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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 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mike Fisher NSH · 4 P in 16 GP Eric Fehr SJS · 4 P in 18 GP Evgeny Svechnikov DET · 4 P in 14 GP Mario Kempe ARI · 4 P in 18 GP Luke Kunin MIN · 4 P in 19 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

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
16 1 3 4 0 6 25 2 0.25 4.0 10:34

Contract

$613KCap hit2017-18
$153KCap dollars per point4 points in 16 games
$690KCap dollars per goal above replacement0.9 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

+0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence0.0Even-strength defence+0.5Power play-0.4Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.3

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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

47.5Corsi for %114 attempts for, 126 against
+0.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.8Expected goals for %4.8 expected for, 5.3 against
+4.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.6Goals for %5 for, 4 against
101.1PDO7.4% shooting + 93.8% saves
27Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dominic Moore · Matt Martin · Josh Leivo960:1449.147.72-1
Leo Komarov · Nazem Kadri · Josh Leivo214:0640.045.51-1
Dominic Moore · Josh Leivo · Kasperi Kapanen212:2965.278.20-0
Tomas Plekanec · Josh Leivo · Kasperi Kapanen212:2540.039.10-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.6Expected goalsfrom 37 unblocked attempts
-1.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.94 expected goals per 60 minutes83rd
Shot quality 7.2% chance per attempt39th
Finishing -1.6 goals above expected35thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

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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. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 20, 2018 @ TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10:20
Mar 10, 2018 vs PIT W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 08:04
Feb 26, 2018 @ TBL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 11:21
Feb 24, 2018 vs BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:28
Dec 31, 2017 @ VGK L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:06
Dec 29, 2017 @ COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 10:05
Dec 14, 2017 @ MIN L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12:45
Dec 12, 2017 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 09:02
Dec 10, 2017 vs EDM W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:22
Dec 2, 2017 @ VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:10
Nov 24, 2017 @ CAR W 5-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 10:02
Nov 11, 2017 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:35
Nov 10, 2017 vs BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:22
Nov 8, 2017 vs MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:59
Nov 1, 2017 @ ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:28
Oct 28, 2017 vs PHI L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 14:56