Centre · #90
Joseph Veleno
- Age
- 26
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 94 kg
- Born
- Montréal, CAN
- Draft
- 2018, round 1, #30 (DET)
Career · 2020–21 to 2026–27
- Games
- 371
- Goals
- 40
- Points
- 86
- TOI per game
- 12:53
- xGF% (5v5)
- 43.1%
- Goals above expected
- −0.5
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2020–21 |   DET | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:06 | 8 | 12.5% | 1 | 0.9 | 35.6% |
| 2021–22 | DET | 66 | 8 | 7 | 15 | −14 | 13:13 | 73 | 11.0% | 0 | 6.8 | 39.5% |
| 2022–23 | DET | 81 | 9 | 11 | 20 | −12 | 12:47 | 85 | 10.6% | 4 | 7.7 | 44.8% |
| 2023–24 | DET | 80 | 12 | 16 | 28 | −16 | 13:57 | 86 | 14.0% | 5 | 11.3 | 43.2% |
| 2024–25 | DET | 56 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −14 | 11:57 | 50 | 10.0% | 0 | 5.0 | 44.3% |
| 2024–25 |   CHI | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −9 | 12:38 | 25 | 12.0% | 0 | 2.2 | 33.2% |
| 2024–25 | All teams | 74 | 8 | 9 | 17 | −23 | 12:07 | 75 | 10.7% | 0 | 7.2 | 42.0% |
| 2025–26 |   MTL | 61 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −12 | 12:05 | 52 | 3.8% | 0 | 6.4 | 48.4% |
| 2026–27 |   NYR | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:37 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.2 | 30.2% |
| Total | 4 teams | 371 | 40 | 46 | 86 | −77 | 12:53 | 381 | 10.5% | 10 | 40.5 | 43.1% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2020–21 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
Extra / AHL
13th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
4th line- Goals /600.5026th pct
- Assists /600.5818th pct
- ixG /600.5110th pct
- Goals above expected−0.557th pct
Play-driving
Extra / AHL- xGF% (5v5)43.1%11th pct
- CF% (5v5)45.2%17th pct
- Relative xGF%−3.821st pct
- Penalty diff /600.0039th pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game12:5343rd pct
- PP time share8.1%33rd pct
- Offensive zone starts47.5%34th pct
- Quality of competition23.5%26th 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
Faceoffs
How often Veleno wins the draw over 2020–21 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1176+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
47.3%
1206–1345 · #133 of 187 regulars, 29th percentile
Against an average centre
47.5%
Opponents won 50.2% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.8% against them.
Wins above average
−63
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
7.3
2,551 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone46.0% 343–402
- Neutral zone48.4% 434–463
- Defensive zone47.2% 429–480
By strength
- Even strength47.5% 1119–1235
- Power play51.0% 50–48
- Shorthanded37.4% 37–62
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +11 after a win, −18 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.6 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Sidney Crosby51.9% 27–25
- Jordan Staal35.3% 12–22
- Dylan Cozens48.5% 16–17
- Nick Paul37.5% 12–20
- Luke Glendening35.5% 11–20
- Morgan Frost53.6% 15–13
- Jesperi Kotkaniemi44.4% 12–15
- Adam Lowry40.7% 11–16
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 34 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021–22 | 460 | 48.3% | 48.8% |
| 2022–23 | 651 | 42.5% | 42.3% |
| 2023–24 | 622 | 49.0% | 49.5% |
| 2024–25 | 429 | 46.9% | 47.0% |
| 2025–26 | 316 | 51.6% | 52.1% |
| 2026–27 | 39 | 53.8% | 54.6% |
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.
−0.5 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
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.
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 speed35.8 km/h89th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph336th pct
- Hardest shot118.2 km/h38th pct
- Distance skated12 km53rd pct
- Offensive-zone time43.4%65th pct
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.
Top skating speed
37.3 km/h87th pct
▲ +1.4 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
11.190th pct
▲ +3.4 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
15.4 km43rd pct
▼ −0.6 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
141.6 km/h62nd pct
▼ −4.7 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
39.8%20th pct
▲ +0.7 points since 2024–25