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Right wing · #17

Josh Anderson

Columbus Blue Jackets Montréal Canadiens(traded during the season)
Age
32
Shoots
Right
Height
191 cm
Weight
103 kg
Born
Burlington, CAN
Draft
2012, round 4, #95 (CBJ)

Career · 2014–15 to 2026–27

Games
693
Goals
161
Points
276
TOI per game
15:31
xGF% (5v5)
48.0%
Goals above expected
−13.6
ShowAll teamsColumbus Blue JacketsMontréal Canadiens

Season by season

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

2014–15CBJ6011−113:27100.0%00.543.6%
2015–16CBJ12134010:42119.1%01.250.1%
2016–17CBJ78171229+1212:0111914.3%013.048.6%
2017–18CBJ63191130−118:0218810.1%419.753.4%
2018–19CBJ82272047+2517:0123011.7%724.753.2%
2019–20CBJ26134−816:04631.6%06.854.4%
2020–21MTL5217724−1016:2512513.6%214.650.6%
2021–22MTL69191332−2517:1415112.6%320.346.2%
2022–23MTL69211132−816:5816412.8%422.443.6%
2023–24MTL7891120−1815:281416.4%219.541.5%
2024–25MTL81151227−214:1910913.8%015.647.5%
2025–26MTL7214923−414:018915.7%014.845.2%
2026–27MTL5123+113:221010.0%01.467.2%
Total2 teams693161115276−3915:311,41011.4%22174.648.0%

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)
00.20.40.60.81100200300400500600
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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

3rd line

52nd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd line
  • Goals /600.9079th pct
  • Assists /600.6428th pct
  • ixG /600.9788th pct
  • Goals above expected−13.610th pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)48.0%42nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)47.9%40th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.851st pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.1525th pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game15:3175th pct
  • PP time share23.1%58th pct
  • Offensive zone starts50.8%40th pct
  • Quality of competition24.8%82nd pct

Percentiles among forwards 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. Nick BjugstadFLA/PIT/MIN/ARI/UTA/STL/NJD0.82
  2. Bobby McMannTOR0.81
  3. Evander KaneWPG/BUF/SJS/EDM/VAN0.81
  4. Boone JennerCBJ0.81
  5. Frank VatranoBOS/FLA/NYR/ANA0.78
  6. Marco KasperDET0.77

Faceoffs

How often Anderson wins the draw over 2014–15 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 2361+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

46.4%

167–193 · below the 2361 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

46.9%

Opponents won 50.5% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.5% against them.

Wins above average

−11

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

1.5

360 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

41%27 · −1.349%65 · +3.147%133 · +1.248%23 · +1.852%21 · −0.856%9 · +2.138%16 · +0.344%34 · +4.844%32 · +2.8Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone47.5% 94–104
  • Neutral zone45.8% 44–52
  • Defensive zone43.9% 29–37

By strength

  • Even strength47.8% 141–154
  • Power play45.0% 18–22
  • Shorthanded32.0% 8–17

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +28 after a win, −8 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.8 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2016–172927.6%26.5%
2017–186241.9%43.2%
2018–193831.6%31.7%
2019–201936.8%38.6%
2020–211258.3%54.9%
2021–224247.6%48.8%
2022–234443.2%43.9%
2023–243148.4%49.5%
2024–254959.2%59.6%
2025–263369.7%69.5%
2026–271100.0%100.5%

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.

−13.6 goals above expected

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

−500+50+100

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 speed34.5 km/h58th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph1292nd pct
  • Hardest shot108.6 km/h21st pct
  • Distance skated10 km37th pct
  • Offensive-zone time41.5%49th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards 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 forwardMiddle 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

37.5 km/h89th pct

▼ −0.6 km/h since 2024–25

34353637383921–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 37.6 km/h, 93rd percentile (69 games)2022–23: 37.9 km/h, 97th percentile (69 games)2023–24: 37.4 km/h, 92nd percentile (78 games)2024–25: 38.0 km/h, 96th percentile (81 games)2025–26: 37.5 km/h, 89th percentile (72 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

15.397th pct

▼ −1.2 since 2024–25

0510152021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.7, 96th percentile (69 games)2022–23: 13.8, 96th percentile (69 games)2023–24: 16.6, 99th percentile (78 games)2024–25: 16.5, 98th percentile (81 games)2025–26: 15.3, 97th percentile (72 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.6 km58th pct

▼ −0.7 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 15.9 km, 68th percentile (69 games)2022–23: 15.8 km, 74th percentile (69 games)2023–24: 16.2 km, 86th percentile (78 games)2024–25: 16.3 km, 90th percentile (81 games)2025–26: 15.6 km, 58th percentile (72 games)

Hardest shot

140.9 km/h59th pct

▲ +0.1 km/h since 2024–25

13013514014515015521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 146.8 km/h, 63rd percentile (69 games)2022–23: 151.6 km/h, 86th percentile (69 games)2023–24: 147.3 km/h, 74th percentile (78 games)2024–25: 140.8 km/h, 55th percentile (81 games)2025–26: 140.9 km/h, 59th percentile (72 games)

Offensive-zone time

37.8%7th pct

▲ +0.1 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 40.0%, 28th percentile (69 games)2022–23: 39.2%, 17th percentile (69 games)2023–24: 41.9%, 51st percentile (78 games)2024–25: 37.7%, 6th percentile (81 games)2025–26: 37.8%, 7th percentile (72 games)