Colorado Avalanche · #62 · Left wing

Artturi Lehkonen

Age 31 · Shoots left · 5′11″ · 179 lb · Born Piikkio, FIN

Drafted 2013, #55 overall by Montréal

Next game · tonightat Winnipeg · 7:30 PM ET2 P in the last 3 vs WPG
Point tonight 49%Goal 26%Markets →
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Games22026-27 Small sample
Goals31st on COL
Assists1T-10th on COL
Points4T-2nd on COL
P / GP2.00T-7th in the NHL
Shots560.0% shooting
TOI / GP19:272nd on COL

2025-262025-26: 70 games, 21-27-48, 0.69 points per game Season detail →

Artturi Lehkonen has 4 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 48 points in 70 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

4 points in 2 games for the 9th-placed Colorado

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Goals / 604.6399th
Points / GP2.0098th
Shooting %60.0%98th
Blocked shots493rd
PP points292nd
Ice time19:2787th
Shots / GP2.5082nd
Takeaways169th
Assists / 601.5466th
Penalty differential048th
Hits345th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points4T-2nd on COL
Points per game2.00T-7th in NHL
Goals3T-6th in NHL
Assists1T-10th on COL
Shooting %60.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time19:272nd on COL
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Ice time and special teams

A top-six forward who runs the first power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Colorado's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:35
Power play2:31
Shorthanded3:21
Total19:27

26.0 shifts a game, averaging 45 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals21st on COL
PP assists0T-6th on COL
PP points2T-2nd on COL · T-17th NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 6023.923rd on COL

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP4Colorado total
Involved in2goals or assists
Share50.0%of every COL PPG
PP TOI share34.4%of COL PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

The power play drives the goal total

How the 3 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-3rd on COL
Overtime goals0T-1st on COL
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals2

Goals by period

1st0
2nd2
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading3
Trailing0

0 of 3 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Colorado trailing.

Assists

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary1 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 606.17
Goals / 604.63
Shots / 607.7
ES points / 604.422 ES points
PP points / 6023.922 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot5 att · 3 G
Wing0 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

6 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.8141st
Goals3
Goals vs expected+2.2
Unblocked attempts5
xG per attempt.153
ixG per 601.18

2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

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 leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Top speed 19.45 mph, hardest shot 70.86 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.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
Defensive-zone time41.5%37th
Offensive-zone time38.8%29th
Distance skated, mi6.026th
Hardest shot, mph70.8624th
Distance / 60, mi9.2316th
Average shot, mph44.414th
20+ mph bursts04th
Top speed, mph19.452nd

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph19.45Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph70.86Forward average 74.7
Distance skated6.0 mi3.08 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts39.4%27.3% defensive · 33.3% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

38.8%All situations41.5%
37.2%Even strength41.8%
57.2%Power play30.2%
32.0%Shorthanded48.7%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 19.45vsLAK30 Sep · 1st 16:19
  2. 19.10vsSTL3 Oct · 1st 12:59
  3. 18.78vsLAK30 Sep · 1st 07:26
  4. 18.46vsLAK30 Sep · 1st 00:06
  5. 18.20vsLAK30 Sep · 2nd 01:39

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph0 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph5 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 70.86vsLAK30 Sep · 2nd 18:34
  2. 45.84vsLAK30 Sep · 3rd 15:06
  3. 40.79vsSTL3 Oct · 2nd 11:40
  4. 20.02vsSTL3 Oct · 3rd 09:03

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph0 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph1 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.08vsSTL3 Oct · 19:26 TOI
  2. 2.90vsLAK30 Sep · 19:27 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.99 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways1T-2nd on COL
Giveaways2
TK / GV ratio0.50
Hits35th on COL
Blocked shots4T-1st on COL

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Winnipeg, a point in two of three

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DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026vsWPGL 2-40000−115:03
26 Mar 2026@WPGW 3-20110012:06
19 Dec 2025vsWPGW 3-20113+118:44

Prediction markets

Priced at 49% for a point tonight

From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.

Point tonight vs WPG1+ point49%51%51¢Best49¢Not listed
Goal tonight vs WPGAnytime scorer26%28%27¢Best27¢Not listed
2+ points tonightMulti-point game13%16%Best18¢20¢Not listed
Assist tonight vs WPG1+ assist31%32%32¢Not listedNot listed

Snapshot 7 Oct, 10:12 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure


Contract

Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 10.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 131st of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$4.5M4.3% of the $104M ceiling
Term5 yearsYear 5 of 5
Expires2026-27UFA at 31
Cap value$22.5MCap hit × 5 years

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 1 Oct 2026.


With Colorado

Six seasons · 2021-22 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

Brock Nelson 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

Brock Nelson2
Devon Toews2

Assists on his 3 goals, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points19128th for Colorado
Goals9416th
Assists9730th
Games played26652nd
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eleven seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2016-17MTL731810280.3811.4%
2017-18MTL66129210.327.3%
2018-19MTL821120310.386.3%
2019-20MTL701314270.399.3%
2020-21MTL4776130.289.0%
2021-22COL, MTL741919380.5112.3%
2022-23COL642130510.8014.0%
2023-24COL451618340.7615.5%
2024-25COL692718450.6518.2%
2025-26COL702127480.6913.7%
2026-27COL12022.0066.7%
Career6611671713380.5111.7%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2013Montréal · round 2#55

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · COL points

Games89
Goals29
Points530.60 P/GP
Game-winning goals8
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct