Jesperi Kotkaniemi

Born on: July 6, 2000
Birth place: Pori, Finland
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 2" (188 cm) | 201 lb (91 kg)

Drafted by: Montreal Canadiens, 1. round (#3 overall), in 2018 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	16	2017	Team Finland	U18 World Championship	Poprad and Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia
	17	2018	Team Finland	U18 World Championship	Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk, Russia
IIHF U18 World Championship Medals

		Overall						Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Date	Game	Score	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	SHOTS	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
May 15, 2025	CAR @ WSH	(3-1)	0	0	0	0	0	10:22	10:05	0:17	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	2	0	5	0	100.00%
May 20, 2025	FLA @ CAR	(5-2)	0	0	0	0	0	11:52	10:20	1:32	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	1	1	5	6	45.45%
May 24, 2025	CAR @ FLA	(2-6)	0	1	1	2	-1	15:25	13:03	2:22	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100.0%	0.000	3.892	3.892	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	25.352	25.352	1	0.0%	4	0	4	2	66.67%
May 26, 2025	CAR @ FLA	(3-0)	0	0	0	0	0	11:34	9:40	1:54	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0%	2	0	5	3	62.50%
May 28, 2025	FLA @ CAR	(5-3)	0	0	0	2	0	9:21	6:20	3:01	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	4	0	2	3	40.00%
	GAME LOG

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
2015‑16	Team Finland U16		15	14	6	7	13	29	1	1	0	0
2016‑17	Team Finland U18		16	15	5	10	15	4	1	2	0	0	25.0
2017‑18	Ässät Pori	Liiga	17	57	10	18	28	20	-1	2	0	3	6.3
2017‑18	Team Finland U20		17	3	2	1	3	2	1	1	0	0
2017‑18	Team Finland U18		17	15	7	10	17	45	9	3	0	1
2018‑19	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	18	79	11	23	34	26	1	1	0	2	8.2
2018‑19	Team Finland U20		18	4	1	1	2	8	1	1	0	0
2019‑20	Laval Rocket	AHL	19	13	1	12	13	16	0	0	0	0	3.6
2019‑20	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	19	36	6	2	8	23	-11	1	0	0	10.9
2020‑21	Ässät Pori	Liiga	20	10	2	6	8	8	-3	1	1	0	4.2
2020‑21	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	20	56	5	15	20	12	-1	0	0	1	5.7
2021‑22	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	21	66	12	17	29	37	3	0	0	3	14.8
2022‑23	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	22	82	18	25	43	50	10	3	1	2	14.0
2023‑24	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	23	79	12	15	27	36	-4	1	0	0	9.4
2024‑25	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	24	78	12	21	33	50	9	0	0	1	10.4
	NHL Totals			476	76	118	194	234	7	6	1	9	10.4
	Liiga Totals			67	12	24	36	28	-4	3	1	3	5.8
	AHL Totals			13	1	12	13	16	0	0	0	0	3.6

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
2017‑18	Ässät Pori	Liiga	17	7	0	1	1	6	-4	0	0	0	0.0
2019‑20	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	19	10	4	0	4	23	4	1	0	0	36.4
2020‑21	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	20	19	5	3	8	14	-5	0	0	1	17.9
2021‑22	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	21	14	0	2	2	2	-4	0	0	0	0.0
2022‑23	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	22	15	3	4	7	8	-5	1	0	1	12.5
2023‑24	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	23	11	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0	0.0
2024‑25	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	24	14	0	4	4	14	1	0	0	0	0.0
	NHL Totals			83	12	14	26	65	-11	2	0	2	10.4
	Liiga Totals			7	0	1	1	6	-4	0	0	0	0.0

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - U18 World Championship 2017	16	7	1	5	6	0	1	0	0	0	11.1
Team Finland - Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2017	17	4	2	2	4	6	0	2	0	0
Team Finland - U18 World Championship 2018	17	7	3	6	9	37	9	1	0	1	13.0
U18 World Championship Totals		14	4	11	15	37	10	1	0	1	12.5
Hlinka Gretzky Cup Totals		4	2	2	4	6	0	2	0	0

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - U16 2‑Nations 2015	15	2	3	2	5	0	3	0	0	0
Team Finland - U16 2‑Nations 2015	15	3	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - Youth Olympic Games 2016	15	6	3	4	7	2	0	1	0	0	37.5
Team Finland - U16 4‑Nations 2016	15	3	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0
Team Finland - U18 5‑Nations 2016	16	4	3	5	8	2	4	1	0	0	50.0
Team Finland - U18 5‑Nations 2017	16	4	1	0	1	2	-4	1	0	0	20.0
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 2017	17	3	2	1	3	2	1	1	0	0
Team Finland - U18 5‑Nations 2018	17	4	2	2	4	2		0	0	0
Team Finland - U20 2‑Nations 2018	18	2	0	1	1	2		0	0	0
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 2018	18	2	1	0	1	6	1	1	0	0	14.3
U16 Men Totals		14	6	7	13	29	1	1	0	0
U18 Men Totals		12	6	7	13	6	0	2	0	0
U20 Men Totals		7	3	2	5	10	2	2	0	0