Jesperi Kotkaniemi

Carolina Hurricanes#82Center

Age: 26 (Jul 6, 2000)
Height: 6'2" / 188 cm
Weight: 201 lbs / 91 kg
Nationality: Finland
Born: Pori, Finland

2023-2024 season

79 games

Goals: 12
Assists: 15
Points: 27
Plus/minus: -4
Shooting %: 9.4%
Time on ice per game: 12:59

Last 10 games

avg 0.3

Points in the last 10 games: 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2

Points per game

Game log

79 games

Date	Opponent	Result	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	PPG	PIM	HIT	BLK	TOI
—	@CBJ	L3-6	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	17:22
—	@CHI	W4-2	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	12:04
—	@STL	W5-2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	15:10
—	vsWSH	W4-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	9:57
—	@MTL	W3-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	11:28
—	vsDET	W4-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13:15
—	@PIT	L1-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9:35
—	vsTOR	W2-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9:10
—	@WSH	L6-7	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	9:39
—	vsPHI	W3-2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	9:30
—	@NYI	W4-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:05
—	@OTT	W7-2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	11:35
—	@TOR	W5-4	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	8:42
—	vsFLA	W4-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9:23
—	vsNYR	L0-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	10:23
—	vsCGY	W7-2	0	2	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	13:44
—	@NJD	W4-2	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	8:06
—	vsMTL	W4-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10:59
—	vsWPG	L3-5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	10:22
—	@CBJ	W4-2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	10:44
—	@MIN	W3-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	9:19
—	@BUF	L2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:12
—	vsDAL	L1-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	9:08
—	vsFLA	W1-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9:55
—	vsCHI	W6-3	1	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	9:29
—	@VGK	W3-1	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	9:41
—	—	W5-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	13:34
—	@DAL	L2-4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	9:21
—	vsNJD	W1-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6:52
—	vsCOL	W5-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	11:20
—	vsVAN	L2-3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	14:58
—	—	W3-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	9:30
—	vsNJD	W3-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	9:04
—	@BOS	W3-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	9:32
—	vsMIN	L2-5	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	1	14:14
—	vsDET	W4-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	11:16
—	vsLAK	L2-5	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	0	0	12:33
—	vsPIT	W3-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:42
—	vsANA	W6-3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	16:09
—	vsSTL	L1-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	16:17
—	@WSH	W6-2	0	1	1	1	4	0	2	1	1	19:01
—	@NYR	W6-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16:54
—	@TOR	W3-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	9:58
—	vsMTL	W5-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0	9:41
—	@NSH	W5-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	11:47
—	vsNYI	L4-5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	16:30
—	@PIT	L1-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10:08
—	vsVGK	W6-3	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	1	1	13:54
—	vsWSH	L1-2	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	2	0	11:18
—	vsNSH	L5-6	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	2	11:09
—	@DET	W2-1	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	1	1	14:05
—	@OTT	W4-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	16:34
—	@VAN	L3-4	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	12:08
—	@CGY	L2-3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	1	12:57
—	@EDM	L1-6	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	1	16:12
—	@WPG	L1-2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	16:45
—	vsBUF	W6-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	13:11
—	vsNYI	L4-5	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	1	17:25
—	@PHI	W4-1	1	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	17:22
—	vsCBJ	W3-2	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	15:41
—	vsTBL	L2-8	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	1	0	15:53
—	vsEDM	W6-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	16:39
—	vsPIT	W4-2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	13:30
—	vsPHI	L1-3	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	1	16:18
—	@TBL	W4-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	15:27
—	@FLA	L2-5	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	16:04
—	vsBUF	W3-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	17:00
—	@NYI	W4-3	1	1	2	-1	2	1	0	0	0	13:07
—	@NYR	L1-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	11:03
—	@PHI	W3-2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	11:35
—	vsSJS	W3-0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	16:26
—	vsSEA	W3-2	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	3	0	17:14
—	@TBL	L0-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	15:02
—	@COL	L4-6	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	17:47
—	@SEA	L4-7	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	1	16:50
—	@SJS	W6-3	0	2	2	1	3	0	2	0	1	17:25
—	@ANA	L3-6	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	14:53
—	@LAK	W6-5	1	0	1	-1	3	0	4	0	0	15:19
—	vsOTT	W5-3	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	2	0	14:50

Career by season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	PIM	TOI
2026-2027	CAR	17	5	5	10	7	20	6	11:48
2025-2026	CAR	42	2	7	9	3	42	8	11:21
2024-2025	CAR	78	12	21	33	9	115	50	14:04
2023-2024	CAR	79	12	15	27	-4	128	36	12:59
Total		216	31	48	79	15	305	100	12:58

About Kotkaniemi

Jesperi Kotkaniemi (born 6 July 2000) is a Finnish professional ice hockey center currently playing for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "KK" and "Jepu", he was drafted third overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. In October 2018, he became the first player born in the 2000s to play in one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, when he appeared on the Canadiens opening night roster.

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