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Ice Lab

Centre · #82

Jesperi Kotkaniemi

Age
26
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
96 kg
Born
Pori, FIN
Draft
2018, round 1, #3 (MTL)

Career · 2018–19 to 2026–27

Games
522
Goals
78
Points
205
TOI per game
13:28
xGF% (5v5)
54.7%
Goals above expected
−7.2

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice5965:3957.8%58.3%54.7%54.7%2.692.23253222991.5
Team with player off ice18623:1657.1%57.5%55.4%55.3%2.922.35854741995.3
Relative (on − off)–0.7%–-0.6%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 13 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
23.6%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.3%
Quality of teammates
24.9%
Teammates' xGF%: 55.3%
Offensive zone starts
70.8%
60.8% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

30%40%50%60%70%80%22.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsGiuseppeStaalFoegeleWilliamsAhoMcGinnSvechnikovMartinookRaskWallmarkFerlandTeravainenHamiltonBeanFaulkHaanRiemsdykSlavinBishopFleuryPesceMaenalanenNiederreiterMcKeggDzingelHaulaNecasEdmundsonGardinerTrocheckStepanFastLorentzBearColeSkjeiDeAngeloJarvisSmithChatfieldNoesenDruryDomiStastnyBurnsCoghlanGostisbeherePuljujarviBuntingOrlovLemieuxKuznetsovGuentzelMorrowNadeauBlakeCarrierRobinsonRoslovicWalkerJaaskaJostHallRantanenStankovenJankowskiEhlersMillerNikishinReillyLegaultNystromKotkaniemi

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
54.7%
53.8%