Florida Panthers · #27 · Centre

Eetu Luostarinen

Age 28 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 191 lb · Born Siilinjarvi, FIN

Drafted 2017, #42 overall by Carolina

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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals2T-1st on FLA
Assists0T-8th on FLA
Points2T-4th on FLA
P / GP0.50T-195th in the NHL
Shots633.3% shooting
TOI / GP15:3512th on FLA

2025-262025-26: 73 games, 11-22-33, 0.45 points per game Season detail →

Eetu Luostarinen has 2 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 33 points in 73 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

2 points in 4 games for the 4th-placed Florida

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Blocked shots493rd
Shooting %33.3%87th
Goals / 601.9283rd
PP points180th
Hits879th
Ice time15:3555th
Points / GP0.5054th
Penalty differential048th
Shots / GP1.5048th
Takeaways027th
Assists / 600.0021st

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

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.50.51–4

Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points2T-4th on FLA
Points per game0.50T-195th in NHL
Goals2T-21st in NHL
Assists0T-8th on FLA
Shooting %33.3%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time15:3512th on FLA
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays on the power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength12:05
Power play1:48
Shorthanded1:43
Total15:35

21.3 shifts a game, averaging 44 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals11st on FLA
PP assists0T-3rd on FLA
PP points1T-1st on FLA · T-51st NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 608.352nd on FLA

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Florida total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share100.0%of every FLA PPG
PP TOI share17.7%of FLA 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 2 goals and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-3rd on FLA
Overtime goals0T-2nd on FLA
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals1

Goals by period

1st0
2nd1
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading0
Trailing2

0 of 2 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Florida trailing.

Assists at 5-on-5

Primary0
Secondary0

Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.92
Goals / 601.92
Shots / 605.8
ES points / 601.241 ES points
PP points / 608.351 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

Crease2 att · 1 G
Slot6 att · 1 G
Wing2 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

10 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.8124th
Goals2
Goals vs expected+1.2
Unblocked attempts8
xG per attempt.102
ixG per 600.78

2026-27 · 4 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

20+ mph bursts in the 71st percentile of forwards: 6

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

Distance skated, mi10.181st
20+ mph bursts671st
Offensive-zone time43.1%63rd
Defensive-zone time38.6%63rd
Distance / 60, mi9.7550th
90+ mph shots048th
Top speed, mph21.0943rd
22+ mph bursts041st
Average shot, mph48.725th
Hardest shot, mph58.567th

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, mph21.09Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph58.56Forward average 74.7
Distance skated10.1 mi2.71 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts38.9%36.1% defensive · 25.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

44.7%All situations36.7%
44.8%Even strength35.7%
51.4%Power play30.8%
39.8%Shorthanded45.7%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.09@ANA4 Oct · 3rd 04:22
  2. 20.79@SJS1 Oct · 2nd 06:11
  3. 20.59@CAR29 Sep · 2nd 17:47
  4. 20.35@SJS1 Oct · 3rd 07:06
  5. 20.15@CAR29 Sep · 1st 11:06
  6. 19.71@CAR29 Sep · 1st 01:29
  7. 19.52@CAR29 Sep · 2nd 16:06
  8. 19.47@ANA4 Oct · 1st 17:16

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph6 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph22 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 57.38@CAR29 Sep · 3rd 06:45
  2. 57.08@CAR29 Sep · 2nd 13:00
  3. 43.38@CAR29 Sep · 2nd 16:06
  4. 38.87@SJS1 Oct · 3rd 02:02
  5. 36.47@SJS1 Oct · 3rd 05:01

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 mph0 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.42@LAK6 Oct · 15:43 TOI
  2. 2.71@ANA4 Oct · 16:12 TOI
  3. 2.63@SJS1 Oct · 16:28 TOI
  4. 2.37@CAR29 Sep · 13:58 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.53 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

Takeaways0T-11th on FLA
Giveaways1
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits89th on FLA
Blocked shots4T-5th on FLA

Discipline

Penalty minutes4
Minors2
Majors0
Penalties drawn2
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken41.0 a game
Won2
Win %50.0%
Offensive zone2 of 4

A part-time centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Minnesota, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
26 Mar 2026vsMINL 2-30001016:48
24 Jan 2026@MINW 4-3 OT0003014:42

Contract

$5M a season through 2034-35

In 2025-26 he scored 6.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 283rd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$5M4.8% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 1 of 8
Expires2034-35UFA at 36
Cap value$40MReported total

Contract terms from public reports. 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 Florida

Seven seasons · 2020-21 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

Lars Eller 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

Lars Eller1
Aaron Ekblad1
Dmitry Kulikov1
Anton Lundell1

Assists on his 2 goals, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points16329th for Florida
Goals6325th
Assists10027th
Games played44315th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eight seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2019-20CAR80110.130.0%
2020-21FLA443580.188.8%
2021-22FLA78917260.3310.7%
2022-23FLA821726430.5212.9%
2023-24FLA821215270.3310.1%
2024-25FLA80915240.3010.3%
2025-26FLA731122330.4510.3%
2026-27FLA10000.000.0%
Career448611011620.3610.6%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2017Carolina · round 2#42

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · FLA points

Games73
Goals10
Points340.47 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct