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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 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Zachary Sanford STL · 30 P in 58 GP Marcus Johansson BUF · 30 P in 60 GP Mikael Granlund NSH · 30 P in 63 GP Warren Foegele CAR · 30 P in 68 GP Yanni Gourde TBL · 30 P in 70 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
58 16 14 30 2 28 155 146 0.52 10.3 17:14

Contract

$2.6MCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$87KCap dollars per point30 points in 58 games
$938KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.8 goals above replacement
$3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$385KValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Montreal Canadiens on Jul 11, 2019, as a new contract: 2 years and $5.2M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2020-21, with 1 season 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
2019-20 $2.6M $2.8M $0 $2.8M
2020-21 $2.6M $2.4M $0 $2.4M

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.8Goals above replacement287th of 670 skaters, 201st of 439 forwards
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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-0.7 41st percentileEven-strength defence-0.1 42nd percentilePower play-0.4 21st percentilePenalty kill+0.3 83rd percentilePenalties+0.9 76th 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

51.4Corsi for %733 attempts for, 692 against
-4.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.8Expected goals for %30.4 expected for, 29.4 against
-5.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
49.2Goals for %32 for, 33 against
100.0PDO8.3% shooting + 91.8% saves
211Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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
Joel Armia · Artturi Lehkonen · Max Domi1797:3345.747.34-1
Joel Armia · Jonathan Drouin · Max Domi1485:0252.855.17-2
Ilya Kovalchuk · Joel Armia · Nick Suzuki882:0052.252.23-1
Joel Armia · Max Domi · Nick Suzuki768:3249.255.12-2

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.

15Goalsnot counting empty-netters
16.4Expected goalsfrom 206 unblocked attempts
-1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.98 expected goals per 60 minutes82nd
Shot quality 7.9% chance per attempt51st
Finishing -1.4 goals above expected35thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Expected 16.4Goals 15

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 10, 2020 vs NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 4 4 2 17:58
Mar 7, 2020 @ FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:44
Mar 5, 2020 @ TBL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:45
Mar 3, 2020 @ NYI W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 18:36
Feb 29, 2020 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 16:34
Feb 27, 2020 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:45
Feb 25, 2020 vs VAN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 15:11
Feb 22, 2020 @ OTT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:36
Feb 20, 2020 @ WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 14:45
Feb 18, 2020 @ DET L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 14:20
Feb 15, 2020 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 17:53
Feb 14, 2020 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 16:24
Feb 12, 2020 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 18:17
Feb 10, 2020 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 20:24
Feb 8, 2020 vs TOR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 21:56
Feb 6, 2020 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 18:02
Feb 4, 2020 @ NJD W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 2 0 3 3 18:20
Feb 2, 2020 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:29
Feb 1, 2020 vs FLA W 4-0 0 1 1 1 4 3 4 19:40
Jan 30, 2020 @ BUF W 3-1 0 2 2 2 2 3 0 18:01
Jan 27, 2020 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 16:51
Jan 18, 2020 vs VGK W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 17:48
Jan 16, 2020 @ PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 20:49
Dec 23, 2019 @ WPG W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:29
Dec 21, 2019 @ EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:49
Dec 19, 2019 @ CGY W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 18:51
Dec 17, 2019 @ VAN W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 17:18
Dec 14, 2019 vs DET L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 3 17:53
Dec 11, 2019 vs OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 4 3 16:51
Dec 10, 2019 @ PIT W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 16:39
Dec 6, 2019 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 17:47
Dec 5, 2019 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 5 19:33
Dec 3, 2019 vs NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 17:35
Dec 1, 2019 @ BOS L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 7 6 18:44
Nov 30, 2019 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 9 4 22:03
Nov 28, 2019 vs NJD L 4-6 1 0 1 1 2 5 1 14:45
Nov 26, 2019 vs BOS L 1-8 0 0 0 -1 0 4 4 15:55
Nov 23, 2019 vs NYR L 5-6 0 1 1 -1 0 3 3 17:04
Nov 20, 2019 vs OTT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 19:01
Nov 19, 2019 @ CBJ L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 16:01
Nov 16, 2019 vs NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 17:32
Nov 15, 2019 @ WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 17:11
Nov 12, 2019 vs CBJ W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:27
Nov 9, 2019 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:41
Nov 7, 2019 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 13:59
Nov 5, 2019 vs BOS W 5-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 3 15:02
Nov 2, 2019 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 16:52
Oct 31, 2019 @ VGK W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 17:41
Oct 30, 2019 @ ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 15:48
Oct 26, 2019 vs TOR W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 4 4 16:51
Oct 24, 2019 vs SJS L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 6 19:37
Oct 17, 2019 vs MIN W 4-0 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 18:15
Oct 15, 2019 vs TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:29
Oct 12, 2019 vs STL W 6-3 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 14:56
Oct 10, 2019 vs DET L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 16:52
Oct 9, 2019 @ BUF L 4-5 (OT) 2 1 3 2 0 4 2 16:30
Oct 5, 2019 @ TOR W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:17
Oct 3, 2019 @ CAR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 16:41