Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Faceoff Stats

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

Jesperi Kotkaniemi has a career faceoff win percentage of 49.2% across 4,238 faceoffs. Best zone: Offensive (64.0%). Ranked #260 in the league.

Career FO%
49.2%
Record
2,085W - 2,153L
Total Faceoffs
4,238
League Rank
#260

Performance by Zone

Offensive Zone
64.0%
872 / 1,362 faceoffs
Defensive Zone
36.3%
484 / 1,335 faceoffs
Neutral Zone
47.3%
729 / 1,541 faceoffs

Situational Splits

Even Str.
49.0%
3,852 FO
Power Play
51.3%
351 FO
Pen. Kill
45.7%
35 FO
Home
49.7%
2,197 FO
Away
48.7%
2,041 FO
P1
49.9%
1,346 FO
P2
50.4%
1,527 FO
P3
47.2%
1,357 FO
OT
50.0%
8 FO
Final 5 min
49.6%
970 FO
vs Left
50.1%
2,784 FO
vs Right
47.5%
1,454 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. Sam Carrick NYR 16-4 80.0%
vs. Andrew Copp DET 17-5 77.3%
vs. Radek Faksa DAL 19-7 73.1%
vs. Yanni Gourde TBL 21-9 70.0%
vs. J.T. Miller NYR 19-9 67.9%
vs. Brayden Point TBL 14-7 66.7%
vs. Elias Pettersson VAN 13-7 65.0%
vs. Pavel Zacha BOS 16-9 64.0%
vs. Cole Sillinger CBJ 24-15 61.5%
vs. J.T. Compher DET 27-18 60.0%

Toughest Matchups

Opponent Record Win%
vs. Sidney Crosby PIT 5-15 25.0%
vs. Jeff Carter PIT 7-19 26.9%
vs. Nico Sturm MIN 6-16 27.3%
vs. Luke Glendening NJD 10-25 28.6%
vs. Sean Monahan CBJ 12-25 32.4%
vs. Jason Spezza TOR 8-16 33.3%
vs. Casey Cizikas NYI 7-14 33.3%
vs. Noel Acciari PIT 7-14 33.3%
vs. Mikael Backlund CGY 19-37 33.9%
vs. Derek Stepan CAR 7-13 35.0%

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Player Team FO% Total FO Similarity
Dylan Strome vs WSH, CHI, ARI 51.6% 7,924 94.0%
R.J. Umberger vs CBJ, PHI 50.1% 701 90.6%
Derick Brassard vs NYR, OTT, CBJ, NYI, PIT, ARI, PHI, COL, FLA, EDM 49.1% 9,921 90.3%
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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