Jesperi Kotkaniemi played his 400th career game Tuesday, and what a 400 games it has been in the NHL. The Finnish center was ...

Dorion didn’t see Kotkaniemi in the top-3; he had placed him seventh! His top-3 consisted of Rasmus Dahlin, Andrei Svechnikov and Brady Tkachuk. Kotkaniemi wasn’t off Dorion’s radar, however.

Kotkaniemi went straight from the draft to the NHL after the Canadiens selected him third overall in 2018. That draft class was weak down the middle, but the Habs wanted a center so they made a ...

Kotkaniemi recorded an assist, four shots on goal and had a plus-1 rating in Thursday's 5-2 victory over the Sabres. Kotkaniemi snapped a five-game scoreless streak with a secondary assist on ...

Just 22 years young, Logan Stankoven - a 2021 second-round draft pick of Dallas - joins an already loaded stable of players in the lineup age 27 or younger: Sebastian Aho (27), Jackson Blake (21), ...

It was Kotkaniemi’s first multigoal game since May 5, 2023, in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against New Jersey. He also scored Monday, when the Hurricanes rallied from a 2-0 ...

Right now, it appears as though Finnish center Jesperi Kotkaniemi is the player the Habs could target, especially when you consider he’s one of the best pivots in a draft devoid of elite center ...

Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored both goals for the Hurricanes, while Pyotr Kochetkov had 22 saves in the win. Thomas Harley’s seventh goal of the season was the lone goal for the Stars. Jake Oettinger ...

DALLAS (AP) — Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored both Carolina goals, the second coming 24 seconds after Dallas’ tying goal midway through the third period, as the Hurricanes beat the Stars 2-1 on ...