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Joona Koppanen

Position	Left Wing / Center	Current Team	Pittsburgh Penguins
Shoots	Left	Current Contract
Height	6'5"	Expires
Weight (lbs)	215	Expiry Age (Jun 30)
Age	27 (Feb 25, 1998)	Expiry Status
Drafted	2016, Round 5, Overall 135 (BOS)

News and Opinions

What Role Will Kevin Hayes Have On The Penguins This Year? at Yahoo Sports (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
Penguins Blog: What to Do With Young Goalies & Forwards? at Yahoo Sports (Mon Aug 4, 2025)
3 Forwards Not Named Rust Or Rakell That The Penguins Should Shop This Summer at Yahoo Sports (Mon Jul 28, 2025)
2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins Player Grades – Forwards at WonderPens (Sat Jun 7, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Apr 18, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Assigned to AHL
Apr 15, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Cleared Waivers
Apr 14, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Placed on Waivers
Apr 6, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Assigned to AHL
Apr 5, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Recalled from AHL
Apr 2, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Recalled from AHL
Mar 28, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Assigned to AHL
Mar 18, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Recalled from AHL
Oct 5, 2024	Pittsburgh Penguins	Assigned to AHL
Oct 5, 2024	Pittsburgh Penguins	Cleared Waivers
Oct 4, 2024	Pittsburgh Penguins	Placed on Waivers
Jul 1, 2023	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed 2 years @ $775K AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 2, 2022	Boston Bruins	Signed 1 year @ $750K AAV starting in 2022-23
Jul 7, 2021	Boston Bruins	Signed 1 year @ $750K AAV starting in 2021-22
Apr 13, 2017	Boston Bruins	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2012-13	Jr. C Mestis Q	KOOVEE U16	1	0	2	2
2013-14	Fin-U18	Ilves U18	11	4	4	8						4		2	2
2014-15	Fin-U18	Ilves U18	38	25	32	57		20				3		3	3		14
2015-16	Fin-Jr.	Ilves Jr.	40	9	17	26		14				7		2	2		2
2015-16	WJC-18	Finland U18	7	0	0	0	-1	2
2015-16	U20 SM-sarja	Ilves U20	40	9	17	26	+12	14
2015-16	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Finland U18	5	1	0	1	+3
2016-17	U20 SM-sarja	Ilves U20	38	23	31	54	+28	18				6	2	4	6	+3	2
2017-18	Liiga	Ilves	45	2	12	14	-2	8
2017-18	AHL	Providence Bruins	10	2	0	2
2017-18	WJC-20	Finland U20	5	3	1	4	+2
2018-19	AHL	Providence Bruins	45	2	0	2	-6	6
2018-19	ECHL	Atlanta Gladiators	7	0	1	1		4
2019-20	AHL	Providence Bruins	43	9	9	18	+7	14
2019-20	ECHL	Atlanta Gladiators	5	1	4	5	+1	2
2020-21	Liiga	Ilves	13	3	2	5	+4	2
2020-21	AHL	Providence Bruins	21	3	3	6		2
2020-21	Mestis	KOOVEE	10	6	11	17	+4	10
2021-22	AHL	Providence Bruins	62	11	19	30	+21	20				2		1	1
2022-23	NHL	Boston Bruins	5	0	1	1		4	2	0.0	10:50
2022-23	AHL	Providence Bruins	64	12	23	35	+7	26				4		2	2	+1	17
2023-24	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	0	0	0			4	0.0	7:49
2023-24	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	58	6	15	21	-2	22
2024-25	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	11	1	0	1	-3		10	10.0	13:23
2024-25	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	56	8	15	23	+5	24				2				-3	2
2024-25	EHT	Finland	3	0	0	0	-3
NHL Career			20	1	1	2	-3	4	16	6.2	11:38

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE
2022-23	BOS	5	42:47	0.00	1.40	1.40	0.18	-0.18	0.00	12.57	-12.57
2023-24	PIT	4	28:01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.38	-0.38	0.00	4.47	-4.47
2024-25	PIT	11	124:10	0.48	0.00	0.48	0.31	0.17	11.11	7.10	4.02

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2022-23	BOS	5	42:47	29.45	1.40	2.36	30.85	1.40	1.92	50.00	55.19	-0.40	-0.45	1.35
2023-24	PIT	4	28:01	34.27	0.00	1.50	55.68	0.00	2.80	-	34.88	-0.62	0.18	-9.89
2024-25	PIT	11	124:10	29.96	1.93	1.58	37.21	2.90	2.26	40.00	41.10	-0.99	-0.67	-5.69

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022-23	5	22.2	0.8	9.7	9.8	76.8	70.0	0.0	50.0	50.0	40.9	18.4	40.7
2023-24	4	22.1	1.0	9.6	9.6	74.0	67.2	33.3	66.7	0.0	47.2	18.1	34.7
2024-25	11	23.0	0.9	9.6	9.7	77.0	57.9	33.3	16.7	50.0	39.7	18.8	41.5

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Acciari, N	Lizotte, B	PIT	40:27	1.48	4.45	25.00	1.45	3.46	29.46	-0.94	0.70	-16.97
2022-23	Foligno, N	Greer, A	BOS	25:57	2.31	0.00	100.00	2.62	1.57	62.51	-0.02	-0.76	9.42

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	25	$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$450,000	UFA-Grp6
2024-25	26	$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,550,000	$1,550,000	$1,225,000

Signed: July 1, 2023

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.93

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	24		$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$200,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$200,000

Signed: July 2, 2022

Team: Boston Bruins

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA-Grp6

Cap %: 0.91

Clause: Guaranteed minimum salary of $285,000.

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	23		$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$80,000	RFA
Total					-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$80,000

Signed: July 7, 2021

Team: Boston Bruins

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.92

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	19	$767,500	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2018-19	20	$753,333	$910,833	$182,500	$92,500	$650,000	$742,500	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	21	$753,333	$910,833	$182,500	$92,500	$700,000	$792,500	$70,000	ELC
2020-21	22	$753,333	$910,833	$107,500	-	$725,000	$725,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$472,500	$277,500	$2,075,000	$2,352,500	$210,000

Signed: Apr 13, 2017

Team: Boston Bruins

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

*Age is as of September 15