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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 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Devin Shore EDM · 9 P in 38 GP Wayne Simmonds TOR · 9 P in 38 GP Morgan Geekie CAR · 9 P in 36 GP Isac Lundeström ANA · 9 P in 41 GP Mikhail Maltsev NJD · 9 P in 33 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

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
38 6 3 9 -3 10 50 33 0.24 12.0 10:45

Contract

$875KCap hit2020-21
$97KCap dollars per point9 points in 38 games
$422KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.1 goals above replacement
$2.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.9MValueworth 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 633 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Rating

+2.1Goals above replacement288th of 643 skaters, 204th of 430 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 430 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+0.1 53rd percentileEven-strength defence+1.1 81st percentilePower play-0.3 30th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 28th percentilePenalties+0.0 37th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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

55.7Corsi for %369 attempts for, 294 against
+4.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.5Expected goals for %16.2 expected for, 12.5 against
+5.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.0Goals for %12 for, 13 against
98.8PDO6.6% shooting + 92.2% saves
91Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 579 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
Johnny Gaudreau · Josh Leivo · Sean Monahan1455:3746.664.83-2
Josh Leivo · Sam Bennett · Derek Ryan847:2860.358.72-2
Mikael Backlund · Josh Leivo · Sam Bennett735:5241.541.00-2
Josh Leivo · Brett Ritchie · Derek Ryan429:2169.573.61-1

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.3Expected goalsfrom 76 unblocked attempts
+0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.78 expected goals per 60 minutes60th
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt18th
Finishing +0.7 goals above expected60thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 411 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Goals 6Expected 5.3

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
May 16, 2021 @ VAN W 6-5 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 13:53
May 13, 2021 vs VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:45
Apr 19, 2021 vs OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 09:47
Apr 16, 2021 @ MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 09:53
Apr 14, 2021 @ MTL W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 3 10:39
Apr 13, 2021 @ TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:18
Apr 2, 2021 @ EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:23
Mar 29, 2021 vs WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:56
Mar 27, 2021 vs WPG W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10:21
Mar 26, 2021 vs WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:21
Mar 24, 2021 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:42
Mar 22, 2021 @ OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:27
Mar 20, 2021 @ TOR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 04:59
Mar 19, 2021 @ TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:58
Mar 17, 2021 vs EDM L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:29
Mar 15, 2021 vs EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 08:48
Mar 13, 2021 vs MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:45
Mar 11, 2021 vs MTL W 2-1 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 11:01
Mar 6, 2021 @ EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:01
Mar 4, 2021 vs OTT W 7-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 13:23
Mar 1, 2021 @ OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 07:06
Feb 24, 2021 @ TOR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 05:30
Feb 22, 2021 @ TOR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 03:17
Feb 20, 2021 @ EDM L 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11:30
Feb 19, 2021 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:24
Feb 13, 2021 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 11:45
Feb 11, 2021 @ VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:27
Feb 9, 2021 vs WPG W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 07:16
Feb 4, 2021 @ WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:19
Feb 2, 2021 @ WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:05
Feb 1, 2021 @ WPG W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:33
Jan 30, 2021 @ MTL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 11:40
Jan 28, 2021 @ MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:04
Jan 26, 2021 vs TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 10:12
Jan 24, 2021 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:54
Jan 18, 2021 vs VAN W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 08:45
Jan 16, 2021 vs VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:42
Jan 14, 2021 @ WPG L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:11