RW · VAN · NHL id 8483476
Jonathan Lekkerimäki has played 2 games for the Vancouver Canucks in 2026-27, scoring 1 goal and 1 assist (2 points) on 2 shots while averaging 12:20 a night (11:27 at even strength, 0:54 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 65% of his 5v5 minutes with Jake DeBrusk and 62% with Elias Pettersson over the last 2 games, and the Canucks have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Lekkerimäki on the ice (4-1 in goals, 100% offensive-zone starts). In the Canucks' most recent game against EDM he was on L4 with Marco Rossi and Arshdeep Bains and on PP2; dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last game.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs EDM, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 12:20 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2026-27 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 2 GP in 2026-27: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2026-27 · 4 attempts, 2 on goal, 1 goal
Shot map, OPP at VAN: 4 attempts, 2 on goal, 1 goal, 0.07 expected goals; best chance Jonathan Lekkerimäki at 0.05 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 13 GP · 3 points vs 3.4 expected
Last 20 games: +32. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 20.0%
- 104.0
- 100.0%
- G vs xG
- 2 / 1.3
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 1 G, 1 A, 0 PPP, 2 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played13
- Goals2
- Assists1
- Points3
- Shots on goal10
- Hits10
- Blocked shots5
- Plus/minus−3
- Penalty minutes0
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)34.5%
- Fenwick (FF%)32.7%
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)25.1%
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.010
Usage
- Ice time per game11:41
- Offensive-zone start %76.9%
Special teams & discipline
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1040
- Luck Meter+32169th of 828
- Ascension score50180th of 428
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot84.8
- Offensive-zone time41.0%
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 11 of 13 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.045
- Season net
- −0.10xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 1.41
- Attempts
- 3
- 0.035
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Feb 4, 2026 alerts →
How his goals happened
6 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2026 @ EDM | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 71.6 | 3-on-1 | |
| Jan 31, 2026 vs TOR | Forecheck turnover | loose | 2 | 63.6 | 2-on-1 | |
| Oct 9, 2025 vs CGY | Cycle | carry | 2 | 45.8 | one-timer | |
| Mar 24, 2025 @ NJD | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 23.0 | one-timer | |
| Jan 6, 2025 @ MTL | Odd-man rush | carry | 2 | 77.7 | 2-on-1 | |
| Nov 14, 2024 vs NYI | Rush | carry | 2 | 90.0 | one-timer |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Lekkerimäki
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Lekkerimäki apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake DeBrusk | LW | 2 | 14:46 | 65% | 25.0% | 100% (1-0) | 87.5% 8:07 | 40.0% 10:14 |
| Elias Pettersson | C | 2 | 14:06 | 62% | 40.0% | 100% (2-0) | 66.7% 8:47 | 29.4% 11:28 |
| Tom Willander | D | 2 | 11:20 | 50% | 31.6% | 100% (1-0) | 66.7% 11:33 | 27.5% 25:04 |
| Zeev Buium | D | 2 | 10:23 | 45% | 62.5% | 75% (3-1) | 41.7% 12:30 | 41.8% 28:32 |
| Jamie Oleksiak | D | 2 | 8:47 | 38% | 18.8% | — (0-0) | 70.8% 14:06 | 33.3% 27:56 |
| Filip Hronek | D | 2 | 6:20 | 28% | 45.5% | 67% (2-1) | 51.7% 16:33 | 44.9% 26:40 |
| Arshdeep Bains | LW | 1 | 5:56 | 26% | 86.7% | 75% (3-1) | 0.0% 4:21 | 37.5% 4:38 |
| Marco Rossi | C | 1 | 5:52 | 26% | 83.3% | 67% (2-1) | 60.0% 4:25 | 41.7% 5:02 |
| Elias Pettersson | D | 2 | 4:59 | 22% | 88.9% | 100% (1-0) | 38.7% 17:54 | 46.9% 21:17 |
| Luke Schenn | D | 2 | 4:01 | 18% | 88.9% | 100% (1-0) | 38.7% 18:52 | 55.9% 20:41 |
| Paul Cotter | C | 1 | 1:13 | 5% | — | — (0-0) | 76.5% 9:04 | 42.1% 12:57 |
Game log
2 games in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | vs EDM | L 7-9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12:04 | 10:17 | 1:47 | — |
| Sep 29 | @ EDM | W 6-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12:36 | 12:36 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 2 | 24:40 | 12:20 | 21 | 21 | 50.0% | 43.8% | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 67% | 1.1 | 1.7 | 100% |
| Even strength | 2 | 22:53 | 11:27 | 20 | 20 | 50.0% | 43.3% | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 80% | 1.1 | 1.5 | 100% |
| 5v5 | 2 | 22:53 | 11:27 | 20 | 20 | 50.0% | 43.3% | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 80% | 1.1 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Power play | 1 | 1:47 | 1:47 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.2 | — |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | VAN | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 2 | 50.0% | 0 | 0 | 12:20 |
| 2025-26 | VAN | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 10 | 20.0% | 10 | 5 | 11:41 |
| 2024-25 | VAN | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 2 | 30 | 10.0% | 16 | 6 | 12:30 |
Jonathan Lekkerimäki news
- Canucks Coffee: Why Jonathan Lekkerimaki gets a long roster rebuild lookThe Province
- Jonathan Lekkerimaki News: Scores in openerRotoWire
- Canucks' Jonathan Lekkerimaki: Scores in openerCBS Sports
- Canucks News & Rumours: A New Beginning Starts Against Edmonton TonightThe Hockey Writers
- Canucks News & Rumours: Pettersson, Buium, Lekkerimäki & Camp Taking ShapeThe Hockey Writers
- Canucks' Jonathan Lekkerimaki: Impressing in campCBS Sports
- Viral preseason mistake puts Canucks prospect under fire: Jonathan LekkerimakiMarkerzone.com
- Canucks' Jonathan Lekkerimaki entering massive development yearSportsnet.ca
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.