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Jesperi Kotkaniemi

#82

Carolina Hurricanes

C · 6'3", 212 lb · 26 years old · Shoots left · Pori, FIN

Drafted 2018 · MTL · round 1 · #3 overall

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Last 5 games

Date	Opp	G	A	PTS	GS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Nov 14	SEA	0	1	1	0.5	0	+1	11:22
Nov 12	@SEA	0	0	0	-0.4	0	0	10:58
Nov 7	CHI	0	2	2	1.3	3	+2	14:25
Nov 5	@NYI	1	0	1	0.9	3	0	8:53
Nov 3	@NSH	0	0	0	-0.1	0	-2	10:48

Against their position

This playerAverage forward

Against 440 forwards, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

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Role

Hits / 605.64174th

Blocks / 602.42140th

Takeaways / 601.07120th

Giveaways / 604.03374th

Faceoff win %47.5%185th

Penalty minutes6186th

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

Per game, against the average forward

Goals

F 0.22

Assists

F 0.31

SOG

Shots on goal

F 1.7

Expected goals

F 0.22

Attempts for

F 11.2

Attempts against

F 11.2

TOI

Ice time

F 15:11

Speed

Top, mph

21.1

F 21.9

Hits

F 1.3

Hit±

Dealt minus taken

F +0.4

BLK

Shot blocks

F 0.5

bxG

Block xG margin

F -.01

Poss±

Take minus give

F -0.5

Pen±

Drawn minus taken

F +0.0

FO%

Faceoffs won

F 50.0%

Shot

Hardest, mph

83.6

F 81.0

Every shot this season

Goal5Shot on goal14Missed8Shot blocked6

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Carolina Hurricanes	19	5	6	11	+8	20	25.0	11:44
2025-26	Carolina Hurricanes	42	2	7	9	+3	42	4.8	11:21
2024-25	Carolina Hurricanes	78	12	21	33	+9	115	10.4	14:04
2023-24	Carolina Hurricanes	79	12	15	27	-4	128	9.4	12:59
2022-23	Carolina Hurricanes	82	18	25	43	+10	129	14.0	14:44
2021-22	Carolina Hurricanes	66	12	17	29	+3	81	14.8	12:01
2020-21	Montréal Canadiens	56	5	15	20	-1	87	5.7	14:48
2019-20	Montréal Canadiens	36	6	2	8	-11	55	10.9	13:00
2018-19	Montréal Canadiens	79	11	23	34	+1	134	8.2	13:44
Career		537	83	131	214	+18	791	10.5	13:25

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2020-21	Liiga	Ässät	10	2	6	8
2019-20	AHL	Laval Rocket	13	1	12	13
2017-18	Liiga	Ässät	57	10	19	29
2017-18	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	Finland U18	4	2	2	4
2017-18	WJC-18	Finland U18	7	3	6	9
2016-17	U20 SM-liiga	Ässät U20	17	9	6	15
2016-17	WJC-18	Finland U18	7	1	5	6
2015-16	U20 SM-liiga	Ässät U20	23	5	10	15
2015-16	U18 Mestis	Ässät U18	6	5	12	17
2015-16	YOG	Finland U16	6	3	4	7
2014-15	Jr. C SM-sarja	Ässät U16	30	21	12	33