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Eetu Luostarinen

#27 · Centre · Florida Panthers

Born Sep 2, 1998 in Siilinjarvi, FIN (age 28) · 6'3", 191 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 42nd overall in 2017 by CAR (round 2)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Anthony Angello PIT · 1 P in 8 GP Mathieu Olivier NSH · 1 P in 8 GP Alan Quine CGY · 1 P in 9 GP Alexander Volkov TBL · 1 P in 9 GP Lukas Vejdemo MTL · 1 P in 7 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.

0102030402019-20: 1 points119-202020-21: 8 points820-212021-22: 26 points2621-222022-23: 43 points4322-232023-24: 27 points2723-242024-25: 24 points2424-252025-26: 33 points3325-262026-27: 2 points226-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2019-20 CAR 8 0 1 1 -2 0 9 9 0.13 $898K
2020-21 FLA 44 3 5 8 -11 12 34 55 0.18 $898K
2021-22 FLA 78 9 17 26 1 12 84 103 0.33 $898K
2022-23 FLA 82 17 26 43 19 28 132 64 0.52 $1.5M
2023-24 FLA 82 12 15 27 1 26 119 129 0.33 $1.5M
2024-25 FLA 80 9 15 24 12 28 87 183 0.30 $3M
2025-26 FLA 73 11 22 33 4 32 107 121 0.45 $3M
2026-27 FLA 5 2 0 2 -1 4 8 9 0.40 $3M
8 seasons Career 452 63 101 164 23 142 580 673 0.36

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2021-22 FLA 10 1 1 2 -3 2 9 17 0.20
2022-23 FLA 16 2 3 5 2 4 14 37 0.31
2023-24 FLA 24 2 6 8 2 22 27 64 0.33
2024-25 FLA 23 5 14 19 11 25 34 87 0.83
4 seasons Playoffs 73 10 24 34 12 53 84 205 0.47

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
8 0 1 1 -2 0 9 9 0.13 0.0 9:59

Contract

$898KCap hitends in 2022
$898KCap dollars per point1 points in 8 games
$9.311MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.1 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Carolina Hurricanes on May 30, 2019, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2021-22, with 2 seasons left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $898K $750K $93K $83K $843K
2020-21 $898K $833K $93K $925K
2021-22 $898K $833K $93K $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
Jul 1, 2026 Florida Panthers Extension 2027-28 to 2034-35 8 $40M $5M
Jul 25, 2023 Florida Panthers Extension 2024-25 to 2026-27 3 $9M $3M
Jul 8, 2022 Florida Panthers Extension 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $3M $1.5M
May 30, 2019 Carolina Hurricanes Entry-level 2019-20 to 2021-22 3 $2.775M $898K

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

Rating

+0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.7Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.5

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. 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.

02468102019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

56.8Corsi for %75 attempts for, 57 against
-4.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.8Expected goals for %2.8 expected for, 2.9 against
-11.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %1 for, 3 against
91.8PDO2.5% shooting + 89.3% saves
12Attempts 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
Brian Gibbons · Brock McGinn · Eetu Luostarinen324:3064.169.80-0
Jordan Martinook · Brock McGinn · Eetu Luostarinen423:1556.848.10-1
Ryan Dzingel · Jordan Martinook · Eetu Luostarinen214:2665.446.00-2
Ryan Dzingel · Martin Necas · Eetu Luostarinen32:3875.0100.00-0

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. 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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 11 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.52 expected goals per 60 minutes12th
Shot quality 6.3% chance per attempt7th
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected43rdOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.7Goals 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
Nov 27, 2019 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 09:01
Nov 24, 2019 @ DET W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:47
Nov 23, 2019 vs FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 07:43
Nov 21, 2019 vs PHI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:03
Nov 19, 2019 @ CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:09
Nov 11, 2019 vs OTT W 8-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:12
Nov 9, 2019 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:35
Nov 7, 2019 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:21