Eetu
Luostarinen
C · FLA · Defensive · Elite
- PAL
- 91
- WAR
- 1.4
- Value
- 93
- PTS
- 33
2025-26№ 111 / 615
Eetu Luostarinen (Florida Panthers) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Eetu Luostarinen
#27CPlays: Winger · 10% of faceoffs
Florida Panthers
HEIGHT : 191 cm · WEIGHT : 87 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : September 1, 1998 · Siilinjarvi, Finland
Drafted : 2017 · CAR · round 2, pick #42
Contract : $3,000,000 · 2024-25 → 2026-27 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFA · Signing bonus $2,500,000
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Florida Panthers | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| 2025-26 | Florida Panthers | 73 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 32 |
| 2024-25 | Florida Panthers | 80 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 28 |
| 2023-24 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 26 |
| 2022-23 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 28 |
| 2021-22 | Florida Panthers | 78 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 12 |
| 2020-21 | Florida Panthers | 44 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| 2019-20 | Carolina Hurricanes | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| NHL totals | 464 | 63 | 103 | 166 | 148 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Florida Panthers | 23 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 25 |
| 2023-24 | Florida Panthers | 24 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 2022-23 | Florida Panthers | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 2021-22 | Florida Panthers | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Playoff totals | 73 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 53 | |
Honours
- 🏆 Stanley Cup2 times · 2024-25, 2023-24
Eetu Luostarinen: our analysis
2025-26 season: 73 GP, 11 G, 22 A, 33 PTS, +4 +/-, 16:34 TOI. WAR 1.4 (111th of 615) · PAL 91, elite.
In 2025-26, Eetu Luostarinen, 28, posts a PAL Rating of 91 out of 100 (elite), and his WAR of 1.4 ranks 111th among 615 regulars, in the top quarter.
His strengths: penalty kill (99, among the best in the league), defense (97, among the best in the league) and discipline (90, among the best in the league). On the other hand, power play (6, among the weakest in the league) and shooting (29, below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV defense (+3.4); his biggest cost: finishing (-3.9).
A clear step forward: his PAL went from 79 in 2024-25 to 91; his WAR went from 0.8 to 1.4.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 93 (exceptional value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Eetu Luostarinen's story
Growing up in the KalPa system, Luostarinen moved steadily through that club’s junior ranks before making his professional debut in the 2016–17 Liiga campaign. KalPa extended his contract on 4 January 2017 for three years, keeping him in Finland through 2020; his 2018–19 Liiga season was notable — he tied for the team lead in goals with 15 and finished with 36 points in 54 regular-season games.
Selected 42nd overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, he stayed in Europe until signing a three-year entry-level deal with Carolina on 30 May 2019. He began his North American career with the Hurricanes’ AHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers, and earned his first NHL recall on 7 November 2019, making his NHL debut that night. Luostarinen registered his first NHL point, an assist, in his third contest before being reassigned to the AHL to continue his development.
At the 24 February 2020 trade deadline he was part of a multi-player transaction that sent him to the Florida Panthers; he was initially placed with their AHL affiliate in Springfield. The delayed 2020–21 North American season led to a loan return to KalPa on 18 August 2020, after which he settled into a role with the Panthers. He scored his first NHL goal on 17 January 2021 — the go-ahead marker in that game — and in 2021–22 recorded his first career overtime goal while appearing in the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2022–23 season produced career highs: 17 goals and 43 points across 82 games, though he missed the Stanley Cup Final that year with a broken tibia suffered in the conference final. Florida extended him on 25 July 2023 with a three-year contract, and he was part of the Panthers’ Stanley Cup-winning teams in 2024 and 2025. Internationally he has represented Finland, earning selections in 2018–19, appearing at the 2019 World Championship and later winning an Olympic bronze medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Luostarinen’s game is straightforward: he finishes scoring chances around the net, contributes in even-strength and special-teams situations, and has shown the durability and versatility to play a full 82-game schedule while stepping up in playoff moments.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 15:60
- PP TOI/GP
- 1:32
- SH TOI/GP
- 2:37
- Pts/GP
- 0.22
- EV points
- 3
- Hits
- 29
- Blocks
- 17
- Takeaways
- 3
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 54.5 %
- Off. zone starts
- 33.3 %
- Faceoffs
- 29.4 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
30between 13 and 46 (80% range)
- Goals
- 11
- Assists
- 19
- Games
- 80
So far: 4 pts in 18 games. The team has played 18 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.42 pts per game (last season: 0.45).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Slightly up
- Points per game: 0.33 in 23-24, 0.45 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 79 → 91
Outlook, age included
↗ Slightly upAge 28: prime years
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 83 %
80
Very good
- SK
- Skating
- 70
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 84
- Confidence 86 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 77
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 85
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 80
- Confidence 86 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 56
- Confidence 66 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 83
- Confidence 86 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 65
- Confidence 70 %
- PA
- Passing
- 72
- Confidence 83 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 65
- Confidence 83 %
- DF
- Defense
- 94
- Confidence 80 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 67
- Confidence 8 %
- EX
- Experience
- 83
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating70
- Top speed (35 %)36.1 · 74
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)4.188 · 65
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.1 · 69
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.3 · 73
ST — Strength84
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)5.65 · 88
- Body mass (50 %)-0.385 · 73
EN — Endurance77
- Ice time per game (45 %)15.5 · 77
- Total ice time (20 %)1,172 · 78
- Shift length (15 %)43 · 66
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)14.7 · 78
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.841 · 79
DU — Durability85
- Share of games played (100 %)0.874 · 85
CK — Checking80
- Hits /60 (70 %)6.118 · 81
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)3.217 · 75
- Season volume (10 %)4.804 · 83
FG — Fighting56
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.661 · 56
DI — Discipline83
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.049 · 84
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.69 · 71
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.978 · 85
FO — Faceoffs65
- Faceoff % (85 %)47.9 · 68
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)16.1 · 52
PA — Passing72
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.598 · 72
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.439 · 72
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.125 · 81
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.079 · 42
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.435 · 72
SC — Scoring65
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.621 · 64
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.713 · 70
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.856 · 61
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.203 · 72
- xG per shot (10 %)0.084 · 79
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)10.8 · 67
DF — Defense94
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.157 · 91
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.228 · 86
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.385 · 89
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.221 · 91
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-0.877 · 87
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)55.7 · 86
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)3.342 · 86
PS — Penalty shot67
- Shootouts (60 %)32 · 65
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience83
- Career regular-season games (65 %)86
- Career playoff games (25 %)81
- NHL seasons (10 %)71
OV — Overall80
- SC · Scoring (20 %)65
- PA · Passing (20 %)72
- DF · Defense (20 %)94
- SK · Skating (12 %)70
- FO · Faceoffs (10 %)65
- EN · Endurance (8 %)77
- DI · Discipline (5 %)83
- ST · Strength (3 %)84
- CK · Checking (2 %)80
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 80 | 70 | 65 | 94 |
| 2024-25 | 77 | 70 | 65 | 90 |
| 2023-24 | 78 | 69 | 69 | 88 |
| 2022-23 | 76 | 68 | 77 | 81 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
1.4
wins above replacement
111 of 615
PAL Rating
91/ 100
Performance · Elite
38 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
93/ 100
Exceptional value
3.00 M$ · expected PAL 54
ProfileDefensiveValue comes mostly from defense
- Offense
- 42
- Defense
- 99
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- Offense
- 36
- Creation
- 38
- Shooting
- 29
- Possession
- 85
- Defense
- 97
- Discipline
- 90
- Power play
- 6
- Penalty kill
- 99
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | FLA | 1.4 | 91 | 93 | 3.00 M$ |
| 2024-25 | FLA | 0.8 | 79 | 77 | 3.00 M$ |
| 2023-24 | FLA | 1.5 | 88 | 92 | 1.50 M$ |
| 2022-23 | FLA | 1.7 | 81 | 83 | 1.50 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
72/ 100
Very good
better than 72% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
91/ 100
Elite
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
31/ 100
Below average
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 117 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 68
- Shot selection
- 75
- Penalties drawn
- 91
- Puck management
- 51
Defense
- Takeaways
- 45
- Discipline
- 26
- Safe zone exits
- 46
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | FLA | 72 | 91 | 31 |
| 2024-25 | FLA | 30 | 42 | 31 |
| 2023-24 | FLA | 81 | 63 | 83 |
| 2022-23 | FLA | 78 | 55 | 83 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
1.4
wins above replacement
0.3 to 2.5 — 90% interval
111 of 615 forwards
+7.3 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +2.0
- EV defense
- +3.4
- Power play
- +0.1
- Penalty kill
- +1.0
- Shooting
- -3.9
- Penalties
- +1.7
- Average → replacement
- +3.1
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | FLA | 73 | 1.4 | 0.3 to 2.5 | 111/615 |
| 2024-25 | FLA | 77 | 0.8 | -0.1 to 1.6 | 179/596 |
| 2023-24 | FLA | 82 | 1.5 | 0.8 to 2.5 | 96/608 |
| 2022-23 | FLA | 82 | 1.7 | 0.7 to 3.8 | 76/617 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 124.2 km/h21st percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 33.9 km/h18th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 1542nd percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 42.9 %61st percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 70.5 km71st percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 5.02 km67th percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 43.4 %87th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.9 %41st percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 39.2 %56th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 2050th percentile | 254th percentile | 10.0 %32nd percentile |
| High danger | 963rd percentile | 157th percentile | 11.1 %25th percentile |
| Mid range | 762nd percentile | 177th percentile | 14.3 %58th percentile |
| Long range | 031st percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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CAREetu Luostarinen: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Eetu Luostarinen have in 2026-27?
Eetu Luostarinen has 2 goals and 4 points (2 assists) in 18 games in 2026-27.
How old is Eetu Luostarinen?
Eetu Luostarinen is 28 years old: he was born on September 2, 1998.
How tall is Eetu Luostarinen, and how much does he weigh?
Eetu Luostarinen is 6'3" (191 cm) and weighs 192 lb (87 kg).
Where is Eetu Luostarinen from?
Finland: Eetu Luostarinen was born in Siilinjarvi, Finland.
What team does Eetu Luostarinen play for?
Eetu Luostarinen plays for the Florida Panthers in the NHL, at C, wearing number 27.
Is Eetu Luostarinen injured?
No: Eetu Luostarinen is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Eetu Luostarinen?
Eetu Luostarinen produced 1.4 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 111th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 91 out of 100: elite for his position.
How much does Eetu Luostarinen make?
Eetu Luostarinen earns $3.0M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 93 out of 100 (exceptional value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Eetu Luostarinen's contract end?
Eetu Luostarinen's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Eetu Luostarinen overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 93 out of 100 (exceptional value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Eetu Luostarinen a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 111th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Eetu Luostarinen getting better?
Yes: his PAL rating went from 79 in 2024-25 to 91 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Eetu Luostarinen played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Eetu Luostarinen has 2 points (0 goals, 2 assists).
What are Eetu Luostarinen's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Eetu Luostarinen has 464 games, 63 goals, 103 assists and 166 points. His best season: 2022-23, with 43 points in 82 games.
Where was Eetu Luostarinen drafted?
Eetu Luostarinen was drafted 42nd overall (round 2) by Carolina Hurricanes in 2017.
Is Eetu Luostarinen better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 0.33 points per game at home (2 in 6 games) and 0.17 on the road (2 in 12 games).
How does Eetu Luostarinen perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Eetu Luostarinen has 73 games and 34 points in his career. His pace (0.47 points per game) is higher than his regular-season pace (0.36).
Which player is most similar to Eetu Luostarinen?
Michael Amadio: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Michael Amadio's page →Is Eetu Luostarinen a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 30 points in 2026-27, or 0.38 points per game.
What is Eetu Luostarinen's nationality?
Eetu Luostarinen is Finnish. Internationally: Represented Finland: bronze medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
How many championships has Eetu Luostarinen won?
2: Stanley Cup 2024 with the Florida Panthers; Stanley Cup 2025 with the Florida Panthers.
Where did Eetu Luostarinen play before turning pro?
Played in KalPa's junior teams and made his professional debut with KalPa in the 2016–17 Liiga season.
How many points is Eetu Luostarinen projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 30 points in 80 games in 2026-27 (13 to 46 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Florida Panthers teammates
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