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Left wing · #43

John Leonard

San Jose Sharks Nashville Predators Arizona Coyotes Detroit Red Wings(traded during the season)
Age
28
Shoots
Left
Height
180 cm
Weight
87 kg
Born
Westwood, USA
Draft
2018, round 6, #182 (SJS)

Career · 5 seasons

Games
81
Goals
8
Points
21
TOI per game
10:59
xGF% (5v5)
45.5%
Goals above expected
−1.0
ShowAll teamsSan Jose SharksNashville PredatorsArizona CoyotesDetroit Red Wings

Season by season

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

2020–21SJS4431013−711:15605.0%15.449.8%
2021–22SJS14112−511:17254.0%11.739.3%
2022–23NSH6101011:32425.0%00.329.3%
2023–24ARI6101−16:52520.0%00.248.8%
After a break: 2025–26DET11224−311:301118.2%21.445.6%
Total4 teams8181321−1610:591057.6%49.045.5%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.51020304050607080
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Player card

Model-based

How 5 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

4th line

25th 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

4th line
  • Goals /600.5429th pct
  • Assists /600.8845th pct
  • ixG /600.6125th pct
  • Goals above expected−1.053rd pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)45.5%23rd pct
  • CF% (5v5)44.0%9th pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.037th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.2065th pct

Usage

4th line
  • TOI per game10:5919th pct
  • PP time share19.6%49th pct
  • Offensive zone starts61.1%68th pct
  • Quality of competition23.1%17th 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. Brad Lambert0.85
  2. Matthew Phillips0.81
  3. Isak Rosen0.80
  4. Liam OhgrenVAN0.76
  5. Jake Leschyshyn0.75
  6. Martin Kaut0.75

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.

−1.0 goals above expected

02468101020304050607080Game

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

−40−200+20+40+60

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 speed35.9 km/h54th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph1219th pct
  • Hardest shot134.5 km/h41st pct
  • Distance skated31 km18th pct
  • Offensive-zone time40.6%29th 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

35.9 km/h44th pct

▲ +1.4 km/h since 2023–24

33343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262024–25: no NHL games2021–22: 36.4 km/h, 67th percentile (14 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 34.1 km/h, 4th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 34.5 km/h, 9th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 35.9 km/h, 44th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

5.754th pct

▼ −4.5 since 2023–24

2468101221–2222–2323–2424–2525–262024–25: no NHL games2021–22: 8.4, 77th percentile (14 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 6.9, 69th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 10.2, 87th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 5.7, 54th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

14.6 km9th pct

▼ −1.0 km since 2023–24

1414.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262024–25: no NHL games2021–22: 15.0 km, 22nd percentile (14 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 14.8 km, 18th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 15.6 km, 57th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 14.6 km, 9th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

134.5 km/h29th pct

▲ +12.8 km/h since 2023–24

11012013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262024–25: no NHL games2021–22: 131.5 km/h, 10th percentile (14 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 119.9 km/h, 0th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 121.7 km/h, 1st percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 134.5 km/h, 29th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

40.6%32nd pct

▲ +3.9 points since 2023–24

30%35%40%45%50%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262024–25: no NHL games2021–22: 36.1%, 1st percentile (14 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 34.8%, 0th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 36.7%, 4th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 40.6%, 32nd percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)