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

2024-2025 season

78 games

Goals: 12
Assists: 21
Points: 33
Plus/minus: 9
Shooting %: 10.4%
Time on ice per game: 14:04

Last 10 games

avg 0.3

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

Points per game

Game log

78 games

Date	Opponent	Result	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	PIM	HIT	BLK	TOI
—	@OTT	L5-7	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	14:51
—	@MTL	L2-4	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	17:16
—	@BOS	L1-5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7:42
—	@DET	L3-5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	12:50
—	vsWSH	W5-1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	16:45
—	vsNYI	W6-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11:45
—	vsMTL	W4-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	15:01
—	vsNSH	L1-3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	15:08
—	@ANA	W5-2	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	13:51
—	@LAK	L2-7	0	0	0	-3	1	2	1	0	15:18
—	@SJS	W3-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16:01
—	@PHI	W5-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	16:01
—	vsDET	W4-2	0	2	2	1	2	2	0	1	15:48
—	vsTBL	W4-1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	15:29
—	vsWPG	W4-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15:47
—	vsBOS	W3-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	12:51
—	@DET	W2-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	15:24
—	vsCGY	W2-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15:20
—	vsEDM	L1-3	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	13:23
—	vsBUF	W5-2	0	1	1	1	4	5	0	1	11:53
—	@MTL	L0-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:46
—	@TOR	L3-6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	12:36
—	vsUTA	W7-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	15:33
—	@MIN	L1-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	15:52
—	@WPG	L0-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15:28
—	vsLAK	L2-4	1	0	1	-1	1	0	0	0	12:49
—	vsCHI	W3-2	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	16:33
—	@NYR	W4-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	13:11
—	@NYI	L2-3	0	1	1	1	0	7	1	1	13:32
—	vsCBJ	W7-4	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	13:09
—	@DAL	W2-1	2	0	2	1	3	0	1	0	12:56
—	@CHI	W4-3	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	14:24
—	vsVGK	W3-2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	14:16
—	@BUF	L2-4	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	15:39
—	vsANA	L2-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	13:56
—	vsVAN	W2-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	12:24
—	vsTOR	W6-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	15:24
—	vsPIT	W4-3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	12:36
—	vsMIN	L0-4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	16:14
—	@FLA	W3-1	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	1	17:29
—	@CBJ	L3-4	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	14:55
—	vsNJD	W5-2	0	1	1	-1	0	2	6	0	12:27
—	@NJD	L2-4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	15:56
—	@NSH	L2-5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	13:53
—	@NYR	W3-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:34
—	@WSH	L1-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12:42
—	vsNYI	W4-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15:12
—	vsCBJ	W4-1	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	15:02
—	vsOTT	L0-3	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	2	16:48
—	vsSJS	W3-2	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	15:51
—	@NYI	L3-4	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	12:50
—	vsCOL	W5-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	8:57
—	vsSEA	L2-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10:18
—	@FLA	L0-6	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	0	12:31
—	vsFLA	L3-6	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	10:09
—	vsNYR	W4-3	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	8:52
—	vsDAL	W6-4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	11:26
—	@CBJ	L4-5	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	9:36
—	@NJD	L2-4	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	16:36
—	@PHI	W4-1	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	15:39
—	vsSTL	W4-1	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	13:14
—	vsOTT	W4-0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	16:54
—	@UTA	L1-4	0	0	0	-3	4	0	1	0	15:29
—	@VGK	W5-2	1	1	2	2	6	0	1	0	15:42
—	@COL	L4-6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	11:31
—	vsPIT	W5-1	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	1	14:13
—	vsPHI	W6-4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	12:53
—	vsWSH	W4-2	0	1	1	3	3	0	2	0	12:48
—	vsBOS	W8-2	1	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	13:31
—	@VAN	W4-3	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	16:09
—	@SEA	W4-1	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	15:40
—	@CGY	W4-2	0	1	1	2	3	2	0	1	14:31
—	@EDM	W3-2	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	13:54
—	@STL	L3-4	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	14:07
—	@PIT	W4-1	0	2	2	1	3	0	0	2	14:14
—	vsNJD	W4-2	0	1	1	1	2	0	3	0	12:45
—	@TBL	L2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:15
—	vsTBL	L1-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:22

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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