Jesperi Kotkaniemi
01/Where he scores from
Kotkaniemi scored 2 regular season goals on 53 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 1 of his 2 goals came from here, on 23 of his 53 attempts.
Slot. 0 of his 2 goals came from here, on 12 of his 53 attempts.
Perimeter. 1 of his 2 goals came from here, on 13 of his 53 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 2 goals came from here, on 5 of his 53 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 53 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Kotkaniemi scored 26 regular season goals on 389 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the crease, 8 ft out: 11/26 · 42% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 31% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 11/26 · 42% of his goals came from here, on 120/389 · 31% of his attempts — 11/120 · 9% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 10/26 · 38% of his goals came from here, on 131/389 · 34% of his attempts — 10/131 · 8% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 5/26 · 19% of his goals came from here, on 113/389 · 29% of his attempts — 5/113 · 4% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 0/26 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 25/389 · 6% of his attempts — 0/25 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Kotkaniemi scored 0 playoff goals on 53 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 0 of his 0 goals came from here, on 14 of his 53 attempts.
Slot. 0 of his 0 goals came from here, on 21 of his 53 attempts.
Perimeter. 0 of his 0 goals came from here, on 12 of his 53 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 0 goals came from here, on 6 of his 53 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 53 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Kotkaniemi scored 76 regular season goals on 1,002 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2018-19 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the slot, 24 ft out: 19/76 · 25% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 10% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 33/76 · 43% of his goals came from here, on 292/1,002 · 29% of his attempts — 33/292 · 11% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 34/76 · 45% of his goals came from here, on 369/1,002 · 37% of his attempts — 34/369 · 9% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 9/76 · 12% of his goals came from here, on 269/1,002 · 27% of his attempts — 9/269 · 3% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 0/76 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 72/1,002 · 7% of his attempts — 0/72 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Kotkaniemi scored 12 playoff goals on 152 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2018-19 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the crease, 6 ft out: 7/12 · 58% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 22% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 9/12 · 75% of his goals came from here, on 47/152 · 31% of his attempts — 9/47 · 19% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 3/12 · 25% of his goals came from here, on 54/152 · 36% of his attempts — 3/54 · 6% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 0/12 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 39/152 · 26% of his attempts — 0/39 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 0/12 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 12/152 · 8% of his attempts — 0/12 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2018-19 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 2 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
02/When his goals came
2 of his 2 goals came in the 2nd period, on 20 shots. That is a record of last season, not a description of the player: which period a skater scores in does not carry from one year to the next.
03/Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | S | H | +/- | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14 | @NYI | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:29 |
| Apr 13 | @PHI | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 15:21 |
| Apr 11 | @UTA | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:52 |
| Apr 10 | @CHI | W 7-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:57 |
| Apr 5 | @OTT | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 14:04 |
| Mar 5 | @VAN | W 6-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:29 |
| Feb 6 | @NYR | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 9:34 |
| Feb 4 | OTT | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 8:34 |
| Feb 1 | LAK | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 9:20 |
| Jan 31 | @WSH | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 12:26 |
| Jan 30 | UTA | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 9:26 |
| Jan 25 | @OTT | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:31 |
| Jan 23 | CHI | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 9:33 |
| Jan 18 | @NJD | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:32 |
| Jan 17 | FLA | W 9-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 0 | 12:19 |
| Jan 14 | @STL | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:24 |
| Jan 13 | @DET | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:23 |
| Jan 4 | COL | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 11:15 |
| Jan 2 | MTL | L 5-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:23 |
| Dec 31 | @PIT | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 17:13 |
| Dec 30 | NYR | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:45 |
| Dec 28 | DET | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:51 |
| Dec 24 | FLA | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12:28 |
| Dec 21 | @TBL | L 4-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 10:06 |
| Dec 20 | @FLA | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10:32 |
Showing the 25 most recent of 42 regular season games. Playoff games are kept out of this table and totalled separately in the career record.
04/Splits
Home / Road
In wins / In losses
Every split prints its own denominator. Any split under eight games is greyed rather than hidden, so the edge of the sample is visible instead of guessed at.
05/Career
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | MTL | 79 | 11 | 23 | 34 | -4 | 26 | 134 | 8.2 | 66 | 41 | 11:37 |
| 2019-20 | MTL | 36 | 6 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 23 | 55 | 10.9 | 51 | 16 | 11:50 |
| 2020-21 | MTL | 56 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -3 | 12 | 87 | 5.7 | 84 | 27 | 12:51 |
| 2021-22 | CAR | 66 | 12 | 17 | 29 | +4 | 37 | 81 | 14.8 | 74 | 15 | 10:45 |
| 2022-23 | CAR | 82 | 18 | 25 | 43 | +8 | 50 | 129 | 14.0 | 105 | 21 | 13:08 |
| 2023-24 | CAR | 79 | 12 | 15 | 27 | -5 | 36 | 128 | 9.4 | 56 | 38 | 11:32 |
| 2024-25 | CAR | 78 | 12 | 21 | 33 | +9 | 50 | 115 | 10.4 | 66 | 34 | 14:04 |
| 2025-26 | CAR | 42 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +4 | 8 | 42 | 4.8 | 63 | 22 | 10:56 |
| Career | 518 | 78 | 125 | 203 | +1 | 242 | 771 | 10.1 | 565 | 214 | 12:12 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | MTL | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | — | 23 | 11 | 36.4 | 36 | 3 | – |
| 2020-21 | MTL | 19 | 5 | 3 | 8 | — | 14 | 28 | 17.9 | 35 | 9 | – |
| 2021-22 | CAR | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 18 | 0.0 | 13 | 5 | – |
| 2022-23 | CAR | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | — | 8 | 24 | 12.5 | 18 | 7 | – |
| 2023-24 | CAR | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 15 | 0.0 | 12 | 9 | – |
| 2024-25 | CAR | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | — | 14 | 19 | 0.0 | 32 | 11 | – |
| Career | 83 | 12 | 14 | 26 | — | 65 | 115 | 10.4 | 146 | 44 | – |
06/Bio
- Position
- Center
- Jersey
- #82
- Shoots
- L
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 212 lb
- Born
- Jul 6, 2000 (age 26)
- Birthplace
- Pori, FIN
- Drafted
- 2018 · Round 1 · Pick 3 · MTL
- Club
- Carolina Hurricanes
