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Jesperi Kotkaniemi's 2018-2019 season

Points
34
NHL#217
Goals
11
NHL#256
Assists
23
NHL#184
Plus/minus
+1
NHL#299
Games
79
96%
96% of 82

Centre Jesperi Kotkaniemi was 18 years old when the 2018-2019 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 79 of a possible 82 games and scored 11 goals and 23 assists for 34 points, 0.43 points per game. Montréal Canadiens did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

2018-2019
  1. NHL debut

    Jesperi Kotkaniemi makes his NHL debut

    Jesperi was 18 years old · Scotiabank Arena, Canada

    First NHL assistFirst NHL point

    Other Swedes on the ice: Andreas Johnson and Pär Lindholm.

    • The game
      MTL2–3TOR
      L
      game 1/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP15:05TOI
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Jesperi Kotkaniemi records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Toronto Maple Leafs · October 3

    • The game
      MTL5–1PIT
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG14:10TOI
    • The game
      LAK3–0MTL
      L
      game 3/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG14:23TOI
    • The game
      PIT3–4MTL
      W
      game 4/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:24TOI
    • The game
      DET3–7MTL
      W
      game 5/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG15:10TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–3MTL
      W
      game 6/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:47TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–4OTT
      L
      game 7/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG14:58TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY2–3MTL
      W
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG12:46TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–4BUF
      L
      game 9/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG13:38TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–0BOS
      W
      game 10/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG11:27TOI
    • The game
      DAL4–1MTL
      L
      game 11/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG15:14TOI
    • November 2018
    • The game
      WSH4–6MTL
      W
      game 12/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-4SOG15:42TOI
      +2 goals
    Milestone

    Jesperi Kotkaniemi scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Washington Capitals · November 1

    • The game
      TBL4–1MTL
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG16:04TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–3NYI
      W
      game 14/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG13:07TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–5NYR
      L
      game 15/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:05TOI
    • The game
      BUF6–5MTL
      L
      game 16/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:21TOI
    • The game
      VGK4–5MTL
      W
      game 17/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG13:25TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      MTL2–6EDM
      L
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG12:09TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–2CGY
      W
      game 19/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG13:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–2VAN
      W
      game 20/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG13:48TOI
    • The game
      WSH5–4MTL
      L
      game 21/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP16:41TOI
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      12
      points
      NHL#131
      3
      goals
      NHL#202
      9
      assists
      NHL#91
      MTL
      11-6-4W-L-OT26Points
      4th in the Atlantic·5th in the Eastern Conference·8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL2–5NJD
      L
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:04TOI
    • The game
      MTL2–3BUF
      L
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG13:15TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–2MTL
      L
      game 24/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:40TOI
    • The game
      CAR2–1MTL
      L
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:16TOI
    • December 2018
    • The game
      NYR2–5MTL
      W
      game 26/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG16:42TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–1MTL
      L
      game 27/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:53TOI
    • The game
      OTT2–5MTL
      W
      game 28/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG11:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL5–2OTT
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG16:28TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–2CHI
      W
      game 30/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-6SOG13:08TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–7MIN
      L
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:27TOI
    • The game
      CAR4–6MTL
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:51TOI
    • The game
      OTT2–5MTL
      W
      game 33/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG12:58TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS4–0MTL
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:03TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–2COL
      L
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:26TOI
    • The game
      MTL2–1ARI
      W
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:27TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–3VGK
      W
      game 37/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:00TOI
    • The game
      MTL5–3FLA
      W
      game 38/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:05TOI
    • The game
      MTL5–6TBL
      L
      game 39/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP13:51TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–2DAL
      W
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG13:13TOI
    • The game
      VAN0–2MTL
      W
      game 41/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG13:50TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      19
      points
      NHL#176
      4
      goals
      NHL#302
      15
      assists
      NHL#117
      MTL
      22-14-5W-L-OT49Points
      5th in the Atlantic·8th in the Eastern Conference·13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NSH4–1MTL
      L
      game 42/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG14:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MIN1–0MTL
      L
      game 43/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:23TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–2DET
      W
      game 44/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG14:39TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–4STL
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP15:00TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL0–3MTL
      W
      game 46/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG12:49TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL3–2BOS
      W
      game 47/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:56TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–5MTL
      W
      game 48/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG15:32TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL4–1CBJ
      W
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:30TOI
    • The game
      PHI5–2MTL
      L
      game 50/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:48TOI
    • The game
      ARI1–2MTL
      W
      game 51/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:00TOI
    • February 2019
    • The game
      NJD3–2MTL
      L
      game 52/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG15:38TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      EDM3–4MTL
      W
      game 53/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG17:08TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      ANA1–4MTL
      W
      game 54/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG15:10TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WPG2–5MTL
      W
      game 55/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP14:11TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR4–3MTL
      L
      game 56/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:09TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–3NSH
      L
      game 57/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:25TOI
    • The game
      MTL0–3TBL
      L
      game 58/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG13:10TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–6FLA
      L
      game 59/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:16TOI
    • The game
      CBJ2–3MTL
      W
      game 60/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG13:32TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PHI1–5MTL
      W
      game 61/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG13:17TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL3–6TOR
      L
      game 62/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:08TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      30
      points
      NHL#166
      11
      goals
      NHL#173
      19
      assists
      NHL#163
      MTL
      33-22-7W-L-OT73Points
      Wildcard 1
      4th in the Atlantic·7th in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL1–2NJD
      L
      game 63/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:11TOI
    • The game
      MTL8–1DET
      W
      game 64/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG12:25TOI
      +1 assist
    • March 2019
    • The game
      MTL4–2NYR
      W
      game 65/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG13:49TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT5–1MTL
      L
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:39TOI
    • The game
      MTL2–8ANA
      L
      game 69/825
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG15:03TOI
    • The game
      DET1–3MTL
      W
      game 70/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:02TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–2NYI
      L
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG12:33TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–0MTL
      L
      game 72/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG07:56TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–1PHI
      W
      game 73/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG12:28TOI
    • The game
      NYI0–4MTL
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG13:12TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–7MTL
      W
      game 75/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG12:29TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–2CAR
      L
      game 76/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG09:33TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–6MTL
      W
      game 77/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG15:03TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–6CBJ
      L
      game 78/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG11:51TOI
    • April 2019
    • The game
      TBL2–4MTL
      W
      game 80/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG10:49TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–2WSH
      L
      game 81/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG09:56TOI
    • The game
      TOR5–6MTL
      W
      game 82/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG12:45TOI
    The season in numbers

    Jesperi Kotkaniemi closes the 2018-2019 season with 34 points

    Montréal Canadiens did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    34
    NHL#217
    Games
    79of 82
    96%
    Goals
    11
    NHL#256
    Assists
    23
    NHL#184
    P/GP
    0.43
    NHL#257
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#299
    Events
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    2×
    First star
    1×
    Second star
    2×
    Third star
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 4 pts
    4 i rad
    games with a goal