Niko Mikkola

Age 27 Apr 27, 1996

Finland FIN

Defense shoots left

6'4" 193 cm

185 lbs 84 kg

ELC Signing Age 22

Waivers Signing Age 22

UFA Year 2023

Agent Markus Lehto

Draft Year 2015
Drafted Overall 127
Draft Round 5
Draft Team

Cap Hit: $2,500,000
3.0% of team cap space
Accumulated Cap Hit: $0
Year 1 of 3 year contract
Expiry Status UFA | 2026 | 30 yrs old
Career Earnings: $8,160,000

Transaction History

Jul 1, 2023	Florida Panthers \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola signed a three-year, $7.5 million deal with the Florida Panthers on Saturday, per PuckPedia.
Apr 8, 2023	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Eric Robinson \| Robinson (upper body) didn't return to Saturday's game versus the New York Rangers after taking a hit from Niko Mikkola, Brian Hedger of The Columbus Dispatch reports.
Apr 3, 2023	New York Rangers \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola had four hits, a five-minute fighting major and a minus-1 rating in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals.
Feb 9, 2023	TRADE ANALYSIS The New York Rangers acquired Vladimir Tarasenko and Niko Mikkola from the St. Louis Blues for Sammy Blais, Hunter Skinner, conditional 2023 first round pick and conditional 2024 third round pick (0) Leave a Comment
Nov 16, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola earned a game-high plus-3 rating during Wednesday's 5-2 victory over the host Blackhawks.
Nov 12, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola notched an assist, blocked two shots and went plus-2 in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights.
Jul 17, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola signed a one-year, $1.9 million extension with the St. Louis Blues on Sunday.
May 27, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola notched an assist and two blocked shots in Friday's 3-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche in Game 6.
Apr 24, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola notched two assists, three hits and two blocked shots in Sunday's 6-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks.
Feb 23, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola collected two assists while adding three blocked shots, two hits, two PIM and a plus-2 rating in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the flyers.
Feb 12, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola notched an assist, five shots on goal, two hits, two PIM and a plus-2 rating in Saturday's 5-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Jan 27, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola logged an assist, four hits and two shots on goal in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Calgary Flames.
Jan 9, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola contributed two hits and two penalty minutes in a 2-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Sunday.
Dec 10, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola dished out two assists in Thursday's 6-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings.
Nov 22, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola (COVID-19 protocols) will suit up against the Knights on Monday after being activated off non-roster injured reserve, Jim Thomas of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Nov 5, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola was placed on the non-roster COVID-19 list Friday.
Nov 5, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola recorded two hits, a shot on net and a plus-3 rating across 11:57 of ice time in Thursday's 5-3 win over the San Jose Sharks.
May 12, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola (upper body) is set to play in Wednesday's game versus the Minnesota Wild, Lou Korac of NHL.com reports.
May 10, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola (upper body) did not play Monday versus the Los Angeles Kings, Lou Korac of NHL.com reports.
Mar 8, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola scored a goal on his only shot in Monday's 3-2 overtime loss to San Jose.
Feb 22, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola was promoted from the taxi squad Monday, CBS Sports reports.
Feb 19, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola was demoted to the taxi squad Friday, CBS Sports reports.
Feb 18, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola was added to the active roster Thursday, per CBS Sports.
Feb 13, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola was designated for the taxi squad Saturday, Tom Timmermann of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Jan 31, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola notched an assist, four blocked shots, two shots on goal and a plus-2 rating in Sunday's 4-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks.
Jan 17, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola was recalled from the taxi squad Sunday, Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic reports.
Jan 12, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Niko Mikkola \| Mikkola was assigned to AHL Utica on Tuesday, Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic reports.
Feb 18, 2020	St. Louis Blues \| Assigned D Niko Mikkola to San Antonio (AHL).
Feb 12, 2020	St. Louis Blues \| Recalled D Niko Mikkola from San Antonio (AHL).
Jan 30, 2020	St. Louis Blues \| Signed D Niko Mikkola to a two-year, $1.575 million contract.
Jan 6, 2020	St. Louis Blues \| Recalled D Niko Mikkola from San Antonio (AHL).
Dec 24, 2019	St. Louis Blues \| Assigned D Niko Mikkola to Cleveland (AHL).
Dec 13, 2019	St. Louis Blues \| Recalled D Niko Mikkola from San Antonio (AHL).
Apr 22, 2019	St. Louis Blues \| Recalled D Niko Mikkola from San Antonio (AHL).
Oct 5, 2018	St. Louis Blues \| Assigned D Niko Mikkola to San Antonio (AHL).
May 31, 2018	St. Louis Blues \| Signed D Niko Mikkola to a two-year, entry-level contract.

Current Stats
Career Stats

2022-2023 Regular Season Stats

Niko Mikkola	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	P60
St. Louis Blues	50	0	3	3	2	35	722	48.40	45.10	-2.10	41.00	-7.00	0.25
New York Rangers	31	1	2	3	4	23	517	51.10	48.20	-1.70	45.40	-2.20	0.35
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Career Stats

	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
	2010-2011	Kärpät U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	1	0	0	0	0
	2011-2012	Kärpät U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	8	0	0	0	4									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
	2011-2012	Kärpät U16	U16 SM-sarja	24	0	1	1	10									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
	2012-2013	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	12	0	0	0	6
	2012-2013	KalPa U17	U17 SM-sarja Q	2	0	0	0	4
	2012-2013	KalPa U17	U17 SM-sarja	18	1	5	6	24
	2013-2014	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	46	4	13	17	103									Playoffs	8	0	2	2	0
Draft Yr	2014-2015	KalPa U20	U20 SM-sarja	37	9	14	23	80
Draft Yr	2014-2015	KalPa	Liiga	10	0	1	1	4
Draft Yr	2014-2015	Hokki	Mestis	5	1	0	1	8									Playoffs	7	0	1	1	0
Draft Yr	2014-2015	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	7	0	2	2	6
	2015-2016	KalPa	Liiga	55	3	6	9	22									Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0
	2015-2016	KalPa	Champions HL	4	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0
	2015-2016	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	17	0	1	1	18
	2015-2016	Finland U20	WJC-20	7	0	1	1	6
	2016-2017	KalPa	Liiga	56	4	11	15	89									Playoffs	10	1	2	3	0
	2016-2017	KalPa	Champions HL	8	0	2	2	10									Playoffs	10	1	2	3	0
	2016-2017	Finland	EHT	6	0	0	0	4
	2016-2017	Finland (all)	International	6	0	0	0	4
	2017-2018	Tappara	Liiga	50	2	9	11	54									Playoffs	16	0	1	1	0
	2017-2018	Tappara	Champions HL	8	0	2	2	0									Playoffs	16	0	1	1	0
	2017-2018	Finland	EHT	5	0	0	0	0
	2017-2018	Finland (all)	International	5	0	0	0	0
	2018-2019	San Antonio Rampage	AHL	70	2	7	9	41
	2018-2019	Finland	EHT	3	0	0	0	2
	2018-2019	Finland (all)	International	13	2	3	5	2
	2018-2019	Finland	WC	10	2	3	5	0
	2019-2020	San Antonio Rampage	AHL	48	2	12	14	24
	2019-2020	St. Louis Blues	NHL	5	0	1	1	0	65	80.00	62.90	9.60	62.20	6.90		0.92
	2020-2021	St. Louis Blues	NHL	30	1	2	3	11	366	33.30	43.00	-4.20	43.60	-4.10	0.16	0.49	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	0
	2021-2022	St. Louis Blues	NHL	54	3	10	13	55	812	44.60	45.60	-3.10	43.50	-4.90	0.15	0.81	Playoffs	12	0	1	1	0
	2022-2023	St. Louis Blues	NHL	50	0	3	3	35	722	48.40	45.10	-2.10	41.00	-7.00		0.25
	2022-2023	New York Rangers	NHL	31	1	2	3	23	517	51.10	48.20	-1.70	45.40	-2.20		0.35	Playoffs	7	0	2	2	0
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Active Contract

Signing Team

Signing Date July 1, 2023
Signing Status UFA
Agent Markus Lehto

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Standard Contract | 3 Years $7,500,000 2.99% of cap space

	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
Cap Hit	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	UFA
AAV	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,000,000
Signing Bonuses	$500,000	$0	$0
Total Salary	$3,000,000	$2,500,000	$2,000,000
Minors Salary	$3,000,000	$2,500,000	$2,000,000
Clauses
UFA Year
	Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out

Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date July 17, 2022
Signing Status RFA
Agent Markus Lehto

Standard Contract | 1 Years $1,900,000 2.30% of cap space

	2022-2023
Cap Hit	$1,900,000	UFA
AAV	$1,900,000
Performance Bonuses	$0
Base Salary	$1,900,000
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$1,900,000
Minors Salary	$1,900,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date January 30, 2020
Signing Status RFA
Agent Markus Lehto
Qualifying Offer on Expiry $826,875

Standard Contract | 2 Years $1,575,000 0.97% of cap space

	2020-2021	2021-2022
Cap Hit	$787,500	$787,500	RFA
AAV	$787,500	$787,500
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0
Base Salary	$787,500	$787,500
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0
Total Salary	$787,500	$787,500
Minors Salary	$787,500	$787,500
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date May 31, 2018
Agent Markus Lehto

Entry Level Contract | 2 Years $1,685,000 1.06% of cap space

	2018-2019	2019-2020
Cap Hit	$842,500	$842,500	RFA
AAV	$925,000	$925,000
Performance Bonuses	$82,500	$82,500
Base Salary	$750,000	$750,000
Signing Bonuses	$92,500	$92,500
Total Salary	$842,500	$842,500
Minors Salary	$70,000	$70,000
Clauses
UFA Year