Niko Mikkola #77

D · Florida Panthers · Age 29 · Shoots L · 6′6″, 205 lb · Draft: 2015, round 5, 127th overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's defensemen who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	68	41st
TOI/GP	20:21	61st
G	3	40th
A	8	21st
P	11	24th
P/60	0.48	10th
ixG	3.6	44th
G−ixG	−0.6	34th
xGF%	48.4	38th
Rel xGF%	−3.6	22nd
GS/GP	+0.11	27th
Pen ±	−2	75th

Scoring		Pctl
G	3	40th
A1	3	19th
A2	5	26th
P	11	24th
P1	6	24th
P/60	0.48	10th
5v5 P/60	0.57	17th
PPP	0	26th
SHP	0	35th
ENG	0	43rd

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	68	41st
iCF	173	42nd
iFF	125	50th
ixG	3.6	44th
ixG/60	0.16	35th
G	3	40th
G−ixG	−0.6	34th
Sh%	4.4	38th
xSh%	2.9	30th
Blk'd	48	23rd
5v5 iCF/60	8.3	30th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	1168	51st
CF%	51.7	72nd
FF%	51.0	66th
xGF%	48.4	38th
GF%	44.7	24th
xGF/60	2.37	30th
xGA/60	2.53	53rd
oiSh%	7.5	13th
oiSv%	90.7	53rd
PDO	98.2	21st
Rel CF%	−1.0	44th
Rel xGF%	−3.6	22nd
OZS%	38.5	38th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	20:21	61st
EV/GP	17:52	62nd
5v5/GP	17:11	67th
PP/GP	0:08	48th
SH/GP	2:21	76th
Shifts/GP	26.6	80th
Shift	0:46	26th
OZ	163	60th
NZ	305	71st
DZ	260	66th
OZS%	38.5	38th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+7.6	31st
GS/GP	+0.11	27th
GS/60	+0.33	23rd
Scoring	+7.1	23rd
Shooting	+2.4	44th
On ice	−4.7	32nd
Penalties	−0.1	79th
Faceoffs	0.0	51st
Other	+2.9	38th

Other		Pctl
Hits	116	87th
Blk	81	41st
Tk	16	45th
Gv	73	43rd
PenD	20	93rd
PenT	22	20th
Pen ±	−2	75th
PP min ±	−1.2	79th
FOW	0	50th
FOL	0	52nd
FO%	–

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	9	1	1	2	0.6	57.0	+0.41	19:46
2025-26	Regular season	68	3	8	11	3.6	48.4	+0.11	20:21

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±0.8), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 68 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Seth Jones	D	669:43	51.7	51.2
Sam Bennett	C	410:38	51.4	49.7
Carter Verhaeghe	C	394:02	52.9	48.2
Sam Reinhart	C	392:10	48.1	48.6
Anton Lundell	C	367:26	52.4	47.7
Evan Rodrigues	C	360:48	52.9	51.5
Eetu Luostarinen	C	325:13	54.3	46.9
Uvis Balinskis	D	314:17	50.2	44.7

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Mar 20	@ CGY	L 1–4	17:01	0	0	2	0.08	44	34	−0.69
Mar 19	@ EDM	W 4–0	22:31	0	0	0	0.04	68	46	−0.09
Mar 15	@ SEA	L 2–6	18:54	0	0	1	0.06	48	36	−0.84
Mar 12	vs CBJ	W 2–1 OT	18:29	0	0	1	0.01	40	31	−0.50
Mar 10	vs DET	W 4–3	17:59	1	0	1	0.04	51	37	+0.36
Mar 6	@ DET	W 3–1	22:54	0	0	3	0.10	41	26	−1.04
Mar 5	@ CBJ	L 2–4	19:24	1	0	2	0.12	68	51	+1.01
Mar 3	@ NJD	L 1–5	20:04	0	0	1	0.06	48	53	0.00
Mar 1	@ NYI	L 4–5	23:03	0	0	2	0.04	58	64	+0.46
Feb 27	vs BUF	L 2–3	25:29	0	0	0	0.01	33	38	−0.61
Feb 26	vs TOR	W 5–1	21:06	0	0	0	0.00	54	67	+0.71
Feb 5	@ TBL	L 1–6	20:45	0	0	2	0.04	59	54	+0.36
Feb 4	vs BOS	W 5–4 OT	23:40	0	0	0	0.00	26	22	−0.74
Feb 2	vs BUF	L 3–5	20:19	0	1	0	0.03	74	57	+1.01
Jan 31	vs WPG	L 1–2	21:10	0	0	1	0.01	57	48	−0.19
Jan 29	@ STL	L 4–5	18:57	0	0	0	0.15	55	80	+0.80
Jan 27	vs UTA	L 3–4	18:50	0	0	0	0.00	64	56	+0.30
Jan 25	@ CHI	W 5–1	23:44	0	0	1	0.02	45	41	−0.49
Jan 24	@ MIN	W 4–3 OT	21:00	0	0	1	0.03	36	50	−0.08
Jan 22	@ WPG	W 2–1 OT	22:14	0	0	1	0.02	52	55	+0.45
Jan 19	vs SJS	L 1–4	12:36	0	0	0	0.00	33	18	−2.09
Jan 17	@ WSH	W 5–2	19:21	0	1	0	0.04	62	60	+1.20
Jan 16	@ CAR	L 1–9	20:16	0	0	1	0.06	26	21	−1.28
Jan 12	@ BUF	W 4–3	25:16	0	0	3	0.03	63	52	+0.22
Jan 10	@ OTT	W 3–2	24:27	0	0	1	0.09	45	43	−0.09
Jan 8	@ MTL	L 2–6	21:02	0	1	0	0.01	53	66	+0.96
Jan 6	@ TOR	L 1–4	18:51	0	0	2	0.03	62	46	−0.07
Jan 4	vs COL	W 2–1	21:11	0	0	2	0.06	38	37	−0.38
Jan 2	vs NYR	L 1–5	21:17	0	0	2	0.06	66	49	−0.15
Dec 30	vs MTL	L 2–3 OT	22:23	0	0	0	0.09	41	39	−0.14
Dec 29	vs WSH	W 5–3	19:15	0	0	0	0.00	26	23	−0.77
Dec 27	vs TBL	L 2–4	16:47	0	0	0	0.00	46	39	−0.06
Dec 23	@ CAR	W 5–2	20:30	1	0	1	0.05	44	80	+1.93
Dec 20	vs STL	L 2–6	21:33	0	0	0	0.00	43	50	+0.01
Dec 19	vs CAR	W 4–3 OT	23:13	0	0	0	0.00	55	70	+0.53
Dec 17	vs LAK	W 3–2	21:33	0	0	0	0.01	60	42	−0.19
Dec 15	@ TBL	W 5–2	19:24	0	0	0	0.00	26	45	−0.10
Dec 13	@ DAL	W 4–0	22:43	0	0	2	0.06	72	75	+0.74
Dec 11	@ COL	L 2–6	19:19	0	0	1	0.03	31	18	−0.95
Dec 10	@ UTA	W 4–3	19:31	0	1	1	0.03	71	75	+1.43
Dec 7	vs NYI	W 4–1	21:57	0	0	1	0.12	49	44	0.00
Dec 6	vs CBJ	W 7–6 OT	22:19	0	0	2	0.02	68	49	+0.30
Dec 4	vs NSH	L 1–2 OT	19:23	0	0	2	0.17	44	26	−0.80
Dec 2	vs TOR	L 1–4	21:00	0	0	1	0.03	46	28	−0.62
Nov 28	vs CGY	L 3–5	20:37	0	0	2	0.13	64	77	+1.19
Nov 26	vs PHI	L 2–4	20:58	0	0	0	0.00	41	40	−0.29
Nov 24	@ NSH	W 8–3	22:26	0	0	1	0.04	35	41	−0.14
Nov 22	vs EDM	L 3–6	21:50	0	0	3	0.29	35	31	−1.11
Nov 20	vs NJD	W 1–0	22:21	0	0	1	0.20	74	87	+1.40
Nov 17	vs VAN	W 8–5	18:29	0	1	0	0.00	76	72	+1.92
Nov 15	vs TBL	L 1–3	18:50	0	0	1	0.05	60	40	−0.32
Nov 13	vs WSH	W 6–3	18:58	0	1	0	0.18	38	63	+1.79
Nov 10	@ VGK	W 3–2	20:26	0	0	3	0.12	52	86	+0.41
Nov 8	@ SJS	L 1–3	19:35	0	0	4	0.08	69	59	+0.39
Nov 6	@ LAK	W 5–2	19:26	0	2	0	0.02	60	71	+1.91
Nov 4	@ ANA	L 3–7	17:59	0	0	0	0.00	38	25	−0.89
Nov 1	vs DAL	W 4–3 OT	23:35	0	0	0	0.03	72	86	+1.04
Oct 28	vs ANA	L 2–3 OT	19:52	0	0	1	0.07	45	48	+0.07
Oct 25	vs VGK	W 3–0	19:24	0	0	0	0.00	71	77	+1.00
Oct 23	vs PIT	L 3–5	17:27	0	0	1	0.02	54	51	−0.02
Oct 21	@ BOS	W 4–3	20:30	0	0	2	0.19	52	81	+0.46
Oct 18	@ BUF	L 0–3	6:53	0	0	0	0.00	36	6	−0.39
Oct 16	@ NJD	L 1–3	17:58	0	0	0	0.00	41	45	−0.24
Oct 15	@ DET	L 1–4	20:57	0	0	2	0.08	53	55	+0.12
Oct 13	@ PHI	L 2–5	20:51	0	0	2	0.01	55	41	−0.22
Oct 11	vs OTT	W 6–2	17:12	0	0	1	0.09	56	55	+0.21
Oct 9	vs PHI	W 2–1	23:43	0	0	2	0.10	50	40	−0.48
Oct 7	vs CHI	W 3–2	21:14	0	0	1	0.05	53	49	−0.03