Jesperi Kotkaniemi

CenterShoots L6-3, 212 lbBorn Wed, Jul 5, 2000 (age 26) · Pori, FINLast team: Carolina Hurricanes

Career

Regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PPG	SOG	SH%	TOI/GP	HIT	BLK
2018–19	MTL	79	11	23	34	+1	26	1	134	8.2	13:44	66	41
2019–20	MTL	36	6	2	8	-11	23	1	55	10.9	13:00	51	16
2020–21	MTL	56	5	15	20	-1	12	0	87	5.7	14:48	84	27
2021–22	CAR	66	12	17	29	+3	37	0	81	14.8	12:01	74	15
2022–23	CAR	82	18	25	43	+10	50	3	129	14.0	14:44	105	21
2023–24	CAR	79	12	15	27	-4	36	1	128	9.4	12:59	56	33
2024–25	CAR	78	12	21	33	+9	50	0	115	10.4	14:04	66	28
2025–26	CAR	42	2	7	9	+3	8	0	42	4.8	11:21	63	18
2026–27	CAR	7	1	2	3	0	4	0	5	20.0	11:07	10	2
Career	9 seasons	525	79	127	206	+10	246	6	776	10.2	13:27	575	201

Playoffs

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PPG	SOG	SH%	TOI/GP	HIT	BLK
2019–20	MTL	10	4	0	4	+4	23	1	11	36.4	13:53	36	3
2020–21	MTL	19	5	3	8	-5	14	0	28	17.9	13:42	35	9
2021–22	CAR	14	0	2	2	-4	2	0	18	0.0	11:45	13	5
2022–23	CAR	15	3	4	7	-5	8	1	24	12.5	16:50	18	7
2023–24	CAR	11	0	1	1	-2	4	0	15	0.0	11:01	12	8
2024–25	CAR	14	0	4	4	+1	14	0	19	0.0	13:30	33	9
Career	6 seasons	83	12	14	26	-11	65	2	115	10.4	13:34	147	41

Expected goals (unblocked shots)

Season	Type	G	ixG	G − ixG
2018–19	Regular	11	8.6	2.4
2019–20	Regular	6	5.6	0.4
2020–21	Regular	5	7.5	-2.5
2020–21	Playoffs	5	2.9	2.1
2021–22	Regular	11	8.6	2.4
2022–23	Regular	12	11.4	0.6
2023–24	Regular	10	14.0	-4.0
2024–25	Regular	11	11.8	-0.8
2025–26	Regular	2	4.6	-2.6
2026–27	Regular	1	0.3	0.7

Game log · 2026–27

2026–27 2025–26 2024–25 2023–24 2022–23 2021–22 2020–21 2019–20 2018–19

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Oct 3	@PHI	W 3–2 OT	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	11:19
Oct 6	@MTL	W 6–4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6:53
Oct 8	VAN	W 7–2	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	1	13:24
Oct 10	@CHI	W 5–2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14:17
Oct 11	@PHI	W 4–1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	10:43
Oct 13	WSH	W 4–2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	11:14
Oct 17	@WPG	W 3–2	1	0	1	+1	0	1	3	0	10:00