- Age
- 23
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 85 kg
- Born
- Toronto, CAN
- Draft
- 2021, round 1, #23 (DAL)
Career · 2022–23 to 2026–27
- Games
- 332
- Goals
- 134
- Points
- 267
- TOI per game
- 17:54
- xGF% (5v5)
- 52.5%
- Goals above expected
- +15.2
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
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 2022–23 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
88th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
1st line- Goals /601.3596th pct
- Assists /601.3480th pct
- ixG /601.2094th pct
- Goals above expected+15.292nd pct
Play-driving
2nd line- xGF% (5v5)52.5%80th pct
- CF% (5v5)49.0%51st pct
- Relative xGF%+0.360th pct
- Penalty diff /600.0141st pct
Usage
1st line- TOI per game17:5486th pct
- PP time share51.3%81st pct
- Offensive zone starts58.7%59th pct
- Quality of competition25.1%81st 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 Johnston wins the draw over 2022–23 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 832+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
48.9%
1348–1411 · #105 of 183 regulars, 43rd percentile
Against an average centre
48.8%
Opponents won 49.9% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.1% against them.
Wins above average
−33
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
8.5
2,759 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 zone47.9% 397–432
- Neutral zone50.4% 431–425
- Defensive zone48.4% 520–554
By strength
- Even strength49.0% 1142–1188
- Power play52.4% 99–90
- Shorthanded44.6% 107–133
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +7 after a win, −18 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.1 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Ryan O'Reilly38.5% 25–40
- Nathan MacKinnon60.8% 31–20
- Elias Pettersson42.9% 18–24
- Brayden Schenn41.5% 17–24
- Mikael Backlund51.3% 20–19
- Jack Eichel42.1% 16–22
- Mikael Granlund52.8% 19–17
- Chandler Stephenson41.7% 15–21
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | 335 | 43.3% | 42.3% |
| 2023–24 | 634 | 50.2% | 50.0% |
| 2024–25 | 909 | 51.2% | 51.5% |
| 2025–26 | 844 | 47.6% | 47.6% |
| 2026–27 | 37 | 48.6% | 48.8% |
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.
+15.2 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 speed33.6 km/h34th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph559th pct
- Hardest shot130.9 km/h72nd pct
- Distance skated16 km78th pct
- Offensive-zone time48.1%90th 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
35.5 km/h28th pct
▼ −0.2 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
3.224th pct
▼ −0.9 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
15.6 km53rd pct
▼ −0.2 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
136.6 km/h41st pct
▼ −3.5 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
44.2%79th pct
▲ +2.0 points since 2024–25