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Josh Leivo

#17 · Left wing · St. Louis Blues

Born May 26, 1993 in Innisfil, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 192 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 86th overall in 2011 by TOR (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Boris Katchouk CHI · 16 P in 58 GP Mason Appleton WPG · 16 P in 41 GP Tyler Pitlick STL · 16 P in 61 GP Teddy Blueger VGK · 16 P in 63 GP Craig Smith WSH · 16 P in 64 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.

051015202013-14: 2 points213-142014-15: 1 points114-152015-16: 5 points515-162016-17: 10 points1016-172017-18: 4 points417-182018-19: 24 points2418-192019-20: 19 points1919-202020-21: 9 points920-212021-22: 3 points321-222022-23: 16 points1622-23

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 TOR 7 1 1 2 0 0 4 5 0.29
2014-15 TOR 9 1 0 1 -1 4 10 5 0.11
2015-16 TOR 12 5 0 5 2 6 20 7 0.42
2016-17 TOR 13 2 8 10 2 4 27 5 0.77 $613K
2017-18 TOR 16 1 3 4 0 6 25 2 0.25 $613K
2018-19 TOR 27 4 2 6 1 7 38 22 0.22 $925K
2018-19 VAN 49 10 8 18 4 25 113 22 0.37
2019-20 VAN 36 7 12 19 0 4 69 17 0.53 $1.5M
2020-21 CGY 38 6 3 9 -3 10 50 33 0.24 $875K
2021-22 CAR 7 1 2 3 1 2 10 4 0.43 $750K
2022-23 STL 51 4 12 16 0 25 91 55 0.31 $750K
10 seasons Career 265 42 51 93 6 93 457 177 0.35

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
51 4 12 16 0 25 91 55 0.31 4.4 11:53

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2023
$47KCap dollars per point16 points in 51 games
$121KCap dollars per goal above replacement6.2 goals above replacement
$5.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4.4MValueworth 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 695 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2022-23, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2022-23 $750K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2022-23 $750K
2021-22 to 2021-22 $750K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $875K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $1.5M
2018-19 to 2018-19 $925K
2016-17 to 2017-18 $613K

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

+6.2Goals above replacement169th of 696 skaters, 126th of 461 forwards
+1.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+4.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 461 ranked forwards: 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+1.4 67th percentileEven-strength defence+3.2 95th percentilePower play-0.7 18th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 43rd percentilePenalties+0.6 62nd 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 forwards. 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.

-2024682013-142015-162017-182019-202021-22Goals 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

51.7Corsi for %501 attempts for, 468 against
+8.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.3Expected goals for %22.9 expected for, 21.7 against
+8.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.9Goals for %27 for, 26 against
100.0PDO9.7% shooting + 90.3% saves
155Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 613 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan O'Reilly · Josh Leivo · Brandon Saad20172:5150.649.110-11
Josh Leivo · Noel Acciari · Jake Neighbours1145:4045.963.92-5
Ryan O'Reilly · Brayden Schenn · Josh Leivo640:2964.165.73-2
Josh Leivo · Sammy Blais · Logan Brown635:2248.537.20-1

The lines 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 lines 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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.3Expected goalsfrom 126 unblocked attempts
-4.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.83 expected goals per 60 minutes61st
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt10th
Finishing -4.3 goals above expected12thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 446 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Expected 8.3Goals 4

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 4, 2023 vs PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:15
Apr 2, 2023 vs BOS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 10:11
Apr 1, 2023 @ NSH L 1-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 11:49
Mar 30, 2023 @ CHI W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 10:55
Mar 19, 2023 vs WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 07:31
Mar 17, 2023 @ WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:52
Mar 11, 2023 @ CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:46
Mar 9, 2023 vs SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:34
Mar 4, 2023 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 08:41
Mar 2, 2023 @ SJS W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:56
Feb 23, 2023 vs VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:53
Feb 21, 2023 @ CAR L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 15:57
Feb 18, 2023 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:34
Jan 30, 2023 @ WPG L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 09:47
Jan 28, 2023 @ COL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 09:09
Jan 26, 2023 @ ARI L 0-5 0 0 0 0 7 4 1 12:40
Jan 21, 2023 vs CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:10
Jan 19, 2023 vs NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:13
Jan 16, 2023 vs OTT W 2-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 13:10
Jan 14, 2023 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:22
Jan 12, 2023 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:44
Jan 7, 2023 @ MTL L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:28
Jan 5, 2023 @ NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:56
Jan 3, 2023 @ TOR W 6-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 09:59
Dec 31, 2022 vs MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 12 1 1 10:11
Dec 29, 2022 vs CHI W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 2 08:32
Dec 27, 2022 vs TOR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 05:51
Dec 23, 2022 @ VGK L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:48
Dec 20, 2022 @ SEA L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 11:38
Dec 19, 2022 @ VAN W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 11:41
Dec 16, 2022 @ CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:01
Dec 15, 2022 @ EDM W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:09
Dec 12, 2022 vs NSH W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:21
Dec 11, 2022 vs COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:07
Dec 8, 2022 vs WPG L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 18:34
Dec 6, 2022 @ NYI W 7-4 1 1 2 2 0 5 1 17:44
Dec 5, 2022 @ NYR L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 10:23
Dec 3, 2022 @ PIT L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 4 4 14:41
Dec 1, 2022 vs CAR L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 5 3 19:13
Nov 28, 2022 vs DAL L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 6 1 17:13
Nov 26, 2022 @ FLA W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 13:58
Nov 21, 2022 vs ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:24
Nov 19, 2022 vs ANA W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:02
Nov 17, 2022 vs WSH W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 14:16
Nov 16, 2022 @ CHI W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:32
Nov 14, 2022 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 11:54
Nov 12, 2022 @ VGK W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:35
Nov 10, 2022 vs SJS W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 13:56
Oct 27, 2022 @ NSH L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:39
Oct 24, 2022 @ WPG L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 07:12
Oct 19, 2022 @ SEA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:20