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Artturi Lehkonen

#62 · Left wing · Colorado Avalanche

Born Jul 4, 1995 in Piikkio, FIN (age 31) · 5'11", 179 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 55th overall in 2013 by MTL (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2021-22

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Newhook MTL · 34 P in 55 GP Connor Zary CGY · 34 P in 63 GP Dmitri Voronkov CBJ · 34 P in 75 GP Nino Niederreiter WPG · 34 P in 77 GP Dylan Guenther ARI · 35 P in 45 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.

020402016-17: 28 points2816-172017-18: 21 points2117-182018-19: 31 points3118-192019-20: 27 points2719-202020-21: 13 points1320-212021-22: 38 points3821-222022-23: 51 points5122-232023-24: 34 points3423-242024-25: 45 points4524-252025-26: 48 points4825-262026-27: 4 points426-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 MTL 73 18 10 28 -1 8 158 72 0.38 $839K
2017-18 MTL 66 12 9 21 -11 20 164 71 0.32 $839K
2018-19 MTL 82 11 20 31 10 32 176 120 0.38 $839K
2019-20 MTL 70 13 14 27 2 24 140 120 0.39 $2.4M
2020-21 MTL 47 7 6 13 -2 6 78 85 0.28 $2.4M
2021-22 MTL 58 13 16 29 0 14 110 60 0.50 $2.3M
2021-22 COL 16 6 3 9 1 8 45 22 0.56
2022-23 COL 64 21 30 51 8 28 150 93 0.80 $4.5M
2023-24 COL 45 16 18 34 11 14 103 49 0.76 $4.5M
2024-25 COL 69 27 18 45 36 34 148 33 0.65 $4.5M
2025-26 COL 70 21 27 48 32 16 153 45 0.69 $4.5M
2026-27 COL 5 3 1 4 4 0 7 7 0.80 $4.5M
11 seasons Career 665 168 172 340 90 204 1432 777 0.51

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 MTL 6 2 2 4 -1 2 19 13 0.67
2019-20 MTL 10 1 3 4 4 8 20 21 0.40
2020-21 MTL 17 3 1 4 -1 4 29 58 0.24
2021-22 COL 20 8 6 14 2 20 43 48 0.70
2022-23 COL 7 3 3 6 3 6 13 24 0.86
2023-24 COL 11 6 5 11 -2 4 34 28 1.00
2024-25 COL 7 3 1 4 3 4 21 16 0.57
2025-26 COL 11 3 3 6 8 2 18 26 0.55
8 seasons Playoffs 89 29 24 53 16 50 197 234 0.60

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
45 16 18 34 11 14 103 49 0.76 15.5 18:28

Contract

$4.5MCap hitends in 2027, then UFA
$132KCap dollars per point34 points in 45 games
$746KCap dollars per goal above replacement6.0 goals above replacement
$5.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$764KValueworth 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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Colorado Avalanche on Jul 13, 2022, as a new contract: 5 years and $22.5M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2026-27, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $4.5M $5M $0 $5M
2023-24 $4.5M $5M $0 $5M NTC
2024-25 $4.5M $4.5M $0 $4.5M M-NTC
2025-26 $4.5M $4M $0 $4M M-NTC
2026-27 $4.5M $3M $1M $4M M-NTC

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 13, 2022 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2022-23 to 2026-27 5 $22.5M $4.5M
Jul 31, 2021 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $2.3M $2.3M
Jul 11, 2019 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $4.8M $2.4M
May 8, 2016 Montreal Canadiens Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $2.775M $839K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+1.2Even-strength defence0.0Power play+0.4Penalty kill-0.2Penalties-0.3

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.

0510152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

56.3Corsi for %214 attempts for, 166 against
+5.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
59.6Expected goals for %9.1 expected for, 6.2 against
+7.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.9Goals for %9 for, 8 against
98.2PDO8.7% shooting + 89.5% saves
45Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 136 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Parise · Artturi Lehkonen · Casey Mittelstadt854:5148.760.43-2
Artturi Lehkonen · Nathan MacKinnon · Jonathan Drouin336:4656.157.62-1
Artturi Lehkonen · Nathan MacKinnon · Mikko Rantanen835:3772.672.01-2
Artturi Lehkonen · Valeri Nichushkin · Casey Mittelstadt315:4361.953.51-2

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.9Expected goalsfrom 46 unblocked attempts
+2.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.97 expected goals per 60 minutes72nd
Shot quality 8.6% chance per attempt66th
Finishing +2.1 goals above expected86thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 74 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

0246Goals 6Expected 3.9

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 18, 2024 vs EDM W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 16:18
Apr 14, 2024 @ VGK L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 16:42
Apr 13, 2024 vs WPG L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 0 4 3 19:46
Apr 9, 2024 vs MIN W 5-2 1 1 2 4 0 1 1 21:46
Apr 7, 2024 vs DAL L 4-7 1 0 1 -1 0 3 2 23:30
Apr 5, 2024 @ EDM L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16:42
Apr 4, 2024 @ MIN W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 17:02
Apr 1, 2024 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 17:14
Mar 30, 2024 vs NSH W 7-4 1 0 1 -1 2 2 0 17:44
Mar 28, 2024 vs NYR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 17:01
Mar 26, 2024 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:03
Mar 24, 2024 vs PIT W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:17
Mar 22, 2024 vs CBJ W 6-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 18:15
Mar 19, 2024 @ STL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:43
Mar 16, 2024 @ EDM W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 17:57
Mar 8, 2024 vs MIN W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 22:32
Mar 6, 2024 vs DET W 7-2 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 20:28
Mar 4, 2024 vs CHI W 5-0 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 21:26
Mar 2, 2024 @ NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:42
Feb 29, 2024 @ CHI W 5-0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 19:19
Feb 27, 2024 vs DAL W 5-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 20:01
Feb 24, 2024 vs TOR L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 17:24
Feb 22, 2024 @ DET L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:37
Feb 20, 2024 vs VAN W 3-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 18:52
Feb 18, 2024 vs ARI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 20:41
Feb 15, 2024 @ TBL L 3-6 1 1 2 -2 0 1 0 20:17
Feb 13, 2024 @ WSH W 6-3 2 2 4 2 0 5 0 18:00
Feb 10, 2024 @ FLA L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:39
Feb 8, 2024 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 22:27
Feb 6, 2024 @ NJD L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 2 1 1 17:53
Feb 5, 2024 @ NYR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:39
Jan 26, 2024 vs LAK W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:05
Jan 24, 2024 vs WSH W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 16:12
Nov 9, 2023 vs SEA L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 09:01
Nov 7, 2023 vs NJD W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 20:00
Nov 4, 2023 @ VGK L 0-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 17:33
Nov 1, 2023 vs STL W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 19:50
Oct 29, 2023 @ BUF L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 20:44
Oct 26, 2023 @ PIT L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:19
Oct 24, 2023 @ NYI W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 20:26
Oct 21, 2023 vs CAR W 6-4 1 3 4 -1 2 2 1 18:24
Oct 19, 2023 vs CHI W 4-0 0 1 1 0 0 6 2 19:08
Oct 17, 2023 @ SEA W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 18:44
Oct 14, 2023 @ SJS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 8 2 18:32
Oct 11, 2023 @ LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 19:18