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Josh Manson

#42 · Defence · Colorado Avalanche

Born Oct 7, 1991 in Hinsdale, Illinois, USA (age 35) · 6'3", 218 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 160th overall in 2011 by ANA (round 6)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2021-22

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Pysyk FLA · 17 P in 82 GP Mike Matheson FLA · 17 P in 81 GP Brian Campbell CHI · 17 P in 80 GP Cody Ceci OTT · 17 P in 79 GP Connor Murphy ARI · 17 P in 77 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

01020302014-15: 3 points314-152015-16: 15 points1515-162016-17: 17 points1716-172017-18: 37 points3717-182018-19: 16 points1618-192019-20: 9 points919-202020-21: 7 points720-212021-22: 16 points1621-222022-23: 10 points1022-232023-24: 25 points2523-242024-25: 15 points1524-252025-26: 31 points3125-262026-27: 3 points326-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 ANA 28 0 3 3 1 31 26 44 0.11 $925K
2015-16 ANA 71 5 10 15 11 74 88 158 0.21 $925K
2016-17 ANA 82 5 12 17 14 82 88 227 0.21 $825K
2017-18 ANA 80 7 30 37 34 62 117 180 0.46 $825K
2018-19 ANA 74 3 13 16 -8 62 96 184 0.22 $4.1M
2019-20 ANA 50 1 8 9 -10 37 64 113 0.18 $4.1M
2020-21 ANA 23 1 6 7 -3 30 19 61 0.30 $4.1M
2021-22 ANA 45 4 5 9 0 53 61 116 0.20 $4.1M
2021-22 COL 22 2 5 7 -11 12 31 63 0.32
2022-23 COL 27 2 8 10 13 42 41 64 0.37 $4.5M
2023-24 COL 76 8 17 25 11 87 123 211 0.33 $4.5M
2024-25 COL 48 1 14 15 -6 28 65 105 0.31 $4.5M
2025-26 COL 79 5 26 31 42 91 128 174 0.39 $4.5M
2026-27 COL 4 1 2 3 4 0 5 8 0.75 $3.95M
13 seasons Career 709 45 159 204 92 691 952 1708 0.29

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2015-16 ANA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.00
2016-17 ANA 17 0 3 3 -2 20 27 54 0.18
2017-18 ANA 4 0 0 0 -1 0 6 12 0.00
2021-22 COL 20 3 5 8 6 12 39 50 0.40
2022-23 COL 5 0 0 0 -3 8 4 15 0.00
2023-24 COL 11 2 5 7 7 12 25 39 0.64
2024-25 COL 7 2 1 3 4 8 18 24 0.43
2025-26 COL 9 0 3 3 -1 10 12 28 0.33
8 seasons Playoffs 74 7 17 24 10 70 132 224 0.32

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 5 12 17 14 82 88 227 0.21 5.7 18:38

Contract

$825KCap hitends in 2018
$49KCap dollars per point17 points in 82 games
$104KCap dollars per goal above replacement8.0 goals above replacement
$5.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4.8MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 664 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Anaheim Ducks on Jul 22, 2015, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.65M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2017-18, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $825K $825K $0 $825K
2017-18 $825K $825K $0 $825K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 10, 2025 Colorado Avalanche Extension 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $7.9M $3.95M
Jul 13, 2022 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2022-23 to 2025-26 4 $18M $4.5M
Oct 4, 2017 Anaheim Ducks Extension 2018-19 to 2021-22 4 $16.4M $4.1M
Jul 22, 2015 Anaheim Ducks Extension 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $1.65M $825K
Mar 25, 2014 Anaheim Ducks Entry-level 2014-15 to 2015-16 2 $1.85M $925K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2016-17 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2016-17 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+8.0Goals above replacement101st of 664 skaters, 29th of 229 defencemen
+1.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 229 ranked defencemen: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence+2.1 91st percentileEven-strength defence+3.0 87th percentilePower play-0.1 55th percentilePenalty kill-0.5 13th percentilePenalties-1.7 14th percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-505102014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

53.6Corsi for %1222 attempts for, 1056 against
+5.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.8Expected goals for %58.3 expected for, 42.5 against
+8.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.8Goals for %50 for, 43 against
99.6PDO7.6% shooting + 92.0% saves
172Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 565 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Manson · Hampus Lindholm62711:0156.161.425-20
Cam Fowler · Josh Manson58255:4654.058.88-14
Josh Manson · Shea Theodore25110:2758.557.78-5
Sami Vatanen · Josh Manson3568:2452.559.44-1

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.7Expected goalsfrom 129 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.19 expected goals per 60 minutes53rd
Shot quality 3.7% chance per attempt80th
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected63rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 229 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012345Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 5Expected 4.7

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 9, 2017 vs LAK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18:07
Apr 6, 2017 vs CHI W 4-0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 21:18
Apr 4, 2017 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 17:37
Apr 2, 2017 @ CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 21:17
Apr 1, 2017 @ EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:58
Mar 30, 2017 @ WPG L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 4 2 0 17:14
Mar 28, 2017 @ VAN W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 17:20
Mar 26, 2017 vs NYR W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 19:25
Mar 24, 2017 vs WPG W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 19:45
Mar 22, 2017 vs EDM W 4-3 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 19:23
Mar 18, 2017 @ SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:50
Mar 17, 2017 vs BUF L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:53
Mar 15, 2017 vs STL W 2-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 22:26
Mar 12, 2017 vs WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17:06
Mar 10, 2017 @ STL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 20:41
Mar 9, 2017 @ CHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 16:18
Mar 7, 2017 vs NSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 17:01
Mar 5, 2017 vs VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:26
Mar 3, 2017 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 17:50
Feb 25, 2017 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 17:05
Feb 22, 2017 vs BOS W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 18:23
Feb 20, 2017 @ ARI L 2-3 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 13:24
Feb 19, 2017 vs LAK W 1-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 14:51
Feb 17, 2017 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:43
Feb 14, 2017 @ MIN W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 20:45
Feb 11, 2017 @ WSH L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16:53
Feb 9, 2017 @ BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 19:11
Feb 7, 2017 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:14
Feb 4, 2017 @ TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 18:14
Feb 3, 2017 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 22:02
Jan 31, 2017 vs COL W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 19:10
Jan 25, 2017 vs EDM L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 19:23
Jan 23, 2017 @ WPG W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 18:05
Jan 21, 2017 @ MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 19:11
Jan 19, 2017 vs COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 15:15
Jan 17, 2017 vs TBL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:39
Jan 15, 2017 vs STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 10 17:43
Jan 14, 2017 @ ARI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:28
Jan 12, 2017 @ COL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 18:34
Jan 10, 2017 vs DAL W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 14:57
Jan 8, 2017 vs MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 15:31
Jan 6, 2017 vs ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 18:33
Jan 4, 2017 vs DET W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:50
Jan 1, 2017 vs PHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 18:34
Dec 30, 2016 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 20:22
Dec 29, 2016 @ CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 19:14
Dec 27, 2016 vs SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 22:53
Dec 22, 2016 @ OTT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:36
Dec 20, 2016 @ MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 23:02
Dec 19, 2016 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 18:55
Dec 17, 2016 @ DET L 4-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 18:42
Dec 15, 2016 @ BOS W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 19:56
Dec 13, 2016 @ DAL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 18:41
Dec 11, 2016 vs OTT W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 18:07
Dec 9, 2016 vs SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 18:30
Dec 7, 2016 vs CAR W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 17:21
Dec 4, 2016 @ CGY L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 20:09
Dec 3, 2016 @ EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 4 0 2 20:47
Dec 1, 2016 @ VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 20:20
Nov 29, 2016 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 17:09
Nov 26, 2016 @ SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21:12
Nov 25, 2016 vs CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:16
Nov 22, 2016 vs NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 23:00
Nov 20, 2016 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 15:09
Nov 17, 2016 vs NJD W 3-2 0 1 1 0 4 0 6 19:22
Nov 15, 2016 vs EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 1 7 1 3 17:39
Nov 12, 2016 @ NSH L 0-5 0 0 0 -3 7 2 4 13:40
Nov 10, 2016 @ CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 18:42
Nov 9, 2016 @ CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 17:40
Nov 6, 2016 vs CGY W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 18:38
Nov 4, 2016 vs ARI W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 20:52
Nov 2, 2016 vs PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:10
Nov 1, 2016 @ LAK W 4-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 20:36
Oct 28, 2016 vs CBJ L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 5 1 1 17:14
Oct 26, 2016 vs NSH W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 19:03
Oct 25, 2016 @ SJS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:28
Oct 23, 2016 vs VAN W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 20:41
Oct 20, 2016 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 21:15
Oct 18, 2016 @ NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:47
Oct 16, 2016 @ NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 18:41
Oct 15, 2016 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:28
Oct 13, 2016 @ DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 16:29