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Defence · #42

Josh Manson

Anaheim Ducks Colorado Avalanche(traded during the season)
Age
35
Shoots
Right
Height
191 cm
Weight
99 kg
Born
Hinsdale, USA
Draft
2011, round 6, #160 (ANA)

Career · 2014–15 to 2026–27

Games
709
Goals
45
Points
204
TOI per game
19:06
xGF% (5v5)
51.8%
Goals above expected
−6.5
ShowAll teamsAnaheim DucksColorado Avalanche

Season by season

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

2014–15ANA28033+118:26260.0%01.153.5%
2015–16ANA7151015+1118:47885.7%06.457.1%
2016–17ANA8251217+1418:38885.7%05.257.1%
2017–18ANA8073037+3420:211176.0%07.152.5%
2018–19ANA7431316−822:18963.1%04.345.8%
2019–20ANA50189−1020:38641.6%03.149.4%
2020–21ANA23167−317:59195.3%00.739.5%
2021–22ANA45459019:45616.6%03.450.2%
2021–22COL22257−1117:24316.5%01.243.7%
2021–22All teams6761016−1118:59926.5%04.648.4%
2022–23COL272810+1317:41414.9%02.147.0%
2023–24COL7681725+1117:471236.5%06.852.2%
2024–25COL4811415−618:02651.5%12.950.9%
2025–26COL7952631+4217:471283.9%06.856.5%
2026–27COL4123+417:08520.0%00.364.5%
Total2 teams70945159204+9219:069524.7%151.551.8%

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)
00.20.40.60.81100200300400500600700
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Player card

Model-based

How 2014–15 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

89th 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

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.2060th pct
  • Assists /600.7065th pct
  • ixG /600.2372nd pct
  • Shots /604.2263rd pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)51.8%82nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)52.4%89th pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.277th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.3172nd pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game19:0671st pct
  • PP time share2.1%30th pct
  • PK time share42.1%79th pct
  • Quality of competition24.6%76th 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. Erik CernakTBL0.83
  2. Nikita ZadorovCOL/CGY/VAN/BOS0.76
  3. Brenden DillonDAL/SJS/WPG/NJD0.71
  4. Niko MikkolaSTL/FLA0.69
  5. Ronnie Attard0.69
  6. Braydon CoburnPHI/TBL0.68

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.

−6.5 goals above expected

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

−30−20−100+10+20+30+40+50

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 speed33.9 km/h72nd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph125th pct
  • Hardest shot144.8 km/h86th pct
  • Distance skated7 km14th pct
  • Offensive-zone time42.2%60th 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

35.5 km/h54th pct

▼ −0.2 km/h since 2024–25

3434.53535.53636.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 34.7 km/h, 36th percentile (67 games)2022–23: 34.7 km/h, 33rd percentile (27 games)2023–24: 36.0 km/h, 72nd percentile (76 games)2024–25: 35.7 km/h, 61st percentile (48 games)2025–26: 35.5 km/h, 54th percentile (79 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.676th pct

▼ −0.3 since 2024–25

0123421–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 2.3, 74th percentile (67 games)2022–23: 1.8, 59th percentile (27 games)2023–24: 2.7, 82nd percentile (76 games)2024–25: 2.8, 85th percentile (48 games)2025–26: 2.6, 76th percentile (79 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.9 km64th pct

▲ +0.1 km since 2024–25

1212.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.2 km, 23rd percentile (67 games)2022–23: 12.6 km, 3rd percentile (27 games)2023–24: 13.7 km, 60th percentile (76 games)2024–25: 13.8 km, 56th percentile (48 games)2025–26: 13.9 km, 64th percentile (79 games)

Hardest shot

153.6 km/h75th pct

▼ −1.7 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 154.5 km/h, 67th percentile (67 games)2022–23: 149.1 km/h, 41st percentile (27 games)2023–24: 149.0 km/h, 46th percentile (76 games)2024–25: 155.3 km/h, 81st percentile (48 games)2025–26: 153.6 km/h, 75th percentile (79 games)

Offensive-zone time

42.5%63rd pct

▼ −0.6 points since 2024–25

39%40%41%42%43%44%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 40.5%, 34th percentile (67 games)2022–23: 41.2%, 43rd percentile (27 games)2023–24: 42.7%, 68th percentile (76 games)2024–25: 43.0%, 71st percentile (48 games)2025–26: 42.5%, 63rd percentile (79 games)