Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Carolina Hurricanes · C · #82
Points / GP
0.21
Goals / GP
0.05
Assists / GP
0.17
Shots / GP
1.0
Plus/Minus
+3
PP Points
0
HockeyAlpha advanced
event-derived proxies · 42 GP · 1312 games analyzedxG Share?xG ShareA player's individual xG as a share of their team's total xG in the games they played. Shows how much of the offense runs through them.
3.6%
ZEIS?Zone Exit/Entry Impact Score (ZEIS)Transition impact: rush shots plus zone-coded takeaways, minus costly giveaways, per game. Positive = drives play up ice; negative = bleeds possession. Event-derived proxy (the NHL feed has no entry/exit tracking).
-0.48
PSPL?Pre-Shot Pass Lethality (PSPL)The xG a player creates for teammates within 3 seconds — rebounds their shots generate and shots off their offensive-zone steals. Playmaking danger the assist column misses. Event-derived proxy.
0.25
Def Suppression?Defensive SuppressionBlocked shots plus defensive-zone takeaways minus defensive-zone giveaways, per game. A proxy for who kills opposing offense before it starts.
0.20
Percentiles vs. league forwards with 20+ GP · hockeyalpha.com
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 212 lb
- Born
- 2000-07-06
- Birthplace
- Pori, FIN
- Shoots
- L
- Draft
- 2018 MTL · R1 #3
Recent form · last 10 games
Last 5 games
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | @ NYI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 2026-04-13 | @ PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:21 |
| 2026-04-11 | @ UTA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:52 |
| 2026-04-09 | @ CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 2026-04-05 | @ OTT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:04 |
NHL career · regular season
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Carolina Hurricanes | 42 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024–25 | Carolina Hurricanes | 78 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 9 |
| 2023–24 | Carolina Hurricanes | 79 | 12 | 15 | 27 | -4 |
| 2022–23 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 18 | 25 | 43 | 10 |
| 2021–22 | Carolina Hurricanes | 66 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 3 |
| 2020–21 | Montréal Canadiens | 56 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -1 |
| 2019–20 | Montréal Canadiens | 36 | 6 | 2 | 8 | -11 |
| 2018–19 | Montréal Canadiens | 79 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 1 |