Joel Armia (born 31 May 1993) is a Finnish professional ice hockey right winger for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He originally played professionally in his native Finland with Porin Ässät of the SM-liiga. He was selected 16th overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres. Playing career Finland Armia spent three years in Finland, playing with Porin Ässät. During that time, he had career totals of 55 goals, 45 assists, for 100 points, with 120 penalty minutes. In 2012–13, Armia scored 19 goals and 14 assists in 47 games. He was instrumental in helping Ässät capture the SM-Liiga's Kanada-malja championship after finishing fourth in the regular season. In the playoffs, Armia scored three goals with five assists in 16 playoff games. NHL On 16 June 2012, Armia was signed to a three-year entry level contract with the Buffalo Sabres. During his second North American professional season in 2014–15, Armia was recalled from Buffalo's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Rochester Americans, and made his NHL debut with the Sabres against the Detroit Red Wings on 23 December 2014. He was then returned to the Americans before being traded on February 11, 2015, the Sabres sent Armia, alongside Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford, Brendan Lemieux and a conditional first-round draft pick in 2015 (Jack Roslovic), to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for Evander Kane, Zach Bogosian and the rights to goaltender Jason Kasdorf. On 30 June 2018, the Jets traded Armia, alongside Steve Mason, a seventh-round draft pick in 2019, and a fourth-round pick in 2020 to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Simon Bourque. On 13 July 2018, Armia signed a one-year contract worth $1.85-million with the Canadiens. On 6 October 2018, Armia scored his first goal for Montreal, a shorthanded goal that gave the Canadiens a 4–0 lead over the Pittsburgh Penguins en route to a 5–1 victory. On 1 November 2018, Armia and Habs teammate Max Domi scored the fastest two goals by one team when Montreal defeated the Washington Capitals, 6–4. Domi scored at 19:38 of the third period, and Armia clinched the win with an empty net goal two seconds later. Armia converted the decisive goal in the fifth round of a shootout victory against the New York Islanders on 5 November 2018; he was the only player from either team to beat the goaltender. However, in the Canadiens'