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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 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Hayden Hodgson PHI · 3 P in 6 GP Kent Johnson CBJ · 3 P in 9 GP Mason McTavish ANA · 3 P in 9 GP Nick Merkley SJS · 3 P in 9 GP Jack McBain ARI · 3 P in 10 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

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 1 2 3 1 2 10 4 0.43 10.0 9:14

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$250KCap dollars per point3 points in 7 games
$937KCap dollars per goal above replacement0.8 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. It runs through 2021-22, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2021-22 $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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

+0.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.5Even-strength defence+0.3Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.2

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

56.3Corsi for %67 attempts for, 52 against
+3.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
64.6Expected goals for %3.9 expected for, 2.2 against
+12.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.6Goals for %5 for, 4 against
99.0PDO12.8% shooting + 86.2% saves
14Attempts 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
Derek Stepan · Josh Leivo · Jesperi Kotkaniemi317:3065.685.52-1
Derek Stepan · Josh Leivo · Steven Lorentz314:2962.561.31-1
Derek Stepan · Josh Leivo · Jack Drury18:0650.069.62-0
Derek Stepan · Josh Leivo · Jordan Martinook27:5350.034.70-1

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.2Expected goalsfrom 14 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.16 expected goals per 60 minutes90th
Shot quality 8.9% chance per attempt70th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected55thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 451 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Expected 1.2Goals 1

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
Feb 8, 2022 @ OTT L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:23
Feb 7, 2022 @ TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 06:47
Jan 22, 2022 @ NJD L 4-7 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 09:43
Jan 21, 2022 vs NYR W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 10:15
Dec 18, 2021 vs LAK W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 16:34
Nov 13, 2021 vs STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:01
Nov 12, 2021 vs PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 05:53