Joel Armia
Age 33 · Shoots right · 6′3″ · 215 lb · Born Pori, FIN
Drafted 2011, #16 overall by Buffalo
2025-262025-26: 67 games, 13-12-25, 0.37 points per game Season detail →
Joel Armia has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 25 points in 67 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample1 point in 3 games for the 31st-placed Los Angeles
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Los Angeles's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 1 goal and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 1 came with Los Angeles trailing.
Assists at 5-on-5
Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
7 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 67 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 73rd percentile of forwards: 82.11 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.88@
SJS3 Oct · 1st 00:12 - 19.74@
COL30 Sep · 3rd 15:40 - 19.40@COL30 Sep · 2nd 01:37
- 19.25@COL30 Sep · 3rd 18:57
- 19.23@COL30 Sep · 2nd 01:33
- 19.09@COL30 Sep · 2nd 09:42
- 18.75@SJS3 Oct · 3rd 04:30
- 18.57@COL30 Sep · 1st 18:19
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 82.11@COL30 Sep · 2nd 01:28
- 79.34@SJS3 Oct · 3rd 15:09
- 47.35@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 17:56
- 33.84@COL30 Sep · 2nd 09:42
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.08vs
FLA6 Oct · 12:29 TOI - 2.22@SJS3 Oct · 13:27 TOI
- 2.07@COL30 Sep · 12:55 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.12 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Vegas, a point in two of three
VGKL 4-60000−210:57VGKL 1-40112+115:39VGKW 6-5 SO0113+19:51FLAL 1-20000012:29SJSW 5-4 OT0002−113:27COLW 8-41012+112:5525 points in 67 games on a team that finished 20th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.4). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Los Angeles's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 13 goals and 12 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
3 of 13 goals broke a tie; 5 came with Los Angeles trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
193 attempts across the 65 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 67 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 68th percentile of forwards: 89.18 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (21 of 67)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Vegas, a point in two of three
VGKL 4-60000−210:57VGKL 1-40112+115:39VGKW 6-5 SO0113+19:51
CGYL 1-30001014:05
VANOTL 3-4 OT0004−113:27
SEAW 5-30000−113:44
EDMW 1-00001013:22VANW 4-11012+112:38
NSHW 3-2 SO1012+214:56
TORW 7-6 OT0002−113:28NSHOTL 4-5 SO1124013:08
STLW 2-1 OT0002013:06
UTAL 2-60004−114:05FLAL 1-20000012:29SJSW 5-4 OT0002−113:27COLW 8-41012+112:55Better on the road, and at his best against the next opponent
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 10.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 148th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With Los Angeles
Two seasons · 2025-26 to 2026-27Erik Haula sets him up more than anyone
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Who sets him up
Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsThirteen seasons, with 4 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct