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Centre · #9

Josh Norris

Ottawa Senators Buffalo Sabres(traded during the season)
Age
27
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
89 kg
Born
Oxford, USA
Draft
2017, round 1, #19 (SJS)

Career · 2019–20 to 2026–27

Games
288
Goals
104
Points
193
TOI per game
17:28
xGF% (5v5)
49.1%
Goals above expected
+28.3
ShowAll teamsOttawa SenatorsBuffalo Sabres

Season by season

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

2019–20OTT3000+217:5590.0%00.635.3%
2020–21OTT56171835−1216:289617.7%1411.450.8%
2021–22OTT66352055−718:3517220.3%2323.148.8%
2022–23OTT8213−117:591513.3%02.258.9%
2023–24OTT50161430−617:3811513.9%1213.445.6%
2024–25OTT53201333−518:209421.3%1112.346.3%
2024–25BUF3112−118:36250.0%00.537.0%
2024–25All teams56211435−618:219621.9%1112.845.7%
2025–26BUF44132134+1115:506918.8%911.453.8%
2026–27BUF5011−316:0550.0%00.855.9%
Total2 teams28810489193−2217:2857718.0%6975.749.1%

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)
00.20.40.60.811.21.450100150200250
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Player card

Model-based

How 2019–20 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 line

87th 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

1st line
  • Goals /601.2494th pct
  • Assists /601.0667th pct
  • ixG /600.9075th pct
  • Goals above expected+28.396th pct

Play-driving

2nd line
  • xGF% (5v5)49.1%53rd pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.0%54th pct
  • Relative xGF%0.060th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.3382nd pct

Usage

1st line
  • TOI per game17:2886th pct
  • PP time share55.1%88th pct
  • Offensive zone starts59.1%62nd pct
  • Quality of competition25.3%94th 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. T.J. OshieWSH0.91
  2. Brock NelsonNYI0.91
  3. Tyler BertuzziDET/TOR/CHI0.90
  4. Bo HorvatVAN/NYI0.89
  5. Brayden PointTBL0.89
  6. Mark ScheifeleWPG0.88

Faceoffs

How often Norris wins the draw over 2019–20 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1346+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

52.1%

2031–1869 · #66 of 190 regulars, 66th percentile

Against an average centre

52.8%

Opponents won 50.7% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.3% against them.

Wins above average

+109

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

Draws per game

13.7

3,900 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

53%907 · 0.056%1019 · +1.846%274 · +0.858%168 · −0.354%85 · −0.263%114 · +1.831%75 · +2.953%735 · +1.843%523 · +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 zone53.6% 693–600
  • Neutral zone53.5% 722–627
  • Defensive zone49.0% 616–642

By strength

  • Even strength52.4% 1684–1530
  • Power play53.7% 237–204
  • Shorthanded44.9% 110–135

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +14 after a win, −15 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.5 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2019–204961.2%63.5%
2020–2172452.3%53.0%
2021–22103651.1%51.6%
2022–235757.9%58.8%
2023–2462952.1%53.3%
2024–2576753.8%54.5%
2025–2659449.5%49.8%
2026–274456.8%59.1%

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.

+28.3 goals above expected

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

−80−60−40−200+20+40+60+80+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 speed34.8 km/h66th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph1089th pct
  • Hardest shot119.1 km/h40th pct
  • Distance skated13 km62nd pct
  • Offensive-zone time40.4%41st 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

37.1 km/h81st pct

▼ −1.2 km/h since 2024–25

34353637383921–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 37.2 km/h, 88th percentile (66 games)2022–23: 34.9 km/h, 17th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 36.9 km/h, 84th percentile (50 games)2024–25: 38.2 km/h, 97th percentile (56 games)2025–26: 37.1 km/h, 81st percentile (44 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

10.789th pct

▲ +0.5 since 2024–25

2468101221–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 9.3, 83rd percentile (66 games)2022–23: 7.5, 75th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 9.1, 84th percentile (50 games)2024–25: 10.2, 87th percentile (56 games)2025–26: 10.7, 89th percentile (44 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.3 km36th pct

▲ +0.3 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 15.1 km, 27th percentile (66 games)2022–23: 15.1 km, 28th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 14.8 km, 14th percentile (50 games)2024–25: 15.0 km, 15th percentile (56 games)2025–26: 15.3 km, 36th percentile (44 games)

Hardest shot

140.6 km/h58th pct

▲ +0.8 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 153.3 km/h, 88th percentile (66 games)2022–23: 143.8 km/h, 55th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 151.9 km/h, 86th percentile (50 games)2024–25: 139.8 km/h, 48th percentile (56 games)2025–26: 140.6 km/h, 58th percentile (44 games)

Offensive-zone time

45.9%94th pct

▲ +4.3 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 43.5%, 73rd percentile (66 games)2022–23: 43.4%, 67th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 43.4%, 71st percentile (50 games)2024–25: 41.6%, 46th percentile (56 games)2025–26: 45.9%, 94th percentile (44 games)