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Jesse Puljujarvi

#20 · Right wing · Free agent, last with the Florida Panthers

Born May 7, 1998 in Alvkarleby, SWE · 6'4", 216 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 4th overall in 2016 by EDM (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Yanni Gourde TBL · 8 P in 20 GP Zachary Sanford STL · 8 P in 39 GP William Carrier BUF · 8 P in 41 GP Jordan Nolan LAK · 8 P in 46 GP Matt Beleskey BOS · 8 P in 49 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.

01020302016-17: 8 points816-172017-18: 20 points2017-182018-19: 9 points918-192020-21: 25 points2520-212021-22: 36 points3621-222022-23: 16 points1622-232023-24: 4 points423-242024-25: 10 points1024-25

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 EDM 28 1 7 8 5 10 41 11 0.29 $925K
2017-18 EDM 65 12 8 20 -1 14 136 67 0.31 $925K
2018-19 EDM 46 4 5 9 -14 16 53 46 0.20 $925K
2020-21 EDM 55 15 10 25 6 16 115 101 0.45 $1.175M
2021-22 EDM 65 14 22 36 22 20 160 81 0.55 $1.175M
2022-23 EDM 58 5 9 14 -11 30 88 112 0.24 $3M
2022-23 CAR 17 0 2 2 -2 2 37 27 0.12
2023-24 PIT 22 3 1 4 2 6 29 40 0.18 $800K
2024-25 PIT 26 3 6 9 -1 10 38 45 0.35 $775K
2024-25 FLA 5 1 0 1 0 15 12 35 0.20
8 seasons Career 387 58 70 128 6 139 709 565 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
2020-21 EDM 4 1 1 2 0 0 15 8 0.50
2021-22 EDM 16 2 1 3 0 2 22 30 0.19
2022-23 CAR 7 0 1 1 -3 0 12 17 0.14
3 seasons Playoffs 27 3 3 6 -3 2 49 55 0.22

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
28 1 7 8 5 10 41 11 0.29 2.4 11:15

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2019, then RFA
$116KCap dollars per point8 points in 28 games
$405KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.3 goals above replacement
$2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.1MValueworth 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 664 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Edmonton Oilers on Jul 13, 2016, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $10.275M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2018-19, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $925K $833K $93K $2.5M $925K
2017-18 $925K $833K $93K $2.5M $925K
2018-19 $925K $833K $93K $2.5M $925K

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
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Mar 5, 2025 Florida Panthers New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Feb 4, 2024 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.6M $800K
Jul 26, 2022 Edmonton Oilers New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $3M $3M
Oct 7, 2020 Edmonton Oilers Extension 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $2.35M $1.175M
Jul 13, 2016 Edmonton Oilers Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $10.275M $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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

+2.3Goals above replacement337th of 664 skaters, 239th of 435 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 435 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+0.4 59th percentileEven-strength defence+1.3 75th percentilePower play-0.1 54th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 52nd percentilePenalties-0.3 27th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-50510152016-172017-182018-192020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25Goals 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

53.2Corsi for %265 attempts for, 233 against
+2.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.5Expected goals for %11.3 expected for, 9.8 against
+3.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
68.8Goals for %11 for, 5 against
104.0PDO7.8% shooting + 96.2% saves
61Attempts 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
Patrick Maroon · Leon Draisaitl · Jesse Puljujarvi970:1256.961.12-0
Milan Lucic · Connor McDavid · Jesse Puljujarvi1364:1055.464.96-2
Benoit Pouliot · Jesse Puljujarvi · Drake Caggiula530:4964.371.00-0
Benoit Pouliot · Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Jesse Puljujarvi523:3752.832.40-0

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. 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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.9Expected goalsfrom 56 unblocked attempts
-1.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.55 expected goals per 60 minutes21st
Shot quality 5.2% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing -1.9 goals above expected33rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012Game 20Expected 2.9Goals 1

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
Jan 5, 2017 @ BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:27
Jan 3, 2017 @ CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:14
Dec 31, 2016 vs VAN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:50
Dec 29, 2016 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:57
Dec 21, 2016 @ ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:36
Dec 13, 2016 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:07
Dec 8, 2016 @ PHI L 5-6 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 07:51
Dec 6, 2016 @ BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:21
Nov 29, 2016 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 08:34
Nov 27, 2016 vs ARI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:10
Nov 25, 2016 @ ARI L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13:55
Nov 23, 2016 @ COL W 6-3 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 15:06
Nov 21, 2016 vs CHI W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:15
Nov 19, 2016 @ DAL W 5-2 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 14:40
Nov 17, 2016 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:03
Nov 13, 2016 vs NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:06
Nov 11, 2016 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 09:47
Nov 8, 2016 @ PIT L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:32
Nov 5, 2016 @ NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:07
Nov 3, 2016 @ NYR L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 14:03
Nov 1, 2016 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 15:58
Oct 30, 2016 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 12:22
Oct 28, 2016 @ VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:20
Oct 26, 2016 vs WSH W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 12:13
Oct 23, 2016 @ WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 12:59
Oct 16, 2016 vs BUF L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:16
Oct 14, 2016 @ CGY W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:26
Oct 12, 2016 vs CGY W 7-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 12:52