Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Faceoff Stats

Montreal Canadiens· C·Shoots L·Born Jul 6, 2000·2018–2026

Jesperi Kotkaniemi has a 2020-21 faceoff win percentage of 47.9% across 549 faceoffs in the 2020-21 season. Best zone: Offensive (64.3%). Ranked #106 in the league.

2020-21 FO%
47.9%
Record
263W - 286L
Total Faceoffs
549
League Rank
#106

Performance by Zone

Offensive Zone
64.3%
126 / 196 faceoffs
Defensive Zone
35.3%
60 / 170 faceoffs
Neutral Zone
42.1%
77 / 183 faceoffs

Situational Splits

Even Str.
46.3%
467 FO
Power Play
55.7%
79 FO
Pen. Kill
100.0%
3 FO
Home
51.0%
243 FO
Away
45.4%
306 FO
P1
48.8%
172 FO
P2
51.2%
213 FO
P3
42.2%
161 FO
OT
66.7%
3 FO
Final 5 min
49.2%
120 FO
vs Left
49.3%
357 FO
vs Right
45.3%
192 FO

Season-by-Season

Season Team GP FO% W Total FO OZ% DZ% NZ%
2025-26 Carolina Hurricanes 30 47.9% 102 213 71.0% 34.3% 39.0%
2024-25 Carolina Hurricanes 78 51.8% 367 709 60.3% 44.9% 50.4%
2023-24 Carolina Hurricanes 79 51.5% 333 646 60.5% 41.8% 52.2%
2022-23 Carolina Hurricanes 82 51.4% 360 700 63.7% 37.0% 54.4%
2021-22 Carolina Hurricanes 59 51.2% 176 344 62.9% 41.5% 47.4%
2020-21 Montreal Canadiens 55 47.9% 263 549 64.3% 35.3% 42.1%
2019-20 Montreal Canadiens 36 42.8% 125 292 66.3% 25.0% 38.5%
2018-19 Montreal Canadiens 77 45.7% 359 785 68.3% 26.3% 43.6%

Best Matchups

Opponent Record Win%
vs. J.T. Miller VAN 9-4 69.2%
vs. Pierre Engvall TOR 4-2 66.7%
vs. Adam Gaudette VAN 4-2 66.7%
vs. Pierre-Luc Dubois WPG 7-4 63.6%
vs. Colin White OTT 5-3 62.5%
vs. Derek Ryan CGY 11-7 61.1%
vs. Derek Stepan OTT 6-4 60.0%
vs. Zach Hyman TOR 3-2 60.0%
vs. Connor McDavid EDM 4-3 57.1%
vs. Auston Matthews TOR 9-7 56.3%

Toughest Matchups

Opponent Record Win%
vs. Gaetan Haas EDM 1-4 20.0%
vs. Jason Spezza TOR 4-10 28.6%
vs. Jay Beagle VAN 4-8 33.3%
vs. Elias Pettersson VAN 2-4 33.3%
vs. Shane Pinto OTT 2-4 33.3%
vs. Elias Lindholm CGY 10-19 34.5%
vs. Mikael Backlund CGY 11-15 42.3%
vs. Nate Thompson WPG 3-4 42.9%
vs. Bo Horvat VAN 6-8 42.9%
vs. Sean Monahan CGY 10-13 43.5%

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Sebastian Aho vs CAR 51.3% 8,393 89.7%
Gabriel Landeskog vs COL 54.0% 3,049 89.7%
Brady Tkachuk vs OTT 50.1% 2,871 88.4%
David Krejci vs BOS 50.9% 11,177 88.0%
Jaden Schwartz vs STL, SEA 50.0% 1,042 87.3%
Sidney Crosby vs PIT 53.5% 23,507 86.7%
Vincent Lecavalier vs TBL, PHI, LAK 50.0% 4,289 86.5%

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