Jesperi Kotkaniemi

C · #82 · Carolina Hurricanes

Jesperi Kotkaniemi is a center for the Carolina Hurricanes. Born July 6, 2000 in Pori, Finland, he stands 6'3", weighs 212 lbs and shoots left. He was drafted in 2018 (round 1, 3rd overall) by the Montréal Canadiens. In 535 NHL regular-season games he has 83 goals and 130 assists for 213 points. This season: 5 goals and 5 assists in 17 games.

NHL regular-season career

Games

535

Goals

83

Assists

130

Points

213

NHL playoff career

Games

83

Goals

12

Assists

14

Points

26

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game

0.16

Assists / game

0.24

Points / game

0.40

Shots / game

1.48

Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.

NHL season record highs

Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.

Goals

18

2022–23 · Carolina Hurricanes

Assists

25

2022–23 · Carolina Hurricanes

Points

43

2022–23 · Carolina Hurricanes

Shots

134

2018–19 · Montréal Canadiens

Teams & leagues through the years

Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.

1. 2026–27

   • Carolina HurricanesNHL

2. 2025–26

   • Carolina HurricanesNHL

3. 2024–25

   • Carolina HurricanesNHL

4. 2023–24

   • Carolina HurricanesNHL

5. 2022–23

   • Carolina HurricanesNHL

6. 2021–22

   • Carolina HurricanesNHL

7. 2020–21

   • ÄssätLiiga
   • Montréal CanadiensNHL

8. 2019–20

   • Laval RocketAHL
   • Montréal CanadiensNHL

9. 2018–19

   • Montréal CanadiensNHL

10. 2017–18

    • Finland U18Ivan Hlinka Memorial
    • ÄssätLiiga
    • Finland U18WJC-18

11. 2016–17

    • Ässät U20U20 SM-liiga
    • Finland U18WJC-18

12. 2015–16

    • Ässät U18U18 Mestis
    • Ässät U20U20 SM-liiga
    • Finland U16YOG

13. 2014–15

    • Ässät U16Jr. C SM-sarja

Coverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.

Season-by-season history

All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.

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Season	League	Team	Type	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/−	Shots	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG
2026–27	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Regular	17	5	5	10	6	7	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 5 Avg Toi 11:48 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4909 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 17 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus 7 Points 10 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.25 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 20
2025–26	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Regular	42	2	7	9	8	3	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 7 Avg Toi 11:21 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4852 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 42 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus 3 Points 9 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0476 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 42
2024–25	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Regular	78	12	21	33	50	9	115	0	1	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 21 Avg Toi 14:04 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5176 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 78 Goals 12 Ot Goals 0 Pim 50 Plus Minus 9 Points 33 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.1043 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 115
2024–25	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Playoffs	14	0	4	4	14	1	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 4 Avg Toi 13:30 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4667 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 14 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 14 Plus Minus 1 Points 4 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 19
2023–24	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Regular	79	12	15	27	36	-4	128	1	2	0	1	0	0	All stats Assists 15 Avg Toi 12:59 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5155 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 79 Goals 12 Ot Goals 0 Pim 36 Plus Minus -4 Points 27 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.0938 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 128
2023–24	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Playoffs	11	0	1	1	4	-2	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 11:01 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5455 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 11 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus -2 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 15
2022–23	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Regular	82	18	25	43	50	10	129	3	11	1	1	2	0	All stats Assists 25 Avg Toi 14:44 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5143 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 82 Goals 18 Ot Goals 0 Pim 50 Plus Minus 10 Points 43 Power Play Goals 3 Power Play Points 11 Shooting Pctg 0.1395 Shorthanded Goals 1 Shorthanded Points 1 Shots 129
2022–23	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Playoffs	15	3	4	7	8	-5	24	1	2	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 4 Avg Toi 16:50 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4118 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 15 Goals 3 Ot Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus -5 Points 7 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.125 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 24
2021–22	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Regular	66	12	17	29	37	3	81	0	4	0	0	3	0	All stats Assists 17 Avg Toi 12:01 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5116 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 66 Goals 12 Ot Goals 0 Pim 37 Plus Minus 3 Points 29 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.148 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 81
2021–22	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	Playoffs	14	0	2	2	2	-4	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Avg Toi 11:45 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5512 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 14 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -4 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 18
2020–21	Liiga	Ässät	Regular	10	2	6	8	8	-3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 6 Games Played 10 Goals 2 Pim 8 Plus Minus -3 Points 8
2020–21	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	Regular	56	5	15	20	12	-1	87	0	4	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 15 Avg Toi 14:48 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4791 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 56 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 12 Plus Minus -1 Points 20 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.057 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 87
2020–21	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	Playoffs	19	5	3	8	14	-5	28	0	0	0	0	1	1	All stats Assists 3 Avg Toi 13:42 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4935 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 19 Goals 5 Ot Goals 1 Pim 14 Plus Minus -5 Points 8 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.179 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 28
2019–20	AHL	Laval Rocket	Regular	13	1	12	13	16	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 12 Games Played 13 Goals 1 Pim 16 Plus Minus 0 Points 13
2019–20	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	Regular	36	6	2	8	23	-11	55	1	2	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Avg Toi 13:00 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4281 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 36 Goals 6 Ot Goals 0 Pim 23 Plus Minus -11 Points 8 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.109 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 55
2019–20	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	Playoffs	10	4	0	4	23	4	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 13:53 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.3378 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 10 Goals 4 Ot Goals 0 Pim 23 Plus Minus 4 Points 4 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.364 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 11
2018–19	NHL	Montréal Canadiens	Regular	79	11	23	34	26	1	134	1	5	0	0	2	0	All stats Assists 23 Avg Toi 13:44 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4573 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 79 Goals 11 Ot Goals 0 Pim 26 Plus Minus 1 Points 34 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 5 Shooting Pctg 0.0821 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 134
2017–18	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	Finland U18	Regular	4	2	2	4	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 2 Games Played 4 Goals 2 Pim 6 Points 4
2017–18	Liiga	Ässät	Regular	57	10	19	29	20	-1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 19 Games Played 57 Goals 10 Pim 20 Plus Minus -1 Points 29
2017–18	WJC-18	Finland U18	Regular	7	3	6	9	37	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 6 Games Played 7 Goals 3 Pim 37 Plus Minus 9 Points 9
2017–18	Liiga	Ässät	Playoffs	7	0	1	1	6	-4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 7 Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus -4 Points 1
2016–17	U20 SM-liiga	Ässät U20	Regular	17	9	6	15	18	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 6 Games Played 17 Goals 9 Pim 18 Plus Minus 6 Points 15
2016–17	WJC-18	Finland U18	Regular	7	1	5	6	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 5 Games Played 7 Goals 1 Pim 0 Plus Minus 1 Points 6
2016–17	U20 SM-liiga	Ässät U20	Playoffs	7	4	1	5	0	-2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 1 Games Played 7 Goals 4 Pim 0 Plus Minus -2 Points 5
2015–16	U18 Mestis	Ässät U18	Regular	6	5	12	17	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 12 Games Played 6 Goals 5 Pim 0 Points 17
2015–16	U20 SM-liiga	Ässät U20	Regular	23	5	10	15	12	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 10 Games Played 23 Goals 5 Pim 12 Plus Minus 15 Points 15
2015–16	YOG	Finland U16	Regular	6	3	4	7	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 6 Goals 3 Pim 1 Plus Minus 0 Points 7
2014–15	Jr. C SM-sarja	Ässät U16	Regular	30	21	12	33	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 12 Games Played 30 Goals 21 Pim 30 Points 33

NHL game-by-game archive

17 imported games.

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Profile updated Nov 8, 10:10 pm EST. Missing stats are shown as –.

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