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Oliver Kapanen
Montréal Canadiens Center #91
A second-round Finn who scored twenty-two goals as a rookie and did most of it beside the best young playmaker on the team.
| Season | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 82 | 22 | 15 | 37 | +4 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 131 | 16.8 | 14:28 |
| Career | 100 | 22 | 17 | 39 | -1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 147 | 15.0 | 13:49 |
Last Season
Twenty-two goals and 37 points in all 82 games, plus-four, on fourteen and a half minutes a night with almost no power-play time. He played 78 percent of his five-on-five minutes with Demidov.
The Finesse Game
The finishing is the strength. Twenty-two goals on 131 shots is a high conversion rate, and it comes from getting to the inner slot rather than from a heavy release — he arrives at the net, finds the space between defenders, and puts the rebound in.
He is a complementary player rather than a creator, which the linemate percentage makes clear. What he does well is move to open ice and finish what somebody else made, and he does it more reliably than most rookies.
The skating is fine. He is not fast enough to beat defencemen wide and not slow enough for it to matter.
The Physical Game
Six-two and 194, and he is willing along the wall without winning many battles outright. He plays a responsible game away from the puck, which is why he stayed in the lineup all season as a rookie.
The Intangibles
He took the long route through Finland rather than being rushed, arrived at twenty-two, and produced immediately.
The honest question is how much of the twenty-two goals travels if he is separated from Demidov. The answer is probably not all of it, and a player who finishes this well will find another line.