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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 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Barrett Hayton UTA · 25 P in 67 GP Noel Acciari PIT · 25 P in 67 GP Adam Gaudette SJS · 25 P in 66 GP Connor Zary CGY · 25 P in 74 GP Nicolas Roy COL · 25 P in 74 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

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
67 13 12 25 1 30 92 74 0.37 14.1 14:04

Contract

$2.5MCap hitends in 2027
$100KCap dollars per point25 points in 67 games
$1.917MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.3 goals above replacement
$1.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$620KValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Los Angeles Kings on Jul 1, 2025, as a new contract: 2 years and $5M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2026-27, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $2.5M
2026-27 $2.5M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence+0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-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

38.2Corsi for %26 attempts for, 42 against
-10.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
19.2Expected goals for %0.3 expected for, 1.3 against
-26.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
33.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 1 against
94.1PDO0.0% shooting + 94.1% saves
7Attempts 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 · Scott Laughton · Jared Wright321:5940.022.80-1
Joel Armia · Scott Laughton · Andrei Kuzmenko15:1942.911.60-0
Joel Armia · Scott Laughton · Artemi Panarin10:4825.06.20-0
Joel Armia · Scott Laughton · Trevor Moore10:340.00.00-0

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
0.2Expected goalsfrom 5 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.33 expected goals per 60 minutes2nd
Shot quality 4.2% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected51stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 81 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 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, 2026 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:05
Apr 14, 2026 @ VAN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 13:27
Apr 13, 2026 @ SEA W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:44
Apr 11, 2026 vs EDM W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:22
Apr 9, 2026 vs VAN W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 12:38
Apr 6, 2026 vs NSH W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 14:56
Apr 4, 2026 vs TOR W 7-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 13:28
Apr 2, 2026 vs NSH L 4-5 (SO) 1 1 2 0 0 4 3 13:08
Apr 1, 2026 vs STL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:06
Mar 28, 2026 vs UTA L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 14:05
Mar 26, 2026 @ VAN W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 14:12
Mar 24, 2026 @ CGY L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 10:24
Mar 22, 2026 @ UTA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:15
Mar 21, 2026 vs BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:44
Feb 26, 2026 vs EDM L 1-8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 04:46
Feb 25, 2026 vs VGK L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 10:57
Feb 5, 2026 @ VGK L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:39
Feb 4, 2026 vs SEA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 13:48
Feb 1, 2026 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:07
Jan 31, 2026 @ PHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:24
Jan 29, 2026 @ BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:47
Jan 27, 2026 @ DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:05
Jan 24, 2026 @ STL W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16:36
Jan 20, 2026 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 17:58
Jan 17, 2026 @ ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:29
Jan 16, 2026 vs ANA L 2-3 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 6 1 15:27
Jan 5, 2026 vs MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:14
Jan 3, 2026 vs MIN W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 17:39
Jan 1, 2026 vs TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 15:11
Dec 29, 2025 @ COL L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 1 2 13:59
Dec 27, 2025 vs ANA W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:41
Dec 23, 2025 vs SEA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:16
Dec 22, 2025 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12:36
Dec 18, 2025 @ TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:58
Dec 17, 2025 @ FLA L 2-3 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 10:39
Dec 15, 2025 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:42
Dec 13, 2025 vs CGY L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:47
Dec 10, 2025 @ SEA L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 18:42
Dec 8, 2025 @ UTA W 4-2 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 16:21
Dec 6, 2025 vs CHI W 6-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15:18
Dec 4, 2025 vs CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:35
Dec 2, 2025 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:17
Nov 29, 2025 vs VAN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:59
Nov 28, 2025 @ ANA L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:18
Nov 24, 2025 vs OTT W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:51
Nov 21, 2025 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10:25
Nov 20, 2025 @ SJS L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 2 4 2 11:05
Nov 17, 2025 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:18
Nov 15, 2025 @ OTT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:32
Nov 13, 2025 @ TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:31
Nov 11, 2025 @ MTL W 5-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 14:04
Nov 9, 2025 @ PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:23
Nov 6, 2025 vs FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:13
Nov 4, 2025 vs WPG W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 14:02
Nov 1, 2025 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:33
Oct 30, 2025 vs DET L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:50
Oct 28, 2025 @ SJS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:24
Oct 26, 2025 @ CHI W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 16:11
Oct 25, 2025 @ NSH L 4-5 (SO) 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 12:09
Oct 23, 2025 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 14:37
Oct 21, 2025 @ STL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15:36
Oct 18, 2025 vs CAR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:29
Oct 16, 2025 vs PIT L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 17:38
Oct 13, 2025 @ MIN L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:01
Oct 11, 2025 @ WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 13:08
Oct 8, 2025 @ VGK W 6-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 09:51
Oct 7, 2025 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:29