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Patrik Laine

#92 · Left wing · Free agent, last with the Montréal Canadiens

Born Apr 19, 1998 in Tampere, FIN · 6'4", 208 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 2nd overall in 2016 by WPG (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.

Connor Clattenburg EDM · 1 P in 5 GP Florian Xhekaj MTL · 1 P in 5 GP Matt Luff STL · 1 P in 5 GP Mikael Pyyhtia CBJ · 1 P in 5 GP Anton Blidh NYR · 1 P in 4 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.

02040602016-17: 64 points6416-172017-18: 70 points7017-182018-19: 50 points5018-192019-20: 63 points6319-202020-21: 24 points2420-212021-22: 56 points5621-222022-23: 52 points5222-232023-24: 9 points923-242024-25: 33 points3324-252025-26: 1 points125-26

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 WPG 73 36 28 64 7 26 204 80 0.88 $925K
2017-18 WPG 82 44 26 70 8 24 241 74 0.85 $925K
2018-19 WPG 82 30 20 50 -24 42 245 70 0.61 $925K
2019-20 WPG 68 28 35 63 8 22 226 97 0.93 $6.75M
2020-21 WPG 1 2 1 3 1 4 3 3 3.00 $6.75M
2020-21 CBJ 45 10 11 21 -29 21 79 33 0.47
2021-22 CBJ 56 26 30 56 -7 24 167 34 1.00 $7.5M
2022-23 CBJ 55 22 30 52 -12 16 184 27 0.95 $8.7M
2023-24 CBJ 18 6 3 9 -10 6 41 5 0.50 $8.7M
2024-25 MTL 52 20 13 33 -14 14 116 26 0.63 $8.7M
2025-26 MTL 5 0 1 1 -3 2 6 2 0.20 $8.7M
10 seasons Career 537 224 198 422 -75 201 1512 451 0.79

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 17 5 7 12 2 4 56 27 0.71
2018-19 WPG 6 3 1 4 2 0 18 14 0.67
2019-20 WPG 1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 0.00
2024-25 MTL 2 0 1 1 -2 2 6 4 0.50
4 seasons Playoffs 26 8 9 17 1 6 83 47 0.65

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
5 0 1 1 -3 2 6 2 0.20 0.0 12:36

Contract

$8.7MCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$8.7MCap dollars per point1 points in 5 games

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.

The contract

Signed by the Columbus Blue Jackets on Jul 22, 2022, as a new contract: 4 years and $34.8M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $8.7M $5.5M $2M $7.5M
2023-24 $8.7M $7.1M $2M $9.1M M-NTC
2024-25 $8.7M $7.1M $2M $9.1M M-NTC
2025-26 $8.7M $7.1M $2M $9.1M 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 22, 2022 Columbus Blue Jackets New contract 2022-23 to 2025-26 4 $34.8M $8.7M
Jul 28, 2021 Columbus Blue Jackets New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $7.5M $7.5M
Sep 27, 2019 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $13.5M $6.75M
Jul 3, 2016 Winnipeg Jets Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $10.725M $925K

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 analytics

Rating

-0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence+0.1Power play-0.2Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

-4-202462016-172018-192020-212022-232024-25Goals 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

39.0Corsi for %32 attempts for, 50 against
-12.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.1Expected goals for %1.0 expected for, 1.4 against
-12.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
27.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %1 for, 2 against
107.6PDO16.7% shooting + 90.9% saves
8Attempts 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
Josh Anderson · Jake Evans · Patrik Laine536:1648.257.10-1
Patrik Laine · Kirby Dach · Zachary Bolduc21:3425.014.80-0
Josh Anderson · Patrik Laine · Kirby Dach21:260.00.00-0
Josh Anderson · Patrik Laine · Nick Suzuki21:230.00.00-0

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
0.6Expected goalsfrom 12 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.62 expected goals per 60 minutes22nd
Shot quality 5.4% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected55thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 444 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.6Goals 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 this season, 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
Oct 16, 2025 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:10
Oct 14, 2025 vs SEA W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 10:43
Oct 11, 2025 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 13:33
Oct 9, 2025 @ DET W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:45
Oct 8, 2025 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 12:51