JesperiKotkaniemi

Born: Jul 6, 2000 (26)
Birthplace: 🇫🇮 Pori
Nation: Finland
Height: 191 cm / 6'3"
Weight: 96 kg / 212 lb
Shoots: Left
Draft: 2018 · Round 1, #3 overall by MTL

2026-27 regular season

Career statistics

Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	P	PIM
			Regular season						Playoffs
2014-15	Ässät U16	Jr. C SM-sarja	30	21	12	33	30	–
2015-16	Ässät U20	U20 SM-liiga	23	5	10	15	12	+15
2015-16	Ässät U18	U18 Mestis	6	5	12	17	0	–
2015-16	Finland U16	YOG	6	3	4	7	1	0
2016-17	Ässät U20	U20 SM-liiga	17	9	6	15	18	+6	7	4	1	5	0
2016-17	Finland U18	WJC-18	7	1	5	6	0	+1
2017-18	Ässät	Liiga	57	10	19	29	20	-1	7	0	1	1	6
2017-18	Finland U18	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	4	2	2	4	6	–
2017-18	Finland U18	WJC-18	7	3	6	9	37	+9
2018-19	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	79	11	23	34	26	+1
2019-20	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	36	6	2	8	23	-11	10	4	0	4	23
2019-20	Laval Rocket	AHL	13	1	12	13	16	0
2020-21	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	56	5	15	20	12	-1	19	5	3	8	14
2020-21	Ässät	Liiga	10	2	6	8	8	-3
2021-22	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	66	12	17	29	37	+3	14	0	2	2	2
2022-23	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	82	18	25	43	50	+10	15	3	4	7	8
2023-24	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	79	12	15	27	36	-4	11	0	1	1	4
2024-25	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	78	12	21	33	50	+9	14	0	4	4	14
2025-26	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	42	2	7	9	8	+3
2026-27	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	5	0	2	2	4	0
NHL totals	9 seasons		523	78	127	205	246	+10	83	12	14	26	65

Non-NHL rows cover junior, European and international play as recorded by the NHL. International tournaments (WJC, WC, OG) are listed under their own league codes.

NHL season detail regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	PPP	SHG	GWG	S	S%	TOI/GP	FO%	P/GP
2018-19	MTL	79	11	23	34	+1	26	10	1	5	0	2	134	8.2	13:44	45.7	0.43
2019-20	MTL	36	6	2	8	-11	23	5	1	2	0	0	55	10.9	12:60	42.8	0.22
2020-21	MTL	56	5	15	20	-1	12	5	0	4	0	1	87	5.7	14:48	47.9	0.36
2021-22	CAR	66	12	17	29	+3	37	12	0	4	0	3	81	14.8	12:01	51.2	0.44
2022-23	CAR	82	18	25	43	+10	50	14	3	11	1	2	129	14.0	14:44	51.4	0.52
2023-24	CAR	79	12	15	27	-4	36	11	1	2	0	0	128	9.4	12:59	51.5	0.34
2024-25	CAR	78	12	21	33	+9	50	12	0	1	0	1	115	10.4	14:04	51.8	0.42
2025-26	CAR	42	2	7	9	+3	8	2	0	0	0	0	42	4.8	11:21	48.5	0.21
2026-27	CAR	6	0	2	2	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	11:18	40.0	0.33

Recent games

Date	Opponent	Result	A	P	+/-	S	HITS	BLK	PIM	TOI
Oct 13	vsWSH	W 4–2	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	11:14
Oct 11	@PHI	W 4–1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	10:43
Oct 10	@CHI	W 5–2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14:17
Oct 8	vsVAN	W 7–2	1	1	+1	0	0	1	2	13:24
Oct 6	@MTL	W 6–4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	06:53
Oct 3	@PHI	W 3–2 (OT)	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	11:19
Apr 14	@NYI	W 2–1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	17:29
Apr 13	@PHI	L 2–3 (SO)	0	0	+1	1	2	1	0	15:21
Apr 11	@UTA	W 4–1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	09:52
Apr 9	@CHI	W 7–2	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	13:57
Apr 5	@OTT	L 3–6	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	14:04
Mar 4	@VAN	W 6–4	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	10:29
Feb 5	@NYR	W 2–0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	09:34
Feb 3	vsOTT	W 4–3	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	08:34
Feb 1	vsLAK	W 3–2 (OT)	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	09:20