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Defence · #7

Pierre-Olivier Joseph

Pittsburgh Penguins St. Louis Blues Vancouver Canucks(traded during the season)
Age
27
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
84 kg
Born
Laval, CAN
Draft
2017, round 1, #23 (ARI)

Career · 2020–21 to 2025–26

Games
225
Goals
9
Points
46
TOI per game
15:06
xGF% (5v5)
49.5%
Goals above expected
−0.7
ShowAll teamsPittsburgh PenguinsSt. Louis BluesVancouver Canucks

Season by season

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

2020–21PIT16145+116:47273.7%01.049.3%
2021–22PIT4000−218:1470.0%00.458.0%
2022–23PIT7551621+815:151084.6%34.051.2%
2023–24PIT522911−315:05424.8%01.648.1%
2024–25STL23022−713:06220.0%00.743.0%
2024–25PIT24011−1517:20200.0%00.950.5%
2024–25All teams47033−2215:16420.0%01.647.4%
2025–26VAN31156−1613:18224.5%01.049.3%
Total3 teams22593746−3415:062483.6%39.749.5%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.50.650100150200
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Player card

Model-based

How 2020–21 to 2025–26 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

50th 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 /600.1645th pct
  • Assists /600.6549th pct
  • ixG /600.1746th pct
  • Shots /604.3867th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)49.5%56th pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.4%76th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.356th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.6629th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game15:0622nd pct
  • PP time share6.9%52nd pct
  • PK time share10.9%23rd pct
  • Quality of competition24.1%45th 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. Dan Renouf0.91
  2. Nils LundkvistDAL0.79
  3. Jeremy Davies0.79
  4. Lucas Carlsson0.78
  5. Christian Wolanin0.76
  6. Brad HuntCOL0.73

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.

−0.7 goals above expected

024681050100150200Game

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40

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 speed37.0 km/h92nd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph1644th pct
  • Hardest shot136.6 km/h23rd pct
  • Distance skated99 km32nd pct
  • Offensive-zone time42.8%67th 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

37.0 km/h89th pct

▲ +1.2 km/h since 2024–25

33343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 34.1 km/h, 21st percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 37.2 km/h, 93rd percentile (75 games)2023–24: 35.4 km/h, 55th percentile (52 games)2024–25: 35.8 km/h, 65th percentile (47 games)2025–26: 37.0 km/h, 89th percentile (31 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.373rd pct

▼ −0.4 since 2024–25

01234521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 3.3, 90th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 3.7, 95th percentile (75 games)2023–24: 3.1, 86th percentile (52 games)2024–25: 2.8, 83rd percentile (47 games)2025–26: 2.3, 73rd percentile (31 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.4 km94th pct

▲ +0.8 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.51521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.0 km, 76th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 13.8 km, 68th percentile (75 games)2023–24: 13.5 km, 47th percentile (52 games)2024–25: 13.6 km, 48th percentile (47 games)2025–26: 14.4 km, 94th percentile (31 games)

Hardest shot

136.6 km/h7th pct

▼ −5.4 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 132.7 km/h, 2nd percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 142.5 km/h, 17th percentile (75 games)2023–24: 137.9 km/h, 9th percentile (52 games)2024–25: 142.0 km/h, 24th percentile (47 games)2025–26: 136.6 km/h, 7th percentile (31 games)

Offensive-zone time

42.8%68th pct

▼ −0.3 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 43.5%, 76th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 44.9%, 86th percentile (75 games)2023–24: 42.7%, 66th percentile (52 games)2024–25: 43.1%, 73rd percentile (47 games)2025–26: 42.8%, 68th percentile (31 games)