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Joel Armia

#40 · Right wing · Los Angeles Kings

Born May 31, 1993 in Pori, FIN (age 33) · 6'3", 215 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 16th overall in 2011 by BUF (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Danton Heinen PIT · 29 P in 79 GP Marcus Foligno MIN · 29 P in 77 GP Jeff Skinner EDM · 29 P in 72 GP Ross Colton COL · 29 P in 61 GP Victor Olofsson VGK · 29 P in 56 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

01020302014-15: 0 points014-152015-16: 10 points1015-162016-17: 19 points1916-172017-18: 29 points2917-182018-19: 23 points2318-192019-20: 30 points3019-202020-21: 14 points1420-212021-22: 14 points1421-222022-23: 14 points1422-232023-24: 25 points2523-242024-25: 29 points2924-252025-26: 25 points2525-262026-27: 1 points126-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 BUF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 $894K
2015-16 WPG 43 4 6 10 2 12 52 59 0.23 $894K
2016-17 WPG 57 10 9 19 -8 20 111 68 0.33 $925K
2017-18 WPG 79 12 17 29 3 22 128 86 0.37 $925K
2018-19 MTL 57 13 10 23 0 14 134 113 0.40 $1.85M
2019-20 MTL 58 16 14 30 2 28 155 146 0.52 $2.6M
2020-21 MTL 41 7 7 14 10 10 73 86 0.34 $2.6M
2021-22 MTL 60 6 8 14 -15 14 103 104 0.23 $3.4M
2022-23 MTL 43 7 7 14 -7 22 69 37 0.33 $3.4M
2023-24 MTL 66 17 8 25 4 34 139 49 0.38 $3.4M
2024-25 MTL 81 11 18 29 -2 16 104 87 0.36 $3.4M
2025-26 LAK 67 13 12 25 1 30 92 74 0.37 $2.5M
2026-27 LAK 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 0.25 $2.5M
13 seasons Career 657 117 116 233 -10 222 1164 917 0.35

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 WPG 13 2 0 2 -1 2 24 20 0.15
2019-20 MTL 10 3 2 5 5 10 27 10 0.50
2020-21 MTL 21 5 3 8 -1 10 40 55 0.38
2024-25 MTL 5 0 2 2 2 2 4 8 0.40
2025-26 LAK 3 0 0 0 -1 6 1 8 0.00
5 seasons Playoffs 52 10 7 17 4 30 96 101 0.33

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 11 18 29 -2 16 104 87 0.36 10.6 14:18

Contract

$3.4MCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$117KCap dollars per point29 points in 81 games
$321KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.1MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Montreal Canadiens on Jul 27, 2021, as an extension of the contract he was on: 4 years and $13.6M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $3.4M $2M $0 $2M
2022-23 $3.4M $3M $0 $3M
2023-24 $3.4M $4.8M $0 $4.8M
2024-25 $3.4M $3.8M $0 $3.8M

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2025 Los Angeles Kings New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $5M $2.5M
Jul 27, 2021 Montreal Canadiens Extension 2021-22 to 2024-25 4 $13.6M $3.4M
Jul 11, 2019 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $5.2M $2.6M
Jul 13, 2018 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $1.85M $1.85M
Jul 14, 2016 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $1.85M $925K
Jun 17, 2012 Buffalo Sabres Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 signed for 2012-13, slid 3 $3.825M $894K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2024-25 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2024-25 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence+0.5Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.2Penalties-0.2

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on.

-202462014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

58.1Corsi for %50 attempts for, 36 against
+2.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.4Expected goals for %1.6 expected for, 1.3 against
+8.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %2 for, 0 against
109.5PDO9.5% shooting + 100.0% saves
8Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joel Armia · Emil Heineman · Oliver Kapanen315:0954.572.01-0
Joel Armia · Jake Evans · Emil Heineman39:1642.932.90-0
Joel Armia · Jake Evans · Alex Newhook44:5572.742.20-0
Joel Armia · Patrik Laine · Alex Newhook14:1033.311.70-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.3Expected goalsfrom 6 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.29 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 5.0% chance per attempt4th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected47thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 83 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.3Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 16, 2025 vs CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:21
Apr 14, 2025 vs CHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 06:52
Apr 12, 2025 @ TOR L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:35
Apr 11, 2025 @ OTT L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:00
Apr 8, 2025 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:28
Apr 6, 2025 @ NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:37
Apr 5, 2025 vs PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:46
Apr 3, 2025 vs BOS W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:23
Apr 1, 2025 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:42
Mar 30, 2025 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:18
Mar 28, 2025 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:51
Mar 27, 2025 @ PHI L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:14
Mar 25, 2025 @ STL L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 10:50
Mar 22, 2025 vs COL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:16
Mar 20, 2025 @ NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:26
Mar 18, 2025 vs OTT W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:44
Mar 15, 2025 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:46
Mar 11, 2025 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:15
Mar 8, 2025 @ CGY L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:40
Mar 6, 2025 @ EDM L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 14:23
Mar 3, 2025 vs BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 18:51
Mar 1, 2025 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:18
Feb 27, 2025 vs SJS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 13:51
Feb 25, 2025 vs CAR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:01
Feb 22, 2025 @ OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:19
Feb 9, 2025 vs TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:31
Feb 8, 2025 vs NJD L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 14:06
Feb 5, 2025 @ LAK L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:48
Feb 4, 2025 @ SJS W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 16:16
Feb 2, 2025 @ ANA L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 17:34
Jan 30, 2025 vs MIN L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:12
Jan 28, 2025 vs WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:03
Jan 25, 2025 vs NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 13:53
Jan 23, 2025 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:16
Jan 21, 2025 vs TBL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 16:58
Jan 19, 2025 vs NYR W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:04
Jan 18, 2025 vs TOR L 3-7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 13:41
Jan 16, 2025 @ DAL W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 8 17:24
Jan 14, 2025 @ UTA W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:53
Jan 11, 2025 vs DAL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:04
Jan 10, 2025 @ WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:08
Jan 6, 2025 vs VAN W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 17:24
Jan 4, 2025 @ COL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:45
Jan 3, 2025 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:17
Dec 31, 2024 @ VGK W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 14:28
Dec 29, 2024 @ TBL W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 4 2 13:54
Dec 28, 2024 @ FLA W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:27
Dec 23, 2024 @ CBJ L 4-5 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 12:46
Dec 21, 2024 vs DET W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 15:32
Dec 20, 2024 @ DET W 4-3 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 16:59
Dec 17, 2024 vs BUF W 6-1 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 11:50
Dec 14, 2024 @ WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:53
Dec 12, 2024 vs PIT L 2-9 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 15:38
Dec 9, 2024 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:38
Dec 7, 2024 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:48
Dec 5, 2024 vs NSH W 3-0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 14:22
Dec 3, 2024 vs NYI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:09
Dec 1, 2024 @ BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:08
Nov 30, 2024 @ NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15:39
Nov 27, 2024 @ CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 17:31
Nov 26, 2024 vs UTA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 14:39
Nov 23, 2024 vs VGK L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 14:30
Nov 18, 2024 vs EDM W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 14:38
Nov 16, 2024 vs CBJ W 5-1 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 15:51
Nov 14, 2024 @ MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:16
Nov 11, 2024 @ BUF W 7-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:02
Nov 9, 2024 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 13:36
Nov 7, 2024 @ NJD L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:06
Nov 5, 2024 vs CGY L 2-3 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 0 1 0 11:34
Nov 2, 2024 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:36
Oct 31, 2024 @ WSH L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:25
Oct 29, 2024 vs SEA L 2-8 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:02
Oct 27, 2024 @ PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:55
Oct 26, 2024 vs STL W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 4 1 16:57
Oct 22, 2024 vs NYR L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:10
Oct 19, 2024 @ NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 16:00
Oct 17, 2024 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:10
Oct 14, 2024 vs PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 12:48
Oct 12, 2024 vs OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:25
Oct 10, 2024 @ BOS L 4-6 0 2 2 -2 2 2 1 14:41
Oct 9, 2024 vs TOR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:21