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Henri Jokiharju

#20 · Defence · Boston Bruins

Born Jun 17, 1999 in Oulu, FIN (age 27) · 6'0", 194 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 29th overall in 2017 by CHI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Zach Whitecloud VGK · 19 P in 59 GP Marcus Pettersson PIT · 19 P in 72 GP Ian Cole CAR · 19 P in 75 GP Nick Holden OTT · 19 P in 76 GP Keith Yandle PHI · 19 P in 77 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.

051015202018-19: 12 points1218-192019-20: 15 points1519-202020-21: 8 points820-212021-22: 19 points1921-222022-23: 13 points1322-232023-24: 20 points2023-242024-25: 10 points1024-252025-26: 15 points1525-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2018-19 CHI 38 0 12 12 -7 16 62 48 0.32 $925K
2019-20 BUF 69 4 11 15 -6 32 78 74 0.22 $925K
2020-21 BUF 46 3 5 8 -11 4 50 47 0.17 $925K
2021-22 BUF 60 3 16 19 -8 20 83 73 0.32 $2.5M
2022-23 BUF 60 3 10 13 -12 30 79 63 0.22 $2.5M
2023-24 BUF 74 3 17 20 14 24 84 92 0.27 $2.5M
2024-25 BUF 42 3 3 6 6 12 44 35 0.14 $3.1M
2024-25 BOS 18 0 4 4 7 2 15 15 0.22
2025-26 BOS 41 2 13 15 2 14 40 27 0.37 $3M
8 seasons Career 448 21 91 112 -15 154 535 474 0.25

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2025-26 BOS 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 0.00
1 season Playoffs 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 0.00

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
60 3 16 19 -8 20 83 73 0.32 3.6 21:53

Contract

$2.5MCap hitends in 2024
$132KCap dollars per point19 points in 60 games
-$3.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$6.1MValueworth 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. 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 716 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Buffalo Sabres on Sep 2, 2021, as a new contract: 3 years and $7.5M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2023-24, with 2 seasons left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $2.5M $2.4M $0 $2.4M
2022-23 $2.5M $2.5M $0 $2.5M
2023-24 $2.5M $2.6M $0 $2.6M

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 2027-28 $3M
Jul 5, 2024 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $3.1M $3.1M
Sep 2, 2021 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2021-22 to 2023-24 3 $7.5M $2.5M
Jun 12, 2018 Chicago Blackhawks Entry-level 2018-19 to 2020-21 3 $3.838M $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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

-6.0Goals above replacement720th of 723 skaters, 240th of 242 defencemen
-1.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-10.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 242 ranked defencemen: 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-1.7 37th percentileEven-strength defence-6.6 1st percentilePower play-1.1 6th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 31st percentilePenalties-0.8 38th 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 defencemen. 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.

-6-4-2022018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26Goals 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

48.3Corsi for %963 attempts for, 1029 against
-0.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.7Expected goals for %43.2 expected for, 55.7 against
-3.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.5Goals for %45 for, 54 against
99.5PDO8.1% shooting + 91.4% saves
127Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 636 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin51662:0048.843.226-32
Henri Jokiharju · Jacob Bryson30143:5653.446.37-5
Henri Jokiharju · Owen Power8108:1656.350.46-5
Henri Jokiharju · Mattias Samuelsson2740:4142.642.91-1

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.5Expected goalsfrom 101 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.11 expected goals per 60 minutes11th
Shot quality 2.4% chance per attempt13th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected41stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 241 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 2.5Goals 2

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
Apr 29, 2022 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 23:27
Apr 28, 2022 @ BOS L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 18:45
Apr 23, 2022 vs NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:50
Apr 21, 2022 @ NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 19:40
Apr 17, 2022 @ PHI W 5-3 0 0 0 -3 0 3 1 21:25
Apr 16, 2022 vs PHI W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 22:08
Apr 14, 2022 vs STL L 2-6 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 23:06
Apr 12, 2022 @ TOR W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 23:41
Apr 10, 2022 @ TBL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 22:00
Apr 8, 2022 @ FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 23:29
Apr 7, 2022 @ CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 22:28
Apr 5, 2022 vs CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23:21
Apr 3, 2022 vs FLA L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 22:40
Apr 1, 2022 vs NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 24:03
Mar 30, 2022 vs WPG L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 4 2 1 23:24
Mar 28, 2022 @ CHI W 6-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 22:36
Mar 27, 2022 @ NYR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 24:57
Mar 25, 2022 vs WSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 26:35
Mar 23, 2022 vs PIT W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 24:34
Mar 20, 2022 @ VAN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 24:03
Mar 18, 2022 @ CGY W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 24:33
Mar 17, 2022 @ EDM L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 22:13
Mar 13, 2022 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 25:03
Mar 10, 2022 vs VGK W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 20:33
Feb 23, 2022 @ MTL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:19
Feb 20, 2022 @ CBJ L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 25:06
Feb 19, 2022 vs COL L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:27
Feb 17, 2022 vs OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 21:06
Feb 15, 2022 vs NYI W 6-3 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 23:52
Feb 13, 2022 @ MTL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 23:16
Feb 10, 2022 vs CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 22:56
Feb 1, 2022 @ VGK L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 22:48
Jan 30, 2022 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:36
Jan 29, 2022 @ ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 22:48
Jan 25, 2022 @ OTT L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 21:50
Jan 22, 2022 vs PHI W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 20:36
Jan 20, 2022 vs DAL L 4-5 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 25:50
Jan 18, 2022 @ OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 19:53
Jan 17, 2022 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 23:44
Jan 15, 2022 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:04
Jan 13, 2022 @ NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:38
Jan 11, 2022 vs TBL L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 18:46
Jan 6, 2022 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 22:50
Jan 1, 2022 @ BOS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 24:24
Dec 30, 2021 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 24:40
Dec 29, 2021 vs NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 22:03
Dec 17, 2021 @ PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 24:27
Dec 16, 2021 @ MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 21:54
Dec 14, 2021 @ WPG W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 24:54
Dec 11, 2021 vs WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 26:08
Dec 10, 2021 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:39
Dec 7, 2021 vs ANA L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:56
Dec 4, 2021 @ CAR L 2-6 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 19:44
Dec 2, 2021 @ FLA L 4-7 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 16:06
Nov 29, 2021 vs SEA L 4-7 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 14:57
Nov 27, 2021 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:36
Nov 26, 2021 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 21:15
Nov 24, 2021 vs BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:37
Nov 22, 2021 vs CBJ L 4-7 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 15:48
Oct 14, 2021 vs MTL W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16:39