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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 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jean-Gabriel Pageau OTT · 29 P in 78 GP Chris Kunitz TBL · 29 P in 82 GP Jamie McGinn FLA · 29 P in 76 GP Andrew Ladd NYI · 29 P in 73 GP Michael Cammalleri EDM · 29 P in 66 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

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 12 17 29 3 22 128 86 0.37 9.4 12:36

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2018
$32KCap dollars per point29 points in 79 games
$155KCap dollars per goal above replacement6.0 goals above replacement
$4.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.5MValueworth 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 691 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Winnipeg Jets on Jul 14, 2016, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.85M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2017-18, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $925K $875K $0 $875K
2017-18 $925K $975K $0 $975K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+6.0Goals above replacement163rd of 691 skaters, 119th of 451 forwards
+1.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 451 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+0.1 58th percentileEven-strength defence+3.3 96th percentilePower play-0.8 11th percentilePenalty kill-0.3 12th percentilePenalties+0.9 72nd 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.

-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

52.4Corsi for %750 attempts for, 682 against
+0.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.1Expected goals for %30.0 expected for, 25.4 against
+1.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.8Goals for %32 for, 31 against
100.2PDO8.2% shooting + 91.9% saves
184Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 600 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
Matt Hendricks · Mathieu Perreault · Joel Armia23108:3057.955.78-5
Bryan Little · Mathieu Perreault · Joel Armia2080:5755.251.02-4
Joel Armia · Andrew Copp · Brandon Tanev1273:2541.736.63-2
Adam Lowry · Joel Armia · Andrew Copp1969:5356.663.22-4

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.

11Goalsnot counting empty-netters
12.7Expected goalsfrom 166 unblocked attempts
-1.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.76 expected goals per 60 minutes58th
Shot quality 7.6% chance per attempt55th
Finishing -1.7 goals above expected35thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 12.7Goals 11

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
Apr 7, 2018 vs CHI W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 13:47
Apr 5, 2018 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 14:17
Apr 3, 2018 @ MTL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 16:13
Apr 2, 2018 @ OTT W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:06
Mar 31, 2018 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:03
Mar 29, 2018 @ CHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 3 3 12:18
Mar 27, 2018 vs BOS W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:35
Mar 25, 2018 vs NSH W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 12:11
Mar 23, 2018 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 11:13
Mar 20, 2018 vs LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:40
Mar 18, 2018 vs DAL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 11:21
Mar 15, 2018 vs CHI W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 16:26
Mar 13, 2018 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 13:43
Mar 12, 2018 @ WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 11:36
Mar 10, 2018 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:17
Mar 8, 2018 @ NJD W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 10:03
Mar 6, 2018 @ NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:31
Mar 4, 2018 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:18
Mar 2, 2018 vs DET W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 10:44
Feb 27, 2018 vs NSH L 5-6 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 09:30
Feb 24, 2018 @ DAL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:55
Feb 23, 2018 @ STL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:01
Feb 20, 2018 vs LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:09
Feb 18, 2018 vs FLA W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:58
Feb 16, 2018 vs COL W 6-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 15:09
Feb 13, 2018 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 13:01
Feb 11, 2018 vs NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 19:54
Feb 9, 2018 vs STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:24
Feb 6, 2018 vs ARI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:12
Feb 3, 2018 vs COL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:15
Feb 1, 2018 vs VGK L 2-3 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 12:14
Jan 30, 2018 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:10
Jan 25, 2018 @ ANA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:21
Jan 23, 2018 @ SJS W 5-4 (OT) 2 0 2 2 0 5 0 14:47
Jan 21, 2018 vs VAN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:08
Jan 20, 2018 @ CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:58
Jan 13, 2018 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:36
Jan 12, 2018 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 14:08
Jan 9, 2018 @ BUF W 7-4 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 19:23
Jan 7, 2018 vs SJS W 4-1 0 1 1 1 2 4 1 17:15
Jan 5, 2018 vs BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 18:14
Jan 2, 2018 @ COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 3 16:38
Dec 31, 2017 @ EDM W 5-0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 19:03
Dec 29, 2017 vs NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:26
Dec 27, 2017 vs EDM W 4-3 2 0 2 2 0 5 0 12:27
Dec 23, 2017 @ NYI L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 12:24
Dec 21, 2017 @ BOS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:17
Dec 19, 2017 @ NSH W 6-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 11:44
Dec 17, 2017 vs STL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10:03
Dec 16, 2017 @ STL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:05
Dec 14, 2017 vs CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:36
Dec 11, 2017 vs VAN W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 12:00
Dec 9, 2017 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:09
Dec 7, 2017 @ FLA L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 07:30
Dec 5, 2017 @ DET L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 11:01
Dec 3, 2017 vs OTT W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:45
Dec 1, 2017 vs VGK W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:56
Nov 29, 2017 @ COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 10:13
Nov 27, 2017 vs MIN W 7-2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 15:27
Nov 25, 2017 @ SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 14:27
Nov 24, 2017 @ ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:41
Nov 22, 2017 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:59
Nov 20, 2017 @ NSH L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 10:51
Nov 18, 2017 vs NJD W 5-2 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 12:30
Nov 16, 2017 vs PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 08:25
Nov 14, 2017 vs ARI W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 11:35
Nov 11, 2017 @ ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:27
Nov 10, 2017 @ VGK L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:50
Nov 6, 2017 @ DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:24
Nov 4, 2017 vs MTL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:52
Nov 2, 2017 vs DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:38
Oct 31, 2017 @ MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:14
Oct 29, 2017 vs PIT W 7-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 09:39
Oct 26, 2017 @ PIT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:47
Oct 20, 2017 vs MIN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:30
Oct 17, 2017 vs CBJ L 2-5 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 09:33
Oct 14, 2017 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:44
Oct 7, 2017 @ CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 08:12
Oct 4, 2017 vs TOR L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:25