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Henri Jokiharju

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Boston Bruins
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	3 years ($3.0M CapHit)
Height	6'0"	Expires	2027-28
Weight (lbs)	205	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Age (DOB)	26 (June 17, 1999)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2017, Round 1, Overall 29 (CHI)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jan 6, 2026	Boston Bruins	Activated from IR
Nov 29, 2025	Boston Bruins	Placed on IR
Jun 30, 2025	Boston Bruins	Signed 3 years @ $3.000M AAV starting in 2025-26
Mar 7, 2025	Boston Bruins	Acquired from Buffalo Sabres
Mar 7, 2025	Buffalo Sabres	Traded to Boston Bruins
Jul 5, 2024	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 1 year @ $3.100M AAV starting in 2024-25
Sep 2, 2021	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 3 years @ $2.500M AAV starting in 2021-22
Jun 12, 2018	Chicago Blackhawks	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2018-19	CHI	38	-0.57	0.15	-0.96	-1.40	-	-1.03	-	-1.94
2019-20	BUF	69	-0.59	-0.55	-0.48	0.18	-	-0.88	-	-0.53
2020-21	BUF	46	-0.57	-0.87	0.27	1.51	-	-0.81	-	0.15
2021-22	BUF	60	-0.56	-0.06	-0.82	0.02	-	-1.07	-0.17	1.09
2022-23	BUF	60	-0.69	-0.74	-0.41	0.45	-	0.05	-0.01	-0.90
2023-24	BUF	74	-0.68	-0.18	-0.90	-0.55	-	-1.10	0.49	0.71
2024-25	BOS, BUF	60	-1.15	-1.17	-0.51	0.73	-	-0.68	-0.34	1.61
2025-26	BOS	41	0.41	0.60	-0.30	0.48	-	-0.70	-0.22	-1.65

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2018-19	CHI	38	0.05	-0.79	-1.19	1.97	1.98	-0.87	-
2019-20	BUF	69	-0.49	-1.58	-0.73	0.52	0.07	-0.69	-
2020-21	BUF	46	0.06	-1.56	-0.90	1.02	0.74	-0.69	-
2021-22	BUF	60	0.72	-0.43	0.52	-0.33	0.37	1.09	-
2022-23	BUF	60	0.99	-1.22	0.49	-0.22	-0.17	0.19	-
2023-24	BUF	74	0.45	-1.22	-1.07	-0.74	-0.53	0.53	-
2024-25	BOS, BUF	60	-0.13	-1.18	-0.99	0.24	-0.04	-0.44	-
2025-26	BOS	41	-0.13	-0.94	-1.09	0.50	0.38	-0.43	-

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2018-19	CHI	38	623:09	0.00	0.67	0.67	0.18	-0.18	0.00	3.26	-3.26	0.00	0.00
2019-20	BUF	69	1059:24	0.11	0.51	0.62	0.10	0.02	2.74	2.37	0.37	0.00	1.05
2020-21	BUF	46	745:25	0.24	0.40	0.64	0.11	0.13	6.52	3.03	3.50	0.00	2.90
2021-22	BUF	60	1081:16	0.11	0.61	0.72	0.12	-0.01	2.94	3.10	-0.16	0.00	2.38
2022-23	BUF	60	1087:44	0.17	0.55	0.72	0.13	0.04	4.11	3.23	0.88	1.04	2.08
2023-24	BUF	74	1261:32	0.10	0.67	0.76	0.13	-0.04	2.67	3.69	-1.02	0.00	3.70
2024-25	BUF	42	630:46	0.29	0.29	0.57	0.14	0.14	7.50	3.77	3.73	0.00	0.00
2024-25	BOS	18	335:24	0.00	0.54	0.54	0.11	-0.11	0.00	4.91	-4.91	0.00	0.00
2024-25	BOS, BUF	60	966:10	0.19	0.37	0.56	0.13	0.05	5.66	4.05	1.61	0.00	0.00
2025-26	BOS	41	646:31	0.19	1.02	1.21	0.13	0.05	6.06	4.31	1.75	0.00	1.75

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
2018-19	CHI	38	623:09	46.79	2.31	2.65	42.37	3.27	2.84	41.38	48.25	0.36	-0.08	4.30
2019-20	BUF	69	1059:24	39.02	2.10	2.16	39.53	2.44	2.24	46.25	49.17	0.07	-0.07	1.66
2020-21	BUF	46	745:25	40.33	2.17	2.21	43.47	2.58	2.55	45.76	46.43	-0.03	-0.12	0.84
2021-22	BUF	60	1081:16	39.45	2.39	2.38	45.56	2.83	2.97	45.74	44.56	0.10	0.46	-3.09
2022-23	BUF	60	1087:44	42.58	2.87	2.90	43.80	3.59	3.13	44.44	48.05	-0.04	0.18	-1.84
2023-24	BUF	74	1261:32	41.05	2.85	2.40	42.71	2.14	2.61	57.14	47.96	-0.12	0.00	-1.24
2024-25	BUF	42	630:46	42.33	2.66	2.35	42.04	2.28	2.45	53.85	49.00	-0.11	-0.02	-0.98
2024-25	BOS	18	335:24	36.67	3.22	2.20	36.67	2.15	2.28	60.00	49.05	0.25	-0.47	7.55
2024-25	BOS, BUF	60	966:10	40.37	2.86	2.30	40.18	2.24	2.39	56.10	49.02	-0.01	-0.16	1.48
2025-26	BOS	41	646:31	42.23	3.34	2.72	40.46	2.88	2.66	53.73	50.55	0.33	0.03	2.97

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%
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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 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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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.

News and Opinions

Bruins Beat Blue Jackets, Snap Five-Game Losing Streak at Boston Hockey Now (Sun Apr 12, 2026)
Henri Jokiharju saved his best for the semi-finals, but it wasn't enough at Causway Crowd (Fri Feb 20, 2026)
Henri Jokiharju the latest victim of questionable Olympic lineup decisions at Causway Crowd (Fri Feb 13, 2026)
Finland learns what Buffalo Sabres fans already knew about Henri Jokiharju at Sabres Noise (Wed Feb 11, 2026)
2 Bruins’ Defensemen That Need to Step Up in Lindholm’s Absence at The Hockey Writers (Thu Jan 8, 2026)
Shaking up the struggling Boston Bruins' line up at Causway Crowd (Fri Oct 24, 2025)
Bruins' defenseman Henri Jokiharju is the definition of high-event hockey at Causway Crowd (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
Boston Bruins Defensive Core May Surprise the Atlantic Division at Causway Crowd (Wed Aug 27, 2025)

Current Contract

Henri Jokiharju signed a $6,525,000 3-year contract with the Boston Bruins and General Manager Don Sweeney on June 30, 2025 with an AAV of $3,000,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2027-28 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.14% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	26	M-NTC	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	-	$500,000	$2,500,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	UFA
2026-27	27		$3,000,000	$3,000,000	-	$250,000	$3,000,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	UFA
2027-28	28		$3,000,000	$3,000,000	-	-	$275,000	$275,000	$275,000	UFA
Total					-	$750,000	$5,775,000	$6,525,000	$6,525,000

Signed: June 30, 2025

Team: Boston Bruins

GM: Don Sweeney

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.14

Clause: Player can submit an 8 team no trade list for 2025-26.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Henri Jokiharju signed a $3,100,000 1-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres and General Manager Kevyn Adams on July 5, 2024 with an AAV of $3,100,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.52% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	25		$3,100,000	$3,100,000	-	-	$3,100,000	$3,100,000	$3,100,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$3,100,000	$3,100,000	$3,100,000

Signed: July 5, 2024

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: Kevyn Adams

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.52

Henri Jokiharju signed a $7,500,000 3-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres and General Manager Kevyn Adams on September 2, 2021 with an AAV of $2,500,000. This contract will start in 2021-22 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.07% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	22	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$2,400,000	$2,400,000	$2,400,000	RFA
2022-23	23	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	RFA-arb
2023-24	24	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$2,600,000	$2,600,000	$2,600,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000

Signed: Sep 2, 2021

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: Kevyn Adams

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 3.07

Henri Jokiharju signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks and General Manager Stan Bowman on June 12, 2018 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2018-19 and end after the 2020-21 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.16% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	19	$925,000	$1,279,166	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	20	$925,000	$1,279,166	$425,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2020-21	21	$925,000	$1,279,166	$637,500	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$1,062,500	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: June 12, 2018

Team: Chicago Blackhawks

GM: Stan Bowman

Exp. Status: RFA

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2011-12	QC Int PW	Finland Selects U13	3	0	0	0		2				3					2
2013-14	Jr. C SM-sarja	Jokerit U16	32	6	17	23		14				9	3	3	6		4
2014-15	Jr. B SM-sarja	Jokerit U18	37	8	22	30		6				10	4	2	6		2
2015-16	WJC-18	Finland U18	7	0	3	3	+3	10
2015-16	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Finland U18	5	0	2	2	+2
2015-16	WHC-17	Finland U17	5	1	0	1		2
2015-16	U18 SM-sarja	Tappara U18										3		2	2		10
2015-16	U20 SM-sarja	Tappara U20	47	9	20	29	+17	20				3	1	2	3	+1	4
2016-17	WHL	Portland Winterhawks	71	9	39	48	+14	38				11		3	3	-8	4
2017-18	EHT	Finland	6	2	1	3	-1	2
2017-18	WJC-20	Finland U20	5	2	2	4	+2	2
2017-18	WHL	Portland Winterhawks	63	12	59	71	+47	14				12	3	5	8	-8	2
2018-19	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	38	0	12	12	-7	16	62	0.0	18:59
2018-19	AHL	Rockford IceHogs	30	2	15	17	+7	14
2018-19	WC	Finland	10	0	3	3	+1	2
2018-19	WJC-20	Finland U20	7	2	3	5	+6	2
2018-19	EHT	Finland	3	0	1	1	+1	16
2019-20	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	69	4	11	15	-6	32	78	5.1	17:13
2020-21	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	46	3	5	8	-11	4	50	6.0	18:23
2021-22	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	60	3	16	19	-8	20	83	3.6	21:53
2021-22	EHT	Finland	1	0	0	0	-2	2
2022-23	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	60	3	10	13	-12	30	79	3.8	21:01
2023-24	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	74	3	17	20	+14	24	84	3.6	18:59
2024-25	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	42	3	3	6	+6	12	44	6.8	16:18
2024-25	NHL	Boston Bruins	18	0	4	4	+7	2	15	0.0	21:22
2024-25	4 Nations	Finland	3	1	0	1	-1		4	25.0	17:13
2025-26	OG	Finland	6	0	1	1	+2		6	0.0	7:53
2025-26	NHL	Boston Bruins	41	2	13	15	+2	14	40	5.0	17:48	2				+1		4	0.0	15:50
NHL Career			448	21	91	112	-15	154	535	3.9	19:03	2				+1		4	0.0	15:50