GRIT & GF
Wyatt Kaiser

Chicago Blackhawks, Defence

Wyatt Kaiser

  • Steady
  • Depth
Points, 2026–27
3
0 G, 3 A in 9 GP
Individual xG
0.4
0 goals from it
Ice time per game
19:25
6 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
37.4
share of chances while he's on

Wyatt Kaiser has 0 goals and 3 assists (3 points) in 9 games for the Chicago Blackhawks in 2026–27, with 6 shots on goal and 19:25 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2026–27 is 20.2 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

9 games in. The methodology requires 15 to 20 games to be accurate, so this season's rating still leans on the league average for his position and will move.

GRIT & GF

20.2050100
Rated above 49% of defencemen
Goals above average
−0.8
Wins
−0.14
Physicality74thGF16thIntimidation56thChemistry2thClutch20th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.49, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 48.9% of 223 rated players

The default weights are our call. Set your own; they get rescaled to add up to 100%.

Physicality

+0.31 SD · 74th percentile · weight 38% · −0.1 goals

What he does with his body: hits, blocks and takeaways (scaled toward per-game totals by his ice time), penalties drawn, and penalties taken against him.

  • Hitsper 60All situations, pulled toward average when the sample is small.2.744th pct
  • Blocked shotsper 60All situations.4.562th pct
  • Takeawaysper 60As recorded by the arena scorer, which varies by building.1.3293th pct
  • Penalties drawnper 60How often he gets under someone's skin enough to put his team on the power play.0.6265th pct
  • Penalties takenper 60Counts against him, at half the weight of penalties drawn.0.9332th pct
  • Ice time× position averagePer-game ice time against his position's average. Physical rates are scaled by this to the power 0.75.0.9455th pct

Percentiles are against 223 rated defencemen in 2026-27, on 152 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Game notes

Written the morning after from the night's stats, for games where he did something worth a sentence.

  1. at LAK

    Thursday, December 4

    Drought over

    Wyatt Kaiser scored for the first time in 40 games. His goal stood up as the winner. That was his first goal of the season. The Blackhawks beat the Kings 2-1.

Player card

Percentile among 194 defencemen with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game19:25
    50
  • Points per 601.03
    60
  • Goals per 600.00
    30
  • Individual xG per 600.14
    35
  • Shots per 602.1
    20

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice1.76
    11
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.94
    20
  • xGF%37.4%
    7

Physical

  • Hits per 602.4
    48
  • Blocks per 604.8
    60
  • Penalty minutes per 602.1
    34

Skating and shooting

NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 2026–27. Percentiles are the league's, against all skaters.

Skating

  • Top speed21.6 mph
    81
  • Bursts over 20 mph9
    83
  • Distance skated25 mi
    74

Shooting

  • Hardest shot88.8 mph
    68
  • Shots on goal6
    48
  • Shooting %0.0%
    43

Zone time

  • Offensive zone time39.3%
    25
  • Offensive zone time, even strength39.3%
    15

Who he plays with

His most-used defence partners at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

PartnerGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Artyom Levshunov970:2153–761.8–3.70–433%
Sam Rinzel865:2448–651.8–3.04–538%
Alex Vlasic84:571–30.0–0.10–00%
Ethan Del Mastro34:001–50.1–0.20–027%
Bowen Byram43:266–30.3–0.30–150%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 0 goals from 12 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal
0.000.050.100.15
03-2610-17

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2026–27903360.419:2571437.4
2025–267761117754.519:37456943.1
2024–2557448662.518:07549345.9
2023–2432077180.717:19224642.3

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-10-1721:330000.09100
2026-10-1521:410110.02020
2026-10-1316:240010.00030
2026-10-1017:070110.13112
2026-10-0816:420000.00214
2026-10-0617:560020.04110
2026-10-0322:580000.10220
2026-10-0119:490010.01020
2026-09-2920:370100.00020
2026-04-1521:300120.06120
2026-04-1320:170000.00010
2026-04-1123:180010.02040
2026-04-0917:560010.05030
2026-04-0621:540000.00000
2026-04-0420:410210.01110
2026-04-0222:010010.03010
2026-03-3123:070020.08310
2026-03-2922:270000.00002
2026-03-2717:440000.00000
2026-03-2621:540000.00000