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Lauri Korpikoski

#29 · Left wing · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Jul 28, 1986 in Turku, FIN · 6'1", 193 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 19th overall in 2004 by NYR (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tobias Rieder ARI · 21 P in 72 GP Jay McClement CAR · 21 P in 82 GP Joffrey Lupul TOR · 21 P in 55 GP Brad Richardson VAN · 21 P in 45 GP Chris Tierney SJS · 21 P in 43 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.

0102030402008-09: 14 points1408-092009-10: 11 points1109-102010-11: 40 points4010-112011-12: 37 points3711-122012-13: 11 points1112-132013-14: 25 points2513-142014-15: 21 points2114-152015-16: 22 points2215-162016-17: 20 points2016-17

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2008-09 NYR 68 6 8 14 -10 14 63 96 0.21
2009-10 PHX 71 5 6 11 -10 16 68 92 0.15 $700K
2010-11 PHX 79 19 21 40 17 20 103 87 0.51 $700K
2011-12 PHX 82 17 20 37 3 14 146 91 0.45 $1.8M
2012-13 PHX 36 6 5 11 -3 12 83 71 0.31 $1.8M
2013-14 PHX 64 9 16 25 -7 24 109 136 0.39 $2.5M
2014-15 ARI 69 6 15 21 -27 12 82 141 0.30 $2.5M
2015-16 EDM 71 10 12 22 -17 10 88 100 0.31 $2.5M
2016-17 DAL 60 8 12 20 5 10 104 34 0.33 $1M
2016-17 CBJ 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0.00
9 seasons Career 609 86 115 201 -49 132 850 851 0.33

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 NYR 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 1.00
2008-09 NYR 7 0 2 2 0 0 5 4 0.29
2009-10 PHX 7 1 0 1 -4 2 4 9 0.14
2010-11 PHX 4 0 1 1 -6 2 3 11 0.25
2011-12 PHX 11 0 0 0 -3 2 13 15 0.00
5 seasons Playoffs 30 2 3 5 -12 6 27 41 0.17

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
69 6 15 21 -27 12 82 141 0.30 7.3 15:15

Contract

$2.5MCap hit2014-15
$119KCap dollars per point21 points in 69 games
$245KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.3MValueworth 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 649 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2016-17 to 2016-17 $1M
2013-14 to 2015-16 $2.5M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.8M
2011-12 to 2012-13 $1.8M
2009-10 to 2010-11 $700K

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacement530th of 665 skaters, 353rd of 432 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 ranked forwards: 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.

Even-strength offence-3.4 9th percentileEven-strength defence-1.4 19th percentilePower play+1.4 92nd percentilePenalty kill-0.8 2nd percentilePenalties+0.8 67th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-3-2-101232010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

43.9Corsi for %702 attempts for, 897 against
-6.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.8Expected goals for %27.1 expected for, 36.2 against
-4.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.9Goals for %14 for, 40 against
95.5PDO4.0% shooting + 91.6% saves
134Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 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
Antoine Vermette · Lauri Korpikoski · Mikkel Boedker17131:3647.544.66-6
David Moss · Kyle Chipchura · Lauri Korpikoski1776:3946.558.82-1
Martin Erat · Lauri Korpikoski · Sam Gagner1464:2047.629.41-5
Lauri Korpikoski · Sam Gagner · Mikkel Boedker845:3648.047.61-2

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. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
10.3Expected goalsfrom 121 unblocked attempts
-4.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.59 expected goals per 60 minutes32nd
Shot quality 8.5% chance per attempt85th
Finishing -4.3 goals above expected9thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 10.3Goals 6

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 this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 24, 2015 @ DET W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 09:12
Mar 22, 2015 vs VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:18
Mar 21, 2015 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 13:40
Mar 19, 2015 vs COL L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 3 15:35
Mar 16, 2015 @ LAK L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:21
Mar 14, 2015 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 10:25
Mar 12, 2015 vs CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:05
Mar 7, 2015 vs MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:11
Mar 5, 2015 vs VAN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14:31
Mar 3, 2015 vs ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 16:59
Feb 28, 2015 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 12:59
Feb 26, 2015 @ NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:54
Feb 24, 2015 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 16:41
Feb 23, 2015 @ NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:56
Feb 21, 2015 vs TBL L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 15:16
Feb 16, 2015 @ COL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:50
Feb 14, 2015 vs NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:01
Feb 13, 2015 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 15:46
Feb 10, 2015 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:52
Feb 9, 2015 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:28
Feb 7, 2015 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:53
Feb 5, 2015 vs CAR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 12:39
Feb 3, 2015 @ CBJ W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 17:29
Feb 1, 2015 @ MTL W 3-2 2 0 2 -1 0 3 2 19:19
Jan 31, 2015 @ OTT L 2-7 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 16:57
Jan 29, 2015 @ TOR W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 14:34
Jan 27, 2015 @ PHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:04
Jan 20, 2015 @ CHI L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:41
Jan 18, 2015 @ WPG L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 14:43
Jan 17, 2015 @ MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:58
Jan 15, 2015 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:01
Jan 13, 2015 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:02
Jan 10, 2015 vs OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:04
Jan 8, 2015 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 13:04
Jan 6, 2015 vs STL L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 16:13
Jan 3, 2015 vs CBJ W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 14:46
Dec 31, 2014 @ DAL L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:06
Dec 29, 2014 vs PHI W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 11:30
Dec 27, 2014 vs ANA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:19
Dec 13, 2014 vs MIN L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 14:37
Dec 11, 2014 vs NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 3 11:14
Dec 6, 2014 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 3 7 12:23
Dec 4, 2014 vs LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:51
Dec 2, 2014 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 15:02
Dec 1, 2014 @ EDM W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 15:56
Nov 29, 2014 vs CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:14
Nov 25, 2014 vs COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 9 17:42
Nov 23, 2014 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:37
Nov 22, 2014 @ SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17:14
Nov 20, 2014 @ DAL L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 1 1 20:01
Nov 18, 2014 vs WSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:29
Nov 16, 2014 @ EDM W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 16:40
Nov 14, 2014 @ VAN W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:55
Nov 13, 2014 @ CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 15:18
Nov 11, 2014 vs DAL L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:12
Nov 8, 2014 vs NYI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:15
Nov 7, 2014 @ ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:29
Nov 4, 2014 vs TOR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:59
Nov 2, 2014 @ WSH W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:27
Nov 1, 2014 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 13:02
Oct 30, 2014 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:49
Oct 28, 2014 @ TBL L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 17:01
Oct 25, 2014 vs FLA W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 16:26
Oct 23, 2014 @ MIN L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:18
Oct 21, 2014 @ NSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:23
Oct 18, 2014 vs STL L 1-6 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 17:22
Oct 15, 2014 vs EDM W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:55
Oct 11, 2014 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:06
Oct 9, 2014 vs WPG L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:49