Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Age 26 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 212 lb · Born Pori, FIN
Drafted 2018, #3 overall by Montréal
2025-262025-26: 42 games, 2-7-9, 0.21 points per game Season detail →
Jesperi Kotkaniemi has 0 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 9 points in 42 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample0 points in 2 games for the 8th-placed Carolina
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.
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 Carolina'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.
Top speed 19.82 mph, hardest shot 59.22 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
- 19.82@
PHI3 Oct · 1st 11:03 - 18.96@PHI3 Oct · 2nd 12:18
- 18.70@PHI3 Oct · 1st 03:14
- 18.39@PHI3 Oct · 1st 11:34
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 59.22@PHI3 Oct · 2nd 03:05
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.16@
MTL6 Oct · 6:53 TOI - 1.82@PHI3 Oct · 11:19 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.49 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 Vancouver, a point in zero of two
VANW 6-40000+110:29VANW 4-3 OT0001−17:19MTLL 4-6000006:53PHIOTL 2-3 OT0001−111:199 points in 42 games on a team that finished 2nd
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 (0.2). 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 Carolina'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.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 2 goals and 7 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 2 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Carolina trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
78 attempts across the 38 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 42 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 leadersDistance per 60 in the 69th percentile of forwards: 9.80 miles
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.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (8 of 42)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Vancouver, a point in zero of two
VANW 6-40000+110:29VANW 4-3 OT0001−17:19
NYIW 2-10001017:29PHIOTL 2-3 SO0001+115:21
UTAW 4-1000109:52
CHIW 7-20001+113:57
OTTL 3-60000−114:04VANW 6-40000+110:29
NYRW 2-00000+19:34OTTW 4-30000−18:34
LAKW 3-2 OT0001−19:20
WSHOTL 3-4 OT0111+112:26MTLL 4-6000006:53PHIOTL 2-3 OT0001−111:19Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$4.82M a season through 2029-30
In 2025-26 he scored 1.9 points per $1M of cap hit, 366th 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 1 Oct 2026.
With Carolina
Five seasons · 2021-22 to 2025-2633rd in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsEight seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct