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Carolina Hurricanes · #82

Jesperi Kotkaniemi

Center POS 26 YRS 6'3" HEIGHT 212 lb WEIGHT FIN NAT Shoots Left SHOOTS
G
11
A
23
P
34
+/-
+1
ATOI
13:45
P/GP
0.43

Season Scoring · 2018-2019

Team
GP
79
Shots
134
SOG
S%
8.2%
shooting
PP P
1
power play
SH P
0
short-handed
GWG
2
winners
Hits
66
Blocks
41
PIM
26
FO%
45.7
faceoffs
2018-2019 Regular · regular season scoring

Career Stats

GP
518
G
78
A
125
P
203
By season Goals Assists
  1. 2025-2026 2G 7A 42GP 9
  2. 2024-2025 12G 21A 78GP 33
  3. 2023-2024 12G 15A 79GP 27
  4. 2022-2023 18G 25A 82GP 43
  5. 2021-2022 12G 17A 66GP 29
  6. 2020-2021 5G 15A 56GP 20
  7. 2019-2020 6G 2A 36GP 8
  8. 2018-2019 11G 23A 79GP 34
Regular season totals across 8 seasons.

Career Story

View story
  1. Award 2026

    Award winner

    Stanley Cup

  2. Milestone 2026

    500 games

    NHL career

  3. Season 2025

    2025–2026

    Carolina Hurricanes · 2+7=9 (42 games)

  4. Season 2024

    2024–2025

    Carolina Hurricanes · 12+21=33 (78 games)

  5. Season 2023

    2023–2024

    Carolina Hurricanes · 12+15=27 (79 games)

14 career events · view full story for the timeline

Shot Map · 2018-2019

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Wrist goal vs PHI, 1st 3:11 Slap goal vs WPG, 3rd 54:04 Wrist goal vs ANA, 1st 9:36 Backhand goal vs EDM, 3rd 53:35 Wrist goal vs NJD, 1st 5:22 Wrist goal vs FLA, 3rd 54:22 Snap goal vs COL, 3rd 50:39 Wrist goal vs OTT, 3rd 42:06 Wrist goal vs VGK, 2nd 29:57 Wrist goal vs WSH, 3rd 56:56 Wrist goal vs WSH, 1st 2:28
Marker color Wrist / snap / other Slap Tip / deflection Backhand
11 mapped goals this season Offensive zone · normalized right

Splits · 2018-2019

Game log

Home / Away

Split
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
Home
41
11
12
23
0.56
Away
38
0
11
11
0.29

By Strength

Strength
G
A
P
Even strength
10
19
29
Power play
1
4
5
Short-handed
0
0
0

By Opponent

Opponent
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
ANA
2
1
0
1
0.50
ARI
2
0
0
0
0.00
BOS
4
0
0
0
0.00
BUF
4
0
1
1
0.25
CAR
3
0
0
0
0.00
CBJ
3
0
2
2
0.67
CGY
2
0
1
1
0.50
CHI
2
0
1
1
0.50
COL
2
1
0
1
0.50
DAL
2
0
0
0
0.00
DET
4
0
2
2
0.50
EDM
2
1
0
1
0.50
FLA
4
1
1
2
0.50
LAK
1
0
0
0
0.00
MIN
2
0
0
0
0.00
NJD
3
1
0
1
0.33
NSH
2
0
1
1
0.50
NYI
3
0
2
2
0.67
NYR
3
0
1
1
0.33
OTT
4
1
4
5
1.25
PHI
3
1
0
1
0.33
PIT
3
0
0
0
0.00
SJS
1
0
0
0
0.00
STL
2
0
1
1
0.50
TBL
4
0
1
1
0.25
TOR
4
0
1
1
0.25
VAN
2
0
1
1
0.50
VGK
2
1
1
2
1.00
WPG
1
1
0
1
1.00
WSH
3
2
2
4
1.33
Home/away, strength and 30 opponents for 2018-2019.