defensive zone work, earning his club’s Rookie of the Year honours. His sophomore season brought increased attention: he represented the OHL at the Canada–Russia Summit, played in the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game and was chosen in the second round, 55th overall, by the Arizona Coyotes at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.
After signing a three-year entry-level deal in March 2019, Bahl continued in junior before being included in a December 2019 trade that sent him to the New Jersey Devils organization. He moved into pro hockey through the AHL with stops in Binghamton and later Utica, developing into a shutdown defenceman. Bahl made his NHL debut on April 29, 2021, and recorded his first NHL point, an assist, two nights later on May 1, 2021. He scored his first NHL goal on April 13, 2022, against his former organization, the Arizona Coyotes.
Internationally, Bahl won gold with Canada at the 2017 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament. In June 2024 he was traded to the Calgary Flames, and in June 2025 he signed a six-year, $32.1-million contract with Calgary.
On the ice, Bahl’s game is defined by size and defensive reliability: he plays a measured, physical style, prioritizing positioning, shot-blocking and clearing danger over flashy offensive play, traits that have carried him from junior hockey into a regular pro role.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 21:56
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:02
- SH TOI/GP
- 2:27
- Pts/GP
- 0.13
- EV points
- 2
- Hits
- 22
- Blocks
- 16
- Takeaways
- 5
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 53.9 %
- Off. zone starts
- 28.9 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
20between 8 and 31 (80% range)
- Goals
- 6
- Assists
- 15
- Games
- 98
So far: 2 pts in 16 games. The team has played 0 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.22 pts per game (last season: 0.24).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Slight decline
- Points per game: 0.13 in 23-24, 0.24 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 46 → 22
Outlook, age included
↘ Slight declineAge 26: prime years
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
Injured reserve· Achilles· expected back September 15
OV · OverallConfidence 83 %
63
Depth
- SK
- Skating
- 67
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 78
- Confidence 86 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 74
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 77
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 81
- Confidence 86 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 83
- Confidence 63 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 65
- Confidence 86 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 59
- Confidence 83 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 61
- Confidence 83 %
- DF
- Defense
- 76
- Confidence 81 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 71
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating67
- Top speed (35 %)34.9 · 67
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)1.411 · 67
- Distance /60 (20 %)14.2 · 74
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.2 · 69
ST — Strength78
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)3.504 · 63
- Body mass (50 %)1.881 · 90
EN — Endurance74
- Ice time per game (45 %)19.8 · 79
- Total ice time (20 %)1,613 · 81
- Shift length (15 %)42.6 · 55
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)14.7 · 61
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.494 · 77
DU — Durability77
- Share of games played (100 %)0.827 · 77
CK — Checking81
- Hits /60 (70 %)4.461 · 81
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)4.005 · 81
- Season volume (10 %)4.745 · 85
FG — Fighting83
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)1.108 · 83
DI — Discipline65
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.071 · 65
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.756 · 68
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.339 · 70
PA — Passing59
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.252 · 60
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.362 · 69
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.14 · 56
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.187 · 77
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.171 · 67
SC — Scoring61
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.15 · 64
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.131 · 49
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.3 · 77
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.053 · 62
- xG per shot (10 %)0.033 · 67
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)7.233 · 51
DF — Defense76
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.074 · 80
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.063 · 69
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.719 · 68
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.181 · 88
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.721 · 80
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)60.2 · 62
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)4.14 · 71
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience71
- Career regular-season games (65 %)80
- Career playoff games (25 %)47
- NHL seasons (10 %)66
OV — Overall63
- DF · Defense (30 %)76
- PA · Passing (22 %)59
- SK · Skating (12 %)67
- SC · Scoring (12 %)61
- EN · Endurance (9 %)74
- ST · Strength (6 %)78
- DI · Discipline (5 %)65
- CK · Checking (4 %)81
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 63 | 67 | 61 | 76 |
| 2024-25 | 68 | 62 | 59 | 80 |
| 2023-24 | 67 | 64 | 55 | 85 |
| 2022-23 | 72 | 60 | 74 | 80 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
0.1
wins above replacement
163 of 325
PAL Rating
22/ 100
Performance · Below average
191 of 250 at the position
Value Rating
14/ 100
Very poor return
5.35 M$ · expected PAL 65
ProfileDefensiveValue comes mostly from defense
- Offense
- 5
- Defense
- 54
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- Offense
- 16
- Creation
- 5
- Shooting
- 24
- Possession
- 6
- Defense
- 53
- Discipline
- 36
- Power play
- 34
- Penalty kill
- 91
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | CGY | 0.1 | 22 | 14 | 5.35 M$ |
| 2024-25 | CGY | 0.3 | 46 | 64 | 1.05 M$ |
| 2023-24 | NJD | -0.3 | 31 | 39 | 1.05 M$ |
| 2022-23 | NJD | 0.2 | 41 | 50 | 0.80 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
25/ 100
Below average
better than 25% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
25/ 100
Below average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
34/ 100
Below average
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 168 of 225 defensemen.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 9
- Shot selection
- 41
- Penalties drawn
- 59
- Puck management
- 25
Defense
- Takeaways
- 90
- Discipline
- 44
- Safe zone exits
- 1
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | CGY | 25 | 25 | 34 |
| 2024-25 | CGY | 44 | 21 | 69 |
| 2023-24 | NJD | 5 | 10 | 8 |
| 2022-23 | NJD | 23 | 21 | 35 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
0.1
wins above replacement
-0.6 to 0.8 — 90% interval
163 of 325 defensemen
+0.6 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -4.7
- EV defense
- +1.3
- Power play
- -0.0
- Penalty kill
- +0.8
- Shooting
- +1.4
- Penalties
- -1.7
- Average → replacement
- +3.4
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | CGY | 76 | 0.1 | -0.6 to 0.8 | 163/325 |
| 2024-25 | CGY | 70 | 0.3 | -0.5 to 0.9 | 134/314 |
| 2023-24 | NJD | 82 | -0.3 | -1.0 to 0.3 | 257/316 |
| 2022-23 | NJD | 42 | 0.2 | -0.4 to 0.8 | 132/334 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 141.5 km/h52nd percentileleague avg. 139.7 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 35.7 km/h87th percentileleague avg. 34.0 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 1480th percentileleague avg. 8
- Offensive zone time
- 39.9 %29th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
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- Total distance, season
- 82.5 km79th percentileleague avg. 56.1 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 5.91 km83rd percentileleague avg. 4.98 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 41.7 %43rd percentileleague avg. 42.8 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.7 %79th percentileleague avg. 16.9 %
- Defensive zone time
- 41.4 %37th percentileleague avg. 40.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 1246th percentile | 172nd percentile | 8.3 %62nd percentile |
| High danger | 051st percentile | 084th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 366th percentile | 190th percentile | 33.3 %95th percentile |
| Long range | 435th percentile | 077th percentile | 0.0 %67th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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VANKevin Bahl: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Kevin Bahl have in 2026-27?
Kevin Bahl has 1 goal and 2 points (1 assist) in 16 games in 2026-27.
How old is Kevin Bahl?
Kevin Bahl is 26 years old: he was born on June 27, 2000.
How tall is Kevin Bahl, and how much does he weigh?
Kevin Bahl is 6'6" (198 cm) and weighs 229 lb (104 kg).
Where is Kevin Bahl from?
Canada: Kevin Bahl was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
What team does Kevin Bahl play for?
Kevin Bahl plays for the Calgary Flames in the NHL, at D, wearing number 7.
Is Kevin Bahl injured?
Yes: Kevin Bahl is on injured reserve (achilles). He is expected back around September 15.
How good is Kevin Bahl?
Kevin Bahl produced 0.1 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 163rd of 325 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 22 out of 100: below average for his position.
How much does Kevin Bahl make?
Kevin Bahl earns $5.4M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 14 out of 100 (very poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Kevin Bahl's contract end?
Kevin Bahl's contract runs through the 2030-31 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent. It includes a M-NTC clause.
Is Kevin Bahl overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 14 out of 100 (very poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Kevin Bahl a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 163rd of 325 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Kevin Bahl getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 46 in 2024-25 to 22 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Kevin Bahl played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Kevin Bahl has 1 point (0 goals, 1 assist).
What are Kevin Bahl's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Kevin Bahl has 313 games, 12 goals, 53 assists and 65 points. His best season: 2024-25, with 20 points in 73 games.
Where was Kevin Bahl drafted?
Kevin Bahl was drafted 55th overall (round 2) by ARI in 2018.
Is Kevin Bahl better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 0.25 points per game at home (2 in 8 games) and 0.00 on the road (0 in 8 games).
How does Kevin Bahl perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Kevin Bahl has 11 games and 1 point in his career. His pace (0.09 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.21).
Which player is most similar to Kevin Bahl?
Zach Whitecloud: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Zach Whitecloud's page →Is Kevin Bahl a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 20 points in 2026-27, or 0.20 points per game.
Does Kevin Bahl have siblings?
Yes: his sister Kristina (played college ice hockey for St. Lawrence University and has represented Team Canada at the international level).
What is Kevin Bahl's nationality?
Kevin Bahl is Canadian. Internationally: Team Canada — gold medal at the 2017 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament.
What awards has Kevin Bahl won?
Ottawa 67's Rookie of the Year (2016–17 season) ; OHL East Division Academic Player of the Month — October 2017.
Where did Kevin Bahl play before turning pro?
Toronto Marlboros (GTHL) — 2015–16 season; Ottawa 67's (OHL) — 2016–17 to 2019–20.
How many points is Kevin Bahl projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 20 points in 98 games in 2026-27 (8 to 31 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Calgary Flames teammates
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