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Defence · #59

Roman Josi

Nashville Predators
Age
36
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
91 kg
Born
Bern, CHE
Draft
2008, round 2, #38 (NSH)

Career · 2011–12 to 2026–27

Games
1033
Goals
204
Points
782
TOI per game
24:52
xGF% (5v5)
51.9%
Goals above expected
+21.5

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2011–12NSH5251116+118:23647.8%44.149.1%
2012–13NSH4851318−723:32965.2%75.249.3%
2013–14NSH72132740−226:251687.7%138.552.8%
2014–15NSH81154055+1526:282017.5%158.752.0%
2015–16NSH81144761−325:291987.1%2411.952.0%
2016–17NSH72123749+725:042175.5%1811.252.3%
2017–18NSH75143953+2424:282535.5%2015.254.3%
2018–19NSH82154156+925:102745.5%1217.450.2%
2019–20NSH69164965+2225:472606.2%2114.254.2%
2020–21NSH4882533−1124:211415.7%148.653.2%
2021–22NSH80237396+1325:332818.2%3716.552.1%
2022–23NSH67184159+525:102696.7%2417.750.7%
2023–24NSH82236285+1224:382688.6%3318.955.0%
2024–25NSH5392938−2625:021506.0%1712.351.8%
2025–26NSH68134255−1524:531817.2%2411.948.2%
2026–27NSH3123−125:21425.0%20.226.7%
Total1 team1,033204578782+4324:523,0256.7%285182.551.9%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.511.522.52004006008001000
15m20m25m30m2004006008001000Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2011–12 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

97th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st pair
  • Goals /600.4899th pct
  • Assists /601.3598th pct
  • ixG /600.4399th pct
  • Shots /607.0699th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)51.9%82nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.2%78th pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.985th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.3462nd pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game24:5299th pct
  • PP time share60.9%97th pct
  • PK time share34.3%67th pct
  • Quality of competition25.0%94th pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Zach WerenskiCBJ0.98
  2. John CarlsonWSH/ANA0.97
  3. Sami VatanenANA/NJD/DAL0.96
  4. Victor HedmanTBL0.95
  5. Brent BurnsSJS/CAR/COL0.95
  6. Erik KarlssonOTT/SJS/PIT0.95

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

+21.5 goals above expected

0501001502002004006008001000Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−200+20+40+60

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed33.5 km/h65th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph125th pct
  • Hardest shot141.3 km/h77th pct
  • Distance skated18 km81st pct
  • Offensive-zone time38.3%23rd pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

34.4 km/h24th pct

▼ −0.1 km/h since 2024–25

333435363721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.2 km/h, 51st percentile (80 games)2022–23: 33.5 km/h, 6th percentile (67 games)2023–24: 35.2 km/h, 47th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 34.5 km/h, 29th percentile (53 games)2025–26: 34.4 km/h, 24th percentile (68 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.060th pct

▲ +0.8 since 2024–25

012321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 0.9, 29th percentile (80 games)2022–23: 0.4, 7th percentile (67 games)2023–24: 1.3, 38th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 1.2, 38th percentile (53 games)2025–26: 2.0, 60th percentile (68 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.0 km73rd pct

▼ −0.2 km since 2024–25

1313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.6 km, 49th percentile (80 games)2022–23: 13.4 km, 41st percentile (67 games)2023–24: 14.1 km, 80th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 14.2 km, 82nd percentile (53 games)2025–26: 14.0 km, 73rd percentile (68 games)

Hardest shot

155.7 km/h82nd pct

▼ −1.7 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 157.5 km/h, 81st percentile (80 games)2022–23: 156.6 km/h, 81st percentile (67 games)2023–24: 155.9 km/h, 76th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 157.3 km/h, 88th percentile (53 games)2025–26: 155.7 km/h, 82nd percentile (68 games)

Offensive-zone time

44.7%89th pct

▼ −2.4 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%50%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 44.7%, 88th percentile (80 games)2022–23: 45.5%, 92nd percentile (67 games)2023–24: 48.0%, 97th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 47.0%, 98th percentile (53 games)2025–26: 44.7%, 89th percentile (68 games)