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Jesperi Kotkaniemi's 2020-2021 season

Points
20
NHL#255
Goals
5
NHL#332
Assists
15
NHL#186
Plus/minus
-1
NHL#433
Games
56
100%
100% of 56

Centre Jesperi Kotkaniemi was 20 years old when the 2020-2021 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played all 56 games and scored 5 goals and 15 assists for 20 points, 0.36 points per game. The season was cut to 56 games by the pandemic. In the playoffs he played 19 games for 8 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2020-2021Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Jesperi Kotkaniemi plays the 2020-2021 season for Montréal Canadiens

    MTLMontréal Canadiens

    Jesperi was 20 years old when the 2020-2021 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      MTL4–5TOR
      L
      game 1/561
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:18TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–1EDM
      W
      game 2/562
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:27TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–1EDM
      W
      game 3/563
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG11:45TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–6VAN
      L
      game 4/563
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG13:20TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL7–3VAN
      W
      game 5/562
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG13:34TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–2VAN
      W
      game 6/563
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG15:08TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY2–4MTL
      W
      game 7/564
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP13:05TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY2–0MTL
      L
      game 8/565
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG13:12TOI
      View the game
    • February 2021
    • The game
      VAN2–6MTL
      W
      game 9/563
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG12:33TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–5MTL
      W
      game 10/563
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG13:00TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–2MTL
      L
      game 11/561
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:37TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–1OTT
      W
      game 12/561
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG10:34TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–2MTL
      L
      game 13/562
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG15:31TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–0MTL
      L
      game 14/562
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:21TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 14 of 56
      7
      points
      NHL#150
      1
      goals
      NHL#290
      6
      assists
      NHL#75
      MTL
      8-4-2W-L-OT18Points
      2nd in the North·6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL2–1TOR
      W
      game 15/562
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:23TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–3MTL
      L
      game 16/562
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG13:24TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3OTT
      L
      game 17/561
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG14:40TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–5OTT
      L
      game 18/561
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:09TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–6WPG
      L
      game 19/56
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP13:17TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–2WPG
      L
      game 20/56
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:48TOI
      View the game
    • March 2021
    • The game
      OTT1–3MTL
      W
      game 21/561
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP12:50TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WPG4–3MTL
      L
      game 22/56
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:31TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WPG1–7MTL
      W
      game 23/56
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG13:59TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–2VAN
      L
      game 24/562
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP16:28TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–1VAN
      W
      game 25/562
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG14:57TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–2CGY
      L
      game 26/564
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:07TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–3CGY
      L
      game 27/565
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:46TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–2WPG
      W
      game 28/56
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG16:41TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 28 of 56
      15
      points
      NHL#154
      4
      goals
      NHL#223
      11
      assists
      NHL#108
      MTL
      13-8-7W-L-OT33Points
      4th in the North·13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL3–4WPG
      L
      game 29/56
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:36TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–2MTL
      L
      game 30/562
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG17:17TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–5MTL
      W
      game 31/562
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:11TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM0–4MTL
      W
      game 32/562
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG15:53TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • April 2021
    • The game
      MTL4–1OTT
      W
      game 33/561
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT6–3MTL
      L
      game 34/561
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-3SOG17:16TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM2–3MTL
      W
      game 35/561
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:13TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3TOR
      L
      game 36/561
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WPG4–2MTL
      L
      game 37/56
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-4SOG14:56TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      WPG5–0MTL
      L
      game 38/56
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:07TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–4MTL
      W
      game 39/561
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG14:34TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY4–1MTL
      L
      game 40/565
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG15:57TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY1–2MTL
      W
      game 41/565
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:14TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT4–0MTL
      L
      game 42/561
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:16TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 42 of 56
      19
      points
      NHL#205
      5
      goals
      NHL#280
      14
      assists
      NHL#150
      MTL
      19-14-9W-L-OT47Points
      4th in the North·16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL1–4EDM
      L
      game 43/562
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG13:34TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–3EDM
      W
      game 44/561
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG13:35TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–4CGY
      L
      game 45/566
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:42TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–5CGY
      L
      game 46/566
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG15:56TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–1CGY
      W
      game 47/566
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:15TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–1MTL
      L
      game 48/562
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:21TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WPG3–5MTL
      W
      game 49/561
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:20TOI
      View the game
    • May 2021
    • The game
      OTT2–3MTL
      W
      game 50/562
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:36TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–3MTL
      W
      game 51/563
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG13:41TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–5OTT
      L
      game 52/563
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG11:28TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–5TOR
      L
      game 53/563
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:55TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3TOR
      L
      game 54/562
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:48TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM4–3MTL
      L
      game 55/561
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG09:13TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM4–3MTL
      L
      game 56/562
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:38TOI
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Jesperi Kotkaniemi closes the 2020-2021 season with 20 points

    MTLMontréal Canadiens
    Points
    20
    NHL#255
    Games
    56of 56
    100%
    Goals
    5
    NHL#332
    Assists
    15
    NHL#186
    P/GP
    0.36
    NHL#333
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#433
    Events
    50
    career points
    1×
    First star
    3×
    Second star
    8 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    First round

    Montréal Canadiens meet Toronto Maple Leafs

    MTLvsTOR
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    View the whole round
    • Game 2
      MTL1–5TOR
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG12:50TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadiensare1–1withToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 3
      TOR2–1MTL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:36TOI
      View the game
    • Toronto Maple Leafslead2–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      TOR4–0MTL
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG12:43TOI
      View the game
    • Toronto Maple Leafslead3–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      MTL4–3TOR
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG13:31TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Toronto Maple Leafslead3–2againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 6
      TOR2–3MTL
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG15:00TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadiensare3–3withToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 7
      MTL3–1TOR
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG11:41TOI
      View the game
    First round

    Montréal Canadiens knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 4–3

    MTL4–3TOR
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    2 days later
    Second round

    Montréal Canadiens meet Winnipeg Jets

    MTLvsWPG
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on Winnipeg Jets
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      MTL5–3WPG
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG11:09TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstWinnipeg Jets
    • Game 2
      MTL1–0WPG
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG13:13TOI
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstWinnipeg Jets
    • Game 3
      WPG1–5MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:57TOI
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstWinnipeg Jets
    • Game 4
      WPG2–3MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:16TOI
      View the game
    Second round

    Montréal Canadiens knock Winnipeg Jets out 4–0

    MTL4–0WPG
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    7 days later
    Conference final

    Montréal Canadiens meet Vegas Golden Knights

    MTLvsVGK
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on Vegas Golden Knights
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      MTL1–4VGK
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG12:42TOI
      View the game
    • Vegas Golden Knightslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL3–2VGK
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG10:55TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadiensare1–1withVegas Golden Knights
    • Game 3
      VGK2–3MTL
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG15:28TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstVegas Golden Knights
    • Game 4
      VGK2–1MTL
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:23TOI
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadiensare2–2withVegas Golden Knights
    • Game 5
      MTL4–1VGK
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG14:04TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstVegas Golden Knights
    • Game 6
      VGK2–3MTL
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:01TOI
      View the game
    Conference final

    Montréal Canadiens knock Vegas Golden Knights out 4–2

    MTL4–2VGK
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    4 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Montréal Canadiens play the Stanley Cup Final against Tampa Bay Lightning

    MTLvsTBL
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on Tampa Bay Lightning
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      MTL1–5TBL
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG12:49TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Tampa Bay Lightninglead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL1–3TBL
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG15:29TOI
      View the game
    • July 2021
    • Tampa Bay Lightninglead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      TBL6–3MTL
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG11:38TOI
      View the game
    Stanley Cup Final

    Tampa Bay Lightning knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–1

    MTL1–4TBL
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Jesperi Kotkaniemi ends the 2020-2021 playoffs with 8 points

    MTLMontréal Canadiens
    Points
    8
    NHL#40
    Games
    19
    Goals
    5
    NHL#17
    Assists
    3
    NHL#72
    P/GP
    0.42
    NHL#60
    +/-
    -5
    NHL#318
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    10
    playoff points
    1
    First playoff assist
    1×
    Third star
    TOR4–3→WPG4–0→VGK4–2→TBL1–4